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Killer Films producer Christine Vachon, Mubi’s chief content officer Jason Ropell, and Fatih Abay, diversity and inclusion officer at the European Film Academy are among the international speakers heading to the industry programme of this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff), taking place until July 8 in the Czech Republic.

The recently restored Imperial Spa will house the entire industry programme. It’s wood-panelled interiors will host the Industry Days’ Eastern Promises for four days of project pitches, talks, events, and workshops as well as the Film Industry Office and Lounge. There is an afternoon forum dedicated to...

Hallmark’s Christmas In July is kicking off with Falling Like Snowflakes. This holiday movie stars Rebecca Dalton and Marcus Rosner. “A photographer who’s determined to complete her exhibit by capturing a rare photo of a 12-sided snowflake, enlists the help of a childhood friend and they go on a mission they’ll never forget.”

Here are all the details on Falling Like Snowflakes.

Photo: Rebecca Dalton, Marcus Rosner Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Johnson Production Group What Is Hallmark’s Falling Like Snowflakes About?

This new Hallmark movie takes the two leads into the eye of the storm. What happens in this Christmas In July movie? According to the synopsis, Teagan Ashley is both an artist and a teacher. She is a photographer who loves to take nature photographs. This Christmas, she wants to complete her snowflake exhibit. She needs to take a photo of the 12-sided snowflake.

AGC International has closed a raft of sales on virtual AFM project Universe’s Most Wanted.

Deals have closed with Entertainment Film Distribution in the U.K. and Ireland; Constantin Film in Germany, Austria and Switzerland; Metropolitan in France; Vertice Cine in Latin America, Spain, Italy and Portugal; Elevation Pictures in Canada; Volga Film in Cis and Baltics; The Searchers in Benelux; Spi International in Eastern Europe and Turkey; Joy N Cinema in South Korea; Long Shong International in Taiwan; Mvp Entertainment in India; Empire Entertainment in South Africa; Sahamongkolfilm in Thailand; Panorama Entertainment in Hong Kong; Pioneer Films in the Philippines; Selim Ramia & Co. in the Middle East; United King in Israel; and Echo Lake Entertainment for Airlines.

Director Brad Peyton (Rampage) and actor Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy) are teaming up to produce the sci-fi action movie, which is slated to go into production next year.

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Hajni Kis's Wild Roots has received the Trt Award, while Bassel Ghandour's The Alleys picked up the Post-production Development Award. The Works in Progress segment of Karlovy Vary's Eastern Promises Industry Days section, which took place online earlier this week, has announced its award winners. Two out of the eight projects (find the full list and the composition of the juries in this news story) received prizes, and we profile them below. Works in Progress Trt Award Wild Roots - Hajni Kis (Hungary/Slovakia)The first feature by writer-director Hajni Kis, whose 2016 short Beautiful Figure was nominated for the Student Oscars, is a semi-autobiographical story starring non-professionals. The lead character, Tibor, is an ex-con who works as a bouncer in a club, and is played by Gusztáv Dietz, a former Mma world champion and bodyguard. He has financial difficulties, and because of his vehement nature, he’s always in conflict with.

Barbora Sliepková's first feature-length documentary, a black-and-white essay on Bratislava-inspired city symphonies, received the €5,000 prize. The Docs in Progress segment of Karlovy Vary's Eastern Promises Industry Days took place online earlier this week, with eight projects from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus competing for the €5,000 award, which ended up going to Slovak filmmaker Barbora Sliepková's The Lines. For the first-time writer-director, Bratislava is a city of thick lines between past and present, and public and private. She focuses on the rhythm, atmosphere and ordinary stories of the city's inhabitants, one of whom is a narrator, of sorts, for the film, with his own poetry. "I have always loved those timeless, urban symphonies by great filmmakers of the past, and they are the apparent inspiration behind this film," says Sliepková. Producer Barbara Janišová Feglová, of Hitchhiker Cinema, adds: "As a post-socialist metropolis, Bratislava has been developing very fast but...