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Korean Indie ‘The World of Love’ Lands French Distribution Deal With The Jokers Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The Jokers Films has acquired French distribution rights to Barunson E&A’s “The World of Love,” the top-grossing independent Korean film at the 2025 local box office. The...
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China Loses Young Moviegoers as Vietnam Market Grows, JAFF Market Panel Hears
China’s theatrical market is losing younger audiences while Vietnam emerges as a breakout territory for pan-Asian content, according to industry executives speaking at the JAFF...
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Draws Record 34 Million Viewers on NBC, Peacock in Early Numbers
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was no turkey for NBC. In fact, the broadcaster’s 2025 airing of the annual event is poised to record its biggest combined audience ever. Per...
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‘Tale of the Land’ Director Loeloe Hendra Brings Migrant Worker Drama to JAFF Future Project
Loeloe Hendra, whose feature debut “Tale of the Land” won the Fipresci Award at the Busan International Film Festival and screened at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, has a...
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‘Canopy’ Director Aaron Wilson Brings Australia-Indonesia Romance ‘Under the Banyan Moon’ to JAFF...
Aaron Wilson, whose debut feature “Canopy” premiered at Toronto, has a new project selected for the JAFF Future Project with “Under the Banyan Moon,” a cross-cultural romance...
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‘The Beatles Anthology’ Gets a New Ending: Director Oliver Murray on How Episode 9 Finally Put a...
The newly refurbished version of “The Beatles Anthology” has been rolling out on Disney+ over a period of days this week, with a newly commissioned Episode 9 premiering on the...
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Guillermo Galoe’s ‘Sleepless City’ Wins Best Film at Qatar’s Inaugural Doha Film Festival
Guillermo Galoe’s “Sleepless City,” a hybrid drama set inside Europe’s largest informal settlement, took the top narrative prize at the inaugural Doha Film Festival. The...
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Indonesia-Malaysia Co-Productions Surge With Four New Film Projects at JAFF Market
A quartet of Indonesian-Malaysian film co-productions was unveiled at the JAFF Market, signaling an uptick in collaboration between the two Southeast Asian territories. The...
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — Timothée Chalamet and Leonardo DiCaprio Solidify as Ethan Hawke...
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming...
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Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ Lands International Production Alliance for Forka Films
Indonesian production company Forka Films has unveiled a production consortium for auteur Kamila Andini’s upcoming feature “Four Seasons in Java,” scheduled for 2026 release....
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‘Qodrat 3,’ ‘Mayat Hidup’ Among Magma Entertainment Slate at JAFF Market
Leading Indonesian studio Magma Entertainment has confirmed “Qodrat 3,” the latest instalment of their hit franchise, at the JAFF Market. Founded by siblings Charles and Linda...
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France Deepens Indonesian Cinema Partnership Through Expanded Film Lab, Festival Initiatives: ‘A...
France and Indonesia are strengthening their strategic cultural partnership through an expanded suite of cinema initiatives, as the France-Indonesia Film Lab returns for its...
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LAPD Confirms Investigation of D4vd’s Trip to Santa Barbara Location
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Tuesday they are investigating a trip singer D4vd took to the Santa Barbara area sometime during the spring of 2025 following the...
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Education Through Music-Los Angeles Set to Honor Diane Warren – Film News in Brief
Tuesday, November 25 Education Through Music-Los Angeles is set to honor songwriter Diane Warren. It will host the 20th Year Benefit Gala at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los...
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WAVES Film Bazaar’s Screenwriters Lab Emerges as Vital Development Pipeline for Indian Cinema:...
The National Film Development Corporation’s Screenwriters Lab at the WAVES Film Bazaar has established itself as a crucial launching pad for independent Indian filmmakers,...
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‘Ramayana’ Aims to Set New Global Benchmark for VFX, Director Reveals at WAVES Film Bazaar
Nitesh Tiwari said his upcoming “Ramayana,” described as India’s most expensive film, is being built to deliver a level of visual scale and craftsmanship that can stand...
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‘Stranger Things’ Season 5 Preview: Where Did We Leave Off at the End of Season 4?
It’s time to start running up that hill again. But since it’s been more than three years since “Stranger Things” aired its fourth season finale, the trek might be a little rough...
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‘Andhadhun’ Producer Matchbox Backs Film Adaptation of Honor Killing True Story ‘Shamed’ – WAVES...
Matchbox Shots, the Mumbai-based banner behind “Andhadhun,” “Monica O My Darling” (Netflix) and “Scoop” (Netflix), is backing “Shamed,” an official adaptation of Sarbjit Kaur...
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How Brendan Fraser Confronted His Loneliness in ‘Rental Family’ and His Warning on AI Acting: ‘It...
Three years after his triumphant Oscar win for “The Whale,” Brendan Fraser has found his next deeply personal project in an unlikely place: Tokyo. In Hikari’s “Rental Family,”...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, After Break With Trump, Resigns From Congress
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand who broke with President Trump over the Epstein files, announced Friday that she will resign from Congress. Trump withdrew his support for...
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Sustainability Sparks Calls for Industry Reform at International Film Festival of India: ‘The...
Sustainability in filmmaking isn’t advancing fast enough, and real progress will require structural reform, cultural change, and mandatory standards — that was the blunt...
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Kendrick Lamar Comedy With ‘South Park’ Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone Removed From March...
Kendrick Lamar and “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren’t ready to unveil their mysterious live-action comedy just yet. Paramount has removed the trio’s...
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India’s PTC Punjabi, Australia’s Temple Forge Three-Film Co-Production Pact (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian entertainment platform PTC Punjabi has partnered with Australian production company Temple to co-present three Punjabi-language feature films under the Australia-India...
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Cairo Award Winner Mohanad Yaqubi on Lebanese Filmmaker Jocelyne Saab: ‘It’s as If She’s Making...
“Revolutionaries Never Die” was the winner of the top award at this year’s Cairo Film Connection, the industry program of the Cairo Film Festival. Variety interviewed the...
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Tallinn Black Nights Festival Awards: Family Dramas ‘The Good Daughter’ and ‘The Well’ Win Big at...
Two weeks after a triumphal opening to the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with “They Will be Dust,” Catalan cinema, honored by a Focus at Tallinn this year, closed out the...
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Spike Lee, Antonio Banderas Celebrate Each Other at Torino Film Festival
Camaraderie stole the spotlight at the Torino Film Festival as Spike Lee and Antonio Banderas each dropped to one knee, presenting the other with a lifetime achievement award at...
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Italian Cinema Takes Spotlight With Honor and Urgency at Torino Opening Night
A funny thing happened on the way to Turin, as the constellation of international guests gathered by the Torino Film Festival to represent world cinema arrived united in its...
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Robert Pietranton, Warner Bros. TV Publicity Exec and Communications Vet, Dies at 56
Somewhere, Robert Pietranton is smiling and spinning his favorite tune, Bruce Springsteen’s “Walk Like a Man” from the “Tunnel of Love” album. The beloved and well-respected...
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‘The Way Home’ Ending With Season 4 at Hallmark
It’s time to say goodbye to the Landry family. “The Way Home” will end with its fourth season, set to be released on the Hallmark Channel in Spring 2026. The series stars Andie...
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Disney+ and CJ ENM’s Tving Launch Bundle Deal in Korea
Disney+ has forged a groundbreaking partnership with CJ ENM’s Korean streaming platform Tving, introducing bundled subscription packages that combine global and local content at...
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