Sony Pictures Films India (SPFI), the Indian production arm of Sony Pictures International Productions, is targeting a move into the growing regional Tamil cinema industry. Source: https://deadline.com/2022/01/sony-pictures-films-india-into-tamil-cinema-kamal-haasan-deal-1234913694/ … [Read more...]
Benedict Cumberbatch To Receive Cinema Vanguard Award From Santa Barbara Film Festival
Benedict Cumberbatch has been named the honoree of the Santa Barbara Film Festival’s Cinema Vanguard Award, which will be presented March 9 following an in-person conversation I will moderate about his career. That résumé includes Oscar-nominated turns in movies like The Imitation Game and Emmy-winning work in the iconic Sherlock Holmes series. It … [Read more...]
‘Mars One’: First Clip Of Sundance World Cinema Competition Opening Film From Brazil
The Brazilian drama, which is being handled for sales by Magnolia Pictures International, follows The Martins family who are optimistic dreamers, quietly leading their lives on the margins of a major Brazilian city following the disappointing inauguration of a far-right extremist president. Source: … [Read more...]
Industry Pays Tribute To Actor Gaspard Ulliel After Skiing Accident Death: “French Cinema Is Losing A Great Talent”
Tributes are pouring in for Gaspard Ulliel, the French actor of Yves Saint Laurent biopic Saint Laurent and Marvel’s upcoming Moon Knight fame, who died on Wednesday after a skiing accident. He was 37. Those adding their voices include the filmmaker Peter Webber, who directed Ulliel in Hannibal Rising, French director and actor Xavier Dolan, who … [Read more...]
Ahead Of Guantanamo Bay Prison Anniversary, Cinema Libre Studio Acquires Doc About Detainee Who Inspired ‘The Mauritanian’
Guantanamo Diary Revisited recounts the experience of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a citizen of Mauritania, who was imprisoned at the Guantánamo Bay facility from 2002 to 2016, accused by American authorities of aiding al Qaeda. He was never charged with a crime. Slahi told his story in Guantanamo Diary, a memoir that was adapted into the 2021 film The … [Read more...]
The BFI’s 10 Biggest Production Awards Of 2021: Jim Broadbent Pic ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry’ & Carol Morley’s ‘Typist Artist Pirate King’ Top List
Here’s our annual rundown of the 10 largest awards given out by the British Film Institute’s Film Fund across 2021. Backed by National Lottery money, the grants are a key supporter of indie cinema in the UK. This year also saw long-time Film Fund chief Ben Roberts, now BFI CEO, hand over the keys to the fund to new director Mia … [Read more...]
