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Garin Nugroho’s ‘Opera Jawa’ to Open 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, ‘Comedy Buddy’ to Close

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival (JAFF) will open with Garin Nugroho‘s musical “Opera Jawa” and close with Aco Tenriyagelli’s feature directorial debut “Comedy Buddy” in Yogyakarta. This edition marks a milestone for the festival, which was first held in 2006. Carrying the theme Transfiguration, JAFF20 highlights the festival’s two-decade journey and the transformation of Indonesian and Asian cinema during that period. The opening film, originally premiered at JAFF’s inaugural edition in 2006, will be screened in its original 35mm celluloid format at a ceremonial program at Universitas Gadjah Mada’s Gelanggang Inovasi dan Kreativitas. “Comedy Buddy” is produced by Bion Studios and Spasi Moving Image. JAFF20 wil...

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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...

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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...

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Cannes Winner ‘The President’s Cake’ Among 10 Films Competing for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at India’s IFFI Goa Festival

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The 56th International Film Festival of India has unveiled the 10 films competing for the ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal, an international honor that recognizes cinema promoting peace and inter-cultural dialogue. Instituted at IFFI‘s 46th edition, the award is presented in collaboration with ICFT (International Council for Film and Television) Paris under the aegis of UNESCO, celebrating work that honors Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of non-violence and peace Leading the lineup is Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi’s directorial debut “The President’s Cake,” which won both the Audience Award and Caméra d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival’s Directors’ Fortnight section. The film, selected as Iraq’s entry for the international feature Oscar at th...

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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...

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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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We Are the Fruits of the Forest’ Review: Rithy Panh Insightfully Captures Another Facet of Cambodia’s Marginalized Peoples

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By Ryan Swen According To The variety Rithy Panh can credibly hold the title of both Cambodia’s most important film director and one of the greatest documentarians alive. A survivor of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime that claimed the lives of his family members, he began studying filmmaking in France before returning to his native country in the late 1980s. His nonfiction output largely focuses on the aftermath of the Cambodian genocide and moves fluidly between brutally direct vérité (“S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine,” 2003), archival material (“Irradiated,” 2020) and, in the case of the his most celebrated film “The Missing Picture” (2013), claymation. With his most recent film, “We Are the Fruits of the Forest,” Panh opts for a more restrained but still incisive approach to t...

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Garin Nugroho’s ‘Opera Jawa’ to Open 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, ‘Comedy Buddy’ to Close

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

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

Cannes Winner ‘The President’s Cake’ Among 10 Films Competing for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at India’s IFFI Goa Festival

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

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

We Are the Fruits of the Forest’ Review: Rithy Panh Insightfully Captures Another Facet of Cambodia’s Marginalized Peoples

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