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Regal Cinemas, IFTA, CNC Launch Pilot to Test Whether Smarter Programming Can Reverse Falling Theater Admissions
Regal Cinemas, the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) and France’s CNC have launched the Future of Distribution pilot, an international scheme to hand under-used cinema screens to a neutral programmer in an attempt to boost falling theatre attendance. Announced on Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, the initiative reflects a sharp decline…
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Toho Europe, Indonesia Film Fund, Cinepolis Pact Among Deals Unveiled at Lumiere Summit
The Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence saw a cluster of industry deals announced on Monday, covering co-production financing, distribution, exhibition and film education. Japanese entertainment group Toho opened a new French branch as part of its European expansion, while Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture launched an international co-production fund to position the country as a regional filmmaking…
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France and Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Financing Partnership at Lumiere Summit
France and Korea have formally launched the Lumière Partnership, a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) joint fund to strengthen their screen industries, unveiled at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and co-chaired by Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Lee Jae-myung. Each country is contributing €500 million, with the first funding instruments deploying between 2027 and 2031, and the…
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France’s Halley Production Boards Thriller ‘Carro Seco,’ About Killer Who Targets Unscrupulous Barcelona Real Estate Speculators (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based Halley Production has joined the Spanish-French thriller “Carro Seco” (“Carreau”), directed by Javier Polo and produced by València’s Los Hermanos Polo Films alongside Barcelona’s Lastcrit, with the project being showcased at the Iberseries & Platino Industria Co-Production and Financing Forum in Madrid. The film uses a genre thriller to tackle Barcelona’s housing crisis, following…
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‘A Good Little Soldier’ Trailer: Alba Rohrwacher & Vincent Lindon Co-Star In Stéphane Brizé’s Venice Contender Exploring Toxic Corporate Culture
Deadline has released the first trailer for Stéphane Brizé’s “A Good Little Soldier”, which will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week before moving on to Toronto for its North American debut. The film marks Brizé’s 11th fiction feature and continues his recurring focus on workplace dynamics, following earlier dramas such as “The…
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Feel the funk with Gabriel Jacoby’s exclusive playlist for The Cover
American R&B artist Gabriel Jacoby has been named the latest star of NME’s The Cover, featuring an in-depth profile alongside an exclusive playlist he curated titled “Funky Buddha.” The feature highlights Jacoby’s rising profile following his 2025 debut EP “Gutta Child,” which earned him a spot on the NME 100 of 2026, a list showcasing…
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From the ‘Human Rottweiler’ to a true Gentleman: The trials and tragedy that reinvented Vinnie Jones from a dirty football player to a hit actor topping the Netflix charts
Vinnie Jones, once notorious as football’s most feared enforcer during his playing days in the 1980s and 1990s, has undergone a remarkable transformation into one of Britain’s most respected actors. His performance as gamekeeper-turned-hitman Geoff in Guy Ritchie’s series The Gentlemen has been singled out for praise as the show tops Netflix charts across numerous…
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Okurimono review – a heartbreaking dispatch from survivors of the Nagasaki bomb
Laurence Lévesque’s documentary Okurimono follows Noriko, a woman in her 60s, as she uncovers her late mother’s hidden past as a hibakusha, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Clearing out her family’s home after her parents’ deaths, she finds letters revealing not only her mother’s private trauma but also a wider…
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AfD secures 43.8 per cent in Saxony-Anhalt regional election
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won a landmark regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, taking 43.8 per cent of the vote against 17.2 per cent for the ruling Christian Democratic Union. It is the strongest showing for a hard-right nationalist party in Germany since the Nazi era ended in 1945, and although…
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Netflix confirms Inbetweeners revival with full original cast returning
Netflix has confirmed that a new Inbetweeners film is in production, with Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas all returning to reprise their roles more than 15 years after the original show ended. The confirmation put an end to months of speculation about a revival of the coming-of-age sitcom, which aired on…