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April 6, 2026
‘Narcos’ Director Fernando Coimbra Talks Becoming Netflix Global No. 1 With Brazilian Real-Life Catastrophe Series ‘Radioactive Emergency’
Fernando Coimbra (‘Narcos,’ ‘Perry Mason’) was 11 years old when his country came to a halt to watch an unfolding tragedy that would come to be known as the “Brazilian Chernobyl.” Four decades late...
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April 2, 2026
Cannes’ Marché du Film Reinforces Focus on Creators, AI, Innovation and Immersive With 2026 Program
The industry-leading Marché du Film, Cannes’s prestigious market, has reinforced its commitment to looking ahead as it gears to deliver its 2026 edition between May 12-20 in the buzzy French city. ...
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March 24, 2026
Brazilian Literary Sensation Thalita Rebouças Pens First TV Project With Globoplay’s ‘Single Together’
The work of Thalita Rebouças, one of Brazil’s most commercially successful authors, has been widely adapted for the stage and resulted in several hits on the big screen, including “Confessions of a...
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March 23, 2026
Netflix, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Lionsgate, FilmNation, MrBeast Execs Among Speakers at Global Production Event AFCI Studio Summit
High-profile executives from major companies such as Paramount and Netflix will gather in Los Angeles this week for the Association of Film Commissioners International’s annual event, rebranded thi...
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March 20, 2026
Oscar Winning ‘Mr Nobody Against Putin’ Director David Borenstein Lines Up Next Project With PBS, Reunites With Danish Team for ‘Living in Our Heads’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Earlier this week, American director David Borenstein was supposed to pitch his next project at CPH:DOX’s prestigious Forum platform. He had to pull out at the last minute, however, but for a very ...
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March 20, 2026
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’s’ ‘Insane’ Oscars: Artificial Rainbows, Toilet Interviews and Speaking Truth to Trump’s Government
On a beautiful spring morning in Copenhagen, a newly minted superstar walked into the courtyard of the imposing Kunsthal Charlottenborg museum: Danish producer Helle Faber, whose “Mr. Nobody Agains...
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March 20, 2026
Why Elvira Lind and Oscar Isaac Waited Almost a Decade to Share ‘King Hamlet,’ an Intimate Doc Shot During ‘Beautiful and Sad’ Moment of Their Early Marriage (EXCLUSIVE)
Danish director and writer Elvira Lind’s “King Hamlet” may, on the surface, be about her then-boyfriend-now-husband Oscar Isaac’s preparation to play Shakespeare’s most famous character in Sam Gold...
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March 20, 2026
New Projects by Kathryn Ferguson, Asmae El Moudir and Véréna Paravel Crowned at CPH:DOX as Industry Reflects on AI Threat and Learns From Cousins in Journalism
More than €110,000 ($127,000) total in awards were handed out in Copenhagen this evening as another edition of CPH:DOX’s industry arm came to an end. The Laura Poitras executive-produced doc “Every...
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March 19, 2026
Louis Theroux on Capturing Reality of Israeli Settlements in ‘The Settlers’: ‘I’d Never Seen Something Like This Unfold in the Open With No Shame’
In 2010, British journalist Louis Theroux went to Israel to interview ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers who believed it was their religious and political obligation to populate the West Bank for th...
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March 17, 2026
Arte President Bruno Patino Issues Industry-Wide Alert: AI Has Now Pushed Us Into a ‘Relationship Economy,’ the Only Way Forward Is ‘Coalition’
Amongst growing conversation on conglomeration, the shifting landscape of global media and restrained freedom of speech, the leading documentary festival CPH:DOX chose “Media Sovereignty: Rethink, ...
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March 15, 2026
‘Hell’s Army’ Director on the Rise of Russian Mercenary Legion the Wagner Group, and a Warning for the U.S.: ‘This Darkness Is Coming Everywhere’
When Oscar-nominated director Richard Rowley (“Dirty Wars”) first set out to make a documentary about the Russian state-funded private mercenary faction The Wagner Group, he believed he was chronic...
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March 13, 2026
‘Fast and Furious’ Meets ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ in Emil Langballe’s Disability Dramedy Doc ‘Petrolheads,’ With Verità Films Handling Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
When Martin’s big brother, Emil Langballe (“Theatre of Violence”), decided to become a filmmaker, his sibling had one request: he wanted a film made about him. The Danish documentarian spent years ...
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March 11, 2026
Emma Wall, Betsy Hershey Talk U.S. Climate Activism in Adam McKay-Produced ‘Just Look Up’: ‘It’s No Coincidence Venezuela and Iran Are Oil-Producing Countries’
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, filmmakers Emma Wall and Betsy Hershey (“Guerrilla Habeas”) jumped on a life-changing Zoom call organized by a lauded host: Oscar-winning director Adam M...
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March 11, 2026
CPH:DOX Industry Head Talks ‘Privilege’ of Hosting Doc Festival in Denmark in Sensitive Political Times: ‘There’s a Tradition of Calling Things by Their Names’
As major film festivals struggle with tackling complex political issues at a time of great global unrest, CPH:DOX is pushing forward with prodding at the root of sensitive conversations surrounding...
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March 10, 2026
‘Mariinka’ Director Talks Spending a Decade in Ukraine to Chronicle How a Country’s Youth Adapts to War in CPH:DOX Opener (EXCLUSIVE)
To Belgian director Pieter-Jan De Pue, fewer commodities are as precious to a creative as time. The photographer spent seven years in Afghanistan to tell the story of children digging up Soviet min...
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March 10, 2026
‘Soap Fever’ Director on American Soap Opera Mania in 90s Finland: ‘In Moments of Crisis, People Don’t Need Prestige, They Need Connection’
As war rages across the world and global stability looms further and further from the realm of possibility, the idea of escapism feels as relevant as ever. Director Inka Achté has long understood t...
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March 9, 2026
From Cheap Erotic Dramas to B-Movies to Weird Wave: ‘The Golden Grip’ Chronicles Half a Century of Greek Cinema Through ‘Tough Guy’ Kostas Stefanakis
Director Fokion Bogris was in his early 20s when he first met legendary Greek character actor Kostas Stefanakis. Through their unlikely friendship, the budding director got to dive headfirst into —...
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March 9, 2026
‘Replica’ Director on Falling in Love With an AI Chatbot, and How AI Is Nurturing China’s ‘Affection Gap’ Generation (EXCLUSIVE)
A few years ago, Chinese filmmaker Chouwa Liang found herself nurturing unexpected feelings for an AI chatbot called Rep. Puzzled by how visceral the emotions felt, Liang began looking into the gro...
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March 9, 2026
Alberto Ammann and César Troncoso Lead Martin Aliaga’s ‘The Other Gómez’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Alberto Ammann, (“Narcos” “Cell 211”) and “The Eternaut” star César Troncoso are attached to star in Martin Aliaga’s upcoming drama “The Other Gómez.” The project, produced by Brazil’s Ark Entertai...
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February 24, 2026
5 Takeaways From the Ampere Analysis at Mip London: Broadcasters More Important Than Ever, YouTube as a Growing Destination for Factual, Sports Boost
At a presentation at this year’s Mip London, Ampere Analysis’ executive director Guy Bisson drilled down on the current state of factual television, looking into the booming effect of sports commis...
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February 21, 2026
Globoplay Boosts International Drive With Studio Babelsberg Production Excellence Award Win For ‘Emergency 53’
Major Brazilian streamer Globoplay has worked extensively over the last five years to solidify its international presence in a bid to achieve what few others have: to make local content from South ...
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February 20, 2026
‘I’m Still Here’ Star Selton Mello to Follow Hollywood Bow in ‘Anaconda’ With João Paulo Miranda Maria’s ‘I Don’t Even Know Who I Was’ for Les Valseurs (EXCLUSIVE)
“I’m Still Here” star Selton Mello will follow up his big studio turn in Tom Gormican’s “Anaconda” with João Paulo Miranda Maria’s “I Don’t Even Know Who I Was.” The film is produced by the recent ...
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February 17, 2026
‘Suicide Squad’ Meets ‘E.R.’ in Globoplay’s ‘Emergency 53,’ a New Series by Famed ‘Under Pressure’ Creative Team
Four years after wrapping Globoplay’s immensely successful medical series “Under Pressure,” Andrucha Waddington and Cláudio Torres have reunited for another procedural commissioned by the major Bra...
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February 15, 2026
Projeto Paradiso to Host National Talent Network Meeting in Burgeoning Brazilian Film Capital of Recife, Celebrates Strong Berlin Presence (EXCLUSIVE)
Projeto Paradiso, a philanthropic initiative supporting the Brazilian film sector from the Olga Rabinovich Institute, has selected the buzzy Brazilian film capital of Recife as the location for its...
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February 14, 2026
Allan Deberton and Lázaro Ramos Discuss Tender Brazilian Queer Youth Drama ‘Gugu’s World,’ Launch Clip Ahead of Berlin Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Under the scalding hot sun of the Brazilian northeast, a group of young boys kicks dirt up while running over a football. All but one, Gugu, whose energy is directed elsewhere: a pompous dance numb...
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February 13, 2026
Berlin Title ‘Our Secret’ Launches Trailer, as Director Grace Passô Talks Desire to ‘Introduce New Dimension of Black Brazilian Lives on Screen’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Grace Passô is a creative fueled by exploring the malleability of form. The actor, director and playwright adapted her own play into her feature debut “Our Secret,” premiering in Berlin seven years...
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February 13, 2026
‘Isabel’ Director Gabe Klinger Talks ‘Daring’ Marina Person Casting and ‘Luxury’ of Working With ‘I’m Still Here’ Producer Rodrigo Teixeira
Gabe Klinger is celebrating two very different homecomings with the Berlinale world premiere of his sophomore fiction feature, “Isabel.” The film marks his first work in his home country of Brazil,...
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February 4, 2026
Main Takeaways From IFFR Pro: U.S. Indies Find Shelter, Brazil Comes Strong, New Projects by ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ and ‘Samba Infinito’ Crowned
The International Film Festival Rotterdam crowned its industry award winners on Wednesday following an intense six days of activities in the Dutch city. The awards encompassed all arms of the festi...
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February 4, 2026
‘Yellow Cake’ Director Tiago Melo on Support From ‘The Secret Agent’ Power Duo Kleber Mendonça Filho and Emilie Lesclaux, Casting Brazilian Rising Star Tania Maria
Fans of “The Secret Agent” breakout Tânia Maria won’t have to wait too long for another delightful performance by the 78-year-old Brazilian rising star. Maria features heavily in Tiago Melo’s “Yell...
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January 29, 2026
João Nicolau Talks Casting Portuguese Eurovision Star Salvador Sobral in Rotterdam Opener ‘Providence and the Guitar’
Later tonight, João Nicolau’s “Providence and the Guitar” will play concurrently in five screening rooms across Rotterdam as the opening film at this year’s International Film Festival Rotterdam, a...
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