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Nov222025 by cineverseNo Comments

“My Little Moon,” directed by Ali Atshani and produced by American Brightlight Film Productions, has been nominated in five major categories

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cineversedaily news Hollywood Press – Los Angeles “My Little Moon,” directed by Ali Atshani and produced by American Brightlight Film Productions, has been nominated in five major categories — including Best Film and Best Director — at the 5th edition of the Universal Movie Awards (UNIMA), one of West Africa’s significant international film events held annually in Lagos, Nigeria. The Universal Movie Awards (UNIMA), founded in 2020 by Hope Obioma Opara, has quickly emerged as one of the most respected film festivals in West Africa. Dedicated to elevating professional standards in global cinema and television, the festival brings together filmmakers from the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, and beyond. This year’s ceremony will take place in Surulere, Lagos, with the winners ...

Nov92025 by cineverseNo Comments

Paul Newman Retrospective, Programming Zeal Keeps Torino Film Festival Young at Heart

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By Ben Croll According To The variety Giulio Base began his journey with the Torino Film Festival from the ground up. At just 17, in 1982, he attended the very first edition, then called Cinema Giovani (“Festival of Young Cinema”) and co-founded by Alberto Barbera. From that moment, he was hooked. Over the next four decades, as the festival grew in name, scope, and reputation, Base built a career both in front of and behind the camera, earning acclaim for his directing work and gaining international recognition for his theologically themed films. Forty-one years after that first encounter, he returned to where it all began as the festival’s artistic director. “The Torino Film Festival has always been known as a prestigious, auteur-driven event,” Base says. “That ...

Nov92025 by cineverseNo Comments

Shape of Momo,’ ‘Fury’ Among Contenders for IFFI Goa’s Best Debut Feature Prize

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will spotlight emerging directors in its 56th edition through a competitive section featuring seven first-time filmmakers from across the globe. The festival has assembled five international titles alongside two Indian productions for its Best Debut Feature Film of a Director Award. The category’s victor takes home the Silver Peacock trophy along with INR10 lakh ($11,270) and a certificate of commendation. Indian director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra leads the jury evaluating the competition. He’s joined by Australian editor-director Graeme Clifford, German actor Katharina Schüttler, Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam and English cinematographer Remi Adefarasin. Among the inter...

Nov92025 by cineverseNo Comments

War Documentary ‘My Camera, My Gun’ Takes Top Taiwan Creative Content Fest Prize, ‘Do You Still Love Me’ Dominates Series With Five Wins

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety War documentary “My Camera, My Gun” was presented with the TAICCA × CNC Award at the close of TCCF Pitching, a four-day pitching event held during Taiwan Creative Content Fest (Nov. 4-7). The Portugal-Japan collaboration from Moon Road Media & Films received a cash prize of $30,000 from the two sponsors of the award — TCCF organizer Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and France’s Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC). The award also provides industry resources to support the winning project’s entry into the European market IPis Innovation’s “Do You Still Love Me” emerged as the most decorated project of the competition with five awards. The breakup-themed series captured the Eastern Broadcasting Co.’s...

Nov82025 by cineverseNo Comments

WGA Names John August and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel to Lead Negotiating Committee

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By Gene Maddaus According To The variety Here’s something that will be interesting to screenwriters. John August, the co-host of the “Scriptnotes” podcast, has been named a co-chair of the negotiating committee for the Writers Guild of America. The other co-chair is Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, the showrunner of the Netflix series “Survival of the Thickest.” The WGA is set to begin bargaining next spring for the first time since the five-month writers strike in 2023. The current deal expires on May 1, 2026. As in 2023, the chief negotiator for the writers will be Ellen Stutzman, who is also the executive director of WGA West. She will be negotiating with Greg Hessinger, the new president of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. August and Sanchez-Wit...

Nov82025 by cineverseNo Comments

Nina Hoss on Playing a Queer Icon in ‘Hedda’, and Why ‘It’s Our Time Now’ for Women Over 50 in Hollywood

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety Nina Hoss enters a conversation about “Hedda” the way her character Eileen Lövborg enters that fateful party: She commands the space, is unapologetically present and utterly impossible to overlook. The German actress, who spent six years performing “Hedda Gabler” on stage in Berlin’s demanding repertoire system, now takes on Nia DaCosta’s bold reimagining of the Ibsen classic — playing a character that didn’t exist in the original text. It’s a transformation that reflects Hoss’s artistic fearlessness and the kind of creative risks that make century-old material feel urgent again. “When I read the script, I thought, why has no one ever thought about that?” Hoss tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast of DaCosta’s decision...

Nov52025 by cineverseNo Comments

Kristen Stewart Slams Hollywood’s Treatment of Women Filmmakers After ‘Brief Moment of Progress’ Post-MeToo: ‘It Is Devastating’

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By Marc Malkin According To The variety Kristen Stewart delivered rousing remarks Tuesday afternoon during the keynote address at the Academy and Chanel’s Women’s Luncheon in Los Angeles. The actress and director – her feature film directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” is in theaters next month — slammed Hollywood for failing to live up to its post-MeToo goals and efforts. “In a post-MeToo moment, it seemed possible that stories made by and for women were finally getting their due, that we might be allowed or even encouraged to express ourselves and our shared experiences, all of our experiences without filter,” she said after being introduced by Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor. “But I can now attest to the bare-knuckle brawling that it tak...