HanWay To Rep Amos Gitai’s Venice Competition Entry ‘Laila In Haifa’ & Filmmaker’s Back Catalogue

TMZ reported on Friday that even though Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Jen Harley were seen together in public again, sources claim they’re not trying to make it work. The publication says the 34-year-old Jersey Shore star and the 32-year-old were together on Huntington Beach, California, approximately 10 months after his domestic violence arrest.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: ChaiFlicks, which bills itself as the first streaming service devoted to Jewish and Israeli entertainment, is launching in North America on Wednesday.The platform was founded by Neil Friedman and Heidi Bogin Oshin, who run Menemsha Films, and Bill Weiner, a former senior executive at New Regency.Menemsha’s recent releases have included The Women’s Balcony, Gloomy Sunday, Dough, The Rape of Europa and 1945.

The 2020 Venice Film Festival has added another pair of films to its official lineup. Run Hide Fight, an action film from Kyle Rankin starring Isabel May and Thomas Jane, will have its world premiere out of competition in Venice, as will Fiori, Fiori, Fiori!, a documentary short from Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino.

Jeff Vasishta Despite the fact that Covid-19 has put a major damper on in-person concerts, veteran rocker Jon Bon Jovi is still keeping the money rolling in through his house flipping side hustle. In 2018, the silver-maned singer dropped $10 million on an ocean-view home in mega-posh Palm Beach, Fla., that he promptly razed and replaced with a brand-new villa.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Venice Film Festival’s industry-focused Production Bridge had unveiled the line-up of projects that will take part in its ‘Final Cut In Venice’ workshop this year. The six films all hail from the MENA region.

Kristin Cavallari shared a cozy snap with ex-boyfriend and former Laguna Beach costar Stephen Colletti on Tuesday, August 4 — and Us Weekly has the exclusive details of their reunion.“2004 or 2020?!” the 33-year-old reality TV personality wrote via Instagram, tagging their location as Laguna Beach, California.

James Van Der Beek and his wife, Kimberly. The couple marked 10 years of marriage on Saturday, and James celebrated with a heartfelt post reflecting on their relationship. «Ten years ago today this woman made me the happiest I’d ever been,» he began a lengthy note on Instagram.

James Van Der Beek reflected on the best years of his life in a sweet tribute to his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, in honor of their 10th wedding anniversary.The Dawson’s Creek alum, 43, shared a series of family photos with Kimberly, 37, via Instagram on Saturday, August 1.“Ten years ago today this woman made me the happiest I’d ever been,” James wrote.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorChaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple, the Indian movie that is executive produced by Alfonso Cuarón, has joined the official competition lineup of the Venice Film Festival. It becomes the first film from India since 2001 to land a competition slot in either the Venice, Cannes, or Berlin film festivals.

Manori Ravindran International EditorVenice Golden Lion contender “Miss Marx,” starring Romola Garai as the spirited daughter of philosopher Karl Marx, has secured its first tranche of international deals ahead of the September fest. (Watch the film’s exclusive trailer above.)Written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli (“Nico, 1988,” “Cosmonaut”), with Celluloid Dreams serving as international sales agent, the film has been picked up by DDDreams in China and B-Team in Spain.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentVenice main competition contender “Dear Comrades,” the latest feature from legendary Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, has been snapped up for world sales by Berlin-based Films Boutique, in what looks like one of the biggest sales agents deals on a title vying for the Golden Lion at 2020’s 77th Venice Intl.

English actress Vanessa Kirby got a double dose of love from the Venice Film Festival. She stars in two films picked for this year’s Venice competition lineup, which organizers unveiled Tuesday morning.

Manori Ravindran International EditorCelluloid Dreams is handling international sales for Majid Majidi’s Venice competition title “Sun Children.”Set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which today unveiled its lineup, the film tells the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together, they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a garage and committing petty crimes to make fast money.

Le Sorelle Macaluso, dir: Emma Dante The World To Come, dir: Mona Fastvold Nuevo Orden, dir: Michel Franco Lovers, dir: Nicole Garcia Laila in Haifa, dir: Amos Gitai Dear Comrades, dir: Andrei Konchalovsky Wife Of A Spy, dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Sun Children, dir: Majid Majidi Pieces Of A Woman, dir: Kornel Mundruczo Miss Marx, dir: Susanna Nicchiarelli Padrenostro, dir: Claudio Noce Notturno, dir: Gianfranco Rosi Never Gonna Snow Again, dirs: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert The Disciple,

Naman Ramachandran U.K. based HanWay Films will handle international sales on Israeli auteur Amos Gitai’s new film “Laila In Haifa,” set to bow in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentParis-based company Indie Sales has acquired Jasmila Žbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” which will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Co-produced by Indie Sales’ sister company Indie Prod, the film is based on real events and is set in the Bosnian summer of 1995, against the backdrop of the Serbian occupation of Srebrenica, a U.N.