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Trinidad Barleycorn Documentary “Dreamers” has been acquired by Swiss sales agency Lightdox. The film has its international premiere on April 23 at the 54th Visions du Réel film festival in Nyon, Switzerland, where it competes in the Burning Lights section. The film centers on Carlos, who arrived in Chicago from Mexico in 1993, at the age of 9, with his parents and three brothers. For 30 years, he has never been able to leave the city where he went to school and now works, coaches a soccer team, and pays his taxes, because he is still undocumented. He leads a discreet life, trying never to make a mistake, out of fear of being deported. “Even though I think of myself as an American, and consider America my country, I could get deported anytime because my country doesn’t think of me as one of its own,” he says in the film.
The film is the third collaboration by Swiss directors Stéphanie Barbey and Luc Peter, following “Magic Radio,” shot in Niger, and “Broken Land,” which looked at the barrier erected at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Through Carlos’ story, the filmmakers give a face to the some 2.5 million “Dreamers” living in the U.S. – the name given to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as minors. (The name “Dreamers” is an acronym derived from the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Bill, which seeks to ease their dilemma, but remains unpassed by the U.S. Congress after numerous attempts.) “We shot in the United States because it is a country that was built on immigration and which fascinates us for its cinematography, but it is more the story of a family than that of a country. The immigration issue is universal,” Barbey tells Variety. The story of “Dreamers” is also one of four
EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) and Oscar nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago) are set to lead timely Cannes market package Dreamquil, an AI thriller which HanWay Films is launching.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s topical third feature, “The Good Teacher,” co-written by “Happening” filmmaker Audrey Diwan. François Civil, the French star of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Wolf’s Call,” stars as a young teacher wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control: Allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and the teacher has to fight to clear his name. “The Good Teacher” marks the second collaboration between Indie Sales and Lussi-Modeste following “The Price of Success” which screened at Toronto and San Sebastián New Directors’ competition. “The Price of Success was picked up by Netflix for a multi-territory deal including the US.
and, Ellie Kemper is returning to TV as the co-host of, the Roku Channel's revived spinoff of the British baking competition. Ahead of the new season's debut, Kemper spoke to ET about stepping into the famed tent and getting to work with longtime judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, who left a particularly notable impression on her. When asked who was more intimidating in person, Kemper revealed that it was the fashionable restaurateur. «I honestly find it to be Prue because she is a lady.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Australian filmmaker Sari Braithwaite’s documentary feature film “Because We Have Each Other,” which has its North American premiere at Hot Docs on Sunday, has been picked up for international sales by Alief. An intimate documentary five years in the making, “Because We Have Each Other” chronicles the life of Janet and Buddha and their five adult children. They’re a neurodiverse family on the working-class fringe. With too many pets and a whole lot of bills to pay, they’re dreaming of bigger futures in a society that refuses to see them. Life has been hard, and blended families can be messy. But amidst the chaos, their love is as real as it is unconventional.
Kim Kardashian’s side of the story when it comes to her messy divorce from Kanye West. The Kardashians are returning to Hulu for season 3 of their reality show, and the official trailer shows a broken-down Kim in tears as she weeps over her split with the rapper.
Shirley Ballas has revealed that she knew something was wrong with Len Goodman, the last time they met one year ago.
Lise Pedersen American director Daniel McCabe and his team have opened up to Variety about the making of “Grasshopper Republic” at Swiss international documentary film fest Visions du Réel, where the pic is nominated in the main competition. Based on a book of photographs by Michele Sibiloni, a photographer and long-time friend of McCabe, who co-shot the film with him and his brother Michael, “Grasshopper Republic” takes viewers on an immersive vérité style journey alongside Uganda’s grasshopper trappers as they set out to make the catch they hope will make them rich: prices and demand for grasshoppers are high in Uganda, where they are considered a delicacy.
died Monday, eerily predicted his own death.He previously revealed that he expected he would meet his maker at age 79. When Goodman passed this week after battling bone cancer, he was just three days shy of 79.“Bing Crosby had the right idea.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus speaks candidly about suffering a miscarriage at age 28 in a new episode of her Lemonade Media podcast, “Wiser Than Me”.
, has shared a powerful message about the first-ever Barbie doll with Down syndrome.Taking to , Ellie wrote, “When I saw the doll, I felt so emotional and proud,” adding, "It means a lot to me that children will be able to play with the doll and learn that everyone is different. I am proud that Barbie chose me to show the dolls to the world."Diversity is important as people need to see more people like me out there in the world and not be hidden away, Barbie will help make this happen.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The new Barbie doll came about in collaboration with the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) in the USA, who advised on how to “accurately represent a person with Down’s syndrome” and “celebrate the Down’s syndrome community—through the Barbie’s clothing, accessories and packaging.”According to a press release, the new Barbie will have “a rounder shape, smaller ears, and a flat nasal bridge, while the eyes are almond-shaped.
A teenage dream come true! Katy Perry couldn’t be more excited to take the stage in front of King Charles III as part of his coronation festivities.
Trinidad Barleycorn International sales company Andana Films has boarded “Al Djanat – The Original Paradise” by Franco-Burkinabe director Chloé Aïcha Boro. The film had its international premiere at Visions du Réel, in Nyon, Switzerland, after a world premiere at Fespaco in February. Selected in the international competition in Nyon, the documentary was pre-sold to Canal+ International for a broadcast on the African continent. For her fourth documentary, produced by Les Films de l’œil Sauvage, Boro has, for the first time, turned the camera on her own family, capturing life in their big courtyard surrounded by several small houses in Dédougou, Burkina Faso, where she grew up before emigrating to France. Filmed up close, over a period of five years, the animated square makes the viewer feel as welcome as at home.
Gerard Piqué’s mom, Montserrat Bernabéu, has shared her first public statement regarding her son’s health and state of mind. She and her husband, Joan Piqué, made their first statements to the press and shared how Gerard was feeling following the departure of Shakira and his children to the U.S.
James Corden's final Carpool Karaoke had fans sobbing as he and singer Adele became emotional as they reminisced on their friendship. The pair discussed everything from life in LA to Adele's songwriting inspiration during the sing-along session, ahead of Corden’s last episode of The Late Late Show.
Friends star Matthew Perry has said “mean” comments he made about Keanu Reeves will be removed from future editions of his memoir. The 53-year-old actor said he will also apologise to the John Wick star “if I ever run into the guy”. Perry released a memoir titled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing in 2022, in which the actor details his struggle with alcohol and opioid addiction.
Patti LuPone has some words for Kim Kardashian.
It’s a love story with just the slightest sheen of burger grease. Ryan and Megan, who are to be married in September, met three years ago when she picked up one of Ryan’s burger-making meal kits during lockdown from his Swinton burger restaurant, That Burger Place. They bonded like one pattie bonds to another, though without the layer of melted American cheese.
Ariana Madix made a surprising statement about her relationship with Tom Sandoval before she learned he was cheating on her with Raquel Leviss.
Somewhere in Queens” — which also marks Romano’s big-screen directorial debut.“I’d never written a screenplay and neither had Mark,” Romano, 65, told The Post. “I knew what I like to write about and it’s this type of movie — a small but effecting dramedy — and I knew that I wanted to write about this Italian-American working-class world which I lived in and grew up in and, even more, married into,” said the former “Everybody Loves Raymond” star.
with their costar Raquel Leviss, she could sense a bit of chemistry between them. In a newly released from last week's episode of Vanderpump Rules—which was set during Scheana Shay's wedding—the caught a vibe while chilling in a hot tub with , 40, and , 28. "It looks like we're a throuple," she joked to her then-boyfriend of nine years and former friend after the group posed for photos.