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"remains a fascinating artifact of willing participants embracing delusions, pushing them to a fevered reenactment of their own imagined battle of Iwo Jima." Some doc films can't find a distrib because its such a hot topic - enter Venice Film Fest preemed HOMEGROWN which will be s
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January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Pack your bags. Get your boarding pass ready. Here is Everything We Know So Far … about 🇮🇩 Kamila Andini's Four Seasons in Java (aka Empat Musim Pertiwi).
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January 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I saved this interview with Ava DuVernay for the new year --- the movie making challenges are real, and she is inspiring on so many levels, especially in the way she remains deeply involved with community. Can't wait for Heist of Benin !!!
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January 2, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Was hoping this debut would find a distribution deal - but it nonetheless got support as Turkey's entry into the Oscar derby. We interviewed 🇹🇷 Murat Fıratoğlu - One of Those Days When Hemme Dies (sans subtitles for now)
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December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I had the chance to speak to PLAYGROUND filmmaker 🇧🇪 Laura Wandel for her sophomore feature (Cannes Critics' Week selection Adam’s Sake) aka L’Intérêt d’Adam
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December 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Welcome to our new regular Saturday feature and final one for 2025! Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵 Abinash Bikram Shah’s ELEPHANTS in the FOG
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December 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our idea of holiday film is social realism cinema a la Souleymane's Story - it premiered at Cannes 2024 (on many best of 2025 lists). This is a lengthy unpublished chat I had with Boris Lojkine. Discussing some rather cool points about the casting process and research.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Our Nicholas Bell reviewed THE TESTAMENT of ANN LEE in Venice "Amanda Seyfried blazes with compassionate convictions for what feels revolutionary—a woman’s control of her own body."
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December 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
During a virtual junket we had the chance to speak to Amanda Seyfried for Mona Fastvold's The Testament of Ann Lee - which opens tomorrow via Searchlight Pictures (limited released)
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December 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"In many ways, Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax feels more relevant than ever, which is why Park Chan-wook’s adaptation NO OTHER CHOICE feels so strangely felicitous taking place, as it does, nearly three decades later halfway across the world." ★★★★
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December 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Here is my virtual (2 question) interview with 🇳🇴 filmmaker Mona Fastvold for The Testament of Ann Lee - Searchlight Pictures release this on 🎁 Christmas day.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I chatted to the team of Forastera at the Marrakech Film Festival - 🇪🇸 filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, actress Zoe Stein & cinematographer Agnès Pique Corbera
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December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
At the Marrakech Film Festival's ATLAS LABS we had the chance to speak to 🇱🇧 Mounia Akl for Hold Me (If You Want) - a current work in progress (script and funding stages).
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December 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Some coin support news means we learn more on new (2027) projects by 🇨🇦 Charlotte Le Bon, 🇺🇦 Kateryna Gornostai, 🇨🇿 Diana Cam Van Nguyen and 🇨🇦 Philippe Lesage!
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December 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Our Nicholas Bell reviewed the docu Timestamp at the Berlinale this past February - the KimStim folks release it this weekend.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Welcome back to our regular Saturday feature. Pack your bags 🧳, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for Antonia Campbell-Hughes' Diamond Shitter.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
He cut his teeth on Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), and was invited to the Un Certain Regard section on his first two tries a decade apart, I got to speak to 🇮🇳 Neeraj Ghaywan for Homebound (TIFF runner-up) at the Marrakech Film Festival!
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December 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
At the Marrakech Film Festival I had the chance to speak to Singapore 🇸🇬 filmmaker Siyou Tan for her feature debut AMOEBA (it world premiered at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival).
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December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
​I had the pleasure of speaking to 🇿🇦 Zamo Mkhwanazi for LAUNDRY - a TIFF world premiere that was featured in competition at the Marrakech Film Festival - a film that looks at a family fighting to keep their world from crumbling set in 1968's apartheid.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
2026 Berlinale: Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson's 'Mouse' and Danielle Arbid's 'Only Rebels Win' have been selected for the Panorama section.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Silver Lion winning The Voice of Hind Rajab received more good news today (Oscar shortlist). Tomorrow is the theatrical release day (LA/NY) via the Willa folks.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
At the Marrakech film festival I had the chance to speak to 🇿🇦 Ntobeko Sishi for Zamo Mkhwanazi's LAUNDRY (a TIFF world premiere selection).
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December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I got to ask filmmaker Josh Safdie about his longstanding work with Casting Director Jennifer Venditti and how it has evolved especially with Marty Supreme @A24 release it on Xmas!
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December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The short film selections have been announced for Sundance - 54 Selected Shorts for the 2026 edition include Amandine Thomas, Nash Edgerton, Cristina Costantini, Liza Mandelup & Tawfeek Barhom (the Palme d'Or winner we just interviewed in Doha)
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December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
For my second conversation with Óliver Laxe for Sirāt with talked sound design, working with his DP, and the type of nomad he is when not actively working/promoting a film. It's been quite the intense journey for the 🇪🇸 filmmaker.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM