Nigeria has submitted CJ Obasi’s Sundance title Mami Wata as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards.
28.09.2023 - 12:41 / variety.com
Holly Jones Following introspective shorts “Grietas” and “Solos,” Canarian director Alberto Gross Molo recalls his turbulent childhood in his upcoming debut feature “Catorce de Marzo,” a searing look at divorce through the lens of children placed unjustly in the middle. Selected to participate at Madrid’s 5th ECAM Incubator, the narrative dives into the delicate minds of two siblings forced to determine their fate by choosing between parents, a fraught decision that could further divide their family. Written by Gross alongside Tomàs Bayo Encontra, Laura Egidos Plaja and Albert Aynés Clapés of Contraria Media and David Aymerich of Ayhe Productions produce the project.
In 2021, “Catorce de Marzo” participated in My First Script at the Zagreb Film Festival and Ekran+, the team attending the Faberllull residency in 2022. It was also a finalist for last year’s Julio Alejandro SGAE Screenplay Award. Egidos, co-founder of Contraria, spoke with Variety about the project’s allure and forward trajectory.
What attracted you to the project? How shocking and frivolous the process of a divorce trial is for children. Above all, they’re asked which parent they prefer to live with. When Alberto told us about his experience as a child, we were amazed.
Whenever we explain the film, we realize that, in general, people don’t know this happens. They don’t consider how a child experiences a divorce. That’s why it’s so important to make the film from the child’s point of view rather than the parents.
Nigeria has submitted CJ Obasi’s Sundance title Mami Wata as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film in the 96th Academy Awards.
The Fall of the House of Usher snuck into second place on Netflix‘s English-language TV charts during its debut week.
Brittany Howard has shared her new single ‘What Now’ – the title track of an upcoming album. Listen to the song below.The Alabama Shakes singer released her debut solo album ‘Jaime’ in 2019, earning her multiple Grammy nominations, including Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rock Song.“‘What Now’ is maybe the truest and bluest of all the songs,” Howard said.
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood vet Gianni Nunnari, producer on movies including the 300 franchise, Immortals, and From Dusk Til Dawn, is teaming with producer Simon Horsman (Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers, Magazine Dreams) to launch Euro Gang Entertainment.
tripleS EVOLution have released their debut album ‘⟡(Mujuk)’ and shared the music video for the title track ‘Invincible’.The group are the latest unit from the tripleS collective to release material, with its members voted for by fans.In the video for ‘Invincible’, the eight-member EVOLution search a school building at night where they find diamonds under desks, in vending machines and in the corridors of the unlit institution. As they gather around a table lit with candles later, they sing: “Shine the light forever / Even in the dark I’m confident, yeah / Do I look cool? Inside I’m fire / Bling bling.”‘⟡(Mujuk)’ is EVOLution’s first album and features eight tracks, including ‘Invincible’.
Ana de Armas had a fun day out in Madrid with a bunch of her friends!
Anna Marie de la Fuente Speaking at a panel during Madrid forum Iberseries & Platino Industria, founding execs of Madrid’s newly formed Audiovisual Cluster held forth on the opportunities of the new initiative which launched in March this year. Also participating was Gonzalo Cabrera, director general of cultural promotion of the Community of Madrid who pointed out that Madrid generates an annual revenue of approximately 3.3 billion euros ($3.96 billion). “The audiovisual sector in the Community of Madrid employs around 20,000 people directly.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Will Ferrell wants to work with up-and-coming comedians on social media — who will get a chance to mentor under some big-name podcasters and be featured across iHeartMedia‘s audio outlets. Ferrell and iHeartMedia’s Big Money Players Podcast Network (BMP) announced the “Big Money Players Circle.” Ferrell has hand-picked “the coolest and funniest social sensations to join the BMP network and be showcased across iHeartMedia’s multiplatform ecosystem,” according to the announcement. The flagship show for the Big Money Players Network, formed in 2019, is “The Ron Burgundy Podcast,” featuring the comedian and actor’s “Anchorman” persona.
Victoria Beckham is getting very candid about the downsides of life with her husband.
Xochitl Gomez is returning to the ballroom TONIGHT (October 3) alongside her pro dance partner Val Chmerkovskiy on Dancing With the Stars!
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Expanded to four full days, Madrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria, a joint venture of the Fundación Secuoya and EGEDA, Spain’s large rights collection society, opens its doors for its third edition on Tuesday Oct. 3, running all week at Madrid’s Matadero. I & IP is a market, thanks to its Iberscreenings showcase, and ever more a co-pro forum as well as a massive financing emporium with 149 (sic) projects being pitched behind closed doors at Platforms, Producers Pitch sessions.
Members of the Royal Family have hugely important official titles and styles that date back centuries, and it is no different today - whether you are talking about the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Gloucester or the Earl of Wessex. For example, The King's full and official title is: Charles III, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of his other realms and territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.
Paramount+ has released two key art images for the upcoming sequel to the Emmy-winning comedy series Frasier, which debuts Oct. 12. Both posters feature the title character front and center. In fact, the sequel’s star and executive producer Kelsey Grammer, who is reprising his signature character as Frasier Crane, is the only cast member from the sequel pictured.
EXCLUSIVE: Comedic multi-hyphenate Julio Torres (A24’s Problemista) has struck a deal with Ars Nova, the Off-Broadway, non-profit theater in NYC, that will see them partner to identify, develop, and commission full-length projects from early-career comedy artists.
Holly Jones Barcelona-born director Sara Gutiérrez Galve is following up her 2018 Malaga award-winning debut effort, “Yo La Busco,” with forthcoming dramedy “Mala Gent” (“Bad People”), a wry depiction of the disparate stories of three protagonists living in the town of Gironès, who attend the same wedding. Among five projects selected at Madrid’s 5th ECAM Incubator, the project follows each of its leads 10 days prior to the nuptials as they navigate their inner turmoil, all eventually forced to grin and bear the festivities, their lives intersecting momentarily throughout.
Angelina Jolie is opening up about life as a single mom.
Madonna‘s daughter Lourdes Leon played a live set at a festival in Spain last weekend – check out the footage below.The 26-year-old musician, dancer and model, who is Madonna’s eldest child, performed under her stage name Lolahol at the Brava Madrid Music Festival at IFEMA on Saturday (September 23).According to reports, the slot marked the singer’s first major performance. She led two other dancers in a song and dance routine and was backed by a DJ at the event.
Holly Jones Incendiary Spanish director Isabel Coixet (“The Secret Life of Words”) heads to San Sebastian for the international premiere of her latest drama “Un Amor,” a take on devouring love starring Laia Costa (“Lullaby”) and Hovik Keuchkerian (“Money Heist”) that sets Coixet up to compete on the festival’s main stage for the first time. “Un Amor” is produced by Buenapinta Media’s Marisa Fernández Armenteros (“The Mole Agent”) alongside “Society of the Snow” producers Sandra Hermida and Belén Atienza, here producing out of Perdición Films. World sales are handled by Film Constellation (“Return to Reason”).
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The 2023 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, the project market that accompanies the Golden Horse film festival and awards in Taiwan in November, has laid out a huge 64-title selection for its 2023 edition. These include 39 film projects at various stages of development and financing; a further seven works in progress; and the 18-previously announced series at project stage.
Members of the Royal Family have hugely important official titles and styles that date back centuries, and it is no different today.There will be a great deal of change ahead for the younger royals and their titles in the years to come - with the first due to happen within the next decade or so.The late Queen had 13 great-grandchildren - from Savannah Phillips and Prince George to Ernest Brooksbank and Sienna Mapelli Mozzi - and three of them will carry several different titles in their lifetimes, some of which carry huge historical importance. While Prince George and Princess Charlotte will eventually take on some of the most important senior royal titles, their younger brother Prince Louis is expected to carry a title that has significant ties to royal history - and particular sentimental connection to the late monarch.