Denmark, Romania and Mexico Grab Spots on Oscars International Shortlist

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHalf Mexican and half Chumash, showrunner Karissa Valencia grew up “torn” between modern life and Native culture.

Mads Mikkelsen may have earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in “Another Round” but it’s still his appearance in Rihanna’s 2015 music video “B**ch Better Have My Money” that his kids are most proud of.

Heidi Cruz, 48, returned to Texas from her getaway in Cancun, Mexico only days after her husband Senator Ted Cruz, 50, did earlier in the week when he faced backlash for leaving his home state amid power and water outages from a severe winter storm. The wife of the politician was with their two daughters, Caroline, 12, and Catherine, 10, who were also on the trip, as they carried luggage, backpacks, and stuffed animals. They also wore face masks.

When documentary maker Alexander Nanau started filming a team of investigative journalists in the aftermath of a tragic fire, no one knew the staggering level of corruption they would uncover. The blaze at Bucharest’s Colectiv club in 2015 left 27 dead and 180 injured. When more burn victims began dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening, the Romanian newspaper Sports Gazette started probing into the health service.

Oscars ceremony. Danish tragicomedy "Another Round" stars former James Bond villain Mikkelsen as a middle-aged alcoholic who vows to get drunk every day, as part of a pseudoscientific experiment featuring three fellow school teachers.

Could Emma Watson be walking down the aisle soon? The Beauty and the Beast star, 30, sparked speculation that she could be engaged, after she was spotted wearing a ring on that finger — see the pics here! The Harry Potter alum was all smiles as she hugged her boyfriend Leo Robinton after they returned from a sunny getaway to Mexico. She rocked a white tee which read, ‘Femme Liberte’, loose beige pants, and a modest ring on her wedding finger.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentDenmark’s Maja Jul Larsen has bested strong opposition to take this year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for DR’s “Cry Wolf,” Larsen’s first series as a creator and lead-writer.The win, announced at a Göteborg Festival TV Drama Vision award ceremony on Tuesday, goes to one of the rising stars on Denmark’s screenwriting scene who in a relatively short career – she graduated from Denmark’s National Film School in 2007 – has run an up an impressive

With international buyers unable to travel to Germany to scout movies at year’s Berlin International Film Festival, the event will instead bring a selection of titles from its program to them through new initiative ‘EFM goes global’.

Six former winners of the Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear for best film will make up the jury for this year's event.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the International Jury for its 71st edition.The jury will comprise Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, Israeli director Nadav Lapid, Romania director Adina Pintilie, Hungary director Ildikó Enyedi, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi and Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić.As previously announced, the festival will take place in two stages this year, due to the pandemic.

Chloe Sims has been spotted out with her rarely-seen daughter Madison in Tulum, Mexico.The Only Way Is Essex star Chloe, 38, and her 15 year old daughter Madison were seen leaving the Kin Toh restaurant in Tulum, Mexico. Chloe and her daughter were accompanied by Chloe’s cousin Frankie Essex, 33, as they dined out in the picturesque eatery.

Fernando Frias’ I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí) had a long journey to the screen — conceived when Frias was a student at New York’s Columbia University, the project was selected by the Sundance Writers Lab in 2014, and went before cameras in 2017, ultimately hitting the festival circuit in 2019, and Netflix last year. Challenges in getting the acclaimed drama made included everything from financing hurdles to a lengthy hiatus and the lead actor being rejected for a U.S.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Fernando Frias new film, Mexican Oscar hopeful “I’m No Longer Here,” gives audiences a look into the American dream, and his deconstruction of it.Rather than cast well-known actors, Frias relied on his casting director to find non-actors to help tell the story of Ulises, played by Juan Daniel Garcia Treviño who goes on a journey from Monterrey, Mexico to New York for a new life, except his American dream isn’t all it’s expected to be.Frias teamed with