Charli xcx On Why She Went The Festival Route With A24 Mockumentary ‘The Moment’: “I Feel Passionate About Working Within These Spaces”

Charli xcx On Why She Went The Festival Route With A24 Mockumentary ‘The Moment’: “I Feel Passionate About Working Within These Spaces”

“I’ve been training to play this role my entire life, from the day I was born. In ways, it’s extremely method,” Charli xcx joked this afternoon during a Berlinale presser when quizzed about the character she portrays in The Moment.  The film, which debuted last month at Sundance, screens this week in Berlin as part…

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Nicole Kidman Celebrates Galentine’s Day After Keith Urban Divorce

Nicole Kidman Celebrates Galentine’s Day After Keith Urban Divorce

Nicole Kidman is feeling the love from her girls. Weeks after finalizing her divorce from Keith Urban, the Big Little Lies star proved love was still very much in the air, kick-starting Valentine’s Day weekend by giving a shoutout to the women in her life. To mark Galentine’s Day—a.k.a. the day before Valentine’s Day honoring…

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Tracy Letts Jokes: “I’m The Next James Bond” At ‘Rosebush Pruning’ Presser With Callum Turner — Berlin Film Festival

Tracy Letts Jokes: “I’m The Next James Bond” At ‘Rosebush Pruning’ Presser With Callum Turner — Berlin Film Festival

Attending the Berlin Film Festival for new movie Rosebush Pruning, actor Callum Turner was asked by a journalist at the film’s press conference about online speculation linking him to the James Bond role. Turner declined to comment, and was helped out by co-star Tracy Letts who interjected jokingly: “I’m playing James Bond.” In a more…

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LA-Based Northern Lights Studios Launches With “Mission To Globalize Next Wave Of Nordic IP” — EFM

LA-Based Northern Lights Studios Launches With “Mission To Globalize Next Wave Of Nordic IP” — EFM

EXCLUSIVE: LA-based Northern Lights Studios is launching at the European Film Market with “a mission to globalize the next wave of Nordic cinema”. Founded by veteran producers Christian D. Bruun, an executive producer on Jesse Eisenberg’s The End, and former Lee Daniels Entertainment exec Asger Hussain, who worked with Daniels on Precious and The Paperboy,…

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Menemsha Films Takes North American Rights For Palm Springs Breakout ‘The Soundman’

Menemsha Films Takes North American Rights For Palm Springs Breakout ‘The Soundman’

EXCLUSIVE: Menemsha Films has acquired North American rights for Belgian drama The Soundman, following its well-received U.S. premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. Set on the eve of the German invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands, the drama explores the situation for Belgian Jews, torn between staying in their homeland amid…

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Martin Moszkowicz: “The Entertainment Market Isn’t Collapsing; It’s Repricing Attention” — EFM Guest Column

Martin Moszkowicz: “The Entertainment Market Isn’t Collapsing; It’s Repricing Attention” — EFM Guest Column

Editor’s note: Martin Moskowicz is well known to many in the industry attending Berlin‘s EFM. An ever-present at major festivals and markets for close to 50 years, he is best known for his decades steering German production and distribution giant Constantin, producer of the Resident Evil franchise. In 2024, Moskowicz moved on from his role as CEO and is…

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Nicole Garcia Talks Reuniting With Marion Cotillard On ‘Milo’ As Studiocanal Launches Sales At EFM

Nicole Garcia Talks Reuniting With Marion Cotillard On ‘Milo’ As Studiocanal Launches Sales At EFM

EXCLUSIVE: French actress and director Nicole Garcia has shared details of her upcoming film Milo reuniting her with Oscar-winning star Marion Cotillard, as Studiocanal kicks off sales on the title at the EFM. La Vie en Rose actress Cotillard stars as a woman who arrives alone in a quiet provincial town in France’s Drome region and takes a job…

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‘Queen At Sea’ Teaser: Juliette Binoche & Tom Courtenay Star In Drama Exploring Ageing, Alzheimer’s & Elder Abuse

‘Queen At Sea’ Teaser: Juliette Binoche & Tom Courtenay Star In Drama Exploring Ageing, Alzheimer’s & Elder Abuse

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. director Lance Hammer returns to the Berlin Film Festival with his first film in 18 years, Queen At Sea, playing in competition, and Deadline can reveal a first teaser. The drama co-stars Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche and Tom Courtenay, who won best actor at the Berlinale in 2015 for his performance in 45…

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