Lightdox Boards IDFA Luminous Title ‘Museum of the Revolution’ (EXCLUSIVE)

JD Linville Chiledoc has dropped the trailer for “Travesti Odyssey,” which premiered in the Luminous section of documentary festival IDFA.

Tom Cruise looked calm and collected as he boarded a private helicopter in London. The 59-year-old wore aviator sunglasses and a protective face mask, which he later removed, as he sat on the aircraft on Friday, Nov. 26 — just one day after Thanksgiving. As he walked towards the helicopter, Tom stayed warm in the rainy 40 degree weather with a navy blue long sleeve shirt and scarf, hanging onto a bomb style puffer jacket.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorNew York City-based sales company Cargo Film & Releasing has picked up worldwide sales rights to “Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13,” which plays in the Competition for Youth Documentary section at documentary film festival IDFA. The agency has also acquired “Smelly Little Town,” featuring Madonna’s hometown, Bay City, Michigan.“Gabi, Between Ages 8 and 13” follows a Swedish girl over five years.

Naman Ramachandran AMC Networks streamer AMC Plus has acquired spaghetti western drama series “That Dirty Black Bag” from Bron Studios and Mediawan’s Palomar.The series features an all-star cast including Dominic Cooper (“Preacher”), Douglas Booth (“The Dirt”), Niv Sultan (“Tehran”), Guido Caprino (“The Miracle”), Christian Cooke (“The Promise”), Travis Fimmel (“Vikings”) and Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”).The eight-part series, which aims to capture the dark side of the Far West, follows an

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Annette” producer Charles Gillibert is set to produce “Rodeo,” Lola Quivoron’s daring feature debut about a young woman who infiltrates an underground dirt bike community in France.Quivoron previously directed the short film “Au Loin Baltimore” which played at Locarno in 2016 and co-directed (with Antonia Buresi) “Headshot,” a documentary about today’s youth that aired on Franco-German network Arte.“Rodeo” shot entirely on the outskirts of Bordeaux,

Vivienne Chow Collective memories of Hong Kong cinema and pop culture have a major role to play at the newly opened M+ museum of contemporary visual culture, which is received tens of thousands of visitors on its opening weekend despite the city’s changing political landscape.While much emphasis and media spotlight have been placed on the exhibition of the famed collection of Chinese contemporary art donated by the Swiss mega art collector Uli Sigg, what appealed most to the local public on the

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational sales agent Deckert Distribution has taken world rights to “Eat Your Catfish,” directed by Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand and Senem Tüzen, which will celebrate its world premiere in IDFA’s new Envision Competition section.“Eat Your Catfish” is filmed from the perspective of Kathryn, who has become completely paralyzed because of ALS – also known as motor neurone disease – and is in need of 24-hour care.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorTaskovski Films has picked up “Turn Your Body to the Sun,” which world premieres in the International Competition section of IDFA, one of the world’s top documentary film festivals.

Christopher Vourlias Blue Monday Productions has boarded “Cora,” the feature directorial debut of visual artist and filmmaker Evi Kalogiropoulou, which was awarded at the Rotterdam Film Festival’s CineMart and the Cannes Cinefondation’s Atelier earlier this year.“Cora” is the story of two working-class women fighting for freedom and their own identity against a dystopian patriarchal society.

Davide Abbatescianni Zürich- and Berlin-based sales outlet First Hand Films has acquired world rights (excluding Norway) for Håvard Bustnes’ “Name of the Game” ahead of its world premiere in IDFA’s Frontlight section, Variety has learned. The director’s previous credits include IDFA 2017 competition entry “Golden Dawn Girls” and “Two Raging Grannies.”Bustnes’ new effort centers on controversial politician Trond Giske, who was for many years the “crown prince” of the Norwegian Labor Party.

Naman Ramachandran “The Crown” actor Derek Jacobi has boarded David Bartlett’s short film “Mousie” as executive producer, Variety can exclusively reveal. The film, which is produced by Will Poole (“Waffle the Wonder Dog”), tells the story of a seven-year-old Roma girl who seeks sanctuary from the Nazis in a decaying Weimar Cabaret Club.“’Mousie’ is such a beautiful film – original, heartbreaking, yet also uplifting,” says Jacobi, who played the Duke of Windsor in Netflix’s royal series.

Jeremy Renner and Kyle Chandler play hardball on Paramount+'s The new series, from co-creators Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, follows the McLusky family — power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong’s swanky new M+ museum — Asia’s largest gallery with a billion-dollar collection — is set to open on Friday amid controversy over politics and censorship.M+ boasts 183,000 square feet (17,000 square meters) of exhibition space, 33 galleries and over 6,400 works in its collection that range from modern and contemporary art to architecture and moving images.