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There’s an unexpected needle drop in Sean Baker’s screwball sex worker comedy “Anora” — and it kicks off the whole film. “Anora,” which won the Palme d’Or earlier this year and looks set to be a major awards darling, opens with a five-minute sequence set in a New York strip club, where Mikey Madison’s lead character […]

Several European broadcasters have snapped up animated series “Sam and Julia,” about two adorable mice. ZDF Studios has licensed the children’s title to Czech TV, RTV in Slovenia and Slovakia, along with AMC and MTVA in Hungary. Produced by Cielo Films and Superswiss Red in coproduction with ZDF, ZDF Studios, France Télévisions, Caribara and M.

The 21st Sevilla European Film Festival will take place this Nov. 8-16, and Variety has been given an exclusive heads-up on this year’s competition juries that will choose the winners of the Gold and Silver Giraldillos as well as the special judges’ prize and a new award, the Puerta América Award.

Jason Wong, the British actor best known for “Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves” and his frequent collaborations with Guy Ritchie (“The Gentleman,” “Wrath of Man,” “The Covenant”), has joined the cast of Lionsgate’s action-thriller “Mutiny” alongside Jason Statham and Annabelle Wallis. Being directed by “Plane” helmer Jean-François Richet, the pic is being produced by […]

New York based distributor Several Futures has acquired Pierre Creton and Vincent Barré’s “7 Walks With Mark Brown” which just had its U. S. premiere at the New York Film Festival. The documentary feature follows paleobotanist Mark Brown through Normandy as he identifies the rare flora of the region. Creton is best known for directing last year’s […]

The Busan International Film Festival has revealed its award winners and confirmed earlier dates for 2025. Park Ri-woong’s “The Land of Morning Calm” (Korea) and The Maw Naing’s “MA – Cry of Silence”(Myanmar/Korea/Singapore/France/Norway/Qatar) shared the New Currents Award. Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars 2” (India/Singapore) and Tom Lin Shu-Yu’s “Yen and Ai-Lee” (Taiwan) jointly claimed the […]