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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A man has been charged with murder after a shooting in a South Lanarkshire town.Graham Williamson, 26, was in his garden in Caithness Street, Blantyre, when he was shot on August 17.He managed to make his way on to the street, where he was helped by members of the public until an ambulance arrived.He was taken to University Hospital Wishaw but died a short time later.On Wednesday, Derek Felvus, 23, of

Blantyre at around 5pm on August 17. The 26-year-old was raced to the University Hospital in Wishaw but died a short time later.

Rebecca Davis editorCambodian director Rithy Panh survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime that took the lives of many of his friends and family.

Ellise Shafer editorDanish actor Mads Mikkelsen — best known for his skillful and distinctly human portrayal of dark characters in films like “The Hunt,” and “Casino Royale” as well as the television series “Hannibal” — trained as a dancer before enrolling in acting classes.“I loved every second of it.

Blantyre, where the shooting took place.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHappy Friday everyone. Tom Grater here with the rundown of this week’s biggest international headlines from the worlds of film and TV.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterAfter being forced to pivot entirely online last-minute due to a COVID spike, Bosnia’s Sarajevo Film Festival is coming to a close and has unveiled its prize winners for this year’s edition.A jury chaired by Michel Hazanavicius and featuring Berlinale director Carlo Chatrian, actress Jadranka Đokić, director Srdan Golubović and the Morelia Film Festival’s Andrea Stavenhagen, awarded the festival’s top prize, the Heart of Sarajevo, to Visar Morina’s Exile.

Christopher Vourlias Visar Morina’s “Exile,” a tense psychodrama about a Kosovan pharmacologist in Germany who becomes increasingly paranoid over a series of menacing events, won the top prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival, earning the Kosovo-born German director the Heart of Sarajevo.The award ceremony took place online Thursday night, with Morina winning top honors from a jury led by Academy Award-winning director Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) and comprised of Carlo Chatrian, artistic

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMichel Franco’s “New Order,” a Venice Festival main competition premiere, looks set to mark a huge step-up in scale for Franco and indeed most Latin American movies at large.It couldn’t be otherwise, Mexican writer-director-producer Franco said at a Sarajevo Film Festival masterclass, hosted Wednesday in the Variety Streaming Room.Teasing through-lines in a career that has made him one of the most laureled of Latin American directors, Franco also

Christopher Vourlias Seymour Tahirbekov is a reluctant chess star, a young grandmaster from Azerbaijan whose life is rigidly controlled by his emotionally toxic father and coach. On the eve of his showdown with the defending world champion, Seymour’s nerves began to fray, and he escapes to a remote island populated by wild horses and a solitary old man.

Ed Meza @edmezavar“Bad Blood,” an ambitious new Serbian feature film and TV series, has become the first project from the Sarajevo Film Festival’s CineLink Drama co-financing forum to go into production since the event’s establishment in 2016.Set in the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century, “Bad Blood” is based on the works of renowned Serbian writer Borisav Stankovic and a script written by Yugoslav filmmaker Voja Nanovic in the early 1970s while he was living in New York City and working for

Christopher Vourlias When a wolf pack attacks the herd of a shepherd living in the mountainous hinterlands of Anatolia, he vows to get a better gun to protect himself, his sheep and his family: a Mauser, the so-called “king of rifles,” and the most powerful gun of its time. He strikes a bargain with a local dealer who agrees to give him a rifle if he can prove his mettle as a hunter.

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Christopher Vourlias While the murder of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement triggered months of protests in the U.S.

Blantyre last night as he lay dying on the pavement. One woman, who asked not be named, said she ran to help young dad Graham Williamson, known as Kermit, after he was reportedly blasted in the back by a man on Caithness Street at around 5pm.Neighbours and passers-by frantically tried to save the 26-year-old whilst they waited on paramedics arriving on the scene.The local woman said: "It was horrific."He was just lying there with blood pouring out.

Eli Countryman French writer, director and producer Michel Hazanavicius discussed his career path and the future of film as part of the 2020 Sarajevo Film Festival masterclass series, hosted in the Variety Streaming Room.Hazanavicius is this year’s jury president for the film festival.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorGood afternoon, and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Jake Kanter here.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV has posted its earnings for the first half of 2020, and unsurprisingly it is not a pretty picture after the coronavirus pandemic wiped out advertising revenue and shut down production. But, the UK commercial broadcaster and production powerhouse said there is light at the end of the tunnel.ITV’s total group revenue in the first six months of the year dropped to £1.45BN ($1.9BN), down 17% from £1.74BN over the same period last year.

Carlos Vives was in the midst of filming season 2 of Telemundo's singing competition series La Voz in Miami when COVID-19 sent most of the U.S. into lockdown.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterRussell Crowe thriller Unhinged became the most high-profile UK cinema release in the pandemic era this week, taking a provisional $230K (£174,901) from 250 sites, an average of around $920, with venues still to report.That number may look fairly minor on first glance but in the current context it offers reason for optimism. Two weeks ago, the entire UK box office totalled $253K with just 15% of cinemas operational (roughly 120).