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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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January 28, 2026
‘Brokeback Mountain’ Producer James Schamus Talks ‘Inspiring’ Minnesota Community, Warns Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Will ‘Be Bad News For a While’
Legendary Oscar-nominated producer James Schamus, who oversaw films like “Brokeback Mountain,” “Lost in Translation” and “The Pianist” during his tenure as CEO of Focus Features, spoke at length ab...
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January 28, 2026
How Director Christina Tournatzés Cast Vicky Krieps’ ‘Amazing’ 12-Year-Old Daughter Elise as the Breakout Star of Searing German Drama ‘Karla’
Director Christina Tournatzés knew “almost instantly” that Elise Krieps, the daughter of lauded “Phantom Thread” actor Vicky Krieps, was the right choice to lead her searing examination of trauma, ...
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January 28, 2026
New8 Extends ‘Successful’ Partnership for Another Three Years, Vows to Continue Supporting ‘European Potential’
The New8 – the production and broadcast collaboration between eight major European broadcasters to commission, produce and distribute original series – has been renewed for another three years. The...
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January 28, 2026
5 Takeaways From Ampere Analysis at Göteborg: Streaming to Overtake Legacy Media in 2028, The YouTube Issue, Sports Takeover
Opening this year’s TV Drama Vision at the Göteborg Film Festival, London-based Ampere Analysis’ executive director Guy Bisson spoke about the industry’s current moment of “reinvention” following t...
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January 28, 2026
LevelK and Publikum Kick Off Strategic Partnership With Heist Action Comedy ‘The Pension Heist’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Copenhagen-based international film sales and aggregation house LevelK has acquired world sales rights to Gunnbjörg Gunnarsdóttir’s “The Pension Heist,” the first feature to benefit from the compan...
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January 27, 2026
Prime Video Execs Praise ‘Incomparable’ Nordic Talent, Offer First-Look at Danish Crime Series ‘Murder in the Dark’ (EXCLUSIVE)
It’s an exciting time for Prime Video in the Nordics. The first half of January brought with it the streamer’s first-ever Danish original with “Snake Killer,” and the end of the month will see the ...
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January 27, 2026
Cate Blanchett on Backing Mohammad Rasoulof Film, Working With Cynthia Erivo and Funding Displaced Filmmakers in Times of ‘Flagrant Inhumanity’ (EXCLUSIVE)
A year after launching the Displacement Film Fund at the 2025 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oscar-winning actor Cate Blanchett is set to return to the Dutch festival to present the first b...
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January 23, 2026
Marcus Carlsson and ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Star Adam Lundgren Talk Göteborg Opener ‘The Quiet Beekeeper’ and Regaining Swedish Audiences
Opening the Göteborg Film Festival on Jan. 23 with “The Quiet Beekeeper” is not only an honor for “Love & Will” director Marcus Carlsson and “The Ugly Stepsister” actor Adam Lundgren – it’s a l...
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January 22, 2026
‘Noise’ Director Natalia Beristáin to Direct Adaptation of Annie Ernaux’s ‘The Use of Photography’ for Woo Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Leading Mexican production company Woo Films has acquired the rights to Nobel Prize laureate Annie Ernaux’s “The Use of Photography,” with “The Eternal Feminine” director Natalia Beristáin set to d...
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January 21, 2026
Clermont-Ferrand Returns With Tilda Swinton, Focus on Southeast Asia, Reinforces ‘Vital’ Role of Short Filmmaking In Turbulent Times
Clermont-Ferrand, the world-leading short-form film festival nested in the French region of Auvergne, returns for its 47th edition with a keen awareness of the “vital” role of short filmmaking in o...
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January 20, 2026
Brazilian Media Giant Globo Acquires Exclusive Rights to Leonel Vieira’s Gritty Animal Lottery Thriller ‘The Last Animal’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Brazil’s media giant, the Globo group, has acquired the exclusive rights to Leonel Vieira’s “The Last Animal” (“O Último Animal”). The thriller, which premiered at the prestigious Gramado Film Fest...
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January 19, 2026
Renowned Brazilian Telenovela Writer Aguinaldo Silva Bets on Melodrama in Return to Primetime With Hit Globo Teenage Pregnancy Drama ‘Three Graces’
One of the most lauded authors in the history of the Brazilian telenovela, Aguinaldo Silva is responsible for iconic works such as “Tieta,” “Everything Goes” and “Her Own Destiny,” having penned so...
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January 16, 2026
‘Shorta’ Director Anders Ølholm on Casting ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Pilou Asbæk as a Corrupt Cop in Amazon’s First Danish Original ‘Snake Killer’
It is a “privilege” for filmmaker Anders Ølholm to helm Amazon MGM Studios’s first Danish original series, “Snake Killer,” released today on Prime Video. The four-episode crime thriller is inspired...
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January 15, 2026
Alpha Violet Boards Fernanda Tovar’s ‘Sad Girlz’ Ahead of Berlin World Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based sales agent Alpha Violet has acquired the rights to Fernanda Tovar’s feature debut “Sad Girlz.” The sensitive coming-of-ager, which will world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival as pa...
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January 12, 2026
Split Screen Acquires Eliza Capai’s Brazilian Doc ‘The Fabulous Time Machine’ Ahead of Berlin Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Sales company Split Screen has acquired rights to Eliza Capai’s “The Fabulous Time Machine” ahead of its Berlinale world premiere in Generation KPlus. The documentary, set in the Brazilian hinterla...
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January 9, 2026
New Projects by Renowned Palestinian Filmmaker Suha Arraf and Oscar-Nominated Nebojša Slijepčević Selected for Göteborg’s Nordic Gateway Competition (EXCLUSIVE)
“Two Little Nightmares,” directed by Oscar-nominated Croatian filmmaker Nebojša Slijepčević (“The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent”), and “Chentian,” by renowned Palestinian screenwriter Suha Arraf ...
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December 9, 2025
Red Sea Film Festival Shuts Down Due to Heavy Rainstorm, Team Prioritizes Guests Safety
Soaked festival-goers were still trying to bypass confused security guards when lauded American filmmaker Darren Aronofsky unexpectedly entered Cinema 1 at the Red Sea Film Festival home of Culture...
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December 9, 2025
Darren Aronofsky Talks How Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Might Affect ‘Bidding Wars’: ‘Having One Less Player Is Always Bad’
“Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky landed at the Red Sea Film Festival in a situation fitting to an Aronofsky film: the whole of Jeddah suddenly in a panic when rain began falling from the sky....
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December 7, 2025
Sean Baker Says Filmmakers ‘Have to Put Foot Down’ Following Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal, Won’t ‘Go for the $150 Million Studio Thing’ Post ‘Anora’
“Anora” director Sean Baker, who is at the Red Sea Film Festival as the head of the international jury, commented on the industry’s most burning current topic while speaking at the Jeddah-based eve...
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December 7, 2025
‘Capernaum’ Director Nadine Labaki on How Cinema Can Help Arab Filmmakers ‘Express Pent-Up Anger,’ ‘Not Being Faced With Agenda’ From Western Funders
Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose “Capernaum” is the highest-grossing Arabic and Middle Eastern film of all time with over $68 million worldwide, spoke about “how difficult it is” to make cine...
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