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February 18, 2026
Sony Pictures Television Releases First Look Images for ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ With Shemar Moore Ahead of London TV Screenings (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony Pictures Television has shared with Variety the very first look stills from “S.W.A.T. Exiles,” the upcoming 10-episode spinoff of “S.W.A.T.” with star and EP Shemar Moore. SPT has released be...
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February 17, 2026
Norway’s Motlys Boards ‘A Phone Rings in the Middle of the Night,’ From Ruben Östlund Label Plattform Produktion (EXCLUSIVE)
Sweden’s Plattform Produktion, the outfit behind Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winners “Triangle of Sadness” and “The Square,” has entered a co-production partnership with Norway’s Motlys on psycholog...
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February 17, 2026
Banijay Entertainment to Hit London TV Screenings With ‘A Woman of Substance’ and ‘Falling,’ Plus an Expansive Format Slate Led by ‘Football Island’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Banijay Entertainment is set to unveil one of the biggest and broadest of lineups at the 2026 London TV Screenings, led by a duo of powerful U.K. dramas – the Brenda Blethyn starring “A Woman of Su...
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February 17, 2026
ZDF Studios, Talpa Network Seal Free-TV Deal for 250 ‘SOKO’ Episodes (EXCLUSIVE)
ZDF Studios has closed a new volume deal with Dutch commercial group Talpa Network, granting Talpa free-TV rights to roughly 250 episodes drawn from multiple instalments of the long-running German ...
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February 17, 2026
Erik Barmack, Hernán Caffiero Talk ‘Raza Brava,’ Football Fandom, Colo Colo, Soccer as Much More Than Just Spectacle
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the biggest event in the biggest sport worldwide, will unspool June 11-July 19. It will be made memorable no doubt by not only some matches but its fans. Few movies or seri...
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February 16, 2026
‘4 Blocks’ Lead Kida Khodr Ramadan to Star in Nuran David Calis’ ‘GÖZ’ for Maze
German-Lebanese thesp Kida Khodr Ramadan, the “4 Blocks” standout whose profile jumped internationally via Amazon Prime Video, is set to star in “GÖZ,” a radical contemporary reimagining of Goethe’...
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February 16, 2026
Series Match: A Massive Jailbreak, the Extraordinary Monika Ertl and the Next From the Creator of ‘Desperate Lies’
New series from the “City of God” director Fernando Meirelles and DP Cesar Charlone, plus Angela Chaves, creator of Netflix Spanish-language mega-hit “Desperate Lies,” and “Sissi” co-head writer Ro...
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February 16, 2026
‘Lost Embrace’ Creator Daniel Burman on ‘So Far, So Good,’ Male Crisis, Butterflies and What We Leave Behind
Even Pope Francis has a hardback copy of his graphic novel. He has a loving relationship with his glamorous wife, who travels the world. As a globally renown cartoonist, he can afford a carer for h...
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February 16, 2026
ZDF Studios Seals 1,200-Hour Drama Deal With Hungary’s TV2 Group (EXCLUSIVE)
ZDF Studios has closed a multi-year deal to supply Hungary’s TV2 Group on more than 1,200 hours of drama, with free TV, pay TV and VOD rights for Hungary that allow the broadcaster to run the packa...
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February 16, 2026
Berlinale Series Market Amps Up
Series from such creative heavyweights as Ken Burns, Ruben Ostlund and Fernando Meirelles galvanize the most powerful edition to date of the Berlinale Series Market, its TV forum and market. More p...
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February 15, 2026
Welcoming a New Life: ‘Papaya’ Debuts Trailer as Director Priscilla Kellen Talks Crafting Non-Dialogue Hope-Filled Narratives (EXCLUSIVE)
“Between a mother-tree and a young seed at the same time” is how Brazilian director Priscilla Kellen felt as she became a mother at 36. A very free and independent woman until then, it was this pre...
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February 15, 2026
Mexico’s Cinemex Nabs ‘Abracadaver’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Cinemex, the Mexican film distribution-exhibition giant, has set a second-quarter release date for “Abracadaver,” the final movie from writer-actor-director Pancho Rodríguez (“Looking for an Angel”...
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February 14, 2026
Catalonia Pushes Beyond Arthouse
Ian de la Rosa’s “Iván & Hadoum,” world premiering in Panorama at this year’s Berlinale, is the most visible evidence of a wave of Catalan first features that has been nurtured by development l...
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February 14, 2026
‘Iván & Hadoum,’ ‘Ravalear: Not for Sale’ Lead Catalonia’s Varied Slate
Catalonia arrives at this year’s Berlinale with its broadest spread of selections in years — including a Panorama feature debut, “Iván & Hadoum,” a buzzy Max series about Barcelona’s gentrifica...
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February 14, 2026
Film Factory Nabs Rights to ’Torrente for President,’ Spain’s Biggest Comedy Bet for 2026 (EXCLUSIVE)
In a bold move to take Spain’s biggest comedy franchise to the world, Film Factory has secured international sales rights to “Torrente for President,” created, directed and starring Santiago Segura...
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February 13, 2026
How New Talent and Veteran Auteurs Drive a Revolution in Spain’s Film and TV Production
Spain is in the middle of a two-pronged talent revolution, with big-name name filmmakers leveraging festival prestige into bigger movie packages and global renown and new voices sporting first feat...
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February 13, 2026
Spain Hones Sales Strategies to Focus on Genre, Animation and Breakout Directors
On the eve of Berlin’s European Film Market, Spanish sales agencies are priming slates that focus on genre, animation and breakout auteurs — and which are still in demand. Expectations remain high ...
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February 13, 2026
Top Spanish Titles From Big Name Filmmakers and Fresh Newcomers Lead Country’s Charge at Berlin’s EFM
Spain produces some 150 fiction features a year. Here’s a selection of some of the titles to track at the European Film Market. 9 Moons Director: Patricia Ortega From Ortega, director of Sundance ...
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February 13, 2026
Film Factory Picks Up International Sales on Lucía Puenzo’s ‘Pepita the Gunslinger’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Factory Entertainment has picked up international sales rights to Lucía Puenzo’s crime thriller“Pepita the Gunslinger” (“Pepita La Pistolera”), led by Argentine star Luisana Lopilato. The outf...
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February 13, 2026
Period Thriller ’Sorority’ Brought to Market by France TV Distribution (EXCLUSIVE)
France TV Distribution, the commercial arm of the French public broadcaster France Télévisions, is bringing to market at the London TV Screenings the costume drama-thriller “Sorority,” a tale of th...
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February 13, 2026
Filmax Boards AI-Driven 3D ‘DinoGames’ for EFM
Filmax has taken international sales rights to “DinoGames,” a 3D-animated feature directed by Goya winners Carlos F. de Vigo and Lorena Ares. It will show first images to buyers at Berlin’s Europea...
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February 12, 2026
EFM Animation Days: From Black Death Romantic Horror to a Buzzy Time-Travel Tale, 10 Titles to Track
If Cannes’ Annecy Animation Showcase is now an established appetizer for June’s Annecy Festival, this first EFM Animation Days lineup is nothing short of a hearty breakfast. Beyond the five projec...
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February 12, 2026
Filmax Unveils Gangster Movie ‘Mallorca Confidential’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Gangster thriller “Mallorca Confidential,” marking a move towards the mainstream from producer Valérie Delpierre (“20,000 Species of Bees”), will be brought to market at Berlin by Barcelona-based s...
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February 12, 2026
EFM Animation Days Sets Packed Edition With Global Toons, Artists and Producers Poised to Dig Into Toons
Last year underscored the huge impact of animation at the box office as China’s “Ne Zha 2” grossed $2.25 billion, Disney’s “Zootopia 2” took in $1.8 billion and European co-production “Flow” made h...
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February 9, 2026
Film Factory, Warner Bros., Atresmedia Board Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s Movistar Plus+ Black Comedy Thriller ‘Caza Mayor’
Vicente Canales’ Film Factory Entertainment has boarded international sales on Daniel Sánchez Arévalo’s “Caza mayor,” a Movistar Plus+ Original feature that has just begun shooting in Spain’s Extre...
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February 4, 2026
‘Adolescence’ Writer Jack Thorne and ‘The House of the Spirits’ Directors Lined Up for Berlinale Series Market Conference Strand
Jack Thorne, co-writer of Netflix smash “Adolescence,” will talk at a session, In Conversation With Jack Thorne, that looks like one major highlight at this year’s Berlinale Series Market conferenc...
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January 27, 2026
Netflix Smash ‘Secrets We Keep’ Wins the Nordic Series Script Award for Denmark’s Ingeborg Topsøe
Denmark’s Ingeborg Topsøe, a fast-emerging screenwriter whose credits include Milad Alami’s multi-prized “The Charmer,” has won this year’s Nordic Series Script Award for Netflix smash hit “Secrets...
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January 26, 2026
Netflix Spain Unveils New Projects From Oriol Paulo, Alberto Marini and Jon Sistiaga
Three of Spain’s most distinguished creators, “The Invisible Guest” director Oriol Paulo, “La Unidad” co-creator Alberto Marini and documentary maker Jon Sistiaga are spearheading new projects fro...
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January 22, 2026
Karla Souza, Fernanda Castillo and Manolo Cardona to Star in New Netflix Titles as the U.S. Streamer Takes Global Rights to Upcoming ‘Canelo’ Álvarez Doc
“How to Get Away With Murder” star Karla Souza, Daniel Giménez Cacho (“Zama”) and Álvaro Guerrero (“Ingobernable”) have joined Diego Luna in “Mexico 86,” produced by Gaumont USA and directed by Gab...
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January 13, 2026
‘I’m Gilda’ Director Lorena Muñoz to Helm ‘Pioneers,’ About Argentina’s Dramatic Campaign in the 1971 Soccer Women’s World Cup
Lorena Muñoz, who leapt to fame directing Argentinian 2016 box office smash “I’m Gilda,” is attached to direct “Pioneers” (“Pioneras”), a historical fiction limited series inspired by the Argentini...
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