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‘The Odyssey’ VFX House DNEG Co-Finances Francesco Lucente’s Fantasy Adventure ‘Sinbad,’ Cappu Films Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

DNEG, the visual effects house on Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” has come aboard Francesco Lucente’s fantasy adventure “Sinbad” as co-financier and producer, with Hong Kong-based Cappu Films handling sales in a wide spread of territories. The deal was unveiled ahead of the Tokyo International Film Festival’s TIFFCOM market. Lucente’s fresh screen version of the classic […]

26 Oct 2026, 23:06 UTC

Serielizados Takeaways: From HBO Max-3CAT New Show ‘The Orphans’ to ‘This is Not Finland,’ Catalonia Shows the Way to Quality Content and Partnerships

Serielizados Pro, the industry segment of the fast-expanding series festival Serielizados in Barcelona, had a mandate to “inspire, connect Catalan and Spanish producers, series creators with international players and get projects going,” as the event’s co-founder Victor Sala said in his opening speech Oct. 22 at the modernised Renaissance Palau Bru in the Gothic Quarter. […]

26 Oct 2026, 15:02 UTC

Ecuadorian Queer Drama ‘Princess’ Swooped On by MMM Film Sales Ahead of Tallinn

Paris-based MMM Film Sales has acquired international rights to Ecuadorian filmmaker Christian Rojas’ debut feature “Princess” (“Ñusta”) ahead of its world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF). “Princess,” which screens in the fest’s First Feature Competition, follows Kallpa, a 12-year-old Indigenous girl from the Andes as she prepares for her community’s festivities, […]

26 Oct 2026, 13:01 UTC

Serielizados Prizes: Hagai Levi’s ‘Etty’ and ‘Astonishing’ ‘Killing a Bear’ Win Big as ‘El Observatorio’ Bags the Mind the Gap Pitch Prize

Influential Israeli creator Hagai Levi (“The Affair,” “Scenes From a Marriage”) and prominent Spanish TV-making duo Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo (“La Zona”) won best international and national series at Barcelona’s Serielizados for “Etty” and “Killing a Bear” respectively. The prizes for Serielizados two competitive sections were announced Saturday night at a Serielizados awards ceremony. Both […]

25 Oct 2026, 10:48 UTC

Morelia Film Festival Prizes: ‘Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building,’ an ‘Expression of Pure, Unbound Beauty,’ Wins Top ‘Ojo’ Award

Bruno Santamaría Razo’s fiction debut “Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building”(“Seis meses en el edificio rosa con azul”) has clinched the top Ojo award at the 24th Morelia Film Festival (FICM), which wraps Oct. 25. Hailed by Variety as a “lush, poetic film rooted in memories,” it became the first Mexican feature to […]

24 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC

Impulso Morelia: Tatiana Huezo’s ‘Galerna’ Takes Top José María Riba Award, With ‘Homeboys’ Another Key Winner

“Galerna,” a fiction feature from Mexico’s Tatiana Huezo, has snagged the top prize at Impulso Morelia, the pix-in-post industry section of the 10-day Morelia Film Festival, which wraps Oct. 25. The José Maria Riba Award, presented by Cinépolis Distribution and Profest 2026, bestows $14,740. (250,000 pesos) toward outstanding post-production needs and/or promotional activities. Only her […]

24 Oct 2026, 08:36 UTC

‘Killing a Bear,’ From Movistar Plus and Arte France: a Real-Event Inspired Murder-Mystery Whose Victim Is a Pyrenean Brown Bear

Crime repped 27% of scripted TV orders globally, first half 2026 – the single most commissioned TV genre, estimates Ampere Analysis, and a whopping 61% of the No 1 series from many of the world’s biggest players.at this October’s Mipcom trade fair ib Cannes. So one of the global TV business’ Holy Grails is the […]

23 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTC

Fueled by ‘La Bola Negra,’ Spain’s Indie Distribution Make Robust Gains, to Be Highlighted at Valladolid’s Merci Market

The box office success of “La Bola Negra,” handled by Elastica Films, has given Spain’s independent film distribution sector a timely boost. The momentum comes as Valladolid’s Merci market enters its sixth edition, its first since the death of José Luis Cienfuegos, the director of Valladolid, known in Spain as the Seminci, who helped build […]

23 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTC

Valladolid Film Festival Draws Global Auteurs, 30 World Premieres and Emerging Spanish Talent

Spain’s Valladolid International Film Festival – known in Spain as Seminci – opens Friday, Oct. 23 with 30 world premieres and a lineup bringing together some of international cinema’s most acclaimed auteurs and an emerging generation of Spanish filmmakers. Running through Oct. 31, the festival’s 71st edition features 22 films in official competition and 208 […]

23 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTC

‘Dance of the Souls,’ Unspooling at Morelia, Explores Oaxaca’s Muerteadas, Celebrating the End and the Beginning

In “Dance of the Souls,” Mexican filmmaker Ramón Llaven returns to his native Oaxaca in southern Mexico to observe a unique event held in the local communities of the Etla Valley. Produced by Fata Morgana and Eudiamonía Films in co-production with Estudios Churubusco Azteca and Lost Time Media, “Dance of the Souls” screens at Mexico’s […]

23 Oct 2026, 18:29 UTC

MoreThan Films Picks Up ‘Salen las lobas’ Ahead of Valladolid World Premiere

MoreThan Films has taken international sales rights to Spanish coming-of-age drama “Salen las lobas” (“The Bitch Pack”) ahead of its world premiere at Spain’s Valladolid Film Festival (Seminci) on Oct. 25. Marking Claudia Estrada Tarascó’s feature debut, the film is one of the anticipated discoveries in Valladolid’s Meeting Point competition. The festival’s 71st edition runs […]

23 Oct 2026, 16:28 UTC

Cinépolis Distribution Lands ‘5 More Minutes,’ a Time-Warping Thriller Starring ‘Talk to Her’ Lead Javier Cámara (EXCLUSIVE)

In a rare move, Mexico’s exhibition-distribution giant Cinépolis has landed Latin American rights to Spanish buzz title “5 More Minutes” (“5 Minutos Más”) starring Javier Cámara, who took home the Best Supporting Actor prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. “We normally pick up only Mexican rights to films about 90% of the time but […]

23 Oct 2026, 16:28 UTC

‘O Projeto’ Directors on Walter Salles’ Support and Screening Poetic Doc About Colonialism Ahead of ‘Dramatic’ Brazilian Elections That Offer a ‘Choice Between Good and Evil’

Once the Black Lives Matter protests broke out in the U.S., Brazilian filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo and Swiss photographer Yvan Rodic realized it was time to begin working on their passion project, “O Projeto.” The documentary, developed and shot over the six years since, began its festival journey earlier this year at Brazil’s renowned Gramado Film […]

23 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC

‘Closure’ Director Michal Marczak Set for Narrative Feature Debut With ‘Perfection,’ About Hipster Millennials in Berlin (EXCLUSIVE)

Prominent Polish documentarist Michał Marczak – a Sundance Film Festival prizewinner with “All These Sleepless Nights” – is set to make his narrative feature debut with “Perfection,” a buzzy drama about hipster millennials in Berlin, based on Italian author Vincenzo Latronico’s eponymous novel that was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. German producer Roman […]

23 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC

Rome MIA Market Takeaways, From Bracing for Netflix Fallout to Italy’s Production Slump and European Producers Fighting Back

The 12th edition of Rome’s MIA Market came to a close on Friday with market head Gaia Tridente heralding “a stronger, renewed edition of MIA, with a more ambitious and expanded program,” that saw a high-powered cohort of European and global industry guests — including Banijay Entertainment CEO Marco Bassetti, Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh, Bad […]

23 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC

Asif Kapadia on Bringing the ‘Profound’ ‘7 Up’ Documentary Series to a Close After More Than 60 Years: ‘It’s a Dream Job’

From a charismatic Formula 1 racing legend to a brilliant but flawed soccer god to a troubled, tragic singer, Academy Award-winning docmaker Asif Kapadia has made a career out of telling the stories of larger-than-life figures. But when it comes to his “dream job,” it was a group of “ordinary people” in their seventies who […]

23 Oct 2026, 08:24 UTC

Netflix, ‘Elite’ Star Ester Expósito and Locarno Winner Mar Coll Adapt ‘La Regenta,’ a ‘Fresh Female Perspective’ on a Big Spanish Classic (EXCLUSIVE)

Netflix, ‘Elite’ star Ester Expósito and Locarno Winner Mar Coll are adapting Clarín’s classic novel into a feature film which went into production Oct. 23, produced by María Zamora at Elastica Films (“Alcarràs” “Romería”). Bombshell news – nothing was known of the movie until Friday’s announcement – “La Regenta” now weighs in as one of […]

23 Oct 2026, 08:24 UTC

‘Star Trek’ 60th Anniversary Celebration Hits Rome MIA Market With Iconic Franchise at ‘Crossroads’ After Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

While the year-long celebrations for “Star Trek’s” 60th anniversary continue to roll on, arriving in the Eternal City this week for Rome’s MIA Market, the iconic science-fiction franchise is at an inflection point, according to Trevor Roth, COO and president of development at Roddenberry Entertainment. “Right now, ‘Star Trek’ is at a bit of a […]

22 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC

‘Mother Bhumi,’ ‘Rehana Maryam Noor’ and ‘The Tourist’ Producers Head to Indonesia’s JAFF Market for New Exchange Program

Producers behind Fan Bingbing’s “Mother Bhumi,” Cannes Un Certain Regard title “Rehana Maryam Noor” and BBC One and Stan drama “The Tourist” are among 14 picks for the debut Producers Exchange at Indonesia’s JAFF Market, which will hold its third edition Nov. 28-30 in Yogyakarta. The market runs alongside the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) […]

22 Oct 2026, 08:13 UTC

‘Petal Dance’ Director Ishikawa Hiroshi Ends 13-Year Feature Hiatus With ‘The Blue We Touch’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Japanese filmmaker Ishikawa Hiroshi, whose credits include “Tokyo.sora,” “Su-ki-da.” and “Petal Dance,” is back with his first feature in 13 years. His new film, “the blue we touch” (original title: “Awo no Jo”), is in post-production and will be released in Japan in 2027 by Bitters End, which unveiled the project ahead of the Tokyo […]

22 Oct 2026, 02:11 UTC