Venice: 'Apples' Exclusive Trailer

Christos Nikou was there at the start of the Greek Weird Wave as the assistant director on Yorgos Lanthimos' dark comedy Dogtooth (2009), the movie that launched the absurdist cinema movement partly inspired by the chaos in Greece triggered by the global financial crisis. More than a decade later, Nikou is adding his own twist to the movement with his assured directorial debut.

Together We Rise: The Uncompromised Story of GRM Daily has just been released – check it out below.The four-part documentary series, set to launch at the end of September, follows the rise of online music platform GRM Daily and its founder Koby ‘Posty’ Hagan.GRM Daily, founded in 2009 as Grime Daily, is a global platform specialising in UK rap across a number of genres including drill, grime, UK garage, Afroswing, trap and British hip-hop.At the time of writing, GRM Daily has 3.21 million

A young Chinese journalist battles corruption, state power, and his own conscience in The Best is Yet to Come, the debut feature from Chinese director Jing Wang. The drama, which premieres in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, before moving on to Toronto's Discovery sidebar, is set in 2003 in the aftermath of the SARS epidemic in China.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Shorta,” the timely action-packed Danish thriller that had its world premiere in Venice Critics’ Week this weekend, has now been sold by Charades in a number of territories.Directed by up-and-coming Danish filmmakers Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm, “Shorta” unfolds in the aftermath of the killing of 19-year-old Talib Ben Hassi while in custody.

A neurotic young actor is pushed to the edge in My Best Part,' the directorial debut of French star Nicolas Maury, known to fans of Netflix's French film industry satire Call my Agent! In the first international trailer for the film (see below), Maury gives a sad-sack performance as Jérémie Meyer, an out-of-work actor plagued by doubts, jealousy (he suspects his partner may be cheating on him), and an unhealthy emotional dependency on his mother, played by the always-superb Nathalie Baye (Catch

Filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó is no stranger to the film festival circuit, with his 2005 film “Johanna” screening at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, before “White God” took home the Prize Un Certain Regard later in 2014. “White God” was even selected to be Hungary’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards.

A minimalist deadpan dramedy with serious political undertones, Gaza Mon Amour offers up a vision of the Palestinian situation at once realistic and absurdist, revealing how even the simplest of love stories can be thwarted by a repressive government, collective human foibles and an ancient Greek statue with a major erection.

Alec Utgoff, who played the disheveled Russian scientist Dr. Alexei in Season 3 of Netflix's Stranger Things, has gotten a lot sexier, and, if possible, even weirder, for his new film, Never Gonna Snow Again.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGreta Thunberg documentary “I Am Greta” will get the big-screen treatment in cinemas across Europe, North America and Australia this fall.U.K. sales agent Dogwoof has secured a raft of sales and global territory releases for the Nathan Grossman-directed film about the young Swedish activist, which enjoys its world premiere in Venice on Sept.

In a welcome sign for a struggling independent film market, the Venice Film Festival kicked off this week with a series of international deals. Sony Pictures Classics picked up worldwide rights, outside of Italy, for Luca Guadagnino’s documentary Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, which covers the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDaniele Luchetti’s “The Ties” (“Lacci”), the first Italian film to open the Venice Film Festival in 11 years, garnered warm reviews on its world premiere on Wednesday evening, and has been sold by MK2 Films in a raft of territories around the world.MK2 Films has been able to lure major distributors in key markets, notably France (Pyramide), Spain (Caramel), Latin America (Synapse), China (Huanxi), Portugal (Midas), Greece (Weirdwave), Austria (Thim),

When most upcoming television shows and movies were delayed because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Apple TV+ found a silver lining. As the vast majority of its slate has been pushed to 2021, Apple acquired two shows in the interim to fill the gap — one of which is “Tehran.” The show also holds the distinction of being Apple TV+’s first piece of non-English content, as “Tehran” dialogue is mainly Hebrew and Farsi.

Christopher Vourlias Three teenagers living in an institution for people with special needs fall into an unexpected love triangle, and are suddenly forced to navigate powerful new feelings of envy and desire. As their emotions threaten to upend the carefully structured world around them, the trio find themselves increasingly willing to resort to desperate measures to find a way out.“Oasis” is the sophomore feature film from Serbian director Ivan Ikić, which world premieres Sept.

coronavirus pandemic, Tamhane plans to be there.“It’s been my dream, in a way to, you know, (to) be in competition at the festival,” he said. “You know, there would be no bigger high than presenting the film in person at Venice.”“I started off almost like a journalist, you know, attending concerts, interviewing musicians and hanging out in these spaces that they inhabit.

Taylor Hill stuns on the red carpet with a pretty Etro gown for the 2020 Venice Film Festival opening ceremony on Wednesday (September 2) in Venice, Italy.

Cate Blanchett walks the red carpet while attending the opening ceremony of the 2020 Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (September 2) in Venice, Italy.

Tilda Swinton is honouring Chadwick Boseman once again at the Venice Film Festival.

Tilda Swinton accepts the Golden Lion Award on stage at the 2020 Venice Film Festival‘s opening ceremony on Wednesday (September 2) in Venice, Italy.

Manori Ravindran International EditorTilda Swinton accepted her Golden Lion for career achievement at the Venice Film Festival with a touching love letter to cinema, which she punctuated with “Wakanda Forever,” in a nod to “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman.The British actor accepted the prize from Venice jury president Cate Blanchett during the festival’s opening ceremony on Wednesday evening, where the festival kicked off with a tribute to Italian composer Ennio Morricone — complete with

Yorgos Lanthimos' dark absurdist comedy Dogtooth in 2009 ushered in the so-called Greek Weird Wave, which blossomed at least partly out of national chaos triggered by the country's financial crisis that same year. Christos Nikou, whose background includes working as an assistant director on that film, establishes himself as an exciting new voice in the movement with his assured feature debut, Apples.