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Ventana Sur Heads To Uruguay

The 16th edition of LatAm market Ventana Sur is heading to Uruguay this year. Taking place between December 2 and 6 in Uruguay’s capital Montevideo, the market is backed by Canne’s Marché du Film and will see a wealth of players from the local industry and from abroad attend. The festival is a partnership between the Marché du Film, National Institute of Cinema, Audiovisual Arts of Argentina and Uruguayan Film & Audiovisual Agency. It is taking place in Uruguay for the first time. There were fears over its future earlier this year when Argentina President Javier Milei’s government threatened to cut funding. Since its inception in 2009, Ventana Sur said it has brought together more than 4,000 accredited participants annually, including more than 250 buyers and sellers from across five continents.

CAA Signs Gary Neville

CAA has signed British former soccer player and pundit Gary Neville. The U.

Director: Thomas Roth Writer: Thomas Roth Starring: Manuel Rubey, Nicolas Ofczarek, Christian Tramitz, Patricia Aulitzky, Susi Stach Born on February 19, 1957 as Johann (Hans) Hölzel, Falco is revered by many Austrians and Germans as the European Elvis. In the United States, however, Falco is typically considered a one-hit wonder (his one hit, for those of you who were living under a rock in the 1980s, being "Rock Me Amadeus"). Writer-director Thomas Roth's casting of Manuel Rubey (singer for the Austrian rock band Mondscheiner) in the 11th hour to portray Hölzel/Falco turns out to be the saving grace of Falco: The Rise and Fall of an 80's Pop Icon. Told as a straight-forward bio-pic, Roth begins with Hölzel's childhood, showing his early fascination with music (especially pop music) and brothels; it also allows us to hear Hölzel's mother (Susi Stach) tell him: "Nothing comes from nothing...be able to look...