Special Edition
Summerside Boards Sales On South African Apartheid Era TIFF Breakout ‘Laundry’ – AFM
EXCLUSIVE: Summerside Media has acquired world sales rights for South African director Zamo Mkhwanazi’s apartheid era drama Laundry and is launching the title at the AFM. The film, which...
International Insider: BBC In Crisis; Disney Goes To APAC; American Film Market Gets Going
Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart coming to you after a week in which the British public broadcaster fell into crisis… once again. Read on. And sign up here. BBC...
Compañía De Cine Picks Up International Sales Rights To Argentine Uprising Documentary ‘December’ Ahead Of IDFA World Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Argentina recently got a $20 billion economic bailout package, courtesy of President Trump. But it’s not the first time the country has faced financial crisis. In December 2001,...
Berlin Film Festival To Fete Michelle Yeoh With Honorary Golden Bear
The Berlin Film Festival is set to fete Michelle Yeoh with an Honorary Golden Bear for her career achievement. The award will be presented at the Opening Ceremony at...
TikTok Under Fire From French Writer & Composer Rights Management Body SACD Over Copyright Infringement
France’s Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) has filed an emergency injunction against TikTok in the Paris Judicial Court over the unauthorized use of its members’ work on...
UK Broadcasting Union Urges Government To Remove Controversial BBC Board Member Robbie Gibb: “A Distraction And Untenable”
The broadcasting union representing thousands of BBC Staff and freelancers has publicly called for the removal of controversial board member Robbie Gibb, who it said is “actively part of...
Jason B. Kohl Taps Jeanne Goursaud & Aurel Mertz For Child Custody Short ‘Unfit’
EXCLUSIVE: German-French actress Jeanne Goursaud (Exterritorial) and German actor Aurel Mertz (Neo Tropic Tonight) have been unveiled as the co-stars of Austrian-American director Jason B. Kohl’s short film Unfit...
BBC Studios Merges Australia & Asia Teams
BBC Studios is bringing its Australia New Zealand (ANZ) and Asia businesses together under an APAC leadershp team led by Robi Stanton. Stanton, who joined earlier this year from...
SF Sketchfest Unveils 2026 Lineup
SF Sketchfest has unveiled the lineup for its 23rd edition, taking place at venues across San Francisco from January 15–February 1, 2026. Featuring a mix of sketch, stand-up, improv,...
Neon Acquires Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’ For U.S., U.K. & Australian Distribution
After teaming up on his 2022 feature Broker, Neon has acquired Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s next title Sheep in the Box. With filming currently underway, Neon will release the...
