Maersk to return to Red Sea as stability improves in region

Maersk to return to Red Sea as stability improves in region

The opening of one of the world’s busiest transport bottlenecks is set to pressure profit margins amid an oversupply of vessels [OSLO] Danish shipping company Maersk will return to sailing regularly through the Suez Canal this month, as the security situation improves in the Middle East. The voyage marks another step towards normalisation of global…

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Rise Of The European Showrunner? Call To Rethink Production Models To Boost Euro Drama

Rise Of The European Showrunner? Call To Rethink Production Models To Boost Euro Drama

EXCLUSIVE: Establishing the showrunner role is key to the future of European Storytelling, according to new research seen by Deadline. The Internationale Filmschule Köln (ifs) has been running an EU-supported ‘European Showrunner Programme’ since 2022. The Cologne-based film school has now put the intel it has gathered over several years into a report about showrunning…

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L.A. Rebellion Pioneer Haile Gerima To Debut ‘Black Lions – Roman Wolves’, His First Feature Film Since 2008, At Berlin Film Festival

L.A. Rebellion Pioneer Haile Gerima To Debut ‘Black Lions – Roman Wolves’, His First Feature Film Since 2008, At Berlin Film Festival

Filmmaker Haile Gerima, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of the L.A. Rebellion movement, is officially making his return to feature filmmaking with Black Lions – Roman Wolves, a documentary set to screen in competition at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.  Black Lions – Roman Wolves was announced this morning by the Berlinale…

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‘My Father’s Shadow’ & David Jonsson Prison Drama ‘Wasteman’ Among Titles Set For 2026 PictureEast Film Festival

‘My Father’s Shadow’ & David Jonsson Prison Drama ‘Wasteman’ Among Titles Set For 2026 PictureEast Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: The New Black Film Collective’s (TNBFC) PictureEast Film Festival will run from 20 January to 1 February, with titles such as Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow and the David Jonsson starrer Wasteman as part of the lineup.  PictureEast is a free film festival based in East London. The event will screen over 20…

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‘Night of the Zoopocalypse’ Producer Copperheart Entertainment To Kick-Off Financing Of ‘Fifteen Dogs’ Adaptation at Berlin’s EFM Animation Days

‘Night of the Zoopocalypse’ Producer Copperheart Entertainment To Kick-Off Financing Of ‘Fifteen Dogs’ Adaptation at Berlin’s EFM Animation Days

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning director Chris Landreth and Copperheart Entertainment founding head Steven Hoban will launch financing on Fifteen Dogs, an animated adaptation of André Alexis’ eponymous novel, at the European Film Market’s inaugural Animation Days in February. It will be one of the first projects to participate in the EFM’s new animation strand, which will run…

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