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Venice Fresh Faces: ‘Sky Peals’ Star Faraz Ayub - variety.com - Britain - Pakistan
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03.09.2023

Venice Fresh Faces: ‘Sky Peals’ Star Faraz Ayub

Naman Ramachandran British actor Faraz Ayub is in virtually every frame of Moin Hussain’s “Sky Peals,” world premiering at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. Ayub plays Adam, who works night shifts at a motorway service station and lives a lonely life. Upon hearing that his estranged father has died, he finds himself in search of answers.

Tilda Swinton Signs With CAA - deadline.com - Britain
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26.01.2024

Tilda Swinton Signs With CAA

EXCLUSIVE: Tilda Swinton, the Academy Award- and BAFTA Award-winning actress most recently seen in yet another indelible role in David Fincher’s Netflix hitman pic The Killer, has signed with CAA.

‘Priscilla’ Trailer: Elvis’ First Love Finds Her Own Voice In New Sofia Coppola Movie - etcanada.com - USA - Germany
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03.10.2023

‘Priscilla’ Trailer: Elvis’ First Love Finds Her Own Voice In New Sofia Coppola Movie

Priscilla Presley’s iconic updo is hitting the screens in a fresh trailer for Sofia Coppola’s upcoming flick “Priscilla”.

Michael Mann Teases ‘Heat’ Prequel: ‘I Want To Make It’ - etcanada.com
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23.08.2023

Michael Mann Teases ‘Heat’ Prequel: ‘I Want To Make It’

Michael Mann is ready to dive back into the world of “Heat”.

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Joins Cast of ‘Silent Friend’ From ‘On Body and Soul’ Director Ildiko Enyedi (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Germany - Hungary - Hong Kong - city Hong Kong
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23.08.2023

Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Joins Cast of ‘Silent Friend’ From ‘On Body and Soul’ Director Ildiko Enyedi (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Tony Leung Chiu-wai, the Hong Kong star of “In the Mood for Love” and Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” has joined the cast of “Silent Friend” by Oscar-nominated Hungarian director Ildiko Enyedi (“On Body and Soul”). Leung will be honored at the Venice Film Festival, where he will receive a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. He previously starred in three movies that have won the Venice Golden Lion: “A City of Sadness” (1989) by Hou Hsiao-hsien, “Cyclo” (1995) by Tran Anh Hung and “Lust, Caution” (2007) by Ang Lee.

‘God Is a Woman’ Doc About Panama’s Matriarchal Kuna Tribe to Open Venice Critics’ Week - variety.com - France - Germany - Chile - county Lee - Panama - Taiwan - city Panama
variety.com
24.07.2023

‘God Is a Woman’ Doc About Panama’s Matriarchal Kuna Tribe to Open Venice Critics’ Week

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent “God Is a Woman,” a doc by Swiss-Panamanian filmmaker Andrés Peyrot about Pierre Dominique Gaisseau’s 1975 journey to Panama to make a film on the island-dwelling Kuna people — whose women play a unique and sacred role — will open the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. The section’s out-of-competition opener reconstructs the legend of this film that was passed down from the elders to the new Kuna generation, but never made it to the screen. Gaisseau, a French explorer and filmmaker who won an Oscar in 1961 for the doc “The Sky Above, the Mud Below,” lived with the Kuna people on a Panamanian island for a year and filmed their most intimate ceremonies. He then promised to return with the film, but never did. He ran out of funding and a bank confiscated his reels, which Peyrot unearthed 50 years later.

Shia LaBeouf Is ‘Writing About Auschwitz’ for a Potential New Film, Director Abel Ferrara Reveals - variety.com - Italy
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31.05.2023

Shia LaBeouf Is ‘Writing About Auschwitz’ for a Potential New Film, Director Abel Ferrara Reveals

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Abel Ferrara announced in an interview with The Film Stage that his “Padre Pio” star Shia LaBeouf is currently writing a movie about Auschwitz that the two men are thinking of filming together. No other details were provided at this time. Variety has tapped LaBeouf’s manager for additional details. In Ferrara’s “Padre Pio,” which premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, LaBeouf plays the eponymous 19th century religious figure, who rose to fame in the Catholic world for exhibiting stigmata — crucifixion wounds corresponding to those on the body of Jesus Christ — before becoming a symbol of hope for southern Italians during the country’s turbulent period between the two world wars.

‘Spring Breakers’ Director Harmony Korine To Receive Locarno Honorary Golden Pard - variety.com - California - Indiana
variety.com
09.05.2023

‘Spring Breakers’ Director Harmony Korine To Receive Locarno Honorary Golden Pard

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S. director and artist Harmony Korine, whose films include “Gummo,” “Spring Breakers” and “Beach Bum” – which stars Matthew McConaughey as a stoner poet named Moondog – is being honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Pardo d’onore Manor lifetime achievement award. Born in Bolinas, California, in 1974, Harmony Korine broke out in the filmmaking world in 1995 when he wrote the screenplay for Larry Clark’s controversial “Kids.” In 1997 he made his directorial debut with “Gummo,” a realistic look at youth alienation in America, for which he won awards at the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week and at the Rotterdam fest. 

Venice Critics’ Week Premiere ‘Have You Seen This Woman?’ Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE) - variety.com - Serbia - Croatia
variety.com
07.09.2022

Venice Critics’ Week Premiere ‘Have You Seen This Woman?’ Drops Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Directing duo Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluščević make their feature debut with “Have You Seen This Woman?,” which has its world premiere Sept. 8 during the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week. Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer. Divided into three chapters, “Have You Seen This Woman?” presents three acts that follow three different lives of a middle-aged woman of the same name. In the heat of a summer day, Draginja discovers a dead body that resembles her. Elsewhere, another hires a fake husband to show off in front of her friends. Finally, on a cold winter night, a third Draginja roams the streets hoping to recover her lost memory. Through three different life possibilities, each tries to get out of her skin in her own way.

Venice Review: Roberto De Paolis’ Horizons Opener ‘Princess’ - deadline.com - Britain - Italy - Nigeria
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31.08.2022

Venice Review: Roberto De Paolis’ Horizons Opener ‘Princess’

Roberto De Paolis’ second film has such a heightened sense of the absurd — a playful, almost naïve tone that’s completely at odds with its subject matter — that it can only come from real life. That turns out to be very much the case in the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons section opener Princess, a story based on the true-experiences of Nigerian sex workers, many of them trafficked, in contemporary Italy. The result is a curiously queasy mix of comedy and drama that, while taking an admirable view of its lead character as a complex heroine rather than a victim to be pitied, falls into many of the same tropes in more cliched depictions of prostitution.

French Rom-Com ‘Three Nights a Week,’ Set in Drag Queen World, to Open Venice Critics’ Week - variety.com - France - Paris
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25.07.2022

French Rom-Com ‘Three Nights a Week,’ Set in Drag Queen World, to Open Venice Critics’ Week

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentQueer romantic comedy “Three Nights a Week,” set amid the Parisian drag queen scene, will open the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week which has unveiled its lineup of nine titles, all of which are world premiers.The section’s out-of-competition opener is directed by Florent Gouëlou who, besides having a master’s degree in cinema from La Sorbonne, is also a committed drag queen who performs every month on the Flèche d’Or stage in Paris.Touted as the first European film on the glittering world of drag queens, “Three Nights” is the tale of 29-year-old Baptiste who is in a heterosexual relationship when he meets Cookie Kunty, a young drag queen from the Parisian scene who immediately mesmerizes him. Initially motivated by the idea of a photography project revolving around Cookie, he immerses himself into this world, eventually embarking upon a relationship with Quentin, the young man behind the drag queen.

Hybrid Documentary ‘Like an Island’ Wins Top Award at Visions du Reel - variety.com - USA - Russia - Switzerland - city Sarajevo
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16.04.2022

Hybrid Documentary ‘Like an Island’ Wins Top Award at Visions du Reel

Lise Pedersen “Like an Island” (“L’îlot”), a hybrid documentary fable tinged with magical realism by Swiss director Tizian Büchi, has won the Grand Jury Prize at international documentary film festival Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. The debut feature had its world premiere at the festival, bearing testimony to the event’s reputation as a launchpad for new talent and its tradition for hybrid fiction-reality films.

New Locarno Film Festival Chief Giona A. Nazzaro Talks ‘Audience-Friendly’ Vision - variety.com - Switzerland
variety.com
06.08.2021

New Locarno Film Festival Chief Giona A. Nazzaro Talks ‘Audience-Friendly’ Vision

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew Locarno Film Festival artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro, who is the former head of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, is starting to put his stamp on the Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema with a lineup comprising comedies and genre films alongside more straightforward auteur cinema, driven by a desire to make the selection “more audience friendly,” as he puts it.

Variety to Honor Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Barbera - variety.com
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30.07.2021

Variety to Honor Venice Film Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Barbera

Shalini Dore Features News EditorVariety will bestow its Intl. Achievement in Film Award on Alberto Barbera at a ceremony at the Venice Film Festival next month.Barbera, who has been the topper of the festival since 2012, extended his contract till 2024.

Venice Critics’ Week to Open With U.S. Director Jake Wachtel’s Cambodia-set ‘Karmalink,’ Full Lineup - variety.com - Cambodia
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22.07.2021

Venice Critics’ Week to Open With U.S. Director Jake Wachtel’s Cambodia-set ‘Karmalink,’ Full Lineup

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week has unveiled its lineup of nine international first works, all of them world premieres, with U.S.

‘Another Round’ Dominates 2020 European Film Awards - theplaylist.net - USA
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13.12.2020

‘Another Round’ Dominates 2020 European Film Awards

In a tight Oscar race in the International Film category, Thomas Vinterberg‘s celebrated “Another Round” is increasingly looking like an easy bet for a nomination. The Venice Film Festival drama swept the major honors at the 2020 European Film Awards including European Film, Director (Vinterberg), Actor (Mads Mikkelsen) and Screenplay.

Venice Critics’ Week Taps Beatrice Fiorentino as Chief After Giona Nazzaro Goes to Locarno - variety.com
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30.11.2020

Venice Critics’ Week Taps Beatrice Fiorentino as Chief After Giona Nazzaro Goes to Locarno

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian film critic and academic Beatrice Fiorentino has been appointed new general delegate of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, the Lido’s independently run section dedicated to promising first works from around the world.Fiorentino — who was previously a member of the section’s selection committee — had been widely expected to replace her predecessor Giona Nazzaro, who stepped down recently ending a five-year stint at the section’s helm after

Locarno Film Festival Appoints Giona Nazzaro as Artistic Director - variety.com
variety.com
05.11.2020

Locarno Film Festival Appoints Giona Nazzaro as Artistic Director

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian film critic Giona A.

Venice Best Director Winner Kiyoshi Kurosawa Talks 'Wife of a Spy' - www.hollywoodreporter.com - Japan
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15.09.2020

Venice Best Director Winner Kiyoshi Kurosawa Talks 'Wife of a Spy'

Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa nabbed another career honor Sunday, winning the Venice Film Festival's best director award for Wife of a Spy, the first period drama of his prolific filmography. Set in 1940 Kobe, Japan, the film stars Issey Takahashi (Kill Bill, Shin Godzilla) as a debonair silk merchant whose cosmopolitan world view is on a collision course with Japan's advancing militarism and stifling social conformity.

Venice Critics’ Week Lineup to Include ‘The Rossellinis,’ U.S. drama ‘Topside’ - variety.com - Italy
variety.com
21.07.2020

Venice Critics’ Week Lineup to Include ‘The Rossellinis,’ U.S. drama ‘Topside’

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentHigh-profile doc “The Rossellinis,” described as a tongue-in-cheek autobiographical look at the descendants of iconic Italian director Roberto Rossellini’s extended family, is among the standout world premieres in the lineup of the upcoming Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week.Directed by Roberto Rossellini’s grandson, Alessandro Rossellini, the doc is unspooling out of competition and will close the separately-run Venice section that will feature seven

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