Korean sales house Finecut has closed a string of international deals for three festival titles, including Hong Sangsoo’s Locarno prizewinner “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes,” ahead of the Toronto Film Festival. The film marks Hong’s 35th feature. It competed in the Concorso Internazionale at the 79th Locarno Film Festival and picked up three awards: the […]

The Tokyo International Film Festival will introduce two new competitive awards, a Southeast Asia-focused section and a prize honoring women in cinema. The Nippon Cinema Now section will award a Best Film prize and a Special Jury Prize this year, with a jury combining Japanese and international industry figures. TIFF said the awards are meant […]

Utah filmmaker Erick Lozano talks about learning through trial by fire, building the right collaborators and making the film before everything feels perfect.

Acclaimed South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returned after 24 years to the Venice Film Festival, where he was warmly embraced with a 6-minute standing ovation for his romantic drama “Possible Love.” Directed by Lee and co-written by Oh Jung-mi, “Possible Love” follows the intertwined lives of two married couples whose lives intersect after a funeral. […]

Susan Sarandon said she’s “still had movies taken away recently” over her outspoken support of Palestine. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival press conference for her new film “The Echo Chamber” on Sunday, Sarandon was asked if she thinks the narrative is changing in Hollywood when it comes to the conflict in Gaza. In 2023, […]

Wim Wenders has clarified his much-discussed statement about filmmakers’ role in politics that kicked off a firestorm at Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Wenders was at the center of a heated debate at the Berlinale in February after the celebrated German filmmaker, who served as jury president, said during the opening press conference that […]

Watermelon Pictures has acquired “Everything Is Not OK,” a documentary from director Dev Benegal chronicling the life of artist Judith Blum Reddy. The film will stream exclusively on Watermelon+, the distributor’s streaming platform. The producing team pairs Benegal with Min(d) Studio’s Maya S. Patel and Neeraj Jain, while Annemarie Jacir (“Palestine 36”) has signed on […]

Paris-based Moveria has boarded international sales on Taiwanese filmmaker Lu Po-Shun’s debut feature “Will You Still Be My Friend,” which is set for a berth in San Sebastián’s New Directors sidebar before travelling on to the Busan International Film Festival. A Taiwan-Singapore co-production, the film follows two young boys, played by Jaden Wang and Aloysius […]

Every great love story, in Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong’s telling, is secretly a story about love that cannot happen — class, status or fate standing in the way. His new film dares to ask the opposite question, and it took him the better part of two decades, one abandoned script about a 2009 workers’ strike […]

“MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES: A TRIBUTE TO JOHN WILLIAMS” September 4, 2026, Hollywood Bowl, CA Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Newman. JOHN WILLIAMS, Special Guest CONCERT PROGRAM Conducted by David Newman Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial * Excerpts… Read more →