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The BFI has revealed the lineup of titles it will take to the upcoming Cannes Market as part of its Great 8 initiative for first and second-time filmmakers.  The list of titles includes In Starland, the debut feature directed by veteran British actor Ray Panthaki, and Daughter of Eden from Iranian-B

It’s time: Cannes’ Focus COPRO, dedicated to first feature films, has announced this year’s seven projects. That includes “A Summer Tale” (Germany) directed by Berthold Wahjudi, “Algiers Haze” (France) by Sarra Ryma, Gaël Kamilindi’s “The Zebra’s Shadow” (Switzerland), Laura Obradors’ “The Woodworm”

GTA VI really does need to be a brilliant game if it's to deliver for fans, and there are some out there who know exactly what to expect.

The feature directing debut of 'Boiling Point' actor Ray Panthaki, starring Clarence Maclin in his first leading role, also features in the annual spotlight on features for distributors and festival programmers.

“I’m incredibly proud of our team and the show," says executive producer Lorne Michaels. "It keeps getting better every week."

Rooney Mara (Carol) will lead Quest For Love, a new feature written and directed by Antonia Campbell-Hughes (It Is in Us All).  Rooney Mara will star as the lead Maris. The character has been described as a “deeply complex woman who explores her capacity to feel love through her relationship with he

An Ocarina of Time remake has been rumored for some time, and the latest revelation may finally be enough to confirm it in the minds of some.

Saturday Night Live UK has been renewed for a second season. The first ends in nine days’ time but Sky and Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS) have liked what they’ve seen enough to give an early greenlight for a second run, which will air an extended 12 episodes from fall 2026. The show

Oscar nominee Rooney Mara is escaping to Paris to explore intimacy, morality and the limits of human connection in the newly-announced feature “Quest for Love,” which she will also exec produce. The film marks the latest feature behind the camera for Irish actress and writer/director Antonia Campbel

“Saturday Night Live U.K.” is set to be renewed for a second season. Although Sky initially declined to comment, multiple sources confirmed the news to Variety, saying that despite rocky ratings the Comcast-owned network are thrilled with the show. Since Variety first published news of the renewal,

A new traveling market platform designed to connect African creative producers with fresh sources of financing will launch with a series of events May 14 – 15 at the Cannes Marché du Film. Curated and operated by the pan-African film studio Yetu (Un)limited, in partnership with Ctrl + Alt + Shift, S

EXCLUSIVE: Helen Mirren will be the guest of honor at Italy’s Taormina Film Festival in June where she will be honored with its Lifetime Achievement Award during a special evening dedicated to late Italian acting icon Anna Magnani. “It is an immense honor to welcome Helen Mirren to the Taormina Film

Sony Pictures Television’s president has made an impassioned plea to the new leaders of the BBC and Channel 4 to form an alliance that would reshape the UK’s television industry. Wayne Garvie, the outspoken British executive who oversees a content empire that includes The Crown and Industry, argued

EXCLUSIVE: Round 12 has acquired international sales rights for Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco’s documentary The Match, about the legendary Argentina-England 1986 World Cup quarter final, ahead of its debut in Cannes Premiere. It marks the first sales acquisition of a Cannes Official Selection titl

Principal photography has begun on “The Man Who Stole Portugal,” a darkly comic period heist inspired by one of the most audacious financial frauds of the 20th century. Directed by BAFTA nominee Thomas Napper (“Jawbone,” “Widow Clicquot”), the script is by Richard Galazka, inspired by the titular tr

Beta Cinema is handling world sales on Thomas Napper's true-story period heist and will launch the project to international buyers in Cannes.

EXCLUSIVE: The Chief Financial Officer of UK agency Curtis Brown is exiting after a decade. The 125-year-old agency, which reps the likes of Ncuti Gatwa, Robert Pattinson and Margaret Atwood, confirmed Simon Flamank’s exit after he was terminated as director on Companies House late last month. Flama

Final Fantasy 9 is among the most beloved entries in the franchise, and fans are getting a brand-new release on May 16.

In the parlance of undercover operatives, a “legend” is the false identity one concocts to infiltrate a criminal network. “Your legend has to come from you, or it won’t work. Your legend has to be part of you, or it won’t work,” explains Don (Steve Coogan), a British customs agent charged with train

“52 Blue,” a coming-of-age drama about a sheltered young man’s journey from Kerala to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in pursuit of his childhood idol, Lionel Messi, will open the 17th London Indian Film Festival with its European premiere at BFI Southbank on July 9. Directed by Ali El Arabi (“Captains