After a day of what’s become regular hate-ranting on X (formerly Twitter), Kanye West took a break to release his new album “Bully” via different full-length versions of a film with editing and topography by famed visionary Hype Williams. West first tweeted a link to
Sideral has officially acquired the distribution rights for Eloy Calvo’s buzzy Spanish mixed-media feature “The Van” (“La Furgo”). The film will premiere at the BCN Film Festival on April 26, with a theatrical release in Spain set for June 20. Produced by Teidees, traditionally an
As the highly anticipated Spanish musical show “Mariliendre” gears up for this week’s world premiere at the Málaga Film Festival, screening at France’s Series Mania and an April 27 debut on Atresplayer, Variety sat down with the show’s creator and director, Javier Ferreiro, to discuss
Rising Filipino actor Anthony Jennings is taking on his first international solo lead role in the upcoming horror-comedy-drama “Mother Maybe,” directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sonny Calvento (“Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss”), it was revealed at the Hong Kong FilMart. The genre-blending feature, set to begin
EST N8, the international sales, production, and finance company, has acquired “Family Secrets,” a Korean family drama directed by Lee Sang-hoon (“Windmill”), at Hong Kong FilMart. The film tells the story of an average Korean family whose members begin leading secret lives unknown to each
Bangkok-based Night Edge Pictures is ramping up production on the Thai horror sci-fi feature “There’s Something Wrong With the TV,” with leading Thai actor Sukollawat Kanarot (“Once Upon a Star,” “Thirteen Lives”) confirmed for the starring role. The film is being introduced to international distributors
Japanese director Chie Hayakawa, whose “Plan 75” received a special mention at Cannes, has secured Indonesian powerhouse KawanKawan Media as a co-production partner for her upcoming film “Renoir,” it was revealed at the Hong Kong FilMart. KawanKawan is collaborating with Japan’s Loaded Films, with Eiko
Taiwan-based Aview Images has joined Indonesian filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja’s third feature film “Levitating,” marking the company’s third collaboration with Indonesian productions, it was revealed at the Hong Kong FilMart. The film follows the story of Bayu, an Indonesian teenager who aspires to become a shaman