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Liza Foreman Opening this year’s Horizons of Arab Cinema section at the Cairo Film Festival, the omnibus film “Becoming” shows just how far the Saudi filmmaking community has come in supporting female filmmakers.Playing in an Out-of-Competition slot, directors Sara Mesfer, Fatima Al Banawi, Jawaher Alamri, Hind Al Fahhad and Noor Alameer collaborated to create this 70-minute fiction film, which seeks to amplify female filmmaking visions from the region.The filmmakers looked to “explore the

Naman Ramachandran Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentThe Cannes Festival’s greatest industry achievement in the last decade, apart from maintaining the global preeminence of its Riviera-set meet, is Buenos Aires’ Ventana Sur. Launched in 2009 by the Cannes Festival and Market, in partnership with Argentina’s INCAA film-TV agency, it became from its very get-go the biggest film industry event in Latin America.Running Nov.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFor the upcoming 43rd edition of the Cairo Film Festival, which is the grande dame of Arab film events, fest chief Mohamed Hefzy and his team have assembled a rich mix of top notch Arab and international titles, including the world premiere of Tunisian star Dhafer L’Abidine’s directorial debut “Ghodwa” and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) premiere of “House of Gucci.” They have also recruited high-caliber talents and industry personalities such

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItaly’s Torino Film Festival, the pre-eminent event for young directors and indie cinema — now being revamped after going virtual due to the pandemic — will somewhat symbolically kick off its upcoming 39th edition with the international premiere of “Sing 2” with director Garth Jennings in tow.“It’s a hymn to going back into movie theaters,” says Torino artistic director Stefano Francia di Celle on choosing the animated musical comedy, featuring more

A scene from I Am Samuel, the closing night film

Naman Ramachandran Italy’s Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the Oscar, BAFTA and Cannes winning film “Cinema Paradiso,” will preside over the features competition jury at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival (Dec. 6-15).

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe 39th edition of Torino Film Festival, Italy’s preeminent event for young directors and indie cinema, kicks off Friday with the international premiere of “Sing 2.” It is the country’s first festival held in venues with 100% seating capacity since COVID-19 struck, and it will also be the first in-person edition assembled by artistic director Stefano Francia di Celle, who debuted last year with an online event, due to the pandemic.

Deadline has launched the streaming site for Contenders Film: Documentary, featuring all 25 panels from our Sunday event showcasing the filmmakers behind the buzziest nonfiction feature films of the awards season.

George Bird Two of the most acclaimed climbing films of the year, Max Lowe’s “Torn” and The Alpinist, from Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen, have taken big awards at this year’s Kendal Mountain Film Festival, held in the U.K.’s Lake District.Its hybrid edition proved once more a dazzling showcase of mountain and sports films whose subjects, themes and emotions went far beyond the adrenalin-rush thrills of reportage.Awards for the festival’s main international film competition were unveiled

Deadline has launched the stand-alone streaming site for Contenders Film: International, featuring the 26 panels from Saturday’s all-day virtual showcase of key titles entered into the International Feature Oscar race. This year’s panel lineup included appearances by the likes of Javier Bardem, Noomi Rapace, Asghar Farhadi, Dan Stevens, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Agathe Rousselle discussing their buzzy projects as the movie-awards season heats up.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorHBO Max will get its hands on Fox’s film slate for one final year — under an unusual deal to share streaming windows with Disney Plus and Hulu for half the studio’s titles, starting with “Ron’s Gone Wrong” next month.Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and WarnerMedia amended their current output agreement for films from Fox (renamed 20th Century Studios) on HBO/HBO Max, which runs through the 2022 release year.It’s a last hurrah for the partnership: The

Boygenius played at a San Francisco charity event on Friday (November 19), marking the first time they’ve performed together since 2018.The indie-rock supergroup – comprising Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus – took part in the one-off benefit gig at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, with all proceeds from the event going to the Bay Area nonprofit Bread & Roses.According to their website, the organisation “produce[s] free, live music and entertainment for Bay Area children, teens, adults,

Justin Hartley, 44, and his wife Sofia Pernas, 32, are a stunning couple! The pair cozied up at the red carpet arrivals for luxury watch store Omega’s San Francisco opening on Thursday, Nov. 18. Sofia looked gorgeous in ’70s inspired mustard yellow dress that featured spaghetti straps and a midi length cut, showing off her platform black sandals.

Nick Jonas leaves a business meeting at the San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood, Calif. on Wednesday (November 17).

Metallica have announced a takeover of San Francisco to coincide with their upcoming 40th anniversary shows in the city.The legendary metal band, who formed back in 1981, are scheduled to perform two celebratory headline concerts at San Fran’s Chase Center arena next month (December 17/19).Yesterday (November 17) James Hetfield and co. outlined plans to “take over the city of San Francisco” between December 16-19 with a series of special events.

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