There are numerous first time directors at this year’s Berlinale, but few come with the sort of indie film credits on Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s resume. The British playwright and screenwriter had worked on the script for Pawel Pawlikowski’s Oscar-winning “Ida” alongside the director, on “Disobedience” with
John Mulaney may have spoken best to the mostly wonderful randomness of the lineup for Friday night’s live “SNL50: The Homecoming Concert” special when, late in the show, he invoked the memory of “Saturday Night Live’s” much-missed music guru, Hal Willner. The comedian spoke about
The sophomore film from “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and the feature debut of rising Senegalese filmmaker Awa Moctar Gueye are among the projects that pan-African production outfit Yetu (Un)Limited will be pitching to prospective partners at the European Film Market. A
One year ago, production in Prague had hit a worrying lull, with an uncharacteristic slowdown apparent on the usually booked soundstages and bustling streets of the Czech capital. Normally one of Europe’s busiest production hubs, the Czech Republic was feeling the impact of both the
The latest from an animation powerhouse, an anticipated biopic from a three-time Oscar nominee and a buzzy Sundance premiere headline the slate of new and upcoming Czech titles on offer at this year’s EFM. DJ AhmetDirector: Georgi M. UnkovskiProducers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana ShekutkoskaA Czech minority
Gabriel Mascaro’s “The Blue Trail,” playing in competition in Berlin, marks another great milestone for Brazilian cinema in a year where the country got its first best picture Oscar nomination with Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here.” Mascaro follows in the footsteps of Salles playing in
Chinese superstar Yao Chen is steering her production banner Bad Rabbit Pictures into premium short-form television with an ambitious limited series centered on Mazu, the legendary sea goddess who was born mortal in China’s Fujian province. The short-form series, which draws inspiration from compact British
After winning the Palme d’Or and the Queer Palm at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his strangers-in-the-night short film “The Distance Between Us and the Sky,” Greek director Vasilis Kekatos makes his feature debut with the coming-of-age road drama “Our Wildest Days,” which premieres