Memento International Unveils Trailer for ‘Persian Lessons’ Ahead of Theatrical Roll-Out (EXCLUSIVE)

Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong'o and Penélope Cruz are starring in a movie together and assume it's a period drama ready-made for Oscar voters, you'd be forgiven.

Female agents from around the globe join forces to save the world in the upcoming movie The 355 and the action-packed trailer has been released!

BERLIN -- A study has concluded that the founding director of the Berlin International Film Festival made a “not insignificant” contribution to the German film system under Nazi rule and later covered up his role, festival organizers said Wednesday.Alfred Bauer led the “Berlinale” from 1951 to 1976, building the festival into a major draw for then-West Berlin.

Manori Ravindran International EditorRainmaker Content has picked up worldwide distribution rights from German studio Leonine for Brendan Fraser-starring action series “Professionals.” The project, which was completed during the global pandemic, will be shopped to buyers at next month’s virtual Mipcom market.Commissioned by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) for streamer Viaplay, the cast includes Fraser (“Trust”), Tom Welling (“Smallville”), Elena Anaya (“Wonder Woman”), Saïd Taghmaoui

Victoria and David Beckham recently whizzed off to enjoy a couples' health retreat holiday and, as you can imagine, it looked ultra-dreamy. The loved-up pair, who tied the knot in 1999, headed to Villa Stéphanie in Baden-Baden in Germany's Black Forest and enjoyed a £3,430 per person health programme.

Naman Ramachandran Stuart Ford’s AGC International has closed several global territories on “The Father,” starring Donnie Yen (the “Ip Man” franchise, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”), directed by Tommy Wirkola (“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”)Deals closed at the virtual Toronto market include with Leonine in Germany and Switzerland; Metropolitan in France; DeAPlaneta in Spain; Nordisk in Scandinavia; Rialto Distribution & Vertigo Releasing in Australia & New Zealand; Signature Entertainment in

Tom Grater International Film ReporterHello and welcome to International Insider. Tom Grater here bringing you our latest rundown of international news, including some exciting TIFF deal-making action, a key hire in the German TV market, and the winners from the first major film festival to take place in the pandemic era.Pre-market nerves: “How will this year’s market play out? Who knows?” Wrote Deadline’s Mike Fleming on the eve of this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Kourosh Ahari’s The Night made history as the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license receive a theatrical release in Iran.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Following on from Russell Crowe road-rage thriller Unhinged, filmmaker Derrick Borte is set to direct thriller Black Forest, on which LA-based Film Bridge International is launching world sales.Written by Borte and Daniel Forte (American Dreamer), the film will alight on a group of university students backpacking through Germany’s famed Black Forest.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, German major Leonine has won rights to recently announced Jason Statham-Guy Ritchie spy thriller Five Eyes, marking the first major deal to go down during Toronto’s virtual market.The splashy pre-sale, in the high seven figures, marks one of Leonine’s most lucrative acquisitions to date.

Guy Lodge Film Critic“And Tomorrow the Entire World” is a taut, headlong dive into a student Antifa commune in Berlin, whose residents gradually splinter over how to fight a rising tide of white supremacy. It was, per its press notes, originally conceived as a period piece by director Julia von Heinz, before she concluded that there was no need to do so.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBlue Fox Entertainment has acquired She Is the Ocean, the new documentary from Inna Blokhina (On the Wave) that follows nine women from across the globe who share a deep and profound love of the ocean.

Ed Meza @edmezavarJapanese filmmaker Tomoko Kana is revisiting the legacy of nuclear catastrophe in a new feature film project that brings together survivors of Fukushima and Chernobyl.Kana and producer Mari Mukai are looking for primarily German partners for the project, which they presented at this year’s Venice Gap-Financing Market and which will shoot to a large extent in Germany.“A Picture Book” is a very personal project for Kana that reflects her own experiences, according to Mukai,