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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...
TAICCA Sets Partnerships With Japan’s K2 Pictures, Taiwan’s Lunta Ventures at Creative Content Fest

TAICCA Sets Partnerships With Japan’s K2 Pictures, Taiwan’s Lunta Ventures at Creative Content Fest

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By Lin Ying-Hsuan According To The variety Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) rolled out two major industry partnerships at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), marking a renewed push to expand Taiwan’s presence across film, television and digital entertainment. The agency sealed a co-production memorandum of understanding with Japan’s K2 Pictures Inc. and unveiled the Digital Games Fund with Taiwan’s Lunta Ventures, reflecting a strategy that pairs global collaboration with targeted investment to accelerate the globalization of Taiwanese content. The pact with K2 Pictures outlines frameworks for co-investment, co-production and content financing aimed at enhancing the global visibility of Taiwanese screen projects. The agreement was signed by TAICCA deputy...
Varun Dhawan’s Fierce First Look from ‘Border 2’ Unveiled Ahead of Republic Day 2026 Release (EXCLUSIVE)

Varun Dhawan’s Fierce First Look from ‘Border 2’ Unveiled Ahead of Republic Day 2026 Release (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety T-Series and JP Films have unveiled the first-look poster of Varun Dhawan from the highly anticipated Bollywood war drama “Border 2.” The poster reveals Dhawan in an intense, action-packed avatar as an Indian soldier on the battlefield, wielding a gun and dressed in full army uniform. The hard-hitting image showcases the actor in what producers are calling a “never-seen-before” transformation, embodying the courage and spirit that has become synonymous with the “Border” franchise. The reveal follows the recent unveiling of the first poster featuring franchise star Sunny Deol. With Dhawan’s addition, the film aims to introduce “a new generation of courage” while honoring the legacy of brotherhood and sacrifice that defined th...
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