Action comedy The Fall Guy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt heads the new titles at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, opening in 702 cinemas through Universal.
Directed by David Leith, The Fall Guy is written by Drew Pearce and loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name about stunt performers.
Gosling plays a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend’s directorial debut action film, where he becomes involved in a conspiracy surrounding the lead actor.
The Fall Guy debuted at SXSW on March 12; it is Gosling’s first credit as producer since his 2014 directorial debut Lost River.
Directed by David Leith, The Fall Guy is written by Drew Pearce and loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name about stunt performers.
Gosling plays a stuntman working on his ex-girlfriend’s directorial debut action film, where he becomes involved in a conspiracy surrounding the lead actor.
The Fall Guy debuted at SXSW on March 12; it is Gosling’s first credit as producer since his 2014 directorial debut Lost River.
- 5/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Warner Bros.’ “Challengers,” led by Zendaya, debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £1.6 million ($2 million), according to numbers from Comscore.
In its third weekend, Studiocanal’s “Back to Black” dropped to second place with £1.4 million for a total of £8.9 million. In third position, in its fifth weekend, Universal’s “Kung Fu Panda 4” collected £948,033 for a total of £19.7 million.
Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Civil War” placed fourth with £755,426 for a total of £5.1 million. Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” with £597,587 in its fifth weekend for a total of £13.7 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Anime Ltd’s “Spy x Family Code: White,” which debuted in eighth place with £280,729.
Coming up, there are two releases on May 2 ahead of the long bank holiday weekend in the territory. Universal is opening “The Fall Guy,” starring Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham and Aaron Taylor-Johnson,...
In its third weekend, Studiocanal’s “Back to Black” dropped to second place with £1.4 million for a total of £8.9 million. In third position, in its fifth weekend, Universal’s “Kung Fu Panda 4” collected £948,033 for a total of £19.7 million.
Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Civil War” placed fourth with £755,426 for a total of £5.1 million. Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” with £597,587 in its fifth weekend for a total of £13.7 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Anime Ltd’s “Spy x Family Code: White,” which debuted in eighth place with £280,729.
Coming up, there are two releases on May 2 ahead of the long bank holiday weekend in the territory. Universal is opening “The Fall Guy,” starring Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling, Hannah Waddingham and Aaron Taylor-Johnson,...
- 4/30/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese film executive Han Sanping, who for a generation served as the boss of China’s powerful, state-backed studio China Film Group, will be the head of the competition jury for the next edition of the Asia World Film Festival. An annual showcase of Asian cinema held annually in Los Angeles, the festival is dedicated to driving greater recognition of Asian creative talent and foreign, independent filmmaking. Han served as head of China Film Group until 2014 and was involved in some of China’s biggest films during the decade prior to his resignation. In recent years, he has acted more as a behind-the-scenes cross-border producer, with recent credits including Midway (2019) and Greyhound (2020).
LA-based filmmaker incubator Stars Collective, launched in 2020 by the China-backed but Beverly Hills-based movie financier Starlight Media, has also joined the Asian World Film Festival as an official partner. In a new agreement spanning the next three years,...
LA-based filmmaker incubator Stars Collective, launched in 2020 by the China-backed but Beverly Hills-based movie financier Starlight Media, has also joined the Asian World Film Festival as an official partner. In a new agreement spanning the next three years,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bhula fills the role vacated by Ollie Madden, who became director of Film4.
Film4 has promoted Farhana Bhula to head of creative, filling the role vacated by Ollie Madden since his move to director of Film4.
Bhula moves up from senior commissioning executive. She joined Film4 in January last year from the BFI, where she had been a senior development and production executive at the Film Fund.
Bhula will continue to report to Madden, with senior commissioner David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren now reporting into Bhula.
In her new role, Bhula will have oversight of Film4’s creative team and creative strategy.
Film4 has promoted Farhana Bhula to head of creative, filling the role vacated by Ollie Madden since his move to director of Film4.
Bhula moves up from senior commissioning executive. She joined Film4 in January last year from the BFI, where she had been a senior development and production executive at the Film Fund.
Bhula will continue to report to Madden, with senior commissioner David Kimbangi and head of development Ben Coren now reporting into Bhula.
In her new role, Bhula will have oversight of Film4’s creative team and creative strategy.
- 3/20/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) will open with Austrian film “Alma & Oskar,” directed by Dieter Berner.
The film details the tumultuous relationship between Viennese society grand dame Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
Iffi has also revealed the 15 films that will be competing for its top prize, the Golden Peacock Award, including 12 international titles and three Indian ones.
The international titles include “Perfect Number,” “Red Shoes,” “A Minor,” “No End,” “Mediterranean Fever,” “When the Waves Are Gone,” “I Have Electric Dreams,” “Cold as Marble,” “Seven Dogs,” “Maarya: The Ocean Angel,” “Nezouh” and “The Line.”
The Indian titles are “The Kashmir Files,” “The Storyteller” and “Kurangu Pedal.”
Iffi will also pay homage to late legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar with a screening of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1973 musical drama film “Abhimaan,” starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri.
Confirmed masterclasses at Iffi include those from: “Kung Fu Panda...
The film details the tumultuous relationship between Viennese society grand dame Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
Iffi has also revealed the 15 films that will be competing for its top prize, the Golden Peacock Award, including 12 international titles and three Indian ones.
The international titles include “Perfect Number,” “Red Shoes,” “A Minor,” “No End,” “Mediterranean Fever,” “When the Waves Are Gone,” “I Have Electric Dreams,” “Cold as Marble,” “Seven Dogs,” “Maarya: The Ocean Angel,” “Nezouh” and “The Line.”
The Indian titles are “The Kashmir Files,” “The Storyteller” and “Kurangu Pedal.”
Iffi will also pay homage to late legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar with a screening of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1973 musical drama film “Abhimaan,” starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri.
Confirmed masterclasses at Iffi include those from: “Kung Fu Panda...
- 11/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The 2022 Venice Film Festival has awarded Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” the Golden Lion for Best Film, with Colin Farrell and Cate Blanchett landing the Coppa Volpi for Best Actor and Best Actress.
The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Luca Guadagnino for “Bones and All.” The cannibal love story also saw co-star Taylor Russell win the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
In addition to Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” won the award for Best Screenplay for writer-director Martin McDonagh. The film, which follows an abrupt fallout between two best friends (“In Bruges” co-stars Farrell and Brendan Gleeson), received a 13-minute standing ovation at its Tuesday premiere. Meanwhile, Blanchett won her second Volpi Cup (following her performance as Bob Dylan in 2007’s “I’m Not There”) for playing the world-renowned composer at the center of Todd Field’s “Tár.”
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The Silver Lion for Best Director went to Luca Guadagnino for “Bones and All.” The cannibal love story also saw co-star Taylor Russell win the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress.
In addition to Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” won the award for Best Screenplay for writer-director Martin McDonagh. The film, which follows an abrupt fallout between two best friends (“In Bruges” co-stars Farrell and Brendan Gleeson), received a 13-minute standing ovation at its Tuesday premiere. Meanwhile, Blanchett won her second Volpi Cup (following her performance as Bob Dylan in 2007’s “I’m Not There”) for playing the world-renowned composer at the center of Todd Field’s “Tár.”
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- 9/10/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
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Laura Poitras’s documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed has won the 2022 Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
The documentary follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and her campaign against the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty that was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic.
Poitras, an Oscar-winner for her Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour, dedicated the prize to Goldin.
“This is for Nan. I love you Nan. Monday is her birthday, so we’ll bring this to Nan,” she said.
Produced by Participant and Poitras’ Praxis Films, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed will go out domestically via Neon and HBO.
Cate Blanchett won Venice’s best actress honors for her bracing turn as a classical conductor in Todd Field’s Tár. The award kicks off the Oscar campaign for the film, and for Blanchett, who...
Laura Poitras’s documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed has won the 2022 Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
The documentary follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and her campaign against the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty that was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic.
Poitras, an Oscar-winner for her Edward Snowden documentary Citizenfour, dedicated the prize to Goldin.
“This is for Nan. I love you Nan. Monday is her birthday, so we’ll bring this to Nan,” she said.
Produced by Participant and Poitras’ Praxis Films, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed will go out domestically via Neon and HBO.
Cate Blanchett won Venice’s best actress honors for her bracing turn as a classical conductor in Todd Field’s Tár. The award kicks off the Oscar campaign for the film, and for Blanchett, who...
- 9/10/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A Syrian war film with a difference, Nezouh is a delicate and engrossing entry in Venice’s Horizons Extra section. Director Soudade Kaadan won Lion of the Future for 2018’s The Day I Lost My Shadow, and she continues to impress with this empathetic story of life under siege.
The focus is 14-year-old Zeina (Hala Zein), who lives in Damascus with her mother Hala (Kinda Alloush) and father Motaz (Samir al-Masri). Motaz is trying to keep the family together as the walls crumble around them and their neighbors flee, but his wife would rather become displaced than see him risk his life foraging in the war-torn streets. She seems even less keen to see Zeina married off to a fighter, as her other daughters have been, while a worse fate could await young women who stay.
When an explosion blasts holes through their walls and ceiling, Motaz busies himself hanging up flowery sheets,...
The focus is 14-year-old Zeina (Hala Zein), who lives in Damascus with her mother Hala (Kinda Alloush) and father Motaz (Samir al-Masri). Motaz is trying to keep the family together as the walls crumble around them and their neighbors flee, but his wife would rather become displaced than see him risk his life foraging in the war-torn streets. She seems even less keen to see Zeina married off to a fighter, as her other daughters have been, while a worse fate could await young women who stay.
When an explosion blasts holes through their walls and ceiling, Motaz busies himself hanging up flowery sheets,...
- 9/10/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Cairo-based film marketing and distribution outfit Mad Solutions has acquired rights for Arab territories to Venice competition entry “Les Miens” (“Our Ties”), directed by French actor and filmmaker of Moroccan descent Roschdy Zem.
“Our Ties” is co-written by Zem with actor/director Maïwenn, who co-stars.
Zem is a French cinema fixture, having starred in pics including “Other People’s Children” and directed several films including 2019’s “Persona Non Grata.”
“Ties” is a drama about family dynamics centered around a man played by Sami Bouajila whose personality changes radically after he suffers a head injury. Zem plays his TV presenter brother.
Mad Solutions acquired Zem’s latest film from Wild Bunch.
“Ties” is one of four films in different sections at Venice that Mad Solutions will be releasing across the Arab world. The others are: Syrian director Soudade Kaadan’s “Nezouh,” the follow up to her splashy debut, “The Day I Lost My Shadow,...
“Our Ties” is co-written by Zem with actor/director Maïwenn, who co-stars.
Zem is a French cinema fixture, having starred in pics including “Other People’s Children” and directed several films including 2019’s “Persona Non Grata.”
“Ties” is a drama about family dynamics centered around a man played by Sami Bouajila whose personality changes radically after he suffers a head injury. Zem plays his TV presenter brother.
Mad Solutions acquired Zem’s latest film from Wild Bunch.
“Ties” is one of four films in different sections at Venice that Mad Solutions will be releasing across the Arab world. The others are: Syrian director Soudade Kaadan’s “Nezouh,” the follow up to her splashy debut, “The Day I Lost My Shadow,...
- 9/3/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The film follows an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Houman Seyedi’s World War III which is premiering in the Horizons strand of the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31 - September 10).
The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, from Cannes 2021 Grand Prix winner A Hero, as an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover, played by Neda Jebraeili, that risks jeopardising his new career.
It is one of four Iranian films screening at the festival this year. Seyedi wrote,...
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Houman Seyedi’s World War III which is premiering in the Horizons strand of the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31 - September 10).
The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, from Cannes 2021 Grand Prix winner A Hero, as an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover, played by Neda Jebraeili, that risks jeopardising his new career.
It is one of four Iranian films screening at the festival this year. Seyedi wrote,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
The film follows an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover.
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Houman Seyedi’s World War III which is premiering in the Horizons strand of the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31 - September 10).
The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, from Cannes 2021 Grand Prix winner A Hero, as an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover, played by Neda Jebraeili, that risks jeopardising his new career.
It is one of four Iranian films screening at the festival this year. Seyedi wrote,...
Screen can exclusively reveal the first trailer for Houman Seyedi’s World War III which is premiering in the Horizons strand of the 79th Venice Film Festival (August 31 - September 10).
The film stars Mohsen Tanabandeh, from Cannes 2021 Grand Prix winner A Hero, as an aspiring actor cast in a war film with tyrant filmmakers and a secret lover, played by Neda Jebraeili, that risks jeopardising his new career.
It is one of four Iranian films screening at the festival this year. Seyedi wrote,...
- 9/2/2022
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
’The Forgiven’ and ‘Fall’ are also out this weekend.
After last weekend’s UK-Ireland box office results proved rather muted – no film reached the £1m mark for the first time since December 2020 – exhibitors and distributors will be anticipating a boost from this Saturday’s National Cinema Day (September 3), in which 560 venues across the UK will be offering tickets at just £3, for all screenings.
This weekend’s widest release comes from Entertainment Film Distributors’ Three Thousand Years Of Longing, playing in 545 cinemas. The Cannes 2022 premiere unites Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba and is George Miller’s first feature since 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
After last weekend’s UK-Ireland box office results proved rather muted – no film reached the £1m mark for the first time since December 2020 – exhibitors and distributors will be anticipating a boost from this Saturday’s National Cinema Day (September 3), in which 560 venues across the UK will be offering tickets at just £3, for all screenings.
This weekend’s widest release comes from Entertainment Film Distributors’ Three Thousand Years Of Longing, playing in 545 cinemas. The Cannes 2022 premiere unites Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba and is George Miller’s first feature since 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road.
- 9/2/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Rsiff will give a cash award of €5,000 to one of the projects.
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) has partnered with Venice’s Final Cut, which supports work-in-progress films from Africa and the Middle East.
Rsiff will give a cash award of €5,000 to one of the projects. This is the first time this award has been given.
Venice Production Bridge programme Final Cut is holding its 10th edition this year. Eight feature projects will be shown to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and film festival programmers during a three-day workshop from September 3-5.
Red Sea has backed...
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival (Rsiff) has partnered with Venice’s Final Cut, which supports work-in-progress films from Africa and the Middle East.
Rsiff will give a cash award of €5,000 to one of the projects. This is the first time this award has been given.
Venice Production Bridge programme Final Cut is holding its 10th edition this year. Eight feature projects will be shown to producers, buyers, distributors, post-production companies and film festival programmers during a three-day workshop from September 3-5.
Red Sea has backed...
- 8/26/2022
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival has partnered with Final Cut in Venice, the Venice fest’s program that supports films in post-production from the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region.
The Red Sea fund is backing several projects in the support platform that supports films in post from the African and the Middle East nations of Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. They will also provide some funding to Final Cut’s winning project.
Additionally, attesting to Red Sea event’s growing importance in the Mena region, five films that have received financial support from the fund will screen during Venice, which runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10. That accounts for half of ten titles from Mena at Venice this year.
Pics that have tapped into Red Sea funding and are screening in Venice’s official selection this year comprise Syrian director Soudade Kaadan’s hotly anticipated second feature “Nezouh,...
The Red Sea fund is backing several projects in the support platform that supports films in post from the African and the Middle East nations of Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. They will also provide some funding to Final Cut’s winning project.
Additionally, attesting to Red Sea event’s growing importance in the Mena region, five films that have received financial support from the fund will screen during Venice, which runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 10. That accounts for half of ten titles from Mena at Venice this year.
Pics that have tapped into Red Sea funding and are screening in Venice’s official selection this year comprise Syrian director Soudade Kaadan’s hotly anticipated second feature “Nezouh,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Enys Men Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Directors' Fortnight Enys Men, directed by Mark Jenkin and Alice Diop's Saint Omer are among the titles announced in this years Official Competition selection for London Film Festival.
Eight films, representing 13 countries, will vie for the Best Film Award at the 66th edition of the event, which runs from October 5 to 16.
The films in Official Competition are:
Argentina, 1985 Brother Corsage The Damned Don't Cry Enys Men Godland Nezouh Saint Omer
The other competitive categories, the Grierson Award for Best Documentary, the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature, the Short Film Award and the Best Immersive Art and Xr Award will be revealed at the full programme launch on September 1. There will also be an Audience Award....
Eight films, representing 13 countries, will vie for the Best Film Award at the 66th edition of the event, which runs from October 5 to 16.
The films in Official Competition are:
Argentina, 1985 Brother Corsage The Damned Don't Cry Enys Men Godland Nezouh Saint Omer
The other competitive categories, the Grierson Award for Best Documentary, the Sutherland Award for Best First Feature, the Short Film Award and the Best Immersive Art and Xr Award will be revealed at the full programme launch on September 1. There will also be an Audience Award....
- 8/25/2022
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The BFI London Film Festival has revealed eight titles that will be in official competition.
The films include Santiago Mitre’s political drama “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina); Clement Virgo’s brotherly love tale “Brother” (Canada); Marie Kreutzer’s irreverent period drama “Corsage” (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany-France); Fyzal Boulifa’s atmospheric domestic drama “The Damned Don’t Cry” (France-Belgium-Morocco); Mark Jenkin’s folk horror tale “Enys Men” (U.K.); Hlynur Palmason’s historical epic “Godland” (Denmark-Iceland-France-Sweden); Soudade Kaadan’s poignant family film “Nezouh” (U.K.-Syria-France); and Alice Diop’s courtroom drama “Saint Omer.”
The nominated films are all on the festival circuit this year. “Argentina, 1985” and “Saint Omer” are debuting at Venice and both are up for the Golden Lion. “The Damned Don’t Cry” and “Nezouh” are also set for Venice bows. “Brother” will bow at Toronto, while “Corsage” won best performance at Cannes and best actress at Sarajevo for Vicky Krieps. “Enys Men” and “Godland” were also in Cannes.
The films include Santiago Mitre’s political drama “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina); Clement Virgo’s brotherly love tale “Brother” (Canada); Marie Kreutzer’s irreverent period drama “Corsage” (Austria-Luxembourg-Germany-France); Fyzal Boulifa’s atmospheric domestic drama “The Damned Don’t Cry” (France-Belgium-Morocco); Mark Jenkin’s folk horror tale “Enys Men” (U.K.); Hlynur Palmason’s historical epic “Godland” (Denmark-Iceland-France-Sweden); Soudade Kaadan’s poignant family film “Nezouh” (U.K.-Syria-France); and Alice Diop’s courtroom drama “Saint Omer.”
The nominated films are all on the festival circuit this year. “Argentina, 1985” and “Saint Omer” are debuting at Venice and both are up for the Golden Lion. “The Damned Don’t Cry” and “Nezouh” are also set for Venice bows. “Brother” will bow at Toronto, while “Corsage” won best performance at Cannes and best actress at Sarajevo for Vicky Krieps. “Enys Men” and “Godland” were also in Cannes.
- 8/25/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The winner will be revealed at a virtual awards ceremony on October 16.
Saint Omer, Corsage and Nezouh are among the eight titles screening as part of the official competition at the 66th BFI London Film Festival.
Thirteen countries are represented across this year’s selection. The winner is to be chosen by a jury and revealed at a virtual awards presentation on October 16.
The jury members will be announced in the coming weeks.
Scroll down for the Lff official competition line-up
Saint Omer is the fiction debut from French director Alice Diop, and is to world premiere at Venice. It is set in a courtroom,...
Saint Omer, Corsage and Nezouh are among the eight titles screening as part of the official competition at the 66th BFI London Film Festival.
Thirteen countries are represented across this year’s selection. The winner is to be chosen by a jury and revealed at a virtual awards presentation on October 16.
The jury members will be announced in the coming weeks.
Scroll down for the Lff official competition line-up
Saint Omer is the fiction debut from French director Alice Diop, and is to world premiere at Venice. It is set in a courtroom,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
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