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Naman Ramachandran Female Film Club (FCC), an online members club for female filmmakers and creatives, has partnered with French production company Sisterland Connect to advocate for women in film on an international scale. Sisterland Studio and Sisterland Connect bowed at Cannes earlier this week with the launch of an investment fund and production company for women in industry which will target a total of €35 million ($37.5 million) and have already begun the process of curating a selection of films made by women. Led by producer Sandra Rudich and supported by actor, producer and activist Julie Gayet, Sisterland aims to empower women in film and media in France and worldwide by financially supporting and co-producing over 100 female-driven projects within the next seven years.

A24 has unveiled a raft of key territory deals for Jonathan Glazer’s hotly tipped Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or frontrunner The Zone Of Interest ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor A24’s “The Zone of Interest” is spoken in German, but was filmed in Poland and is written and directed by a British auteur. So what does that mean for its prospects for best international feature at the Oscars? Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, “The Zone of Interest” premiered last week at the Cannes Film Festival where it emerged as an early favorite for the coveted Palme d’Or after receiving widespread acclaim. The film tells the story of a commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) who strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp that was one of the sites where six million Jews were murdered.

French director Justine Triet’s Anatomy Of A Fall premiered in Competition at Cannes over the weekend to a buzzy reception with its star Sandra Hüller being tipped as a front-runner for the festival’s coveted best actress prize.

Organisers of the Silver Clef Awards – which raise money each year for music therapy charity Nordoff And Robbins – have announced some of the artists who will be honoured at this year’s event, which takes place in London on 30 Jun.Stormzy will be presented with the actual Silver Clef Award, while Wet Leg will receive the New Music Award, Ayanna Witter-Johnson the Classical Award and Biffy Clyro the Best Live Act prize. An Outstanding Achievement Award will go to Neneh Cherry and an Icon Award to Mark King of Level 42.Says Stormzy said: “Throughout my career people have tried to box me in as an artist.

Neon has acquired North American rights to Justine Triet’s Cannes Competition feature Anatomy of a Fall.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Neon has acquired Justine Triet’s Hitchcockian courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall.” The U.S. distributor has been “aggressively pursuing” the competition title, which premiered in Cannes on Sunday to rapturous reviews, and has beat out competition. In the 150-minute film, a frustrated writer dies of suspicious causes, leaving behind clues that implicate his wife (Sandra Hüller) of his murder. Much of the film is focused on the ensuing trial, and features German star Hüller, known to international audiences for “Toni Erdmann,” delivering a powerhouse performance as a woman fighting to clear her name while protecting the couple’s young son. (Hüller previously teamed with Triet for psychological drama “Sibyl,” which also competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019.)

French director Justine Triet returns to Competition with a cerebral smash that might finally bring the Best Actress award that its star, Sandra Hüller, was cruelly denied in 2016 when Maren Ade’s festival hit Toni Erdmann lost out in every category. That film wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and the formidably forensic Anatomy of a Fall might not be either, but Hüller’s screen magnetism cannot be denied. Between this and her role as “Queen of Auschwitz” in Jonathan Glazer’s equally brilliant Zone of Interest, Hüller has Cannes in the palm of her hand. Whether she will also get a Palme in her hand is up to the jury.

Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” playing in Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, begins with an interview between a writer and a student interested in her work. It’s a lighthearted, almost flirty discussion where double entendres are part of a seemingly harmless game.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Depending on where you come down on the question of its main character’s guilt or innocence, Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” could be seen as a kind of “Gone Girl” in reverse: A frustrated writer dies of suspicious causes, leaving behind clues that implicate his wife (Sandra Hüller). If the man’s death was a suicide — and the bilingual (half-English) movie strongly points in that direction — then there’s a terrible cruelty to what follows, as his grieving wife is hauled into court and tried for his murder. Their 11-year-old son is obsessed with trying to make sense of what happened, whereas it’s the death of the marriage, not the husband, that preoccupies Triet. Can any couple’s relationship withstand the kind of scrutiny this one is subjected to, as old fights and infidelities are dragged into the open?

Catherine Bray What if you had to track down and have sex with everyone you’ve ever slept with, for the good of your current relationship? That’s the quirky premise of Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni’s new comedy, ‘The (Ex)perience of Love,’ the follow-up to their 2020 debut “Une vie démente.” When we meet them, the couple in question, Sandra (Lucie Debay) and Rémy (Lazare Gousseau), are hoping to have a child, and after having no luck conceiving naturally, they decide to see a doctor. Curveball: the doctor tells them that they are suffering from a recently identified condition, Past Love Syndrome. The cure is to go forth and finish all their unfinished business, by sleeping with everyone they’ve ever slept with, like a sort of sexy exorcism.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor With Jonathan Glazer’s previous films “Under the Skin” and “Birth,” the man was playing checkers. Now he’s playing chess with “The Zone of Interest.” For 105 minutes, the auteur filmmaker who’s helmed just three feature films, including the 2000 crime thriller “Sexy Beast” with Oscar nominee Ben Kingsley, puts the audience through the wringer with his bleak Nazi drama told from the perpetrator’s perspective. The result is the first major Oscar player to emerge from the Cannes Film Festival, and a serious contender for the coveted Palme d’Or. “Interest” is not for the faint of hearts. It’s a grueling endeavor that doesn’t use imagery to depict the horrors that resulted in the murdering of six million Jews. Instead, the soundscape provided by his frequent collaborator Johnnie Burn, the sound designer who’s snubbed work includes “The Favourite” and “Waves,” lays down his most audacious work yet.

Cannes Film Festival on Friday, Glazer’s disquieting essay-film takes place almost entirely in and around the comfortable, middle-class home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, tackling both the banality and quiet domesticity of evil with eerie formal rigor.Viewed from afar, Rodolf (Christian Friedel) and Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) live an idyllic and unexceptional life. They’re happily married, upwardly mobile strivers, with faith in their government and hope for the future.

The title of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest refers to how the Germans labeled the 40-square-kilometer area that surrounded the Auschwitz concentration camp on the outskirts of Oświęcim, Poland. This is where the writer-director has set this unique Holocaust film with a perspective and focus on what was on the other side of a wall separating the most horrific mass murder and terror in human history, and the daily, almost bucolic lives of those who caused it or were in complete denial of it. Yes, Holocaust movies are virtually a genre of their own, but I can safely say I have never seen one, sans any visuals of violence and suffering, that still manages to be just as harrowing and frightening, maybe even more. The Zone of Interest takes its place among the great films made on the Holocaust and will probably haunt you long after seeing it.

NEON announced today that they have taken the North American rights to Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s first animated feature film “Robot Dreams,” based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon. The movie will be screened for the first time in Cannes this coming Saturday, May 20 in the Special Screenings section of the festival.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor In its first acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival, Neon has picked up North American rights to director Pablo Berger’s animated feature “Robot Dreams” ahead of its world premiere in Cannes on Saturday. The Spanish filmmaker of “Blancanieves” based his first animated feature on the award-winning graphic novel by Sara Varon. “Robot Dreams” screens Saturday in the Special Screenings section of the festival. Neon previously scored three consecutive Palme d’Or wins with “Parasite,” “Titane” and “Triangle of Sadness.” “Robot Dreams” is described as a “universal exploration of the importance and fragility of friendship.” It follows DOG, a New York canine who decides to build himself a robot companion. They become inseparable, to the rhythm of 1980s New York city, until the sad summer night when DOG is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach.

Neon has acquired North American rights to Robot Dreams, the first animated feature from Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger (Blancanieves), which is poised to premiere in the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival this Saturday, May 20th.

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Pine and Olivia Wilde are getting into the scripted podcast game.

EXCLUSIVE: The Santa Clauses needed someone to play the Easter Bunny in season two, so they went to the only person who could truly embody the cuddly part: the inimitable Tracy Morgan.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Joel Kinnaman is set to lead the alien abduction thriller “They Found Us,” from director Neill Blomkamp, for AGC Studios. AGC fully financed the project, and will launch sales via AGC International in Cannes next month. UTA Independent Film Group is co-repping U.S. rights. “They Found Us” is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater (“Moon Knight”) and will be produced by Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen for Temple Hill Entertainment (“Smile”). Ford is on board as an executive producer along with Temple Hill’s John Fischer. The film will shoot in Australia this year.

Only Fools and Horses Twitter account also paid tribute to Kate, who is believed to have died from cancer. “We are sorry to learn of the passing of Kate Saunders, who played police-woman Sandra in the episode The Long Legs of the Law in 1982,” the page wrote. "In addition to her acting career, Kate was an award-winning novelist, journalist and critic.

Kate Saunders has died at the age of 62. The actress’ sister Louisa confirmed the news on Twitter as she paid tribute to her “brave” sibling. She wrote: “My sister, who we lost last Friday.

reports the Mirror. The actor's sister, Louisa Saunders confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday, April 24. "My sister, who we lost last Friday.

Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” the happily hyperactive comedy that opened Wednesday night on Broadway, provides: missteps, mayhem, incapacitations, faulty sets and, in a roundabout way, “Fawlty Towers.”The very funny British play’s premise is the season’s simplest. The amateur Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society tries to put on “Peter and Wendy” and fails epically. 2 hours and five minutes, with one intermission. At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W.

Gemma Atkinson has asked her fans 'anyone else' after sharing a message exchange between her and her mum. The Hits Radio host, who is currently pregnant with her second child, wanted to know if her followers also still asked their parents the more mundane life questions despite being older with a family of their own.

A mum-of-three has spoken of her heartbreak after losing her father months after her mother's own devastating cancer diagnosis.

A Spanish actress has become the subject of heated debate after welcoming a child in one of the most unorthodox ways possible.

Ana Obregón is welcoming a baby girl. The Spanish actress shared the birth of her child via surrogate, revealing that the child is the biological daughter of her late son, who passed away in 2020 after battling cancer.Paris Hilton announces birth of secret baby: Kim Kardashian and more celebrity friends reactPriyanka Chopra says she ‘judged’ Nick Jonas when he first slid into her DMsA post shared by Ana_Obregon Oficial (@ana_obregon_oficial)Hola! Spain broke the news, speaking with Obregón in an exclusive interview where she introduced her baby to the world, and talked about her decision. The child’s name is Ana Sandra Lequio Obregón and was born in the U.S.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. For some, one of the best scene in 1978’s “Grease” is when Sandra sleeps over with her new group of girl friends from Rydell High as they sing “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” hair rollers in and heartthrob celebrities like Elvis plastered on their teenage girl bedroom walls. Now, the origins of that beloved girl gang, who call themselves the Pink Ladies, are at the center of a new prequel series on Paramount+, released today. Set in 1954, four years before Sandy and Danny’s whirlwind romance, “Grease: The Rise of the Pink Ladies,” explores how four Rydell High outcasts forged a friendship and became the forebears to the Pink Ladies from the original film, such as Rizzo and Frenchy. However, despite the retro time period, the directors chose to present the story through a more progressive 2023 lens, imbuing ideas about sexual orientation and race throughout its 10 episodes.

Spanish actress and socialite Ana Obregón, 68, is relishing the birth of a baby via surrogate. Obregón, who lost her only child, Alejandro Alfonso "Aless" Lequio to cancer in 2020, revealed that the baby girl is biologically her son's child. "This was Aless's last will, to bring a child of his into the world," she told Spanish publication ¡HOLA!, translated to English.

told ¡Hola! magazine Wednesday that the baby girl’s dad is her late son, Aless Lequio García, 27, who died from cancer in 2020.“This girl isn’t my daughter, she’s my granddaughter,” she told the outlet of baby Ana Sandra. “This was Aless’ final wish, to bring a child of his own into the world.”Prior to her son’s death, Obregón said Aless was encouraged to preserve samples of his sperm before beginning cancer treatment after wanting to be a father.The samples were frozen and stored in New York, she said, as surrogacy of any kind is an illegal practice in Spain.The actress said the baby was conceived in June 2022 and born on March 20, 2023, in Miami.A post shared by Ana_Obregon Oficial (@ana_obregon_oficial)The child will be registered at the Spanish consulate in the US before the pair fly to Madrid.Taking to Instagram, Obregón shared a photo of her ¡Hola! magazine cover alongside a heartfelt message to her late son.“My Aless, I swore I would save you from cancer and I failed you.

 a world exclusive with HELLO!'s parent publication, HOLA!, Ana, 68, introduced her granddaughter – legally she is her adoptive daughter – Ana Sandra Lequio Obregón, already nicknamed Anita. Speaking with HOLA!, the actress revealed Anita was born in a Miami hospital, three weeks before her due date, on March 20th. She says she is "very good, a big eater and sleeper, and calm.

to have a child at 68 through a surrogate mother took a fresh twist on Wednesday, after the TV star revealed that the baby is her dead son’s daughter. Ana Obregón told ¡Hola! magazine that her son, Aless Lequio, who died aged 27 in 2020, had preserved samples of his sperm before he began treatment for cancer. “This girl is not my daughter, but rather my granddaughter,” Ms Obregón told the magazine.

EXCLUSIVE: Swiss filmmaker Simon Jaquemet returns to feature filmmaking with the forthcoming Electric Child. Today, Deadline can share a first look at the pic featuring Danish-American actor Elliott Crosset Hove.

a moment.The multi-talented performer first gained recognition on Broadway, and following her success on stage, Rapp transitioned to television and starred in the HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls.Amazingly, her artistic range doesn’t stop there, as she is also a gifted musician. Rapp has recently been working on her music career, and her newest release Dedicated to You has already won the hearts of the LGBTQ community.For those who haven’t yet had the pleasure of experiencing Renee Rapp’s work, here are five things to know about her.1. She Has Always Been A Theater KidRapp got her start in musical theater in high school, when she portrayed Sandra in the musical adaptation of Big Fish.She was so great in the show, she won what’s called a Blumey Award, which honors young theatrical talent in the Charlotte area.She then went on to be nominated for a Jimmy Award, known as the most prestigious honor for high school-aged talents in theater.

While we should really be celebrating our mothers all year round, it’s always nice to go the extra mile once a year… Sunday 19 March is Mother’s Day, and as the average working person, we’re planning on treating our mum to a bouquet of flowers, a Moonpig card, a box of chocolates, and if we can stretch the budget, a Groupon spa day. If though, you’re amongst the celebrity elite, this yearly celebration enters a whole different ball game.