Berlinale Film ‘My Little Sister’ to Compete for International Feature Film Oscar

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLondon-based sales and production company Film Constellation has scored multiple new deals on Natalie Erika James’ all-female Sundance horror hit “Relic.” The movie has now sold out internationally. Lauded by critics, the film opened in the U.S.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival call for Nasrin Sotoudeh’s immediate release from prison, Banijay appoints Dominique Farrugia as managing director for Endemol Shine in France, Amazon Prime Video announces a slate of sports docs in Spain, and the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers preps for December’s digital edition.The European Film Academy and Berlin International Film Festival have released a joint call for the immediate

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOrganizers of the Busan International Film Festival have opted to delay the major Asian festival by two weeks due to ongoing COVID-19 related concerns.The festival will now run October 21-30.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After the critical success of Netflix’s Unorthodox, series director Maria Schrader is teaming with Dan Stevens on Ich bin dein Mensch (I Am Your Human).

With a compassionate eye for the downtrodden that has characterized all Gianfranco Rosi’s work, Notturno brings three years of shooting in Middle East war zones to the screen in an impressionistic collage of ordinary people caught up in conflict.

Dennis Ruh will take over as the new boss of Berlin's European Film Market, replacing Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is leaving to join the European Film Academy. Ruh, currently an executive at film promotion body German Films, will take over his new job on Nov.

Naman Ramachandran Dennis Ruh will take charge director of the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlinale from Nov. 1.The EFM is set to go hybrid for its 2021 edition that will take place Feb.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The Berlin International Film Festival is set to announce the new chief of the European Film Market. I hear that name will be Dennis Ruh, who is joining from German Films.He takes over from the long-serving Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is leaving to join the European Film Academy.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has scored a raft of key territory sales on Maria Sodahl’s “Hope,” which won the European Cinemas Label Award at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

Peter Sarsgaard.It’s not clear yet which part the Kildare actor has taken on but the film is based on Elena Ferrante’s critically acclaimed book of the same name and has Maggie Gyllenhaal at the helm as director.The adaptation marks The Dark Knight actress’s directorial debut and Paul Mescal’s first feature film.As The Hollywood Reporter exclusively broke the news of his role, Paul took to Twitter to tell fans how thrilled her was to be joining the cast writing: ‘I’m a very excited boy!’His fans

Switzerland has submitted My Little Sister, a drama about German twins from a theatrical family, as its selection for the best international feature film category at the 2021 Oscars. The drama stars Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger, two of Germany's leading theater and film actors, as twins Lisa and Sven.

COVID-19 is over! Movies are back! And everything is… safe? Hardly. It’s been a weird 2020.5 (an adjunct year that started in March) and it’s been going on for about 2.5 years so far.

The organisers of the Berlin International Film Festival say they will stop awarding separate acting prizes to women and men beginning next year.

Rebecca Davis editorCambodian director Rithy Panh survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime that took the lives of many of his friends and family.

Netflix loves Millie Bobby Brown and turned her into a star with “Stranger Things.” The 16-year-old star seems to love Netflix and has barely worked outside their organization since “Stranger Things” in 2016 save “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and it’s 2021-scheduled sequel.

As we start to look past the nightmare that has been 2020 and look forward to a (slightly) more hopeful 2021, we’ll start hearing of the winter film festivals’ plans soon. First, it was Sundance announcing plans for a shorter edition of the festival, still taking place in person.

Also Read: Berlinale Renames Silver Bear Prize After Festival's First Director Alfred Bauer Accused of Nazi TiesThat’s not the only change made to the awards. One of the festival’s top prizes has been renamed to the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize after it was reported back in February that the award’s namesake, Alfred Bauer, the festival’s first director, was found to have Nazi ties.

coronavirus pandemic, the two directors stressed the need for a “lively relationship with the audience.” "In times of the corona pandemic, it has become even clearer that we still require analogue experience spaces in the cultural realm,” they said, noting that other festivals have also resumed holding physical rather than virtual events. The 2021 festival is scheduled for Feb.