Int’l Critics Line: Anna Smith On Ivory Coast’s Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Night Of The Kings’

Chloé Zhao is honouring a “Nomadland” crew member.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorForesight Unlimited has closed deals for key international territories on Gigi Gaston’s “Nine Bullets.” The adventure thriller, written by Gaston, stars Lena Headey (“Game of Thrones”), Sam Worthington (“Avatar” franchise), Barbara Hershey (the “Insidious” films) and Dean Scott Vasquez (“Jack Ryan”).Major territories sold include Australia (Rialto), Benelux (Splendid), the CIS (Top Film), Eastern Europe (Daro), France (Daro), Germany (Splendid),

Naman Ramachandran International sales agency The Open Reel has scored a number of sales at the Berlin European Film Market (EFM).Daniel Sánchez López’s BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival selection “Boy Meets Boy,” a German production, has sold to Peccadillo Pictures for the U.K. and Ireland and to Optimale to France and Francophone territories.

A romantic notion persists that after the Nazis conquered France in 1940 almost the whole French nation rose up heroically to join the Résistance. Not so, as the Oscar-shortlisted short documentary Colette affirms.

Jahmil French was a Canadian actor whose notable roles included Dave Turner in the teen drama series “Degrassi: The Next Generation.”“Degrassi: The Next Generation” was French’s first major acting gig, and he got his start with the franchise in the “Degrassi: Minis” series of special episodes in 2009. He joined the cast of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” later the same year and remained with it through 2013.

Jahmil French, who played Dave Turner for several seasons on Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died. He was 29.

It’s a sad, sad day for Degrassi fans.

Jahmil French, known for his role as Dave Turner in the hit Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has died. Soundtrack creator Joshua Safran confirmed the news Tuesday on Twitter. He was 29. A cause of death was not revealed.

A post shared by Melinda Leanna Shankar (@mindyshankar)French's co-star, Annie Clark, also tweeted a video of him dancing.«Heartbroken over the loss of our friend Jahmil French,» she wrote. «This video is how I’ll always think of him.

On Welcome to Chechnya, VFX producer Ryan Laney introduced game-changing tools with huge implications for the future of documentary filmmaking.

Many were shocked when Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of her French bulldogs stolen just last week, leaving the singer devastated and desperate to have them back.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Party Film Sales has closed further deals on Filippo Meneghetti’s romance “Two of Us,” which represents France in the international feature film race at the Oscars and is part of 15 shortlisted films.Headlined by Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa, the Golden Globe-nominated feature debut follows Nina and Madeleine, two pensioners who have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades and see their bond put to the test when they are

Guy Lodge Film CriticPhilippe Lacôte’s career in film began at the end, rather than the beginning, of the cinematic life cycle: as a projectionist in a small regional theater in Toulouse, France, where the Ivory Coast-born director had moved to study linguistics.

The film by director David France (2012’s Oscar nominee “How to Survive a Plague”) is a chronicle of the violence against the LGBT population in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational distributor Global Screen, part of Will Smith’s Telepool, has sold crime thriller miniseries “Dark Woods” to U.S., Canada, Spain and France, following its stellar ratings success in Germany.Inspired by a true crime, unsolved for almost 30 years, the six-part show centers on a high-ranking police officer’s desperate search for his sister, and the family’s suffering.