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Why Emily Watson Will Never Quit Sarajevo Film Festival
Emily Watson, the two-time Oscar-nominated British actress, is being celebrated at the Sarajevo Film Festival this year as president of the feature film competition jury and recipient of the festival’s Honorary Heart award. Her connection to the festival dates back to 1996, when she attended its second edition just a year after the siege of…
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Fast and Furious star wants the final movie to go back to “what it all started as” rather that “007 bring your cars to space s***”
A Fast & Furious cast member has said they want the franchise’s upcoming final instalment to return to its street-racing origins rather than continue the increasingly outlandish, spy-film-style spectacle of recent entries. The comment reflects growing fan and cast debate over the series’ direction, as instalments have shifted from underground car culture towards globe-trotting action…
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‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Exec Sasha Bühler Exits International Film Role At Netflix
Sasha Bühler, one of Netflix’s leading international film executives, has left the streamer after nearly seven years, Deadline reports. She held the role of Director of Film for German-speaking Europe, having originally joined in 2019 to establish regional teams and set creative strategy across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Nordics and Central and Eastern Europe,…
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The Beatles Are Officially Back on Abbey Road in Incredible Biopic First Look
A first-look leak has revealed images of the four stars of “The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event” crossing Abbey Road in costume, offering an early glimpse of the most ambitious Beatles biopic project yet undertaken. The films, directed by Sam Mendes with writing from Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne, mark the first…
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Yami Gautam Dhar’s ‘Nayyi Navelli’ Sets October Release From Amazon MGM Studios, Colour Yellow (EXCLUSIVE)
Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow have scheduled the Indian fantasy family film “Nayyi Navelli,” starring Yami Gautam Dhar, for a cinema release timed to the Dussehra festival in October. The project marks the first collaboration between Amazon MGM Studios and Colour Yellow, the production banner founded by filmmaker Aanand L Rai, and is being…
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Sci-Fi Horror Comedy ‘Flapjax’ Boards Blue Finch Films for Sales Ahead of Fantastic Fest Bow (EXCLUSIVE)
British sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has secured worldwide sales rights to “Flapjax,” a sci-fi horror comedy from director Rocko Zevenbergen, ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantastic Fest next month. The deal, struck through the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival’s FanPitch development platform, gives Blue Finch a genre title to launch…
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Sandra Wollner and ‘Everytime’ Hit Sarajevo on the Festival Circuit: “You Can Feel the History Here”
Austrian director Sandra Wollner has brought her third feature, “Everytime”, to the competition line-up at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, following its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes in May. The film marks Wollner’s Cannes debut and is now reaching new audiences on the wider festival circuit, giving her insight into how…