Seeds is planting itself firmly in the hearts of critics around the country.
Brittany Shyne’s documentary about Black farmers in the South won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, the latest honor for a film that has won awards at Sundance, RiverRun in North Carolina, and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
The jury, comprised of David Ansen, Megan Griffiths and Garineh Nazarian, saluted the film for “its lyric and compassionate evocation of an underrepresented community, filmed with great intimacy over 8 years.”
Eight fiction and nonfiction films contended for the Grand Jury Prize. The jury awarded a Special Mention to The New Year That Never Came, directed by Bogdan Mureșanu, calling the period drama set in Romania as dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was about to fall “a kaleidoscopic vision of life under authoritarianism that resonates with special urgency in these troubling times.”
Siff, running...
Brittany Shyne’s documentary about Black farmers in the South won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, the latest honor for a film that has won awards at Sundance, RiverRun in North Carolina, and the San Francisco International Film Festival.
The jury, comprised of David Ansen, Megan Griffiths and Garineh Nazarian, saluted the film for “its lyric and compassionate evocation of an underrepresented community, filmed with great intimacy over 8 years.”
Eight fiction and nonfiction films contended for the Grand Jury Prize. The jury awarded a Special Mention to The New Year That Never Came, directed by Bogdan Mureșanu, calling the period drama set in Romania as dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu was about to fall “a kaleidoscopic vision of life under authoritarianism that resonates with special urgency in these troubling times.”
Siff, running...
- 5/26/2025
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2025 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Iffla) has announced its lineup for its 23rd edition, reinforcing its role as a leading platform for South Asian cinema in the U.S. For over two decades, Iffla has championed bold storytelling and emerging talent. This year’s festival underscores that commitment with two compelling feature directorial debuts – Varsha Bharath’s Bad Girl opening the festival and Lawrence Valin’s Little Jaffna closing it – bookending the event with bold new storytelling.
Due to its great success last year, Iffla is furthering its dedication to supporting filmmakers by expanding its Industry Day to a two-day forum offering South Asian film and TV creatives meaningful connections with industry leaders and the opportunity to win a $10,000 Pitch Competition Grant.
The festival runs May 6–10, 2025, at Landmark Theatres Sunset and the WGA Theater. Passes and tickets are available now at www.indianfilmfestival.org.
“Beyond individual highlights, this...
Due to its great success last year, Iffla is furthering its dedication to supporting filmmakers by expanding its Industry Day to a two-day forum offering South Asian film and TV creatives meaningful connections with industry leaders and the opportunity to win a $10,000 Pitch Competition Grant.
The festival runs May 6–10, 2025, at Landmark Theatres Sunset and the WGA Theater. Passes and tickets are available now at www.indianfilmfestival.org.
“Beyond individual highlights, this...
- 4/4/2025
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Update, with statement from ‘Fellow Travelers’ team: The composer, lyricist, director and producer of Fellow Travelers, an opera based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about the anti-gay lavender scare of the 1950s, have withdrawn the work from the 2025-26 season of the Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., citing concern over Donald Trump’s takeover of the institution’s leadership.
Novelist Mallon also signed on to the decision to withdraw the opera.
The withdrawal was confirmed by Tim O’Leary and Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera General Director and Artistic Director, respectively. In a statement obtained by Deadline, O’Leary and Zambello said, “We deeply regret that the creative team of Fellow Travelers has decided to deprive Wno audiences of the chance to experience this opera. Art and music have the power to rise above division and bring people together to find common ground. The Wno...
Novelist Mallon also signed on to the decision to withdraw the opera.
The withdrawal was confirmed by Tim O’Leary and Francesca Zambello, Washington National Opera General Director and Artistic Director, respectively. In a statement obtained by Deadline, O’Leary and Zambello said, “We deeply regret that the creative team of Fellow Travelers has decided to deprive Wno audiences of the chance to experience this opera. Art and music have the power to rise above division and bring people together to find common ground. The Wno...
- 3/28/2025
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Having hit new highs in 2023 and 2024, staging world premieres of Apple TV+’s “Silo” and “Franklin,” Amazon’s “Dead Ringers” and Disney+’s “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld,” Canneseries, one of Europe’s most prominent festivals, is looking to build its industry heft for its 2025 eighth edition but only second standalone event without a MipTV or Mipcom running aside the TV festival.
Season 8 of Canneseries, as its organizers call the 2025 eighth edition, runs April 24-29 on the Croisette.
In its biggest move, Canneseries will power up its program for professionals launched in 2020 and featuring both its already established Canneseries Writers Club and a Producers Club, targeting commissioners, program managers, producers, distributors, directors of private or public TV channels and platform directors.
Canneseries will now develop a bouquet of clubs – networking and discussion forums – under an Canneseries Industry umbrella, Benoît Louvet, Canneseries managing director, told Variety.
First up are new composers, technicians, casting directors and students clubs.
Season 8 of Canneseries, as its organizers call the 2025 eighth edition, runs April 24-29 on the Croisette.
In its biggest move, Canneseries will power up its program for professionals launched in 2020 and featuring both its already established Canneseries Writers Club and a Producers Club, targeting commissioners, program managers, producers, distributors, directors of private or public TV channels and platform directors.
Canneseries will now develop a bouquet of clubs – networking and discussion forums – under an Canneseries Industry umbrella, Benoît Louvet, Canneseries managing director, told Variety.
First up are new composers, technicians, casting directors and students clubs.
- 10/18/2024
- by John Hopewell and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim has come on board to executive produce Makawalu, a feature film initiated by Hawaii International Film Festival (Hiff), entirely created and to be co-directed by eight Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) filmmakers.
The project, the largest budgeted indie feature entirely created by Kanaka Maoli talent, is fully funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Rwjf), the Asian American Foundation (Taaf), and Pacific Islanders in Communication (Pic). More than 90% of the project’s financing comes from organisations invested in change that are based outside Hawaii.
Currently in pre-production, the feature starts shooting in spring 2025 for an early 2026 release. The eight filmmakers are Justyn Ah Chong, Taylour Chang, Ty Sanga, Ciara Lacy, Āina Paikai, Erin Lau, Scott W. Kekama Amona and Katherine Wong.
First presented in 2021, the Makawalu project involved an extensive selection process after which the eight filmmakers participated in a five-day filmmaker lab and...
The project, the largest budgeted indie feature entirely created by Kanaka Maoli talent, is fully funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Rwjf), the Asian American Foundation (Taaf), and Pacific Islanders in Communication (Pic). More than 90% of the project’s financing comes from organisations invested in change that are based outside Hawaii.
Currently in pre-production, the feature starts shooting in spring 2025 for an early 2026 release. The eight filmmakers are Justyn Ah Chong, Taylour Chang, Ty Sanga, Ciara Lacy, Āina Paikai, Erin Lau, Scott W. Kekama Amona and Katherine Wong.
First presented in 2021, the Makawalu project involved an extensive selection process after which the eight filmmakers participated in a five-day filmmaker lab and...
- 10/8/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
New York Film Festival, Thriving At 62 Thanks To Young Moviegoers, Offers Hope To Unsettled Industry
In 2021, when the New York Film Festival returned to in-person screenings, organizers noticed a surprising pattern in the ticketing and survey data.
Twentysomething moviegoers, they realized, had become the lifeblood of the festival. Their embrace of the beloved New York institution has since helped it make remarkable strides, surpassing pre-Covid attendance and sales levels. For more than six decades, the festival has occupied a key berth as the last big fest of the year, with a buzzy lineup of selections from Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
NYFF’s 62nd edition, which opens tonight with RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, is pretty much sold out. Uptake of passes for multiple films, or to gain the right to jump to the front of a wait list, jumped 14% vs. last year.
“I mean that’s the dream, right? Every cultural organization is worried about that. We really need to foster that next generation,...
Twentysomething moviegoers, they realized, had become the lifeblood of the festival. Their embrace of the beloved New York institution has since helped it make remarkable strides, surpassing pre-Covid attendance and sales levels. For more than six decades, the festival has occupied a key berth as the last big fest of the year, with a buzzy lineup of selections from Cannes, Sundance, Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
NYFF’s 62nd edition, which opens tonight with RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, is pretty much sold out. Uptake of passes for multiple films, or to gain the right to jump to the front of a wait list, jumped 14% vs. last year.
“I mean that’s the dream, right? Every cultural organization is worried about that. We really need to foster that next generation,...
- 9/27/2024
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s shaping up to be a big summer for Lisa.
Hot off the release of her sizzling solo single, “Rockstar,” the Blackpink star has just been announced as the newest House Ambassador for Louis Vuitton. Lisa appears in a series of new images accompanying the announcement, and is expected to work with the iconic fashion brand on upcoming campaigns and events.
Lisa’s involvement with Lv was first teased in March, when the singer and rapper attended the Louis Vuitton Women’s Fall/Winter 2024 show in Paris as a guest of the fashion house.
Hot off the release of her sizzling solo single, “Rockstar,” the Blackpink star has just been announced as the newest House Ambassador for Louis Vuitton. Lisa appears in a series of new images accompanying the announcement, and is expected to work with the iconic fashion brand on upcoming campaigns and events.
Lisa’s involvement with Lv was first teased in March, when the singer and rapper attended the Louis Vuitton Women’s Fall/Winter 2024 show in Paris as a guest of the fashion house.
- 7/26/2024
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
New York’s Public Theater announced its upcoming season at their Astor Place home as well as Central Park’s to-be-reopened Delacorte Theater where the Public will stage Twelfth Night, directed by Saheem Ali, in summer 2025.
In its 2024-25 season, the Public will feature productions by playwrights Caryl Churchill, Lisa Sanaye Dring, David Finnigan, James Ijames, John Purugganan and S. Shakthidharan. The line-up will include partnerships with theater companies Belvoir St Theatre, Kurinji, and NYU Skirball; Elevator Repair Service; and Ma-Yi Theatre Company and La Jolla Playhouse.
See the entire line-up below.
“In my 20th season at The Public Theater, I’m overjoyed to share programming that is as bold and ambitious as The Public’s mission,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, adding, “The season finishes with the reopening of The Delacorte Theater. We’re counting down the minutes until we can celebrate our revitalized home with a joyful production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
In its 2024-25 season, the Public will feature productions by playwrights Caryl Churchill, Lisa Sanaye Dring, David Finnigan, James Ijames, John Purugganan and S. Shakthidharan. The line-up will include partnerships with theater companies Belvoir St Theatre, Kurinji, and NYU Skirball; Elevator Repair Service; and Ma-Yi Theatre Company and La Jolla Playhouse.
See the entire line-up below.
“In my 20th season at The Public Theater, I’m overjoyed to share programming that is as bold and ambitious as The Public’s mission,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, adding, “The season finishes with the reopening of The Delacorte Theater. We’re counting down the minutes until we can celebrate our revitalized home with a joyful production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
- 5/7/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 3:55 p.m.: Without acknowledging them by name, a spokesperson for leading documentary festival Hot Docs has confirmed the departure of “some members of the programming team,” as well as recently appointed Artistic Director Hussain Currimbhoy.
“Hot Docs has announced that Hussain Currimbhoy stepped down from his role as Artistic Director on March 20th due to personal reasons. Hussain was fundamental in programming this year’s Festival,” wrote a spokesperson in a statement to Deadline.
Clarifying that “Festival Director Heather Haynes will lead the programming department in preparations for this year’s Festival, April 25-May 5,” the spokesperson added that “regrettably, some members of the programming team have decided not to participate in this year’s Festival. We thank them for their contributions.”
Wrapping up their statement, rep for Hot Docs said, “We look forward to celebrating this year’s films with our audiences and bringing them together with...
“Hot Docs has announced that Hussain Currimbhoy stepped down from his role as Artistic Director on March 20th due to personal reasons. Hussain was fundamental in programming this year’s Festival,” wrote a spokesperson in a statement to Deadline.
Clarifying that “Festival Director Heather Haynes will lead the programming department in preparations for this year’s Festival, April 25-May 5,” the spokesperson added that “regrettably, some members of the programming team have decided not to participate in this year’s Festival. We thank them for their contributions.”
Wrapping up their statement, rep for Hot Docs said, “We look forward to celebrating this year’s films with our audiences and bringing them together with...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jessica Chastain, resplendent in a shimmering silver tasseled jump suit, championed the power of art to bring about positive change at the opening night of the Marrakech Film Festival on Friday evening.
The actress is the attending the Moroccan film festival as the president of the jury.
She was joined on stage by jury members Iranian Holy Spider actress Zar Amir, Call My Agent! star Camille Cottin, Australian actor and director Joel Edgerton, UK director Joanna Hogg, U.S. director Dee Rees and Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh and actor Alexander Skarsgård.
“Throughout history art has been used as an accessible tool for communication, raising awareness about social issues and effecting positive change,” she said.
Citing the words of renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead on the power of “a small group of thoughtful committed citizens” to change the world, Chastain called on all those in the theatre to embrace the arts.
“I...
The actress is the attending the Moroccan film festival as the president of the jury.
She was joined on stage by jury members Iranian Holy Spider actress Zar Amir, Call My Agent! star Camille Cottin, Australian actor and director Joel Edgerton, UK director Joanna Hogg, U.S. director Dee Rees and Swedish filmmaker Tarik Saleh and actor Alexander Skarsgård.
“Throughout history art has been used as an accessible tool for communication, raising awareness about social issues and effecting positive change,” she said.
Citing the words of renowned anthropologist Margaret Mead on the power of “a small group of thoughtful committed citizens” to change the world, Chastain called on all those in the theatre to embrace the arts.
“I...
- 11/24/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
La Ronde
Director: Max Ophüls
Writer: Louis Ducreux
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Simone Simon, Simone Signoret
Studio/Run time: Films Sacha Gordine, 97 mins.
82/100
Le Plaisir
Director: Max Ophüls
Writer: Jacques Natanson
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Simone Simon
Studio/Run time: Ccfc, 97 mins.
80/100
Earrings of Madame de.
Director: Max Ophüls
Writers: Marcel Achard, Max Ophuls, Annette Wademant
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
Studio/Run time: Franco London Films, 105 mins.
84/100
In almost any scene of any of the films made by director Max Ophüls, be it in Berlin (before the ascent of the Nazi party), Paris, Hollywood, and then back in Paris, lie the director’s primary concerns: Men and women, lust, love, theatrical artifice and the illusion of desire. Though a favorite of Stanley Kubrick and perhaps the only peer to Orson Welles with regards to innovative camera shots,...
Director: Max Ophüls
Writer: Louis Ducreux
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Simone Simon, Simone Signoret
Studio/Run time: Films Sacha Gordine, 97 mins.
82/100
Le Plaisir
Director: Max Ophüls
Writer: Jacques Natanson
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Jean Gabin, Simone Simon
Studio/Run time: Ccfc, 97 mins.
80/100
Earrings of Madame de.
Director: Max Ophüls
Writers: Marcel Achard, Max Ophuls, Annette Wademant
Cinematographer: Christian Matras
Starring: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica
Studio/Run time: Franco London Films, 105 mins.
84/100
In almost any scene of any of the films made by director Max Ophüls, be it in Berlin (before the ascent of the Nazi party), Paris, Hollywood, and then back in Paris, lie the director’s primary concerns: Men and women, lust, love, theatrical artifice and the illusion of desire. Though a favorite of Stanley Kubrick and perhaps the only peer to Orson Welles with regards to innovative camera shots,...
- 10/10/2008
- Pastemagazine.com
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