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New films by directors Lukas Dhont, Ana Teodora Mihai and Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are among 14 new projects to share €3 million in funding from Screen Flanders.

Flemish director Dhont, who was Oscar nominated for his 2023 feature Close, received €200,000 for his new feature Coward.

Dhont joins forces again with co-writer Angelo Tijssens for the film, whose plot details are not yet available. The Reunion, the production company set up by Michiel and Lukas Dhont, takes the lead in the film’s production, with Lumière Publishing releasing in the Benelux.

Heysel 85, which received €250,000, is directed by Ana Teodora Mihai whose...

Cannes Series has revealed the lineup, jury and masterclasses for its second edition, which takes place alongside the Mip TV market on the French Riviera.

Among ten series in competition at the TV festival are Netflix’s German show How To Sell Drugs Online and Amazon’s UK series The Feed with Michelle Fairley and David Thewlis. Out of competition shows include Starz’ Now Apocalypse and Russel T Davies’ Years And Years. Scroll down for the lineup in full.

The competition jury will be presided over by Dark show-runner Baran bo Odar with members comprising actor, director and author Stephen Fry (Gosford Park), actors Miriam Leone (Non Uccidere) and Emma Mackey (Sex Education), actor and director Katheryn Winnick (Vikings) and composer Rob (The Bureau). David Cross and Jude Law are among those with projects in the short form competition.

Among those set to give masterclasses will be Game Of Thrones...

Speculations have been rife about Anil Kapoor working with filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. And now it is being said that the film in question is the official remake of the Oscar nominated Dutch film Everybody's Famous (2000). This musical comedy has been tentatively titled Fanney Khan and it marks the Bollywood directorial debut of Atul Manjrekar. While Rakeysh Mehra will don the role of the producer, the other casting details are yet to be finalized. Everybody's Famous, directed by Dominique Deruddere stars Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Thekla Reuten among others. The story revolves around the father who tries to impose his dreams of becoming a singer on his daughter and the 17 year old girl whose repeated attempts at singing contests only lead to failure. Desperate to fulfil their dreams, the duo end up kidnapping a teen pop sensation Debbie. However, this controversy increases the sales of Debbie's music...