Locarno-Bound ‘Luzifer,’ Produced by Ulrich Seidl, Picked Up By Film Republic (EXCLUSIVE)

Manori Ravindran International EditorMembers of an all-girl robotics team from Afghanistan, the majority of whom narrowly fled the country following the Taliban’s brutal takeover of power, are the subjects of a new feature documentary depicting the group’s rise to become national heroes, Variety can reveal.Directed by David Greenwald and produced by Beth Murphy, “Afghan Dreamers” — named after the original team of six girls — is in post-production, though currently on hold as the pair

Marta Balaga Returning to Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, where his documentary short “Views of a Retired Night Porter” was awarded in 2006, Austrian helmer Andreas Horvath decided to focus on his fiction feature debut “Lillian” when addressing the participants of European Film Promotion’s Future Frames during an exclusive masterclass.

Kristen Bell is dipping her toe in the underground world of illegal couponing. The actress stars in the upcoming comedy caper , and opened up to ET about the fun project.«I play Connie Kaminski, a former Olympic race walker [who] felt like she was on top of the world and now she is living as essentially a housewife and is kind of looking for a way to feel valued,» Bell shared.

It’s hard to imagine a more well-timed and well-placed documentary than Jan Siki’s “Reconstruction of Occupation,” which debuted on Saturday, Aug. 21 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

Slipknot have announced a series of European tour dates scheduled to take place next year.The band revealed back in June that they would be hitting the continent for a run of rescheduled 2022 festival dates, adding that “further shows and dates will be announced soon”.Taking to Twitter yesterday (August 20), the metal icons announced a number of new gigs in Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic and more.2022 | https://t.co/i1F2QTSxf3 pic.twitter.com/PShXnLKppm— Slipknot

No Time To Die has been announced.The 25th instalment of the James Bond franchise was initially due to hit the big screen in April 2020, but has been delayed three times due to the coronavirus pandemic.Now, it has been confirmed that Daniel Craig will bow out as Bond in cinemas from late next month.An update posted to the official James Bond Twitter profile yesterday (August 20) announced that the No Time To Die world premiere will take place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Tuesday

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic (Reuters) - Stars returned to the Czech town of Karlovy Vary for its annual film festival for the first time in over two years on Friday, as central and eastern Europe's leading film industry event got back into action after a COVID hiatus. The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival opened with two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine walking the red carpet.

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coronavirus pandemic.The 55th edition of the festival will honor Oscar-winning British actor Michael Caine for his outstanding contribution to world cinema at its start on Friday night.Caine won two Academy Awards for best supporting roles in “Hannah and Her Sisters” in 1987 and “The Cider House Rules” in 2000.He will also present “Best Sellers” (2021), a comedy in which he stars, at the festival.Organizers will also honor U.S.

Christopher Vourlias Sebastian Meise’s “Great Freedom,” a prison drama about a gay man repeatedly incarcerated under a draconian law outlawing homosexuality in West Germany, won the award for best feature film at the Sarajevo Film Festival.The Austrian director took home the Heart of Sarajevo at Thursday night’s ceremony, while leading man Georg Friedrich won the award for best actor for a film that won the runner-up prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlin-based sales agency Picture Tree Intl. has kicked off sales for action biopic “Chasing the Line,” about the Austrian skiing champion Franz Klammer, which will make its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival.PTI has closed its first deal on the film with Praesens Film taking rights for Switzerland, and will launch its international campaign with an exclusive work-in-progress buyer screening at the Toronto Film Festival.

James Bond fans will finally be able to go and watch the final Daniel Craig 007 movie, No Time To Die. The film will bring Craig's version of Bond to a satisfying end, before ushering in a brand new actor to play the legendary British role.

EXCLUSIVE: Lil Rel Howery (Free Guy) and Josh Brener (Silicon Valley) are set to headline Bromates, a comedy exec produced by Snoop Dogg, which is slated for release in 2022.

on the KVIFF website.The festival also announced that access to all screenings and festival venues will require a covid-safe wristband that confirms the wearer is either fully vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19 within the last 180 days or recently tested negative in a valid PCR or antigen test. The wristbands will be color-coded to display their effective dates.The festival will take place from Aug.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorStefan Ruzowitzky, who won an Oscar for “The Counterfeiters,” is at the Locarno Film Festival on Friday for the world premiere in the iconic Piazza Grande venue of his crime thriller “Hinterland.” He speaks to Variety about the film, which Beta Cinema is selling worldwide.“Hinterland” centers on a former Austrian prisoner of war, Peter Perg, who returns home to Vienna in 1920. Everything has changed.

Naman Ramachandran Toronto-based outfit Syndicado Film Sales has picked up Romanian duo Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemark’s Venice Days selection “Immaculate” (Imaculat).The film follows Daria, whose junkie boyfriend ends up in prison, and she is taken by her parents to rehab to quit heroin and become a good daughter again. Inside the clinic, Daria’s unwavering loyalty to her boyfriend makes her exceptional in the eyes of the male junkies and saves her from their sexual pressures.

Update Aug. 3, 2021: “Governor [Andrew] Cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees in violation of both federal and state laws,” New York State attorney general Letitia James said during a press conference on Tuesday per The New York Times.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorLondon-based world film sales and production company Taskovski Films has picked up Karol Palka’s feature-length documentary “Bucolic,” which plays in the Critics’ Week section of the Locarno Film Festival.The Polish film is described as “a parable about people living in a different way, an affectionate observation that invites curiosity about their world and a desire for a closer look.”It centers on Danusia and her daughter Basia, who “live far away