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Autlook Filmsales has acquired “Cutting Through Rocks,” winner of the Grand Jury Prize of the World Cinema Documentary Competition section at Sundance Film Festival. Autlook will host a market screening of the film at Berlin’s European Film Market. The film was directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, and produced by Gandom Films Production. It

As the European Film Market kicks off Feb. 13 in Berlin with a new market head, Tanja Meissner, at the helm, this year’s buzziest titles suggest the industry will be looking toward tried-and-true genre fare and splashy, star-driven packages to thaw the winter chill. Bankable stars are expected to heat things up in Berlin, with

Scandinavia’s leading sales agent TrustNordisk has swooped on the international sales rights of Amanda Kernell’s “Brace your Heart” (“Förbannelsen”) ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin.  The Swedish drama, which starts filming this week in the Kiruna region, Northern Sweden, is Kernell’s third pic after the Swedish Oscar entry “Charter” and her acclaimed debut “Sami Blood” (a

As the Berlinale prepares to kick off its 75th edition on Thursday, the festival has clarified its position on freedom of expression, including when it comes to showing solidarity with Palestine. In a FAQ post on dialogue and exchange published on Tuesday, organizers — led by Tricia Tuttle in her debut as artistic director —

Indie distributor Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to “Paying for It,” an indie comedy about an introverted cartoonist who starts sleeping with sex workers that premiered positively in Toronto.  Set in the late ’90s, “Paying for It” is a live-action adaptation of Canadian alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s bestselling graphic novel. In the partly autobiographical film,

Miles Teller has landed another lead role. The “Whiplash” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in upcoming biopic “Bartali.” The hot project comes from directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who won an Oscar for their documentary “Free Solo” and made their

Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù has landed a leading film role. The fast-rising British actor — best-known for “Gangs of London” but recently seen in the third season of “Slow Horses” — will appear in “My Father’s Shadow,” the feature directorial debut of British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies, whose Sundance-winning short film “Lizard” was BAFTA nominated. The film, co-written by

Barcelona-based sales agency Jambika Docs has acquired the documentary feature “Noah” ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin. “Noah” will have a limited theatrical release in Spain followed by a broadcast on TV3, À Punt Televisió of Valencia and RTVE. The film follows Noah, a 26-year-old activist, who has turned her battle against seven

South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment arrives at the 2025 Berlin European Film Market (EFM) with a star-studded lineup led by “Squid Game 2″ actor Kang Ha-neul in crime thriller “Yadang: The Snitch” and an international cast including Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and “Squid Game” actor Hoyeon in Na Hong-jin’s “Hope.” “Yadang:

Armie Hammer is addressing the allegations that derailed his Hollywood career four years ago. And while he spoke candidly about his harmful behavior, he insisted his actions were “not illegal.” “People were sort of like my bags of dope with skin on them,” Hammer said on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “You make me feel amazing,

Ke Huy Quan told Entertainment Weekly that Harrison Ford calmed his nerves when he got scared on the set of Steven Spielberg’s 1984 adventure “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” which marked Quan’s first acting job. He was just a child at the time. “When we shot this sequence, I was so scared,” Quan