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Annecy Preview: Fest Boss Talks 2026 Edition, US Studio, Asia Presence
France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend with Illumination’s Minions & Monsters, the latest movie devoted to the mischievous army of yellow underlings first introduced in...
Haifaa Al Mansour Talks ‘Unidentified’, New Era For Saudi Women Filmmakers
When acclaimed Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour made her debut film, Wadjda, she was the trailblazing first female from the Kingdom to helm a feature — and she had...
Bridgett M. Davis Returns To Filmmaking With ‘Helga’
The debate about young people’s social media use has hit a peak in recent months, with Australia introducing legislation to ban social media for under-16s. The EU and the...
Senators Call On FCC To Prevent Paramount-WBD Merger From Closing
Three Democratic senators are calling on the FCC to bar the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger from closing until an agency review of foreign ownership is pending. Sen. Cory Booker...
BBC Chair Blocks Release Of Board Debate Over Donald Trump Debacle
EXCLUSIVE: It was the BBC crisis that resulted in a lawsuit from the U.S. president, but the British broadcaster’s chair has personally refused to release key information relating to...
Gabrielle Faith Brown & Yolanthe Cabau Among Cast Of MuVpix Horizontal-Vertical Drama ‘Romeo & Juliet, Reimagined’
EXCLUSIVE: Microdrama star Gabrielle Faith Brown and European actress Yolanthe Cabau are among the stars of a Romeo and Juliet series that’s being made in both horizontal and vertical...
Jason Alexander-Narrated Film ‘To Kill A Nazi’ Gets Deal, Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Go2Films has boarded sales rights to Jason Alexander-nominated documentary To Kill A Nazi about the Entebbe hostage crisis, which unfolded 50 years ago. Penn State professor Boaz Dvir directs...
International Insider: Deep BBC Cuts; Previewing Annecy Animation; Léon Marchand Interview
Good afternoon Insiders, welcome back to another edition of the international newsletter with Max Goldbart steering things before heading to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Read on, and...
Pam Abdy & Mike De Luca Among Speakers Set For TIFF Industry Programme
Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca will headline an onstage in-conversation session at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Abdy and De Luca’s talk will be part of the TIFF...
5 Talking Points Ahead Of Annecy: ‘Minions’, AI, IP, Studios, China
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival gets underway this weekend at a time of change, opportunity and retreat for the animation sector as big budget studio fare chases the...
