Catch Up With Variety’s Ventana Sur Coverage!   

It’s proving a huge and busy Ventana Sur in terms of deal announcements, both sales deals and most especially co-pro pacts across the several hundreds of titles now platformed at Ventana Sur.   If you haven’t been able as yet to read the first two Variety

Sex Work, Passion Mingle in Provocative Feature ‘Glória,’ From ‘Fala Conmigo’ Director Filipe Sholl

A chaotic and bittersweet love affair meets a compelling journey toward radical self acceptance in Brazilian writer-director Felipe Sholl’s second feature, “Glória,” which screens as part of Ventana Sur’s Primer Corte strand on Wednesday in Buenos Aires. Produced by Daniel van Hoogstraten at Brazil’s Syndrome

Red Sea Film Fest Head of International Programming Breaks Down This Year’s Selection: ‘Saudi Audiences Have Different Tastes Than British Ones’

Though the Red Sea Film Festival will feature a slew of films from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – including 11 feature films from Saudi Arabia – there is a rich roster of international fare set to launch locally from Jeddah. Kaleem Aftab,

Fox’s Tubi Sets Sights on U.K., Europe With Hire of Ex-Endeavor Exec David Salmon as Head of International

Tubi, Fox Corp.’s ad-supported video-on-demand service, is eyeing a bigger international footprint: The streamer has tapped David Salmon, former CTO of Endeavor Streaming, as executive VP and managing director of international. Salmon, based in the U.K., will report to Tubi CEO Anjali Sud, the ex-chief

New York Film Critics Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)

The New York Film Critics Circle, the first major critics group to kick off Oscar season by selecting the best films and performances from 2023, is announcing its winners. Celebrating its 89th year, the East Coast org comprises more than 50 journalists from publications such

‘Beetlejuice 2’ Is Finished Filming, Tim Burton Announces; Sequel Only Had ‘A Day and Half’ Left to Shoot After Strikes Ended

Tim Burton announced on Instagram that “Beetlejuice 2” has concluded filming. Production on the long-awaited sequel shut down over the summer with around two days left of filming due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Filming starting in May amid the WGA strike as the screenplay from

Ventana Sur’s 2023 Punto Género Lineup: Bittersweet Homecomings Mingle With Unearthed Histories

“Lonely Hearts,” the highly-anticipated third feature from Brazil’s Berlinale-winner Caru Alves de Souza (“My Name Is Baghdad”), named among 10 Next Gen Talents to Track from the country by Variety in February, and a pair of additional homecoming narratives from burgeoning creatives, Uruguayan director Paula Botana’s“The Burned Women”

Stuart Ford’s AGC Intl. Picks Up World Rights to ‘HWJN,’ ‘To My Son’ Ahead of World Premieres at Red Sea Film Festival

AGC Intl., the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio AGC Studios, has picked up world rights from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MBC Studios and VOX Studios on Yasir Al Yasiri’s “HWJN,” and from O3 Medya and Dhafer L’Abidine’s Double