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Being Heumann to open Toronto film festival with Cynthia Erivo premiere among highlights
The Toronto International Film Festival has confirmed that Siân Heder’s activist drama “Being Heumann” will open its 51st edition, with a world premiere on 10 September at Roy Thomson Hall. The film is significant as the follow-up to Heder’s “CODA”, which sold to Apple for $25 million and won the Oscar for best picture, and…
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Rookies inherit a Colombian detective agency in Rugeles thriller-comedy series
Damián Alcázar, a lead in “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mob boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, is attached to star in “Rookies,” the TV series debut as a writer-director of top Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Breaking out with Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film…
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Land dispute and forbidden desire drive Andy Malafaia debut Mesopotamia
Brazilian actors Maeve Jinkings, Bárbara Colen and Márcio Vito have been attached to star in “Mesopotamia,” the feature debut of director Andy Malafaia, being presented this week by Druzina Content at the Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). The casting of three acclaimed performers associated with Brazilian auteur cinema has positioned the drama-thriller as one of the…
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Fadia mini-series confronts honour killings and life in a divided society
Palestinian-Israeli filmmaker Shady Srour has drawn international attention with his mini-series Fadia, which confronts the subject of honour killings while examining wider issues of violence against women and life in a divided society. Featured in Deadline’s “Global Breakouts” strand, the show won a trio of awards to a rapturous reception at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival,…
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Bombillo Amarillo, producer on Annecy champion The Violinist, establishes Spanish animation base
Bombillo Amarillo, the Colombian co-producer of “The Violinist,” winner of Annecy’s top Cristal for best animated feature film, is launching an animation beachhead in Spain. BA Estudios, an animation studio, will be up and running from the week of July 13, based out of Bilbao, capital of Bizkaia, part of Spain’s Basque Country and home…
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Jude Law to lead action film about getaway driver written by Zach Baylin
Ben Jackson and Katie Sinclair of Riff Raff Entertainment were keynote speakers this afternoon at the Karlovy Film Festival’s industry sidebar, where they discussed their boutique label, which Jackson launched with Jude Law in 2017, including some of the projects on their slate. Jackson told the industry audience at KV that Riff Raff is currently…
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The March of the Sunflowers wins backing from Autour de Minuit and Spamflix
France’s Autour de Minuit, behind Academy Award-winning animated short “Logorama,” and Spamflix, a burgeoning force in Portuguese animation production and distribution, have boarded Brazilian filmmaker and cinematographer Erick Ricco’s “The March of the Sunflowers,” one of the animation highlights at this week’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM). Already working up an industry fanbase at December’s Animation!…
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Charli xcx to host album listening parties across 25 global cities
U.S. Fans in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Santa Cruz, Phoenix, Seattle and Denver will have a chance to hear the singer’s upcoming seventh album first.
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Jude Law to lead getaway driver thriller from his Riff Raff company
Actor Jude Law is to star in a new film about a getaway driver, produced by his own production company, Riff Raff Entertainment. The project was announced by Riff Raff’s co-founder Ben Jackson and head of film and TV Katie Sinclair at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and marks a notable shift for Law into…
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Belleza filmed in Bogotá as Colombia doubles for Mexico City
New production company Miércoles Entertainment, co-founded by former Pantelion and Pantaya executive Paul Presburger, has shot its debut feature, “Belleza,” in Bogotá, Colombia, standing in for its Mexican setting of Mexico City. Drawn by Colombia’s film incentives, the production wrapped on budget and on schedule, marking a smooth launch for the fledgling company’s slate and…