Finecut has secured a raft of international sales for “What Does That Nature Say to You,” the latest contemplative drama from South Korean auteur Hong Sangsoo, who is currently serving as a jury member at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The sales outfit announced deals
Belgian helmer-writer Laura Wandel nabbed Cannes’ Un Certain Regard prize in 2021 with her feature debut, “Playground,” about two siblings at primary school. She returns to the festival to open the Critics’ Week with her second feature, “Adam’s Sake.” It centers on a compassionate nurse,
Tom Cruise’s global game of promotional hopscotch planted him in Cannes this week, where he will unveil “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” following stops in Japan, Korea and London. Brooding closeups of the star’s dirt-and-blood caked face have peppered the Croisette on 4K LED
Film critic Fionnuala Halligan has been appointed director of international programs at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Fionnuala, who has long been chief critic for the U.K.’s Screen International, where she also served as executive editor, started her career in media as film critic
Who will blink first? That is the question when it comes to which studio will resume distributing films in Russia after a three-year moratorium sparked by the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The answer appears to be Lionsgate, which is planning to release the Ana de
Above all, Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo were friends. Close since their student days, the duo soon began a keen creative partnership — co-writing films that Cantet directed and Campillo edited. When Cantet’s health began to decline, the two were already deep into developing “Enzo.”
Ashé Ventures, co-founded by Viola Davis, an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner, has joined forces with Brazil’s Maria Farinha Filmes to co-produce “The Girl Who Could Fly.” The partnership marks the latest expansive move by the fast-growing Maria Farinha Filmes. In 2024, it launched
Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green and Maria Pedraza are set to star in upcoming thriller “Just Play Dead.” The film is being directed by Gary Fleder (“Homefront,” “Runaway Jury,” “Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead”) and written by Dan Gordon (“Rambo: Last Blood,”