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Indian director Payal Kapadia is developing two additional features set in Mumbai, potentially forming a trilogy with her acclaimed fiction feature debut “All We Imagine as Light.” Kapadia, who just attended the Golden Globes where “All We Imagine as Light” was nominated for best non-English language film and director, revealed she has begun writing her

Sandro Aguilar’s “First Person Plural,” which screens at International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition, has launched its trailer with Variety. The film is produced by O Som E A Fúria, the company behind Miguel Gomes’ “Tabu” and “Arabian Nights,” Eugène Green’s “The Portuguese Nun” and Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama.” [embedded content] “First Person Plural”

Selton Mello and Fernanda Torres have known each other for decades. Mello had a guest arc on Torres’ Brazilian show “Normal People,” which ran from 2001-2003, before achieving massive fame as both an actor and filmmaker. He had also worked with her brother, filmmaker Cláudio Torres, and her mother, legendary actor Fernanda Montenegro — perhaps

International Film Festival Rotterdam has revealed its Cinema Regained program, which showcases restored classics, documentaries on cinema and works by filmmaking masters. This year’s Cinema Regained selection shines a light on filmmakers whose contributions have shaped cinema history, both celebrated and overlooked. After a 30-year hiatus, Burkinabé director Drissa Touré makes his return with the

“No Other Land,” the Palestinian-Israeli doc which depicts the Israeli government’s efforts to force Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank, has been steadily gaining accolades ever since it scored the best documentary prize at last year’s Berlin Film Festival. The timely piece, which shows the gradual demolition of houses

RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate a brutal reform school, blending visceral storytelling with an experimental approach. In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, production designer Nora Mendis explains Ross’ vision came from a conceptual place. She says, “It was more

Paris Hilton revealed on Instagram that she watched her Malibu house burn down on live television as she tuned into news coverage of the devastating L.A. fires. Hilton is one of many celebrities who have lost their homes in the wildfires. Others include Leighton Meester and Adam Brody, Anna Farris, Billy Crystal, James Moods and

Thomas Vinterberg‘s “Families Like Ours,” “Pressure Point” from the writer of “Black Crab” and Erik Poppe’s “Quisling” count among nominations for a high-powered Göteborg Nordic Series Script Award, the biggest plaudit for TV screenwriting in Scandinavia. Replacing the Göteborg Festival’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, the Script Award nominations also take in feminist porn comedy “Money Shot,” a Canneseries winner, and

Of all the films vying for honors in this year’s awards season, only one heralds the return of not just one of cinema’s most iconic duos, but one of its most dastardly villains. “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” — longlisted in BAFTA categories for outstanding British film, children’s and family film and animated film, and

The National Theatre production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” starring Ncuti Gatwa, has unveiled a trailer ahead of its cinema release on Feb. 20. The trailer begins with Gatwa, dressed to the nines in a pink gown and matching gloves, playing a piano riff before leaning back to give viewers a sassy

Emma Thompson, Anna Friel, Christopher Eccleston, Julian Ovenden and Rebecca Root have joined the cast of feature film “Hear Me Roar,” a drama about a groundbreaking British trans marriage case. The script is co-written by Lisa McMullin and Ashley Bayston, whose story it tells. The feature will be directed by Amy Coop and produced by

Studio 100 Film has added the action-packed animated feature “Rally – From Paris to the Pyramids” to its slate and will present the first footage from the film to buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin. “Rally – From Paris to the Pyramids” is produced by Qvisten Animation, Scandinavia’s leading animation studio, known

Jean Smart has a message for TV networks planning to air Hollywood award shows following the Los Angeles fires. Late Wednesday night, Smart took to Instagram to urge TV networks to “seriously consider” not airing any award shows during “Hollywood’s season of celebration,” and instead donate the revenue to first responders and L.A. fire victims.

Billy Crystal and his wife Janice have lost their home of more than four decades to the Pacific Palisades fire. In a statement shared with CNN, Crystal confirmed their house burned down as a result of the now 15,000-acre fire raging in West L.A. “Words cannot describe the enormity of the devastation we are witnessing