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Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

It has already been said plenty of times, even since Cannes, but this is a really weird year for Best Picture. Academy rules have changed to make it so there will be 10 nominees no matter what, but there are only five to seven films that feel like shoo-ins for an Oscar nomination in the category.

With all the uncertainty around what films will make it in, there’s room for one or two newcomers to claim a spot. With critics having seen the last crop of major live-action awards contenders,...

John Magaro is the glue that holds September 5 together. He stars as ABC Sports producer Geoffrey Mason, who was covering the 1972 Munich Olympics when Black September terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage in the Olympic compound. Magaro must convey the enormous pressure and responsibility placed on Mason as he is suddenly thrust into the hot seat to produce live coverage. Director Tim Fehlbaum chose Magaro because, he says, “He’s one of the best there is.” Next, Magaro is set to appear with Michael Fassbender in the spy drama The Agency, followed by Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film The Bride.

Deadline: You weren’t even born then, but what did you already know about Munich ’72?

John Magaro: I knew about it. I don’t know why I knew about it. I mean, I’ve always been a lover of history. My mother’s Jewish. I was raised Jewish, so I think...

One of the best things about the late great songwriter Allee Willis is that anyone who considers themselves a fan of hers can still be hit by one of her accomplishments by surprise. Such is the crux of the new documentary released by Magnolia Pictures titled “The World According to Allee Willis.”

Though the quirky creative was hard to miss in a crowd, with her signature haircut and colorful outfits, Willis is somewhat of a hidden figure among the world of music and film, colloquially referred to as the white woman who co-wrote Earth, Wind, and Fire’s eternal hit “September,” yet somehow worked on “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts too, also known as the theme song for “Friends.”

That said, Willis’s two Grammy Awards actually come from the original music she wrote for stage and screen. In the exclusive clip above from “The World According to Allee Willis,...

On Wednesday, AARP The Magazine announced its 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards nominations. Papal thriller “Conclave” leads with six nominations, including Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director for Edward Berger, and Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes. Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” is in second place, with five nominations. TV nominees with multiple nominations include “Hacks,” “The Morning Show,” “Shōgun,” and “Slow Horses.”

The American Association of Retired People’s Movies for Grownups program champions movies and TV “for grownups, by grownups,” meaning 50-plus.

“A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Perez,” “Gladiator II,” and “September 5” are the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups nominees.

In the Best Actress category, nominees are Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and June Squibb (“Thelma”). The Best Actor nominees are Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave...

If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Since our predictions center opened on July 1, 2024, more than 5,700 people have made their forecasts in 18 top categories. So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on Nov. 18, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, Aug. 6, Aug. 19, Aug. 28, Sept. 11, Sept. 19, Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Oct. 14, Oct. 22, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, and Nov. 11.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: Universal Pictures’ “Wicked” in Best Visual Effects. The movie adaptation of the popular Broadway musical is also predicted to receive nominations in Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Ariana Grande), Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling,...

A24 has picked up U.S. distribution rights to Pillion, the debut feature of British director Harry Lighton (Wren Boys) from Poor Things producers Element Pictures starring Harry Melling (The Pale Blue Eye) and Alexander Skarsgård (The Northman, Succession).

Described as a “funny, filthy romance,” Pillion sees Skarsgård play Ray, an ” impossibly handsome leader of a bike gang” who takes on Colin (Melling), a weedy wallflower, to be his new submissive. Ray uproots Colin from his dreary suburban life and introduces him to a community of kinky, queer bikers. But as Colin dives deeper into Ray’s world, he begins to question whether the life of a 24/7 submissive is really for him.

Lighton, BAFTA-nominated for his 2017 short Wren Boys, directed Pillion from his own script which is loosely inspired by Adam Mars-Jones’ 2019 novel Box Hill. The film wrapped production this summer.

Element Pictures, a Fremantle company, produced Pillion with financing...

As with leading men, the winner of Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars is usually one of the more seasoned competitors. Of the 88 winners to date, only four Best Supporting Actor champs were in their 20s and just 15 were thirtysomething, including 2021 champ Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Messiah”). The 2024 winner, Robert Downey, Jr., was 58 when he picked up his prize for “Oppenheimer.” He joined 16 previous winners who were in their 50s when they took home the trophy. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Supporting Actor.)

While Kieran Culkin has been acting for most of his 42 years, he really flourished in just the last few years on the family drama “Succession.” He won an Emmy last year for his role as a wayward son and could well win an Oscar as another slacker in Jesse Eisenberg‘s “A Real Pain.”

Clarence Maclin, 58. plays a version of himself...

Paramount Pictures has slightly pushed back its awards prospect September 5 from November 27 to a November 29 limited release followed by expansion on December 13.

Tim Fehlbaum’s timely feature stars Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro in a behind-the-scenes account of ABC Sports’ live coverage of the deadly terror attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics when the Palestinian Black September group took Israeli athletes hostage.

September 5 premiered in Venice and screened at Telluride and will play AFI Fest running October 23-27. Paramount holds worldwide rights excluding Germany, Switzerland and Austria, where Constantin will release the film.

The studio announced a raft of 2025 releases for several of its tentpoles:

Vicious,...

The Zurich Film Festival kicks off its 20th edition Thursday with a lineup of new European discoveries, some of the most acclaimed films of the year, a new center and wide-ranging industry forum.

In addition to an impressive roster of international stars, including Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Richard Gere and Pamela Anderson, the event offers a deep dive into some of the most pressing issues facing the industry at its annual Zurich Summit Conference.

Opening the fest will be Justin Kurzel’s neo-Nazi thriller “The Order,” starring Law, who will receive the festival’s Golden Eye career achievement award.

Organizers this year have streamlined the festival, eliminating its German-language Focus Competition and trimming the lineup down to 107 films, 41 fewer than last year. Zurich now has just two main competitions, for feature films and documentaries, in addition to such sidebars as Gala Premieres, Signatures, Border Lines, Hashtag #BigCityLife, Sounds and Zff for Kids.

September was a banner month for General Hospital alum Nicholas Alexander Chavez. He debuted in two Ryan Murphy series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and Grotesquerie. He also made the rounds on the press circuit, answering questions about his future, his present, and, for our intents and purposes, his past.

That is the Question

Currently, Chavez is focused on his career post-gh. He’s getting good reviews for his performance on Netflix’s Monsters, which had a monster first week with 2.7 billion minutes watched. In fact, TV Line recently named him Performer of the Week for his role as Lyle Menendez. The kudos used words to describe his performance like “Impressive,” “star-making,” and “enviable mastery of his craft.”

When Chavez talked to TV Line, he answered a question Gh fans have been thinking about. The outlet wanted to know whether he’d return to the daytime soap where...

Paramount Pictures’ historical drama, “September 5,” which recounts the harrowing true story of the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis, is gearing up for the upcoming Oscar race with a full-scale awards campaign.

Following enthusiastic receptions at the Venice and Telluride film festivals, the film’s ensemble cast, including Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, and Leonie Benesch, will compete in the supporting acting categories. In addition, the film is set to contend in major categories such as best picture, director, and original screenplay. Paramount Pictures acquired the film from its boutique label Republic Pictures shortly after yjr festival debuts.

“September 5” joins Paramount’s awards slate, which also includes Ridley Scott’s epic sequel “Gladiator II,” two music biopics — Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man” and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s “Bob Marley:One Love” — and Josh Cooley’s animated feature “Transformers One.”

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, who co-wrote the screenplay with Moritz Binder,...

The UK Global Screen Fund [Ukgsf] has opened “massive” post-Brexit opportunities for the UK creative sector, according to Scotland-based animation producer Ken Anderson.

“The Ukgsf is about our outward-looking perspective on the business – this is not about the UK,” said Anderson, speaking on a panel at the Screen Summit ‘The Future of UK Film’ yesterday titled ‘How the UK Global Screen Fund can help facilitate international collaborations’.

“The opportunity is massive. That’s what we’re having to address as a nation post-Brexit – we have to think differently,” continued the producer, who co-founded Wild Child Animation. Anderson stepped down from the company earlier this month,...

Italy has selected Maura Delpero’s Venice Silver Lion winner Vermiglio as its entry for the best international feature Oscar.

Vermiglio won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at Venice earlier this month. Set in 1944 in the Italian alpine village after which the film is named, it sees the arrival of a deserter soldier disrupt the life of the village teacher and his family, as the eldest daughter falls in love with him.

Producers on the film are Francesca Andreoli, Santiago Fondevila, Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli and Delpero, for Italy’s Cinedora with Rai Cinema, in co-production with France’s Charades...

Italy has selected Maura Delpero’s Venice Silver Lion winner Vermiglio as its entry for the best international feature Oscar.

Vermiglio won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at Venice earlier this month. Set in 1944 in the Italian alpine village after which the film is named, it sees the arrival of a deserter soldier disrupt the life of the village teacher and his family, as the eldest daughter falls in love with him.

Producers on the film are Francesca Andreoli, Santiago Fondevila, Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli and Delpero, for Italy’s Cinedora with Rai Cinema, in co-production with France’s Charades...

21st night day of September, indeed.

Questlove is on board to direct the Earth, Wind & Fire documentary in the works. The feature is set to examine the iconic group’s lasting legacy, cultural impact and enduring body of work.

For the project, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning filmmaker will feature exclusive access to the band’s archives of visual, audio and written material, as well as the support of the estate of Maurice White and the band, according to a press release.

“Having been baptized in the Afrocentric joy river of this powerhouse unit, I’ve learned about them, I’ve learned about us & more importantly, I’ve learned and rediscovered myself in the process,” Questlove said in a statement. “I’m so excited to be part of the process of preserving their positive but Very vulnerable and real story of Soul, Self & Struggle.”

Earth, Wind & Fire band members Philip Bailey,...

Do you remember? Questlove sure does. The “Summer of Soul” director and The Roots drummer has been tapped to direct the definitive documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire for release in 2025.

The news of the Earth, Wind & Fire documentary was announced, fittingly, on the 21st of September, in honor of the band’s all-timer hit “September.” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson also teased the project as a new “Questlove Jawn” on his socials for a 2025 release.

Earth, Wind & Fire is an iconic soul and R&b group that transcended genre. Now, their documentary is the latest in a string of premium celebrity profile docs that have dominated the non-fiction marketplace in recent years.

The Earth, Wind & Fire documentary does not have a title just yet, but Fifth Season is handling financing and sales of the feature film, alongside WME.

Director Questlove will explore Earth, Wind & Fire’s “lasting legacy, their cultural impact,...

Tim Fehlbaums „September 5“ gilt nach den drei großen Herbstfestivals als einer der am höchsten gehandelten Filme für das Oscarrennen. Nun meldet Hollywood Reporter, dass der Film in den USA noch in diesem Jahr doch von Paramount in die Kinos gebracht wird, nachdem zwischenzeitlich offen gewesen war, wer der Verleih sein würde.

„September 5“ von Tim Fehlbaum (Credit: Constantin Film)

„September 5“ wird nun doch von Paramount Pictures in den USA in die Kinos gebracht. Zunächst in ausgewählten Kinos ab 27. November, amerikaweit dann im Dezember. Somit qualifiziert sich Tim Fehlbaums Film, den er mit Moritz Binder geschrieben hat, doch noch offiziell für die Oscarseason, nachdem der Buzz um den spektakulär effektiven Thriller (Kamera: Markus Förderer; Schnitt: Hansjörg Weißbrich) seit seiner Weltpremiere in Venedig und vor allem seiner US-Premiere in Telluride anhält. Die Produktion von BerghausWöbke Film in Koproduktion mit Sean Penns Projected Picture Works wird hoch gehandelt, „September 5“ ist einer der Filme,...

“September 5,” a historical thriller about the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis, will be released by Paramount Pictures. The film, which was a buzzy sales title on the festival circuit, is set to open in select theaters on Nov. 27 ahead of a nationwide release in December.

After playing to rapturous crowds at Venice and Telluride film festivals, Oscar pundits expect “September 5” to be a major player during awards season.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch, “September 5” recounts the ABC Sports crew who covered the terrorist attack during the summer Olympics in Germany. The suspenseful control-room drama captures the tough decisions as the broadcasting team reported on the live coverage of the Israeli athletes who were taken hostage.

Variety’s Peter Debruge praised “September 5” for capturing the way the hostage crisis “forever changed TV news,” adding that “the film’s relevance is also...

Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for September and beyond show Hope Logan with a new man and Taylor Hayes with a secret that rocks everyone.

B&b spoilers reveal that Luna’s behind bars, but she might end up in a psych hospital instead of Super Max. Her mom Poppy is left to pick up the pieces, and Bill Spencer’s got his eye on her. When Poppy comes to see where they stand, Bill’s not sure what to think. I mean, her daughter kissed him twice! Awk-ward!

Poppy Nozawa wants to keep her man, but it won’t be easy. She and her sister Li Finnegan have always had beef. Funny enough, a lot of the things Luna hated about Poppy are the same things Li disliked. The men, the drugs, the lack of ambition… you get the picture.

But Finn thinks Li should support Poppy right now. He...

Recently, Welcome To Plathville star, Moriah Plath finally opened up about the torturous relationship she has alluded to in her album. While there have been vague hints along the way, now she has dropped a huge bombshell about her ex-boyfriend that spurred her to create her album.

Welcome To Plathville Reveals Details About Moriah Plath’s Ex-Boyfriend

During the September 10 episode of Welcome To Plathville, the family discusses the bitter truth behind the sadness in Moriah Plath’s music. Although Season 6 has seemingly been themed around heartache and Moriah’s album release, now they are breaking down the reason she left. Fans know that September was a difficult month for Moriah, but now the Plaths are sharing details about the breakup including a bombshell about her ex-boyfriend.

Moriah Plath – Welcome To Plathville ‘Birthed’ Out Of The Pain

In the episode, Moriah Plath reiterates that her music was the vessel to...

France’s Dinard Festival of British & Irish Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, including two films starring Barry Keoghan, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes premiere Bird and Chris Andrews’ Toronto title Bring Them Down.

Bring Them Down, a rural Ireland-set revenge story that’s also partly in the Irish language and stars Poor Things’ Christopher Abbott, will play in the main festival competition, competing for the Golden Hitchcock award for best film award, alongside Ariane Labed’s Cannes premiere and directorial debut September Says.

Another Irish-language title in the 53-strong line-up is Rich Peppiatt’s Sundance breakout hip-hop biopic Kneecap.

After a busy August with the Season 2 premiere of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” which continues throughout September with new episodes through Oct. 3, “Batman: Caped Crusader,” and more, Amazon streaming services Prime Video and Freevee will have a comparably quiet September.

Most of the action for the month will come from Prime Video’s sports options. After the Sept. 5 Kickoff Game at Arrowhead Stadium with the defending Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs going up against the Baltimore Ravens, Prime Video’s third season of Thursday Night Football begins with AFC East champs Buffalo Bills taking on the Miami Dolphins in Miami. The WNBA and Nwsl also continue their seasons on Prime Video, with matches all month long from New York Liberty, Phoenix Mercury, Angel City Fc, and more top teams.

But Prime Video will welcome a few new series this month, including the highly publicized...

In den USA liegt der Fokus aktuell auch auf dem Telluride Film Festival: Dort jubelt man über „Konklave“ von Edward Berger, staunt über „September 5“ von Tim Fehlbaum – und spricht über „The Apprentice“, dessen US-Start nach langem Hin und Her jetzt gesichert ist, noch vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen, wie immer geplant.

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Lange war die Kinozukunft von „The Apprentice“ in den USA ein Reizthema gewesen: Während der deutsche Start bei Dcm am 17. Oktober nie in Zweifel stand, hatten nach der Premiere beim Festival de Cannes im Mai (hier unsere Besprechung aus Cannes) lange Zeit amerikanische Verleiher gezögert: Der Film von Ali Abbasiüber die frühen Jahre von Donald Trump mit Sebastian Stan und Jeremy Strong war von Donald Trumpselbst attackiert und mit juristischen Konsequenzen bedroht worden. Ein großer Verleih nach dem anderen winkte ab: Diesen Ärger wollte man sich nicht machen. Zwischenzeitlich hatte es sogar so ausgesehen, als gelänge es dem wohlhabenden Mitfinanzier Daniel Snyder,...

Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia has scored multiple deals in key territories following its world premiere in Cannes and ahead of upcoming stops at Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals.

Les Films du Losange has sold the film to Movies Inspired in Italy, Praesens in Switzerland, Zeta Filmes in Brazil, Salzgeber in Germany, Lat-e for Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay, Pilot Film for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Velvet Spoon in Poland, Imagine Film for Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Bio Paradis in Iceland, Interior Xiii in Colombia, Panda Lichtspiele in Austria, and BookMyShow in India. Sideshow and Janus Films have snagged North American rights.

Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia has scored multiple deals in key territories following its world premiere in Cannes and ahead of upcoming stops at Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals.

Les Films du Losange has sold the film to Movies Inspired in Italy, Praesens in Switzerland, Zeta Filmes in Brazil, Salzgeber in Germany, Lat-e for Argentina, Mexico and Uruguay, Pilot Film for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Velvet Spoon in Poland, Imagine Film for Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Bio Paradis in Iceland, Interior Xiii in Colombia, Panda Lichtspiele in Austria, and BookMyShow in India. Sideshow and Janus Films have snagged North American rights.

The Venice Film Festival has begun and the Toronto International Film Festival is a week away, but in the mountains of Colorado, perhaps one of the most influential festivals in the world has finally announced its slate. The 2024 Telluride Film Festival will screen nearly 60 feature films including world premieres of Malcolm Washington’s “The Piano Lesson,” Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” Michael Gracey’s “Better Man,” Scott McPhee and David Siegel’s “The Friend,” Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” and RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys.” Documentary screenings include Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece” and Errol Morris’ “Separated.”

Read More: Venice Film Festival Preview: 15 must-see movies including “Maria,” “Queer” & “Joker: Folie à Deux”

The festival will also screen Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora” as well as award winners such as Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,...

On what was a raucous, joyous night inside the hall, the roll call at the 2024 Democratic National Convention set social media abuzz with the innovative use of a live DJ and music to introduce each state and territory.

During night two of the Chicago convention, DJ Cassidy took on the role of setting up each state and territory with short intro music, as each representative got a chance to talk up their home before declaring their delegates. The song choices ranged from expected (“Empire State of Mind” for New York, “I’m Shipping up to Boston” for Massachusetts), to some truly inspired choices (“Raise Up” by Petey Pablo for North Carolina and “The Way I Are” by Timbaland for Virginia).

Stealing the show, though, was Georgia, which flexed by having Lil Jon perform “Turn Down for What” live inside Chicago’s United Center. In his surprise performance, he rapped the...

The Democratic National Convention continued on Tuesday with another slate of speakers advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris. They weren’t all Democrats. The DNC’s second day also featured the delegation roll call, in which delegates representing American states and territories announced their selection for president. It was way more exciting than it had any right to be.

As DNC Secretary Jason Rae called on each delegation from the stage, DJ Cassidy cued up a song for each state — except in the case of Georgia, when Atlanta native Lil Jon...

Paramount’s Republic Pictures has acquired global sales rights – apart from Germany, Switzerland and Austria – to Tim Fehlbaum’s “September 5,” which stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch, who broke out last year with the Oscar nominated “The Teachers’ Lounge.”

The film, which has Sean Penn as one of its producers, will open Venice Film Festival’s Horizons Extra competition section on Aug. 29. Sarsgaard won best actor at Venice last year for “Memory.”

“September 5” is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, and follows an American sports broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.

Through this lens, “September 5” provides a new perspective on the live broadcast seen globally by an estimated one billion people at the time. The film “unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today,” according to a statement.

Exclusive: ColorCreative, the management and production company founded by Issa Rae and Deniese Davis, has signed filmmaker duo Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi to its roster.

The Iranian filmmakers made their feature debut with In the Land of Brothers at Sundance in January. The film was in competition in the World Cinema Dramatic section, where it won the Directing Award. Raha is still a student at NYU, while Alireza is based in Paris.

In the Land of Brothers follows an Afghan refugee family and their trek to find shelter in Iran. The film recently was nabbed by September Film in Benelux, with Alpha Violet handling world sales.

“I was delighted to see the incredible response to In The Land of Brothers at Sundance,” said ColorCreative manager and producer Chervine Naamani. “With their stunning feature debut, Raha and Alireza have established themselves as formidable storytellers whose contributions will greatly enrich the film landscape.

Mit 19.000 Besucherinnen und Besuchern meldet das Nippon Connection Filmfestival für seine 24. Ausgabe einen neuen Rekord. Der Nippon Cinema Award, über den das Publikum abstimmt, ging an die Musikkomödie „Let’s Go Karaoke!“ von Nobuhiro Yamashita.

Publikumsliebling beim 24. Nippon Connection Filmfestival: „Let’s Go Karaoke“ (Credit: Nippon Connection)

Die 24. Ausgabe des auf japanische Filme spezialisierten Nippon Connection Filmfestivals ging mit einem Publikumsrekord zu Ende. Gesamt strömten laut Festival 19.000 Besucherinnen und Besucher zu den Screenings – so viele wie nie zuvor. Die meisten Film- und Kulturveranstaltungen an den acht Locations in Frankfurt am Main waren laut Veranstalter ausverkauft. Über 150 japanische und internationale Filmschaffende waren vor Ort und tauschten sich mit dem Publikum aus. Der älteste Preis des Festivals, der Nippon Cinema Award, über den das Publikum abstimmt, ging an die Musikkomödie „Let’s Go Karaoke!“ von Nobuhiro Yamashita. Auch bei zwei weiteren Preisen war die Meinung des Publikums gefragt: Gewinner des Nippon Docs Award...

Das Arthouse-Highlight „Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens“ von Georg Maas und Judith Kaufmann kann erfolgreiche Verkäufe u.a. nach Frankfreich und Nordamerika vermelden.

„Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens” (Credit: Christian Schulz)

„Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens“ über das letzte Lebensjahr von Franz Kafka und seine letzte große Liebe Dora Diamant wurde in wichtige Schlüsselmärkte verkauft. Wie Weltvertrieb TrustNordisk vermeldet, fand das von Georg Maas und Judith Kaufmann inszenierte Biopic Verleiher in Nordamerika (Menemsha Films), Frankreich (Condor), Benelux (September Film), Spanien (Divisa Red), Italien (Wanted Cinema), Türkei (Ozen Film), dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien (Cinemania Group), in Taiwan (Swallow Wings) und Australien (Moving Story). TrustNordisk hat die Abschlüsse nach Präsentationen auf dem Marché du Film in Cannes getätigt.

Susan Wendt, Direktorin von TrustNordisk, sagt zu den aktuellen Verkäufen: „Wir sind alle sehr begeistert von der weltweiten Resonanz auf ‚Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens‘. Dieses breite Interesse ist ein Beweis für die anhaltende Faszination von Kafkas außergewöhnlichem Leben und seiner Liebesgeschichte,...

Writer-director Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams opens on a nighttime shot of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan skyline in the distance. The year is 1984, and the Twin Towers loom, figuratively and literally, as ghostly figures. Berger’s breathtaking adaptation of Sara Varon’s graphic novel of the same name isn’t about the towers in any specific fashion, but about a world in which change is the only constant, life of any kind is at the mercy of randomness, and joy and melancholy are in ongoing symbiosis. In other words, our world—albeit one populated here, not by humans, but by anthropomorphic, humanoid animals.

Our surrogate in this world is Dog. At home by himself on a summer night, he’s drawn to a television commercial’s beckoning text (“Are you alone?”) and orders the product advertised, initially unseen by the viewer. Robot is soon delivered (some assembly required), and...

Weird sisters have been spinning their witchy webs in stories dating back to Greek mythology, which included a macabre trio of sisters who passed a single eye between them. There is something of that sense of a closed circle of unknowable femininity between the two teenage girls in September Says, the first film to be directed by Greek Weird Wave actor Ariane Labed, based on the 2020 novel Sisters by Daisy Johnson and set between England and Ireland.

July (Mia Tharia) is timid, a new girl at the high school where her sister September (Pascale Kann) already is marked as unruly, aggressive and peculiar, inclined to bullying; she will appoint herself as her sister’s protector. July is relieved to hang back, even when there is a hint that her sister’s control-freakery might include commanding the weather. There is a whiff of the witch about her, too.

The two girls are of Indian extraction,...

Ireland’s screen industry is having a moment. With the Cannes Film Festival well underway, there’s a notable strong Irish presence in this year’s line-up including Element Pictures’ three entrants – Competition title Kinds of Kindness from Yorgos Lanthimos, Rungano Nyoni’s sophomore feature On Becoming A Guinea Fowl and Ariane Labed’s directorial debut September Says (both in Un Certain Regard). There’s also Competition title The Apprentice, which is co-produced with Irish outfit Tailored Films and Lorcan Finnegan’s Nicolas Cage starrer The Surfer premiering in the Midnight Screenings strand. Even Andrea Arnold’s Competition title Bird is rich with Irish talent with star Barry Keoghan and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Robbie Ryan both having worked on the film.

Irish actors continue to earn international acclaim – from Cillian Murphy’s Oscar win earlier this year for Best Actor in Oppenheimer and talent such as Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley Keoghan...

Oscar-nominated “Robot Dreams” is getting a theatrical release almost one year after its Cannes debut.

Directed by Pablo Berger, “Robot Dreams” is based on a graphic novel by Sara Varon and follows the unexpected friendship between a dog and a robot. Dog lives in Manhattan and is tired of being alone, so he does what any good boy would do: build himself a robot companion. Their friendship blossoms until they become inseparable — until Dog is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. And it’s all set to ’80s music.

The Oscar-nominated feature premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and later won the Special Jury Prize at the Animation Is Film Festival. “Robot Dreams” marks the “Blancanieves” filmmaker Berger’s animated feature debut.

“With ‘Robot Dreams’ I wanted to explore the infinite narrative possibilities of animation. A medium

where everything is possible and there are no formal limits,” Berger said in a press statement.

Neon has released the trailer for the whimsical Oscar-nominated animated feature Robot Dreams. The film will open in New York on May 31 at the Film Forum and in Los Angeles on June 7. It will expand to more theaters throughout June.

Robot Dreams is an Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature and the 2024 Goya Award winner for Best Animated Feature and Best Adapted Screenplay.

In the film, from writer and director Pablo Berger, Dog lives in Manhattan and is tired of being alone. One day, he decides to build himself a robot, a companion.

Their friendship blossoms until they become inseparable from the rhythm of ’80s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?

A tender, affecting tale of friendship, the animated Robot Dreams – adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon – is...

The biographical documentary is a genre that lends itself to a reliable storytelling formula. First, we look back on the origins of the subject; we are introduced to some of the key figures that helped them along the way; we are shown the beginning of their career all the way to the end, and are then left to contemplate their legacy.

Due to the predictability of this format, these documentaries can often come off as by-the-numbers, taking us on a telegraphed emotional journey intended as a crowdpleaser. But every once in a while, there’s a subject who is so unique that their story elevates the formula. Allee Willis is one such subject, with a life story that’s energetic, colorful and invigorating to witness. Director Alexis Manya Spraic crafts a documentary that strives to be just as fascinating as its subject.

The World According to Allee Willis, which premiered at SXSW earlier this month,...

Exclusive: Sky Studios and Groenlandia are readying feature film director Sydney Sibilia’s first TV drama series. Someone Killed Spiderman – Accidentally Famous (working title) is for Sky Italia and is about a non-conformist teenager who becomes on half of successful musical duo 883.

The show first came to attention last year, and the package has now come together with Sky Studios and Banijay-owned Groenlandia co-producing the show.

It will be set in 1980s Italy and follow frustrated teenager Max, who meets future musical partner Mauro and goes on to reach stardom. It is inspired by the story of how Italian pop band 883 was formed and the title is the same as duo’s iconic first album.

Sibilia is creating, writing and producing through his Banijay-owned production house, Groenlandia, which recently launched Netflix drama Supersex. This marks a first television venture for the film director, whose features include Can Quit Whenever I Want and Rose Island.

Early-aughts teen queen Lindsay Lohan is having a comeback moment, and her latest Netflix romance is here. The “Mean Girls” and “Freaky Friday” star previously teamed with the streamer on the hit holiday romance “Falling for Christmas.” Now, she’s back — along with director Janeen Damian — for the spring fling, “Irish Wish.”

Lohan stars as book editor Maddie who’s head over heels for the author she works with, Paul (Alexander Vlahos), until he falls in love with her best friend (Elizabeth Tan). Putting her feelings aside, Maddie travels to Ireland for their wedding, where sparks fly with a charismatic photographer (Ed Speleers) until an accidental wish turns her life upside down. She wakes up engaged to Paul and racing toward a walk down the aisle she’s not sure she wants anymore.

Like any good wedding playlist should be, the “Irish Wish” soundtrack is a mix of love songs and danceable,...

Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.

The State of the Race

Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” solidified its standing as the Oscar favorite after dominating Asifa-Hollywood’s 51st Annie Awards on February 17 at UCLA’s Royce Hall. The acclaimed sequel from producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller grabbed seven awards, including best animated feature. It also won FX, character design, direction, music, production design, and editorial.

Its closest Oscar competitor, Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron“ (Studio Ghibli-GKids), took home two Annies for Takeshi Honda’s character animation and Miyazaki’s storyboarding. However, “The Boy and the Heron...

Android or artificial intelligence isn’t the enemy in “Robot Dreams,” Pablo Berger’s gently whimsical fantasy of a loner finding manufactured friendship in a scuzzy vision of 1980s New York City. Indeed, one takeaway from this portrait of a shabby-happy Big Apple populated solely with anthropomorphic animals and surprisingly sensitive automatons is that the world might be a better place without humans in it. Like “Blancanieves,” his silent, flamenco-styled spin on Snow White, Berger’s fourth feature dispenses with dialogue in favor of cheerfully expressive, faux-naive visual storytelling. In all other respects, however, “Robot Dreams” is a significant left turn for the Spanish writer-director, beginning with an entirely fresh medium for him: simple, sharp-lined 2D animation in the manner of a pastel-softened “BoJack Horseman.”

Both the film’s aesthetic and its wordless approach, however, are rooted in American author and illustrator Sara Varon’s 2007 graphic novel of the same name.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of the winner of The Voice Season 24.

Another season of The Voice came to an end, and America voted for their Season 24 winner.

Five singing hopefuls made it to the final with representatives from the teams coached by Reba McEntire, John Legend and Niall Horan. Gwen Stefani was shut out of the final after Bias, her last remaining contestant, was eliminated during the semi-final last week.

First-season coach McEntire and Horan had the highest odds of winning the season, with each having two contestants in the final. The top five were comprised of Jacquie Roar and Ruby Leigh from McEntire’s team, Mara Justin and Huntley from Horan’s team and Lila Forde from Legend’s team.

‘The Voice’ Season 24 finalists

After tallying up the overnight votes from viewers, host Carson Daly named Huntley as the winner of The Voice Season 24, with Ruby Leigh becoming the runner-up.

Frías de la Parra’s I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me (No Voy A Pedirle A Nadie Que Me Crea) to open fest on November 1.

The North American premiere of Fernando Frías de la Parra’s I Don’t Expect Anyone To Believe Me (No Voy A Pedirle A Nadie Que Me Crea) will open GuadaLAjara Film Festival in Los Angeles (Glaff) running November 1-3.

Frías de la Parra’s follow-up to Mexico’s 2021 Oscar-shortlisted drama I’m No Longer Here and HBO show Los Espookys centres on an aspiring writer who moves to Barcelona to study literature and gets...

India’s Crawling Angel Films and Singapore’s Akanga Film Asia are teaming on Busan Asian Film School (AFiS) alumnus Aakash Chhabra’s feature directorial debut “I′ll Smile in September.”

The film is selected at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Project Market.

Akanga’s credits include Cannes winner “Tiger Stripes,” Locarno winner “A Land Imagined” and its “Oasis of Now” is in competition in the festival’s New Currents strand. Crawling Angel’s recent films include Karlovy Vary title “Guras” and Berlin selection “The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs.”

“I’ll Smile in September” will follow Kismateen, a 24-year-old brass band player in Old Delhi who tries to find his smile back with dental implants after being forcefully separated from the love of his life and losing his front teeth in a physical altercation.

Chhabra has also studied film producing at India’s Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute...

An idyllic setting, charming cast, and sweet love story are often the ingredients needed for a good comfort watch. The desire to escape everyday pressures since the pandemic has seen viewers like myself going back to old favorites such as Gilmore Girls or finding something newer like Virgin River, currently streaming its fifth season on Netflix.

With each season reaching Netflix’s top ten, Virgin River has capitalized on fan’s love of Robyn Carr’s 21-book-long series of the same name and our increasing impulse to find new shows that don’t require too much of our attention. Virgin River is precisely that as it lacks terror-inducing Jaws music and instead provides Hallmark-esque vibes with the added dash of danger from the illegal drug trade surrounding the town.

The series follows nurse practitioner Melinda “Mel” Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), who moves to the remote California town of Virgin River to...

Thursday night’s audience at Broadway’s Here Lies Love got a surprise bonus performance when DJ Fatboy Slim, who co-wrote the musical with David Byrne, took to the stage and spun a one-night-only set following the show.

Among those audience members: Byrne, who hugged and did a brief dance with Slim (aka Norman Cook) when the DJ jumped from his stage booth to the dance floor of the heavily renovated Broadway Theatre. The DJ’s 90-minute set was his first New York City show in more than 10 years.

During the set, Slim spun such records as Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and John Paul Young’s “Love Is in the Air,” not to mention Byrne’s own “Lazy” and his Talking Heads classic “Once in a Lifetime.”

Here Lies Love, which tells the story of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos in a dance-club setting, began previews at the...

Netflix has an exciting content lineup for its September library as returning favorites fill the slate alongside new and old, reliable titles. Among the must-see originals are Sex Education‘s final season, Virgin River‘s latest outing, Disenchantment‘s fifth chapter, and Castlevania: Nocturne. Plus, scratch the rom-com itch with films like Love at First Sight, starring White Lotus actress Haley Lu Richardson, or the Sam Heuhgan-led Love Again. And if you’re in the market for something a bit more serious, the wartime series Band of Brothers offers a dose of TV nostalgia alongside its 2010 follow-up companion series The Pacific with both arriving September 15. Scroll down for the full breakdown of what’s coming and going from the platform this September, and let us know what you’ll be streaming in the comments section. Virgin River (Credit: Courtesy of Netflix) Available This Month on Netflix: September Tba The Devil’s Plan...

Tim Allen has generously donated funds and volunteered his time to thousands of charitable organizations.

He is actively involved in the national Ymca and played a key role in refurbishing the Ymca facility in Hollywood.

He has participated in many programs including Nickelodeon’s “Big Help-a-thon”, Habitat For Humanity, and most recently auctioned off his prized 1955 Chevy Nomad (featured on “Home Improvement”) on Ebay for The September 11th/Twin Towers Fund.

Charities & foundations supported

Tim Allen has supported the following charities:

Big Brothers Big SistersElton John AIDS FoundationFamily Equality CouncilHabitat For HumanityHillsidesMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationNeurofibromatosis, Inc.Red CrossScreen Actors Guild FoundationSpecial OlympicsSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalSt. Vincent's HealthCareToys for TotsWheels for HumanityYMCA Read more about Tim Allen's charity work and events. Related articles Elton John Hosts An Enduring Vision Gala In New YorkJames Caan Joins Stars At Callaway Charity Golf EventStars Help The Ticci Man Project Raise Awareness...

Pablo Berger’s buzzy animation is a selling machine following its Cannes premiere in Special Screenings.

Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams is a selling machine following its Cannes premiere in the Special Screenings section with Elle Driver inking deals worldwide for the buzzy animated feature.

Robot Dreams sold to Neon for North America at the start of the market, the first major deal for the territory of Cannes 2023.

Elle Driver has since inked deals for the film in the UK and Ireland (Curzon), Australia (Madman), Benelux (Cineart), Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Switzerland (Praesens), Germany (Plaion), Scandinavia (Selmer Media...