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Back in 2012, actress-turned-director Sandra Lipski wanted to crown a successful festival run for her debut short film “Going Down” with a screening in her hometown of Mallorca, but was surprised to realize the thriving island did not have its own film festival. Rather than wait for it to happen, she decided to start one […]
Partnership is the guiding motif of the World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days, where live performances will give cult films bold new scores and industry mixers encourage emerging composers and filmmakers to find their creative match. To show what such pairings can achieve, two WSA talks will spotlight some of contemporary European cinema’s most enduring […]
Oscar-winning Swiss-Austrian director Edward Berger (“Conclave,” “All Quiet on the Western Front”) and American cinematographer Matthew Libatique (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Black Swan”), a triple Oscar nominee, will receive the top honors at the upcoming Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival. The event, which takes place in the largest of Spain’s Balearic Islands between Oct. 28 […]
Brad Pitt will officially return to star in Paramount’s long-awaited sequel to “World War Z.” “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Conclave” helmer Edward Berger, who recently directed Pitt in “The Riders” for A24, has signed on to direct from a script by Dennis Kelly. Plot details for the sequel are being kept under […]
