After tackling climate change in his Oscar-nominated political satire “Don’t Look Up,” filmmaker Adam McKay has produced “You Need This,” a thought-provoking documentary explores consumerism and hyper-capitalism. Directed by Ryan Andrej Lough (“Entertainment”), “You Need This” is produced by McKay via Yellow Dot Studios; Isidoor Roebers and Lea Fels at Scenery, a joint venture with Banijay […]

Cate Blanchett and her fellow jury members from Poland’s Camerimage festival have released a statement affirming their support for the festival and commitment to “meaningful discussions” after controversial comments made by the festival’s director to justify the dearth of female cinematographers in the lineup. “We welcome debate regarding gender representation,” the jury members wrote in a […]

As Camerimage, a leading cinematography festival, gets ready to open on Friday, Women in Cinematography, a body that presses for better representation for women DPs, has called for significant changes to the festival, which will this year host the world premiere of “Rust.” The demands are a response to a heated dispute over a column […]

Georgian filmmaker Rusudan Glurjidze, whose anti-Putin drama “The Antique” (pictured) was nearly blocked from world premiering at the Venice Film Festival, is set to make her English-language debut with “Operation K.” Unfolding in 1949 and 1950, the film is based on the true story of the Communist crackdown of Catholic monasteries in Czechoslovakia, resulting in […]

Memento International has boarded “Atropia,” the directorial feature of “Uncut Gems” actor Hailey Gates which is produced by “Queer” director Luca Guadagnino. The war comedy stars Alia Shawkat (“Blink Twice”), Callum Turner (“Masters of the Air”), Chloë Sevigny (“Bonjour Tristesse”) and Tim Heidecker (“Tim & Eric”).  Guadagnino is producing at Frenesy Films, along with Naima Abed […]

REinvent International Sales has scored several deals across its slate at the American Film Market, including “River of Blood,” “Together 99” and “Second Victims.” Directed by Howard J. Ford, “River of Blood” is a psychological horror film charting the epic journey of four kayakers who take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a […]

Oscilloscope Laboratories has set a Feb. 12 release date for Matthew Rankin‘s “Universal Language,” Canada’s Oscar entry. Represented in international markets by Best Friend Forever, “Universal Language” won the inaugural Audience Award at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. The film, which marks Rankin’s follow-up to his award-winning surreal movie “The Twentieth Century,” is a comedy unfolding […]

While Tuesday may have been the biggest news day in several years for the U.S. (and, arguably, the world), over at the American Film Market in Las Vegas, guests would have been forgiven for not knowing a presidential election was actually taking place. Despite Nevada being a battleground swing state, screens across the city’s casino […]

Maria Bakalova, who last played Ivana Trump in “The Apprentice,” will star opposite Peter Mullan in “No Way Off,” a suspense thriller which Altitude is presenting to international buyers at the American Film Market this week in Las Vegas. The movie is written by Gaby Hull and will be directed by Brian Kelly (“Downton Abbey,” […]

French sales Other Angle (“A Little Something Extra”) has boarded “PH-1,” a tech-driven political thriller starring Mark Kassen, Abubakar Salim, Dina Shihabi, Vinessa Shaw and Jesse L. Martin. An actor-filmmaker, Kassen directed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Cheryl Guerriero. Kassen produced the movie alongside Iliana Nikolic under his production banner Like Minded […]

The presidential election isn’t the only decisive moment playing out in the next few days. Over in Las Vegas, industry players are also throwing bets on the fate of a institution far more cherished than the U.S. government: the American Film Market. A once-bustling film fair bulging with B-movie energy, the AFM has had a […]

French model-turned-actor Marine Vacth (“Mascarade,” “Double Lover”) is set to headline “Badh,” a “Taken”-style action thriller set in Morocco, from the producers of Coralie Fargeat’s hit debut “Revenge.” The movie is directed by Canadian filmmaker Guillaume de Fontenay, who previously helmed the popular thriller “Sympathy for the Devil,” and is co-represented by Sabine Chemaly’s Federation […]

Jacques Audiard’s musical thriller “Emilia Pérez,” Coralie Fargeat’s body horror “The Substance” and Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière’s epic adventure “The Count of Monte Cristo” have more in common than the fact that they’re directed by French filmmakers. Despite being set in Mexico and Los Angeles, respectively, “Emilia Pérez” and “The Substance” both shot […]

Demi Moore, whose performance in Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” as been praised as Oscar-worthy, will receive a career tribute at the French Cinematheque in Paris on Nov. 5, ahead of the movie’s local release. The day-long retrospective and tribute are being co-hosted by Mubi, the global arthouse distributor and streamer which has successfully released the […]

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to “Being Maria,” a French movie revolving around the controversial production of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris.” Directed by Jessica Palud, the movie stars “Happening” breakout Anamaria Vartolomei as Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. “Being Maria” had its world premiered at […]

Pulsar Content has boarded “Howl,” an anticipated movie executive produced by  Leonardo DiCaprio and celebrated environmental activist Jane Goodall. The Paris-based company is executive producing as well as handling international sales and will introduce the project to buyers at the AFM in Las Vegas. Unfolding through the animals’ perspective, the survival tale revolves around Harry, a recently […]

Paris-based sales agent Indie Sales has boarded “Maya, Give Me a Title,” a stop-motion project directed by Michel Gondry (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”) and narrated by Pierre Niney (“The Count of Monte Cristo”). The film revolves around Gondry’s long-distance relationship with his daughter. As they live in two different countries, Gondry asks his […]

European distributor Newen Connect has boarded “All in Favor,” a bigscreen adaptation of Santiago Requejo’s award-winning short film “Votamos.” “All in Favor” is set at a downtown Madrid building where an ordinary meeting of neighbors to vote on the change of elevator escalates into a full-blown conflict after the unexpected announcement that a new tenant […]

Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Rithy Panh’s “Meeting With Pol Pot” which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and represents Cambodia in the international feature film race. Sold by Playtime, the film is based on real events chronicled by American war journalist Elizabeth Becker in her book “When the War […]