‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ Review: Tunisia’s Provocative Oscar Contender

"What if I will film animals which normally you meet on the plate?" was the question that Russian director Victor Kossakovsky asked when he set out to make Gunda, a black-and-white documentary feature that follows the lives of a pig named Gunda, her piglets, a one-legged chicken and some cows.

25 years after the Srebrenica massacre, Bosnian director Jamila Zbanic (Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams) returns to tell the story of the greatest atrocity of the Yugoslav War. In her film, the story of the killings — when under the eyes of U.N.

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Celebrated for his 2000 film The Great Dance, South African documentary filmmaker Craig Foster found himself, a decade later, exhausted from the pressures of trying to survive as a documentarian. Feeling a sense of detachment from the outside world as well as the people closest to him, Foster attempted to rekindle his passion for life by free-diving in the freezing temps of the Atlantic, vowing to do so every day for a year.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Man Who Sold His Skin, Tunisia’s short-listed entry for Best International Film for the 93rd Academy Awards.

Allison Janney, is ending after the current eighth season, the network announced Wednesday. The series finale will air May 6. “For the past eight years, we’ve had the great honor to bring these wonderful characters to life, sharing their struggles and triumphs with millions of viewers every week,” said executive producers Chuck Lorre, Gemma Baker and Nick Bakay in a joint statement.

CBS’s Mom will end with season eight, the network announced today (February 17).

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Mom” will end its run on CBS this year at the conclusion of Season 8, Variety has learned.That means that the season finale currently scheduled for May 6 will now serve as the series finale. The show had been renewed for Seasons 7 and 8 in early 2019.

CBS’ praised Mom — the network’s longest running comedy series on the air — will end its run after the current eighth season. Mom‘s series finale has been set for May 6 in its Thursday 9 PM time period.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSamuel Goldwyn Films has picked up the U.S. rights for “The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia’s short-listed entry for the international feature film Oscar.

Outlander has given his side splitting review of Sam Heughan's latest show Men in Kilts. Josh Pray took the internet by storm earlier this year after posting a comedic review of why he was addicted to the hit show after binge-watching the first series.Now he's back with a hilarious clip that sees him give his thoughts on watching "Jamie and Dougal in real life" on their adventures in the first ep of the new travel show.

After releasing Lu Over the Wall to critical acclaim, director Masaaki Yuasa was met with a similar brief for his next feature, Ride Your Wave, by Japanese animation studio Science Saru.

Maleonn, also known as Ma Liang, has become one of China’s leading conceptual artists, producing works of stunning imagination that span photography, video, drawing, installations, set design and mechanical puppetry.

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