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Imran Hamdulay & His ‘The Heart Is A Muscle’ Leads Discuss Shooting Their Expansive Family Drama On A Micro Budget – Contenders International
South Africa competes in this year’s Best International Feature race with The Heart Is a Muscle, the debut feature from filmmaker Imran Hamdulay. The film follows Ryan (Keenan Arrison), a...
Joe Jonas Playfully Responds To ‘Camp Rock 3’ Critic Asking If Jonas Brothers Are “In Serious Debt”
After 15 years, Joe Jonas hasn’t lost his sense of humor when it comes to portraying Shane Gray in Camp Rock 3. While plenty of millennials were likely over...
‘Sentimental Value’, ‘The Secret Agent’ And ‘It Was Just An Accident’ Lead The International Oscar Race
Just before lockdown struck in 2020, the Best International Feature Film category was about to break wide open, with South Korea’s surprise Best Picture winner Parasite bringing director Bong...
‘Belén’s Dolores Fonzi And Producer Leticia Cristi On Argentina’s Oscar Submission: “This Story Had To Become A Movie” – Contenders International
“Belén” is famous among Argentinian women — yet very few of them know her true identity. All is explained in Belén, a powerful and sometimes infuriating political drama written,...
‘100 Liters Of Gold’ Team Talks About Brewing Up Finnish Dark Comedy – Contenders International
Finnish maestro Teemu Nikki returns to his home village of Sysmäi for a tale of two sisters who are famed for their strong homebrew ale, sahti. When their other...
‘The Testaments’ First-Look Photos Drop As Hulu Sets Premiere Month
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale follow-up, The Testaments, will premiere in April, starring Ann Dowd, reprising her original role of Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, Lucy Halliday as Daisy,...
How A Catholic School Girls’ Choir Provided A Perfect Backdrop To Explore A Teen Coming-Of-Age Tale For ‘Little Trouble Girls’ Filmmaker Urška Djukic – Contenders International
Urška Djukic was watching a Catholic girls choir singing a Slovenian folk song when she first got the inspiration to make her debut film Little Trouble Girls, Slovenia’s submission...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Wicked’ Vocal Coach Reveals She Helped Other Actresses Prep For Glinda Audition
In the true spirit of Glinda the Good, Ariana Grande gave other actresses the resources to be ‘Popular’ at their Wicked audition. The Oscar nominee’s longtime vocal coach Eric...
‘The President’s Cake’ Director Hasan Hadi Reveals Sad Childhood Story That Inspired Iraq’s Oscar Entry – Contenders International
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s poignant but heartwarming drama The President’s Cake world premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at Cannes in May and has been winning fans ever since. The film...
‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Director Alexandria Stapleton On Being Fearless, Finding Fresh Perspectives & Diddy’s Reaction To Doc
Alexandria Stapleton may be a new name to many who are discovering her following the release of Netflix‘s Sean Combs: The Reckoning, which she directed and executive produced. But...
Deadline’s Contenders Film: International Kicks Off Today With 14 Films In Awards-Season Race
The Best International Feature Film category is never short on surprises, and 2025 has no shortage of firsts. Of the 86 submissions deemed to be eligible by AMPAS, several...
Walton Goggins Explains How ‘Fallout’s Cooper Is “Reflection Of All Of Us” In Season 2: “The World He Knew No Longer Exists”
While Fallout returns to a dystopian wasteland for Season 2, Walton Goggins is aware of the video game-based series’ real-world parallels. After he “spent a lot more time” in...