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• FilmLA warning as Los Angeles Q1 production plummets

  14-04-2025 23:04 via screendaily.com
  
  “California can’t afford to surrender any more work to its competitors.”
  
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• Golden Globes dates 2026 ceremony

  24-04-2025 20:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Nikki Glaser returns as host. CBS, Paramount+ to air in US.
  
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• Focus Features sets awards corridor US release for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’

  24-04-2025 20:22 via screendaily.com
  
  Limited release on November 27 prior to wide expansion on December 12.
  
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• South Korea commits $1bn to boost growing animation industry

  24-04-2025 18:06 via screendaily.com
  
  Ministry rolls out five-year blueprint focused on theatrical animation, cross-media IP and AI-driven production.
  
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• Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ added to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, boarded for sales

  24-04-2025 17:27 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Les Films du Losange will launch sales on the film at Cannes.
  
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• Lucky Number boards Un Certain Regard Italian film ’The Last One For The Road’

  24-04-2025 17:08 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The debut film from Italy’s Francesco Sossai follows three young men on a road trip through the Venetian plains.
  
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• Israeli Cannes Official Selection title ‘Mama’ secures sales representation

  24-04-2025 16:30 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The film is the only Israeli film in Cannes Official Selection this year.
  
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• Berlinale Forum friendship comedy ‘Fwends’ acquired for sales

  24-04-2025 15:54 via screendaily.com
  
  UK sales outfit has acquired Sophie Somerville’s Australian comedy ahead of Cannes.
  
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• Asghar Farhadi to direct ‘Parallel Tales’ starring Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel

  24-04-2025 15:18 via screendaily.com
  
  Production will begin on the French-language film in Paris later this year.
  
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• Asghar Farhadi to direct Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel in ‘Parallel Tales’

  24-04-2025 15:18 via screendaily.com
  
  Production is set to begin on the French-language film in Paris.
  
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• Paradise City Sales boards Pedro Pinho’s Un Certain Regard title ‘I Only Rest In The Storm’

  24-04-2025 12:00 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The film exploring neo-colonialism is set in a West African city.
  
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• China’s Rediance boards Cannes-bound documentary ‘Imago’

  24-04-2025 10:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Déni Oumar Pitsaev’s hybrid documentary is the first-ever feature-length Chechen film.
  
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• Myriad launching Cannes sales on ‘Queen Of The Ring’ with Emily Bett Rickards, Josh Lucas, Walton Goggins

  24-04-2025 01:57 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Kirk D’Amico will screen the film in the market.
  
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• Focus Features schedules summer release for Ethan Coen’s Cannes entry ‘Honey Don’t!’

  24-04-2025 01:06 via screendaily.com
  
  On the day Cannes added Ethan Coen’s dark comedy Honey Don’t! to Midnight Screenings, Focus Features has dated the film for an August 22 wide US release.
  
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• Annecy unveils 2025 lineup including ‘Zootopia 2’, ‘Animal Farm’, ‘Stranger Things’ series

  23-04-2025 20:14 via screendaily.com
  
  Festival will welcome guests including Matt Groening, Michel Gondry, Andy Serkis, Sepideh Farsi.
  
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• Voltage Pictures hires Benan Guz to senior international sales & distribution role

  23-04-2025 19:14 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Executive reports to president of global sales and distribution Alexandra Cocean.
  
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• Cannes adds 16 films including Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Ethan Coen titles

  23-04-2025 18:50 via screendaily.com
  
  Two new titles confirmed for Competition; four added to Un Certain Regard strand.
  
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• Harvey Weinstein retrial hears opening arguments

  23-04-2025 18:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Disgraced former mogul’s original 2020 New York conviction was overturned in 2024.
  
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• Charles Melton, Sophie Thatcher to star in Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Her Private Hell’ for Neon

  23-04-2025 17:07 via screendaily.com
  
  It marks the director’s first film since 2016.
  
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• Kevin Macdonald’s ‘The Runner’ starring Gal Gadot begins UK shoot for Amazon

  23-04-2025 12:57 via screendaily.com
  
  The film is the first from David Kosse’s Rockwood Pictures.
  
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• Armenian Berlinale title ‘After Dreaming’ picked up for sales

  23-04-2025 12:27 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: It is the debut feature of US-Armenian filmmaker Christine Haroutounian.
  
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• Nikkatsu to launch Tatsushi Omori’s ‘Hokusai’s Daughter’ at Cannes

  23-04-2025 11:37 via screendaily.com
  
  The historical drama will reunite the director with actress Masami Nagasawa.
  
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• Seth Rogen to lead all-star cast on Andy Serkis’s ‘Animal Farm’ at Aniventure, Imaginarium

  23-04-2025 01:31 via screendaily.com
  
  Woody Harrelson, Glenn Close also on board.
  
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• ‘Stans’, produced by Eminem, to open SXSW London

  23-04-2025 01:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Mubi CEO Efe Cakarel will give a keynote address.
  
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• ‘Stalking horse’ bid for Village Roadshow Entertainment Group library set at $417.5m

  22-04-2025 23:20 via screendaily.com
  
  Delaware judge sets May 16 deadline for rival bids.
  
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• Toei Company readies first English-language live-action feature ‘Dear Stranger’ (exclusive)

  22-04-2025 22:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The family suspense drama will star Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwei Lun-Mei.
  
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• Toei Company readies first English-language live-action feature ‘Dear Stranger’

  22-04-2025 22:59 via screendaily.com
  
  The family suspense drama will star Hidetoshi Nishijima and Gwei Lun-Mei.
  
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• China launches $130m “Film Consumption Year” in bid to boost box office

  22-04-2025 17:46 via screendaily.com
  
  The initiative is aimed at growing box office revenue and stimulate local economy.
  
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• Screen Actors Guild schedules key awards dates

  22-04-2025 17:30 via screendaily.com
  
  Nominations to be announced on January 7, 2026.
  
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• British Screen Forum chair Jon Gisby to step down

  22-04-2025 16:51 via screendaily.com
  
  Jon Gisby will depart later this year.
  
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