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Christopher Vourlias Samuel Theis’ “Softie” won the top prize at the 62nd Thessaloniki Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday night with a ceremony in Greece’s second city.The film, which premiered in Cannes’ Critics’ Week section, was awarded the Golden Alexander and a €10,000 ($11,400) cash prize by a jury comprised of writer-director Nanouk Leopold, sound designer Roland Vajs and actor Michelle Valley.The Special Jury Award was given to “Clara Sola,” by Natalie Álvarez Mesén, while the Special

Leighton Meester is catching some waves!

Tomris Laffly A melancholic memory piece that continues to follow the young, budding filmmaker Julie’s (Honor Swinton Byrne) personal and artistic journey, Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical “The Souvenir: Part II” picks up her tale where the former film had left it off, sculpting a B-side just as haunting and immersive.Reuniting with Hogg after infusing “Part I” with her thoughtful vision, costume designer Grace Snell once again dresses Julie and her world through a sophisticated ‘80s lens.

Family of five! Shaunyl Benson gave birth to her and Criss Angel’s third child, a baby girl, via an emergency C-section on Friday, November 5, and the infant is recovering “well.”

A new documentary about the life of RTÉ presenter Keelin Shanley will air on RTÉ One on 8 November, and as it was created by her husband Conor Ferguson, alongside Judy Kelly, it gives an open and honest view in the lead up to her death.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorProduction, finance and sales outfit Film Constellation is launching pre-sales on upcoming Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” to be directed by James Marsh and to star Gabriel Byrne.Marsh won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2009 with “Man on Wire,” and also directed the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything,” which earned five nominations at the 2015 Oscars, including best picture, and a best actor win for Eddie

EXCLUSIVE: Samuel Goldwyn Films will co-produce and provide domestic distribution for Stars Fell Again—the sequel to V.W. Scheich’s rom-com Stars Fell on Alabama, starring James Maslow and Ciara Hanna, which it also released.

They Harder They Fall, in which a tense stand-off erupts into violence, before a new Jay Z and Kid Cudi track comes galloping in. It is also evident in speaking to the 42-year-old director, who joins our Zoom call from Los Angeles belting out a song from The Wizard of Oz, and doesn't let up for two full verses.

I’ve been in this business longer than I’d care to remember. I’ve dealt with filmmakers directly on the studio side and as a journalist, I have, humbly, met more directors, traveled to more sets than even I can believe.

Just months before the two-year anniversary of Keelin Shanley’s death, a new documentary co-directed by her husband Conor Ferguson along with Judy Kelly will be released.

Salma Hayek is opening up about the lengths she went through to keep her role in Eternals a secret.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen making Netflix’s new Western “The Harder They Fall,” director Jeymes Samuel was inspired by his early love of the genre. “This is the Western he wanted to see as a kid,” costume designer Antoinette Messam says of Samuel’s film.

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