From CAA’s Conference to Deals, Buzz Movies, Five Takeaways from San Sebastian

A sequel to “The Joy Luck Club” is on its way.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a clear vote of confidence for Colombian director Juan Sebastián Mesa, Bordeaux-based Dublin Films has boarded his third film “Lovers Go Home!” The company also co-produced Mesa’s lauded sophomore pic, “The Rust.” “Lovers Go Home!” centers on a Colombian single mom who leads a double life as a webcammer. One day she meets a U.S. veteran online who becomes obsessed with her. He flies to Colombia to meet her in person. Their meeting makes them reflect on who they truly are. In development, the project participated in this year’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, one of San Sebastian Film Festival’s key industry events, which ran over Sept. 19-21. 

Asia Argento seems to have addressed the upcoming unauthorized biography about her late partner Anthony Bourdain. The book, titled Down and Out in Paradise by author Charles Leerhsen, includes the former couple’s final conversation via text messages.

Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain told his ex-girlfriend “you were reckless with my heart” hours before he hanged himself, a new biography has claimed. The anguished final texts to Italian actress Asia Argento are contained in an unauthorised and controversial biography by Charles Leerhsen called Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain was 61 when he killed himself in a hotel room in Alsace, France, in June 2018.

Sam Claflin has been spotted holding hands with Leonardo DiCaprio's ex-girlfriend Cassie Amato. 'The Hunger Games' star was first linked to model Cassie several months ago after a series of flirty exchanges between the pair on Instagram and dating rumours went wild after Sam shared a picture of them in the South of France together - and now they have seemingly confirmed the romance after they were pictured looked cosy on a day out in London. In pictured published by MailOnline, the couple were seen holding hands as they walked Sam's dog together on Tuesday (26.

An upcoming unauthorized biography takes a look inside the final painful days leading up to Anthony Bourdain’s death.

Colombian filmmaker Laura Mora has clinched the Golden Shell in the main competition of the 70th San Sebastian Film Festival with her latest feature The Kings of the World (Los reyes del mundo).

Emily Ratajkowski has shared an adorable picture with her baby boy, calling the youngster the "love of my life".SEE: Emily Ratajkowski’s $2.5m former love nest with ex Sebastian is jaw-dropping - full tourIn the picture the two are together in the bath with the model nude and lying on her side as her one-year-old son Sylvester stands with his arm resting on his mom.WATCH: Emily Ratajkowski's cryptic message amid split with Sebastian Bear-McClardEmily simply captioned the post "loml" and fans and friends rushed to comment, with Tan France writing: "Love this so much." "The most beautiful post," shared another fan with many leaving heart emojis.The post comes after her split from Sylvester's father, actor and producer Sebastian Bear-McClard. The model, 31, filed for a divorce with her husband of three years after reports of his serial infidelity led the couple to separate.READ: Emily Ratajkowski nails transitional dressing in ultra-vibrant tropical print shirtRELATED: Emily Ratajkowski debuts new hair transformation at New York Fashion WeekThe couple tied the knot in an unexpected ceremony in a courthouse in New York back in 2018.

Emily Ratajkowski is getting called out for posting a photos of herself nude with her baby boy.

Liza Foreman Spanish production and distribution company Bteam Pictures has picked up all rights for Spain to San Sebastián competition title “Los Reyes del Mundo” (“Kings of the World”). Film Factory Entertainment brokered the deal with Bteam partners Ania Jones, Alex Lafuente and Lara Pérez Camiña. Film Factory’s Vicente Canales confirmed to Variety that the company is handling worldwide sales for the film, excluding France, Benelux, Colombia and Mexico.  “Bteam is well known for distributing quality films in Spain and has already released several of our Spanish pictures,” said Canales. “We believe they are the best match for ‘Kings of the World,’ which is one of the most important Colombian films of the year.”

Emiliano De Pablos “The Silence of the Ants,” by documentary filmmaker Francisco Montoro, snagged top prizes at the 18th Lau Haizetara Documentary Co-Production Forum, part of the San Sebastián Festival. The documentary took the Ibaia–Elkargi Award for best project at the pitching session, plus the Distribution and Festival Consultancy Treeline Award and the Fipadoc Biarritz Award. Produced by Apnea Films, “The Silence of the Ants” follows a Spanish couple who traveled to the Ukraine in 2015 to find the seven-year-old girl they hosted for temporary foster care. Federation Spain’s “Carapirú: El Superviviente,” by Aner Etxebarria and Pablo Vidal, took The Ibaia – Bilibin Circular Prize for its environmental values with a title suggesting a combination of “Cast Away” and “Apocalypto” translated to real life in Brazil’s Amazon jungle.

David Cronenberg described his next film, The Shrouds, as a personal and partly autobiographical project, during a press conference at the San Sebastian film festival Wednesday.

Europe’s Big Hope: Platforms Really Embracing Cinema In the U.S., the platforms already buy big when it comes to movies. Think Sundance. Europe is another land: Platforms have largely held back much more, thwarted in France, for instance, by regulated windows.

Laura Harrier is engaged. The 32-year-old actress - who starred as Liz Allan in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' - has confirmed she's engaged to Sam Jarou, a French freelance creative consultant. Laura shared: "We did get engaged recently, which I'm very excited about.

Laura Harrier! The actress revealed that she is engaged to her boyfriend, Sam Jarou.During an interview with, the 32-year-old spilled the details on the romantic moment.  «We did get engaged recently, which I’m very excited about. It was really simple and sweet in Paris,” the actress shares.

“Blue Files” (“Karpeta Urdinak”, Ander Iriarte, Spain-France)  Iriarte directs a doc investigating his father’s potential torture while in police custody. The investigations take the doc deeper into findings from Basque’s “Research project on torture and ill-treatment in the Basque Country between 1960-2014.” Produced by Gastibeltza, Filmak, and Iriarte’s own Mirokutana.

The topic of streaming loomed large over the first session of San Sebastian’s new Creative Investors’ Conference featuring a keynote by Wild Bunch co-founder Vincent Maraval.