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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media After two years of exclusively virtual screenings, the Sundance Film Festival says it will be back in-person in 2023. The celebration of the best of indie filmmaking, which unfolds from Jan. 19-Jan. 29, isn’t abandoning its digital component. It will maintain a hybrid presence, allowing film fans who are unable to make the trek up the mountain to Park City, Utah, to participate in the event. But remote cinephiles won’t get to access to the newest arthouse films until the later in the festival. Beginning on Tuesday, Jan. 24, the festival will allow ticket-buyers to view select films online. The digital offering will consist of an on-demand, curated selection of the year’s feature films, including all competition titles (U.S. Dramatic, U.S. Documentary, World Cinema Dramatic, World Cinema Documentary, and Next), as well as other episodic work and short films. In the past, films would only be made available after their premiere. The 2023 festival will conclude with weekend screenings of the films that nab top prizes at Sundance. Those will screen on Jan. 28–Jan. 29, both in person and online. 

Manori Ravindran International Editor Bill Kramer, the newly appointed CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, kicked off his charm offensive with the international film community at the Venice Film Festival, telling a small audience of journalists that the Academy’s “future is with international cinema as much as it is with American cinema.” Kramer — who is in Italy this week and will also be at Telluride — is keen to demonstrate the Academy’s support of its international contingent, which makes up more than 25% of its overall membership. Kramer said that international members comprised 50% of the latest class of new Academy members. Kramer, who was interview by Variety’s Rome-based international correspondent Nick Vivarelli, suggested the org is looking to “educate” and “encourage” its international members to submit to more Oscar categories apart from best international feature film, and cited the multi-category success of films such as “Worst Person in the World” and “Drive My Car” in the recent Oscar season.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards are this weekend and the list of performers is hard to top!On Thursday, it was announced that Snoop Dogg and Eminem will be performing a live rendition of their latest collaboration — their first in more than 20 years -- «From the D 2 the LBC.» Inspired by the world of the Otherside metaverse, MTV is partnering with Yuga Labs to bring the creative experience to life. The moment will mark the first VMAs performance for either artist in more than a decade. Eminem last hit the stage to deliver “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie” in 2010, while Snoop rocked the mic in a 2005 tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

Thania Garcia Bad Bunny will be performing remotely for MTV’s Video Music Awards live from his “World’s Hottest Tour” stop in New York’s Yankee Stadium. Although the VMAs are being held at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, roughly 25 miles (but nightmarish traffic distance) from Yankee Stadium, Bad Bunny will be making an appearance and performing “never-before-seen choreography” through the live broadcast. The Puerto Rican artist made his first VMAs appearance in 2019 alongside J. Balvin for a performance of “Que Pretendes.” The year before that, he scored his first Moon Person in the song of the summer category for his, Cardi B, and J. Balvin’s “I Like It.”

2022 MTV Video Music Awards are this weekend and the list of performers is hard to top!On Wednesday, it was announced that Bad Bunny will be performing live from Yankee Stadium as part of the , and will feature some never-before-seen choreography.Plus, he's making history! This will be MTV’s first-ever live remote VMAs performance to air from Yankee Stadium. It's also Bad Bunny's first VMAs appearance since 2019, where he made a memorable debut performance of “Que Pretendes” with J Balvin.The Puerto Rican singer is up for nine nominations this year, including Artist of the Year, Best Latin, Album of the Year and Song of the Summer.

The 2022 Nordic Council Film Prize Nominees Announced The five nominees for the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize have been announced. The list of nominees includes Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated The Worst Person in the World, Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland, Teemu Nikki’s The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic, Lamb by Valdimar Jóhannson, and Clara Sola, directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. The Nordic Council Film Prize, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, is awarded to “an artistically significant, Nordic-produced full-length feature film with cinema distribution”. The award comes with a €41,000 cash prize shared equally between the winning film’s director, screenwriter and producer. The winner will be announced on November 1 at a ceremony in Helsinki, Finland. Last year’s winner was Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen.

Marta Balaga Five Nordic features are nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize. The prestigious recognition, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, was first awarded to Aki Kaurismäki’s “The Man Without a Past.”Hlynur Pálmason’s “Godland,” Teemu Nikki’s “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic,” “Lamb” by Valdimar Jóhannson, Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World” and “Clara Sola,” directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, will all vie for the award.It is billed as a prize that celebrates “a unique filmmaking vision, deeply rooted in Nordic culture” and comes with a sum of DKK 300,000 ($40,000), shared equally between the director, screenwriter and producer.

Marta Balaga Joachim Trier’s Oscar-nominated smash “The Worst Person in the World,” about a young woman trying to figure out what – and who – she really wants in her life, won big at Norway’s Amanda Awards on Saturday night, scooping five statuettes, including one for best film.Trier, who now holds the title for most Amanda Awards, also won for best screenplay with his long-time collaborator Eksil Vogt. The film’s breakout star Renate Reinsve, already awarded at Cannes, picked up her first Amanda for her portrayal of Julie, with Anders Danielsen Lie named best supporting actor.Back in February, Reinsve – who will be next seen in “A Different Man” alongside Sebastian Stan – opened up about her work with Trier, which started in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st,” her very first feature film.

Ryan Giggs has a “fantastic temperament” ex Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told jurors today. The 80-year-old came to Manchester Crown Court in person to give evidence about Giggs during his trial.The 48-year-old former Manchester United star is accused of controlling and coercive behaviour towards his ex Kate Greville, 36, during their six-year relationship.

Annika Pham Former Oslo Pictures CEO-producer Dyveke Bjørkly Graver and producer Andrea Berentsen Ottmar have set up their own shop, Eye Eye Pictures, Variety has learned.The Norwegian producers were both behind the Cannes-winning and double Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World” by star Norwegian director Joachim Trier. The Nordic romcom, released by Neon in the U.S., earned Renate Reinsve a Cannes Festival best actress award in 2021.Besides Trier, Bjørkly Graver and Berentsen Ottmar have brought another visionary Norwegian auteur to Cannes: Kristoffer Borgli, whose satire “Sick of Myself” world premiered at the festival’s Un Certain Regard strand this year.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner and the latest batch of performers has been announced. Lizzo, Jack Harlow, BLACKPINK and Måneskin are all on tap to hit the stage at New Jerseys' Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28.

2 min read Mr Gay World 2022 will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from 9 to 16 October 2022. In the wake of the lifting of international Covid-19 restrictions, this will be the first time in three years that Mr Gay World will be presented as an in-person event.

Leading independent German distribution label Koch Films has been renamed as Plaion Pictures.

2022 MTV Video Music Awards are right around the corner and the first batch of performers has been announced. Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello x Khalid and Panic! At the Disco are all on tap to hit the stage at New Jerseys' Prudential Center on Sunday, Aug. 28.

Instagram account Wednesday.Fans were stunned to see the photo of Stan, made-up as his character, Edward, a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, who then becomes fixated on a man who stars as him in a stage production based on his life prior to his surgery.A post shared by Sebastian Stan (@imsebastianstan)Stan will star alongside “The Worst Person in the World” breakout Renate Reinsve, as well as “Under the Skin’s” Adam Pearson. A24’s production, “A Different Man” was written and directed by Aaron Schimberg (“Chained for Life”).

Zack Sharf Behold Sebastian Stan like you’ve never seen him before. The actor debuted a shocking first look photo on Instagram from his upcoming indie drama “A Different Man.” Stan plays a man who undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, only to become obsessed with an actor starring as him in a play based on his life.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorKeith Olbermann will be dishing on politics, sports and more in new daily podcast debuting next week.The former MSNBC anchor, ESPN host and author is launching “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” billed as a news-driven show featuring his trademark “Special Comment” political analysis, “The Worst Persons in the World” segment, and readings from the works of the humorist James Thurber. The series launches Aug.

Thania Garcia Adele has shared that she felt like “a shell of a person for a couple months” after abruptly canceling her “Weekends With Adele” Las Vegas residency in January — just days before it was set to begin.In an interview with Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, the singer says that she felt guilty about disappointing fans who had paid thousands of dollars to attend.“I just had to wait it out and just grieve it, I guess, just grieve the shows and get over the guilt, but it was brutal,” Adele shared.Adele first tearfully broke the news of the cancelations in a video posted on her Instagram, in which she told fans that dates would be rescheduled with additional information to come. She told BBC host Lauren Laverne that she felt she needed to deal with the backlash of the canceled event privately, admitting “the show was not good enough.

ActorsFunke Akindele – “Omo Ghetto: The Saga,” “Jenifa”Caitríona Balfe – “Belfast,” “Ford v Ferrari”Reed Birney – “Mass,” “Changeling”Jessie Buckley – “The Lost Daughter,” “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”Lori Tan Chinn – “Turning Red,” “Glengarry Glen Ross”Daniel K.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that it is inviting 397 artists and executives to join the Oscar organizer’s membership ranks. The prospective 2022 class includes 71 Oscar nominees and 15 winners, with 44% of the invitees women, and 37% of the group belongs to underrepresented communities.

A24 is financing and producing “A Different Man,” a new thriller from writer/director Aaron Schimberg that is set to star Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson, TheWrap has confirmed.The official logline for the new film from the “Chained for Life” director: “Edward is an outcast seeking a new life and fresh start. After he undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, he becomes fixated on a man starring as him in a stage production based on his former life.”Alongside A24, Christine Vachon and Gabriel Mayers of Killer Films, Vanessa McDonnell of Grand Motel Films and Jason Reif will produce.

EXCLUSIVE: Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson are set to star in the A24 psychological thriller A Different Man from filmmaker Aaron Schimberg. A24 is financing and producing the pic, which will be written and directed by Schimberg.

New Release Wall“The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate) could very easily have been a one-joke movie, but Nicolas Cage playing a less successful and more venal version of himself is just the launching point for a clever and engaging film about fame, the movies, and male bonding. When “Cage” accepts a gig to appear at the birthday of a nefarious Spanish billionaire (a hilarious Pedro Pascal), it’s one surprise after another both for our hero and for the audience.Also available:“Ambulance” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): Michael Bay puts the robots away for this heart-thumping caper starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mate4en II.“The Bad Guys” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): Animated anthropomorphic villains seeks some redemption in this Dreamworks comedy.“The Contractor” (Paramount Home Entertainment): Chris Pine stars as a desperate veteran who gets tied up with an underground paramilitary force.“Eraser: Reborn” (Warner Bros.

The Good Wife alum Josh Charles and The Worst Person In The World’s Anders Danielsen Lie have joined Mothers’ Instinct, the psychological thriller that stars Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway. The film started principal photography this month in the States, and was recently acquired by Neon for the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: MUBI has acquired David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future for Latin America, Turkey, India and Malaysia.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIn a chic Islington restaurant, Dolly Alderton asks me where I met my partner. While most people will politely smile and half-listen to the answer, Alderton — who eats love stories for breakfast — virtually squeals at the meet-cute I serve up, which I had a hunch she of all people would appreciate.The London-born Alderton is one of the most recognizable columnists in the U.K., and has built a career as a journalist and author on, well, love.

After 25 years, Toronto International Film Festival Senior Programmer Steve Gravestock has decided to retire at the end of 2022.

William Earl Variety’s “Actors on Actors” returns with some of the biggest names of the 2022 TV Emmys race for Season 16, with a lineup that includes Zendaya, Andrew Garfield, Jeremy Strong, Jennifer Aniston, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Sebastian Stan and Sandra Oh.The 13 one-on-one conversations will begin airing June 7 on Variety.com and our social media channels, with the official “Actors on Actors” magazine hitting newsstands on June 8. This is the first time in more than two years that “Actors on Actors” has been conducted in person, with previous seasons going virtual due to COVID-19.