Variety’s fourth annual FYC Fest: The Shortlist will return on Thursday, Jan. 9 featuring conversations with the top contending filmmakers and artisans that were shortlisted by the Academy in the categories of original song, score, visual effects, international feature film, live action short film and more. This year’s program includes seven conversations: A “Gladiator II” […]
“Maid in Manhattan” co-stars Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes will reunite at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival. In a reunion more than 20 years in the making, Fiennes will present Lopez with the Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch on Jan. 4. Released in 2002, […]
FESTIVAL FLOURISHES BookMyShow‘s Red Lorry Film Festival has landed two Academy Award-shortlisted films to anchor its sophomore edition, set for March 21-23, in Mumbai and Hyderabad. “Hollywoodgate,” from the producers of “Navalny,” shortlisted for documentary feature, offers an on-the-ground examination of Taliban-ruled Kabul. “Universal Language,” contending in the international feature category, presents an absurdist comedy-drama […]
Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, Jeremy Renner and Sarah Jessica Parker are set for informal conversations at the Red Sea Film Festival for the fourth edition of the indie film showcase in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, organizers said Thursday. The Red Sea event also announced new “In Conversation With…” sessions with Oscar winner Brendan Fraser and Indian cinema […]
J. Cole‘s Dreamville Music Festival announced that it will return to North Carolina in 2025. The event is scheduled to celebrate its fifth anniversary during the weekend of April 5 and 6 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park. Pre-sale tickets will be available on Dec. 11 at 9 a.m. ET. While the line-up has yet to […]
Three years after the tragic on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin’s indie Western Rust will finally be revealed to the public on Wednesday. The movie has been selected to make its world premiere at Poland’s Camerimage International Film Festival, a respected specialty event focusing on achievements in cinematography. But the screening in the town of […]
Poland’s Energa Camerimage film festival has long been considered a cineaste’s dream. Established 31 years ago as a specialty event focused on cinematography, the Toruń fest has expanded significantly in recent years but has retained its essence as a pure celebration of the art of filmmaking, prioritizing craftsmanship behind the camera — DPs, directors and […]
The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film, starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, from the 2024 Camerimage Film Festival in response to what she called “highly misogynistic and offensive” comments from festival CEO Marek Zydowicz. Fargeat announced the decision in a statement on Xin which she stated that The Substance cinematographer Benjamin Kracun […]
The 2024 LA Skins Fest has announced its 13-section program, which includes a lineup of narrative, documentary, and animated films. Among the films screening are “Kenji,” a short film by Billy Luther. The film follows the life and work of Japanese photographer, Kenji Kawano, explored through his extraordinary five decade long journey documenting the WWII […]
Great Oscar-contending documentaries and the SCAD Savannah Film Festival: for more than a decade now, the two have been virtually synonymous thanks to the ‘Docs to Watch’ panel, which is presented by The Hollywood Reportermoderated by yours truly and brings to the nation’s largest university-run film festival the directors of 10 of the year’s finest […]
