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August 28, 2026
Cronenberg Meets Activism in Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli’s Queer BDSM Drama ‘London’
As they worked on their long-gestating first feature, “London,” Brazilian filmmakers Victor Di Marco and Márcio Picoli dove headfirst into cinematic portrayals of disability. What they found was f...
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August 27, 2026
Miyu Distribution Acquires Fernanda Salgado’s ‘Ana, en Passant’ Starring Lauded Brazilian Actress Zezé Motta (EXCLUSIVE)
Global indie animation powerhouse Miyu Distribution has acquired international rights to Fernanda Salgado’s “Ana, en Passant” ahead of its world premiere at the Brasília Brazilian Film Festival and...
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August 22, 2026
Emily Watson Says ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 2 Will Have ‘Lots of New Elements,’ Led Her on ‘A Quest in a Way Actors Always Get to Do and Actresses Don’t’
Starring in HBO Max’s “Dune: Prophecy” has been a major “departure” for Emily Watson, whose lauded career was built upon major independent and arthouse successes such as Lars von Trier’s “Breaking ...
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August 21, 2026
Woody Harrelson Ready to Direct Another Live Film, Compares Jason Bateman’s ‘The Cackling of the Dodos’ to Martin McDonagh and the Coen Brothers
Almost a decade after taking on an unusually challenging directorial debut with the world’s first live-streamed feature film in “Lost in London,” Woody Harrelson is finally ready to direct again. T...
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August 19, 2026
Emily Watson Says Growing Up in a Religious Cult Almost Stopped Her From Starring in ‘Breaking the Waves’: ‘I Was Like a Piece of Wire That Had Been Unplugged’
Emily Watson is one of the most lauded actors working today, having earned multiple Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, as well as winning a Silver Bear in Berlin, a European Film Award and ...
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August 18, 2026
Woody Harrelson Talks ‘Brothers’ With Matthew McConaughey: ‘If You’re Looking for ‘True Detective,’ It’s Not This’
The applause thundering within the Sarajevo National Theater could be heard from a mile away on Tuesday afternoon. The reason? Woody Harrelson. The actor, who is at the festival as the recipient of...
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August 15, 2026
Urša Menart Recalls Finding Inspiration on Influencers’ Fake Tragic Life Stories for Intimate Dramedy ‘Everything That’s Wrong With You’
Right before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world, Slovenian director Urša Menart came across a curious phenomenon on the internet: young people, mostly women, making up tragic life stories to...
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August 14, 2026
Golden Lion Winner Milcho Manchevski Talks ‘Giving a Voice’ to Pulse Nightclub Survivors With ‘Good People’: ‘Our Job Was to Stay Out of the Way’
It took over three decades for Macedonian filmmaker Milcho Manchevski — whose debut feature “Before the Rain” won the top award in Venice in 1994 and was Oscar nominated — to direct his first docum...
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August 12, 2026
‘The Best Mother in the World’ Standout Shirley Cruz to Star in Clara Ferrer and Tainá Bevilacqua’s Trans Coming-of-Age ‘The She-Devil’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Shirley Cruz, who delivered an acclaimed central performance in Anna Muylaert’s 2025 Berlinale drama “The Best Mother in the World,” is set to star in Clara Ferrer and Tainá Bevilacqua’s “The She-D...
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August 11, 2026
‘The Secret Agent’ Star Maria Fernanda Cândido to Lead ‘Lost Objects’ by Brazilian Director Luiz Fernando Carvalho (EXCLUSIVE)
Maria Fernanda Cândido, the veteran Brazilian actor who rose to major international projection last year thanks to a key role in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Oscar-nominated “The Secret Agent,” is set t...
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July 29, 2026
Brazilian Erotic Thriller ‘The Riverbank’ Boarded by Premium Films, MPM Premium Ahead of Locarno Competition Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based Premium Films, together with its feature film sales division MPM Premium, has acquired international sales rights to Matheus Farias and Enock Carvalho’s “The Riverbank” (“A Margem do Ri...
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July 24, 2026
Inside Costa Rica’s Alcatraz and Another 5 Top Locations
The same crystalline waters swooshing the pebbled coast of San Lucas Island were once murked by the crimson red of blood. From 1873 to 1991, the island served as Costa Rica’s principal penitentiary...
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July 24, 2026
Film Commissions Step Up Role to Accelerate Growth In Central America and the Caribbean
The Ibero-American Film Commission Network, a non-profit organization that brings together film commissions and film offices across Ibero-America, took place in the Costa Rica Media Market for the ...
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July 24, 2026
Andrés Madrigal Explores Costa Rica’s Little-Known Queer History Through Personal Doc ‘Lost Men’
When his grandfather passed away, director Andrés Madrigal felt an urge to pick up his camera and capture every possible moment of that immediate grief. This archival impulse would eventually becom...
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July 22, 2026
Dos de Patos, Expansiva Cine Board Luis Diego Pérez’s Desde El Centro Winner ‘The Beast Is Not to Blame’
Costa Rica’s Dos de Patos has joined Páramo Films as co-producers of Luis Diego Pérez’s “The Beast Is Not to Blame,” which was recently awarded a film residency prize at the Desde El Centro showcas...
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July 18, 2026
Utopia Distribution Exec on Shifting Releases Towards Eventification to Cater to ‘Fandom’ and Younger Audiences: ‘Everything Is Being Destroyed to Be Rebuilt’
The years that directly succeeded the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic view on the future of cinemagoing. Audiences who were already thinning out before global lockdowns bec...
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July 16, 2026
‘Romería,’ ‘The Blood Countess,’ ‘Resurrection’ Set for Costa Rica Film Festival as Event Focuses on Afro-Caribbean Cinema and Female Filmmakers
The Costa Rica Film Festival kicks off next week with a program featuring major festival hits such as Carla Simón’s “Romería,” Bi Gan’s “Resurrection,” Diego Céspedes’s “The Mysterious Gaze of the ...
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July 15, 2026
Disney Exec, Top Producers Say ‘Real Competition Is No Longer in Tax Incentives’: Local Talent and Efficient Film Commissions and Producers Are Key
In the almost 30 years since Steven Spielberg’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” was shot in Costa Rica, much has changed in the country’s film industry. From a virtually nonexistent market in the l...
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July 13, 2026
Puerto Rico Film Festival Welcomes Costa Rica as Official Country in Focus (EXCLUSIVE)
The Puerto Rico Film Festival has announced Costa Rica as the official country in focus for its upcoming 17th edition, taking place August 19–23. The announcement marks the first time the festival ...
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July 13, 2026
Ana Istarú to Appear Alongside Director Daughter Ardélia Istarú in ‘Quemada’ Via Valentina Maurel’s Tres Tigres Label (EXCLUSIVE)
Renowned Costa Rican actor, playwright and poet Ana Istarú will appear alongside daughter Ardélia Istarú in the latter’s next directorial outing, “Quemada.” Valentina Maurel’s production company Tr...
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July 13, 2026
Fantastic Lab Winner ‘We Won’t Let the Goat Die’ Bolstered by New Partners, Santiago Durán (EXCLUSIVE)
Four years after Ariel Escalante’s “Domingo and the Mist” premiered to acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival, Costa Rica’s flourishing Incendio Cine label continues to strike key co-production deals ...
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July 13, 2026
Natalia Solórzano Vásquez’s ‘Spells to Revive a Witch,’ About Mythical Fortune Teller Soralla de Persia, Gets Backing from Spain, Uruguay (EXCLUSIVE)
Natalia Solórzano Vásquez’s upcoming “Spells to Revive a Witch” has found new partners in Spain’s Testaferro and Uruguay’s Guay Films. The hybrid documentary, headed to the Costa Rica Media Market,...
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July 12, 2026
Emerging Directors Need to Be ‘Brave,’ ‘Curious,’ ‘Pushy’ and ‘Fearless,’ Say Industry Leaders Behind Future Frames Program
During this year’s banner 60th anniversary edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Variety hosted a panel in collaboration with Allwyn to discuss the longstanding success of the Eu...
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July 9, 2026
Acclaimed Chilean Filmmaker Valeria Sarmiento Bids Farewell to Directing With Affecting Childhood Sexual Abuse Drama ‘Behind the Rain’
Renowned Chilean filmmaker Valeria Sarmiento has a long history of prodding at memory in her films. The veteran has directed more than 30 features addressing the situation of women in a patriarchal...
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July 8, 2026
Karim Kassem Broaches Migrant Issues in Lebanon With ‘Pipes’: ‘A Lot of People Are Being Affected by War but We Don’t See the Whole Picture’
Lebanese director Karim Kassem remains one of the most prolific directors in the MENA region despite the sociopolitical instability of his home country of Lebanon. “Pipes,” having its world premier...
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July 6, 2026
‘Five Years, Four Months’ Co-Director Esteban Hoyos García on Urgency of Remembering Colombia’s Disappeared Ahead of Right-Wing Presidency
When director Juan Miguel Gelacio first began listening to the stories of mothers searching for their disappeared sons in Colombia, he thought it would make an interesting documentary. Then, he bel...
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July 5, 2026
Harvey Keitel Shooting Film Written by Wife Daphna Kastner, Calls Out ‘Danger’ of AI When Mentioning Michael Caine AI-Narrated ‘The Odyssey’ Audiobook
Harvey Keitel, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for the third time to present a screening of Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets,” has revealed he is shooting a new film written by his wife, ac...
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July 5, 2026
Jesse Eisenberg on Why It Would Be ‘Silly’ to Leave U.S. Because of Trump, Says ‘The Debut’ Is ‘The Opposite of AI’ Following A24 DeepMind Partnership
Despite recently obtaining his Polish citizenship, “A Real Pain” director Jesse Eisenberg is not thinking about leaving the U.S. anytime soon. Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where he i...
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July 4, 2026
Jesse Eisenberg Says He Doesn’t ‘Want to Be Associated’ With Mark Zuckerberg: ‘If This Guy Is the Creator of This World, I Don’t Want to Live in That World’
Actor-director Jesse Eisenberg, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival as the recipient of this year’s President’s Award, spoke about not reprising his role as Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin’s u...
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July 3, 2026
Dustin Hoffman Emotionally Accepts Karlovy Vary Award, Says Filmmaking Makes Him ‘Feel Alive’: ‘Grateful to Have Had the Opportunity to Do What I Love’
Legendary American actor Dustin Hoffman recalled his decades-spanning career while accepting the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony of the 6...
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