M-Appeal Picks Up ‘Wild Roots,’ Winner of Karlovy Vary Works-in-Progress Award (EXCLUSIVE)

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The 74th Locarno Film Festival will take place in person from August 4 to August 14 in Locarno, Switzerland, and the festival’s film lineup has been announced via The Hollywood Reporter. The Swiss event was founded back in 1946 and is one of the longest-running film festivals in the world.

Switzerland’s Locarno Film festival has unveiled its line-up ahead of a physical 2021 edition running August 4-14. Scroll down for a list of titles.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Locarno Film Festival has unveiled a promising lineup combining edgy new works by established auteurs such as Abel Ferrara alongside plenty of potential discoveries by emerging helmers and global newcomers for its upcoming 74th edition.It will be the first one under new Artistic Director Giona A.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Weeknd is developing a series at HBO which he would star in as well as co-write.Currently titled “The Idol,” the series follows a female pop singer starts a romance with an enigmatic L.A. club owner who is the leader of a secret cult.The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, will server as co-writer and executive producer along with Reza Fahim and Sam Levinson, with all three credited as creators of the show.

The Weeknd is to try his hand at acting with a drama series from Sam Levinson in development at HBO.

th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will return in late August with a lineup of 32 new feature films plus an extensive tribute to Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation, KVIFF organizers announced on Tuesday.The two main sections of the festival, the Crystal Globe Competition and the East of the West Competition, will for the first time include documentary films, which in the past had been excluded from competition or kept in

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading movie event, unveiled the lineups for its Official Selection, Retrospective, and industry programs Tuesday.

After having to cancel an in-person 2020 edition due to the Coronavirus pandemic, one of Europe’s great summer fests, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, will return this August for its 55th edition. The festival announced that this year’s edition will feature 32 world premieres .

The official selection of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has been revealed, featuring 32 premieres. Scroll down for the full list of titles.

Abel Ferrara’s latest film, “Siberia,” finds his constant muse, Willem Dafoe, in an icy, isolated wasteland not explicitly meant to be the Russian tundra but rather an abstract plane of solitude. His character Clint, an English-speaking bartender out of place in this far-off land populated by indigenous peoples, follows the ambient energy of the area on a metaphysical journey through his own past.

The executive producer of Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the president of John Prine’s Oh Boy Records (and widow of the late folk music icon), and ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro are among President Joe Biden’s intended nominees for the National Council on the Arts.

Two musical greats have teamed up to honor a legend! On Friday, Jennifer Hudson released «Here I Am (Singing My Way Home),» a new original song co-written with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Carole King and songwriter Jamie Hartman. The single not only marks the first collaboration between the GRAMMY winners but also serves as the sole original song on the soundtrack for the upcoming Aretha Franklin biopic . Hudson, who was chosen by Franklin to portray her in

Chayce Beckham is opening up about a secret from the season finale of American Idol, which is the night he was crowned the winner of the latest season!

Ashley Jacobs is pregnant — and married.The former star revealed that she is pregnant with her first child and married to Mike Appel.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you have not watched Season 2 of “Love, Victor,” streaming now on Hulu.The second season of “Love, Victor” — the spinoff series of the groundbreaking 2018 coming out feature “Love, Simon” — picks up right where the first left off, with Atlanta teenager Victor Salazar (Michael Cimino) telling his parents that he’s gay.

Southern Charm sweetie! Ashley Jacobs is pregnant with her and husband Mike Appel’s first child.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix and Ubisoft Film & Television are expanding their relationship, with the streamer ordering a “Far Cry” adult anime series as well as ordering the adult anime series “Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.”The “Far Cry” series is based on the first-person shooter game franchise of the same name, with each game revolving around the main character working against a fearsome dictator that controls a particular island or isolated region.