Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi will be fêted during the Cannes Film Festival by the Arab Cinema Center with its Arab Cinema Personality of the Year Award. The award honors prominent industry figures “whose persistent contributions have helped elevate the Arab film industry
Loco Films has landed international sales rights to “The Man Who Saw the Bear,” the long-awaited directorial comeback of iconic French actor Pierre Richard. The anticipated movie will world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section, as part of a career
International sales outfit Cercamon has acquired worldwide rights to the Gaza-set documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” directed by Iranian-French filmmaker Sepideh Farsi. The documentary is set to make its world premiere in the ACID program at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
Crime drama “Bookish” from “Sherlock’s” Mark Gatiss and “Estranei,” directed by Cosimo Alemà, will world premiere at the inaugural edition of the Italian Global Series Festival. IGSF, headed by artistic director Marco Spagnoli, will run June 21-28 in Rimini and Riccione, Italy. Gatiss is “Bookish’s”
Oscar-winning Italian composer Nino Rota, who scored “La Dolce Vita,” “The Leopard” and “The Godfather” – among many other masterpiece movies – is set for “Nino” a high-profile documentary being directed by prominent editor, screenwriter and director Walter Fasano. Fasano is known for his longtime
In a sweeping transformation of Britain’s most prestigious theatrical institution, Kate Varah, co-chief executive of the U.K.’s National Theatre, has unveiled ambitious plans for the organization’s future alongside director and co-chief executive Indhu Rubasingham. The pair’s vision positions global reach, artistic innovation, and audience accessibility
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Natesh Hegde, whose directorial ventures “Pedro” (2021) and “Vaghachipani” (2025) have elevated Kannada-language cinema’s presence on the global festival circuit, is expanding his industry footprint with the launch of production house Fox and Friends alongside fellow filmmaker Ganesh Hegde. The company’s debut
Barcelona, Spain — On a bustling street in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, past halal butchers, tattoo parlors and generations-old Catalan cafés, a production crew quietly turns the camera on a modest building that houses Can Mosques, a fictional restaurant at the heart of “Ravalear,”