9+ hour ago   (789+ words) Mia Wasikowska fills out the screen in Kuba Dorabialski’s “Agata the Writer.” Metaphorically and figuratively, as one especially arresting sequence shows her in close-up looking directly at the audience and recounting the rest of the story. “I was so curious…...

14+ hour, 12+ min ago   (634+ words) “Brace Your Heart” director Amanda Kernell is ready to talk about forgiveness. “What can be forgiven? And what if you live in a place where everything has to be, because it can be a matter of survival?,” she wonders. In…...

14+ hour, 57+ min ago   (653+ words) When it comes to “ Up Against It,” a TIFF title premiering Sept. 12, director Trudie Styler says, “I know this story like the back of my hand.”... Antonio Banderas, Trudie Styler and Eva Birthistle on the Sorrow and Joy of TIFF…...

16+ hour, 27+ min ago   (296+ words) “Kri8 Universe,” a five-world science-fiction IP ecosystem from production designer and filmmaker Uzair Merchant, will launch at TIFF: The Market, looking for global licensing, studio and strategic partnerships following 14 years of independent development. The universe consists of five interconnected worlds — Elixir…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago   (422+ words) Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés (“Totém”) has wrapped production on her next feature film, “Cábula,” and shared an exclusive first-look image with Variety. The director presented the film during the Venice Gap-Financing Market, which took place from Sept. 4 – 6. Written by Avilés…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1207+ words) Set almost a century after Magellan first landed on the Philippine Archipelago, and coming just a year after “Magellan,” director Lav Diaz’s last film, landed in Cannes, “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” is a description of bruised history rendered in…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (340+ words) Polish director Damian Kocur is ready for “La Manche.” Presented at the Venice Production Bridge and produced by Kijora Film, the film will be co-produced by Germany’s Oma Inge Film and France’s Les Contes Modernes. Kocur is behind Venice premiere…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (301+ words) Moshe Rosenthal’s “Tell Me Everything” has been voted Best Picture at Israel’s Ophir Awards, automatically making it the country’s submission for best international feature film category at the 99th Academy Awards. “Tell Me Everything,” set in the 1980s against the rising HIV…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (108+ words) Indie distributor Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for Berlin-based U.S. director and literary translator Ted Fendt’s “Foreign Travel” that will have its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival next month. Fendt’s previous films include “Short…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (333+ words) “Falling House” has emerged as one of the buzzy titles that premiered in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival. Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s “Falling House” has sold to a raft of international territories following its world premiere at…...