The Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France has announced the prize winners for its largest edition to date, which was held from June 11 to 17. The Cristal award for best film was awarded to the Italian-French directorial duo of Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach for Chicken for Linda! The heartwarming story follows a
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The Taormina Film Festival will see the launch of Bella Thorne’s directorial debut short film, Paint Her Red, and the attendance of supermodel Adriana Lima. Lima is set to launch FIFA: A Love Letter to Rwanda, a short film that showcases Rwandan culture, its emerging fashion industry, and touristic biodiversity. The film was shot in
Milky Way Media is set to produce a feature adaptation of John William Polidori’s classic 19th-century gothic novel The Vampyre, with Malcolm McDowell and Derek Jacobi attached to lead. The film, titled The Vampyre: Blood & Ink, will explore Polidori’s dark account of the mythical creatures and is set to begin production later this year
Vinay Shukla, an Indian filmmaker, is bringing his latest movie titled While We Watched to Sheffield Doc Fest in the UK for its debut. The movie, produced by the UK’s Lono Studio and BritDoc Films, is billed as a “turbulent newsroom drama” that chronicles the working days of broadcast journalist Ravish Kumar as he navigates
Paul McCartney made an appearance at the Tribeca Festival’s “Storytellers” series on Thursday, but did not mention his recent plans to use AI technology to extract vocals of his former bandmate, John Lennon, from an old demo to create a final Beatles record. Instead, McCartney shared memories from his new book, 1964: Eyes of the
Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry’s joint feature debut, Kensuke’s Kingdom, brings Michael Morpurgo’s 1999 children’s book to life in a castaway fantasy that follows the journey of 11-year-old Michael, who learns vital lessons about the natural order of things. Seasoned screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce is also part of the team, and yet, this could be