The opening of 10th edition of Filmfest Bremen on the 19.03 in my hometown Bremen was a big success. The red carpet was rolled out for a dammed good reason: Stephen Frears and Hugh Grant were in town.  The grand British director was receiving the "Golden Pug-Goldener Mops". Now pugs are known for being sociable and gentle companion dogs. The American Kennel Club describes the breed's personality as "even-tempered and charming". Charme was definetly the motto of th...

  Laura Zentner (Media Law Expert, GreenbergTraurig), Clement Schwebig (President and Managing Director Western Europe & Africa, Warner Bros. Discovery), Emilie Anthonis (President & Managing Director, MPA EMEA), Jörg Bachmaier (CEO of Studio Babelsberg) and Christian Sommer (MPA ) By Mark Tchelistcheff March 5th, 2025   With SXSW film rodeo ride about to begin it was only a couple weeks ago that Berlinale completed its 75th film festival with the largest num...

Good bye Hunter rest in peace, it has been a very long and fun partnership and I have been very happy to serve as Advisory Board Member with you and your team! We sadly all WorldFest friends bidding a fond farewell to its founding director Hunter Todd. Bruno Chatelin filmfestivals.livresgratuits.org founder and team. ...

  Henry Ian Cusick (Lost, MacGyver, The 100), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman), Rory Gibson (The Young and The Restless) are set to star in the new sci-fi drama Fugitive from Asteron, adapted from the award-winning novel by Gen LaGreca, who also wrote the screenplay.       Directed by Dan T. Hall (Noble Vision, Greek Fire – Demon Spirit) and executive produced by LaGreca’s company Winged Victory Foundat...

Sarah Nocquet is a French American screenwriter and director. Born and raised in Paris, she moved to New York to pursue a degree in film & TV production at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and has since expanded her domain of work to include Paris, New York, and London. Her short psychological thriller Speed Queen 51 starring Rory Culkin premiered at Palm Springs Shortfest 2024, and her 5min drama Decoy starring Lia Williams is planning a festival run in 2025. Her s...

The Marché du Film is delighted to announce the producers who were awarded Marché badges to attend this year's Cannes Docs and Producers Network programs. Each year, the Marché du Film partners with festivals and markets worldwide to discover and celebrate outstanding projects and talents in production with Producers Network and in documentary filmmaking with Cannes Docs. Cannes Docs awards the most promising documentary projects at major fe...

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UPPERCUT A movie by director Torsten Ruether. Interview by Emmanuel Itier Put on your boxing glove and jump on the cinematographic ring of director Torsten Ruether new wonder film: ‘UPPERCUT’. And meet Luise Grossmann playing a young bad ass female boxing player, ‘Tonit’ who will end up being coached by the legendary Ving Rhames aka ‘Elliott’. This the journey of a young woman redefining herself and what it means to be a female today, in a sport, boxing, ...

Nathalie Dubois did it again! With her pre-Oscars DPA gift suite (https://dpagroup.org  ), set up at  the amazing exclusive LUXE  hotel (https://www.luxehotels.com ) she created an oasis of Peace and Love to celebrate talent, harmony and unity. In these very divisive insane times, I must salute and honor such a stand. One  has to start with a glass raised to the Glory of the Oscars and for this reason, Nathalie strucked a deal  to  get Perduret Champagne (https:/...

Brooklyn based Syrian filmmaker Ward Kamel’s film “If I Die in America” (2024) tells the emotional story of a grieving American man who has recently lost his Muslim husband but is robbed of his time to mourn as the latter’s traditional customs and family dictate his body be sent back to the Middle East. The film screened at international film festivals, including SXSW and Palm Springs International Film Festival, PSIFF. It held its international premiere at the Palm Spr...

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren, Clive Davis, Common...

Writer, director Tom Van Avermaet is a Belgian filmmaker known for his unique blend of surrealism and melancholia. His acclaimed short films, “Dreamtime” (2006) and “Death of a Shadow” (2012) (starring Matthias Schoenaerts), have garnered significant recognition both nationally and internationally. “Death of a Shadow” won the European Academy Award (European Film Award) for Best European Short and was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Live Acti...

Lions of Mesopotamia had its world premiere at SXSW, on Saturday, March 9th. The film is the true of hope and victory when Iraq’s national soccer team – aka Lions of Mesopotamia – earned the 2007 Asian Cup amid the bloodiest days of Iraq’s civil war. The fairytale story is directed by Emmy winner Lucian Read and produced by Jupiter Entertainment. In an interview with the film’s producer Patrick Reardon and director Lucian Read after their premiere, h...

Olmo Schnabel's directorial debut PET SHOP DAYS screened as a Festival Favorite at SXSW, 2024. The film stars Jack Irv, Darío Yazebek Bernal, alongside Willem Dafoe, Peter Sarsgaard and more. Impulsive black sheep Alejandro (Bernal) and pet store employee Jack (Irv) enter a whirlwind romance that sends them down the rabbit hole of depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. In an interview at SXSW with director&nbs...

RESYNATOR is a feature documentary film and synth resurrection project started by director Alison Tavel in 2014. The true story centers around a resurrected synthesizer (aka the RESYNATOR), that was invented by Alison’s late father Don Tavel in the ‘70s, which she dug up from her grandmother’s attic twenty-five years after his ing and has been on a mission to share it with the world ever since. RESYNATOR had its world premiere at SXSW on March 10th, 2024, and won the Docu...

Sam Shainberg The short film SHOTPLAYER (2024), directed by Sam Shainberg, screened in the Documentary Short Competition at this year’s SXSW. SHOTPLAYER is an impressionistic journey into the mind of Wilfred Rose, one of New York City's most notorious pickpockets. As he returns to the subway for the first time in many years, he reflects on a life of crime in a society that has left many of its citizens behind. SHOTPLAYER asks the question: When ...

Composer Will Bates has composed original scores for a myriad of filmmakers including acclaimed directors Mike Cahill (Another Earth; I Origins; Bliss), Alex Gibney (We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks; Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief; Zero Days; The Forever Prisoner), Ry Russo-Young (You Won’t Miss Me; Nobody Walks) and Fisher Stevens (Mission Blue; Bright Lights).  Bates’ p...

Director, producer, writer Talia Shea Levin’s erotic, quirky satire “Make Me A Pizza” (2024) feels like a modern seventies’ mock porn with attitude. A hungry (in more ways than one) woman calls a pizza delivery guy and fantasizes about him delivering more to her than just his cheesy sausage filled pizza, and they embark on a bumpy messy ride together. Inventive, wacky and hilarious, it is sure to make viewers belly laugh. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW in earl...

THE PUZZLE PALACE “Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple.” “The Puzzle Palace” (2024) is a short documentary film about the unique love story of George and Roxanne Miller, their life living in the suburbs of Boca Raton, Florida and their mutual ion for puzzles, proud owners of one of the world’s largest puzzle collections. The film was produced and directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell and Brian Bell and...

Interview with Ian Bjorn, an fearless and talented actor shares his insight into his acting career and speaks on his time at the Cannes festival by Bella https://www.ianbjorn.com/   Ian on the red carpet in Cannes   ...

THE PUZZLE PALACE “Amassing the world’s largest puzzle collection is a labor of love for one inseparable couple.” “The Puzzle Palace” (2024) is a short documentary film about the unique love story of George and Roxanne Miller, their life living in the suburbs of Boca Raton, Florida and their mutual ion for puzzles, proud owners of one of the world’s largest puzzle collections. The film was produced and directed by Jenny Schweitzer Bell and Brian Bell and...

 Diane Warren Award-winning documentary filmmaker Bess Kargman, known for her documentary short “Coach” (2013), which won the Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013, screened her breakthrough feature documentary film “Diane Warren: Relentless” (2024) at SXSW where it held its World Premiere. It tells the up close and personal story of renowned and prolific multi academy award-winning singer/songwriter Diane Warren, featuring interviews with Diane Warren, C...

Director, producer, writer Talia Shea Levin’s erotic, quirky satire “Make Me A Pizza” (2024) feels like a modern seventies’ mock porn with attitude. A hungry (in more ways than one) woman calls a pizza delivery guy and fantasizes about him delivering more to her than just his cheesy sausage filled pizza, and they embark on a bumpy messy ride together. Inventive, wacky and hilarious, it is sure to make viewers belly laugh. The film had its World Premiere at SXSW in earl...

Keith Le Goy, Chairman of Sony Pictures Television (SPT), is confirmed to  the Festival’s elite Summit Series keynote lineup, which features the industry's boldest voices and the world’s most influential media leaders. As the driving force behind all television production operations across the US, Latin America and Europe, Le Goy has overseen a portfolio of globally renowned programming, including SPT’s legendary game shows, Whe...

Iris Knobloch © Olivier Vigerie - Festival de Cannes The Board of Directors has unanimously re-elected Iris Knobloch as President of the Festival de Cannes for a second three-year term. This new mandate, beginning in July 2025, will cover the 2026, 2027 and 2028 editions. This decision reflects a renewed vote of confidence in her leadership, acknowledging her achievements, ensuring stability, and enabl...