Local films soar to record 40% share at Danish box office in 2025
3.7m tickets sold for Danish films – the highest level in a decade. Source: Local films soar to record 40% share at Danish box office in 2025 | News | Screen
Cinema and anti-tank defence may go on Coventry heritage list
An old cinema and a wartime anti-tank structure could be added to a city’s list of heritage assets.The Astoria, which opened as the Broadway Cinema in Earlsdon, Coventry, in 1922 and the Blacker Bombard spigot mortar, along the city’s Oxford … Continued
Rosa von Praunheim, provocative pioneer of gay cinema, dies aged 83
Rosa von Praunheim, a key figure of the New German Cinema movement who made taboo-breaking films about queer life and scandalised the country when he outed German celebrities on live TV, has died aged 83. Source: Rosa von Praunheim, provocative … Continued
Afghanistan’s historic Ariana cinema torn down by Taliban – in pictures
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall. Source: Afghanistan’s historic Ariana cinema torn down by Taliban – in pictures | Afghanistan | The Guardian
German government launches €7.5m production fund for up-and-coming filmmakers
It will provide up to €500,000 for individual projects with production costs not exceeding €2m. Source: German government launches €7.5m production fund for up-and-coming filmmakers | News | Screen
IFFK becomes first Indian film festival to collaborate with Letterboxd
The International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has entered into a goodwill collaboration with global film discovery and review platform Letterboxd, marking the first time an Indian film festival has forged such an association. Source: IFFK becomes first Indian film … Continued