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Oct 13, 2024 | 
screendaily.com | Elaine Guerini
Two Brazilian films with a successful career on the international festival circuit shared the main prize at the 26th edition of Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (Festival do Rio) on Sunday night (October 13).
In a tie, Marcelo Caetano’s Baby and Pedro Freire’s Malu have won the best fiction feature award from Premiere Brazil, the main competition section which screened more than 50 local films this year.
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Nov 21, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Elaine Guerini
With his latest documentary Pictures Of Ghosts, Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho delivers his most intimate film to date. A diary-style look at cinemagoing culture in his hometown of Recife, in the northeast of Brazil, Filho journeys through his own memories, utilising archival photographs and footage from his youth.
The first stop is the apartment where Filho lived for close to 40 years and shot several of his early no-budget movies, made with the help of friends and neighbours.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Tim Dams |Alina Trabattoni |Charles Gant |Elaine Guerini
ITV Studios-backed Italian production outfit Cattleya has teamed with writers Leonardo Fasoli and Maddalena Ravagli to co-found Dedalus.
Rome-based Cattleya has previously worked with Fasoli and Ravagli on shows such as Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero, The Immortal and Django.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Tim Dams |Michael Rosser |Elaine Guerini |Jeremy Kay
Source: Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is to roll out its Max platform in 22 countries in Europe from spring 2024, followed by launches in France and Belgium later in the year.
However, there was no news about plans for the UK market where HBO has a licencing deal with Sky.
The launches were announced during a Mipcom keynote today by Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) international head Gerhard Zeiler, alongside SVP head of streaming EMEA Leah Hooper Rosa.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Nikki Baughan |Michael Rosser |Ellie Calnan |Elaine Guerini
Co-directors Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares close London with this heartfelt near-future-set call to arms
Source: London Film Festival
Dirs: Kibwe Tavares, Daniel Kaluuya. UK. 2023. 98mins
In a near-future London, the residents of a sprawling housing estate called The Kitchen are engaged in a daily battle with police, who want to evict them so the land can be used for development.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Michael Rosser |Elaine Guerini |Ben Dalton |Ellie Calnan
Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (POFF) has unveiled this year’s Black Nights Stars, spotlighting eight rising actors from the Baltic Sea region.
The initiative brings together international casting directors and filmmakers with emerging talent from the region and is part of Discovery Campus, an education programme organised by Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event (Nov 13-17).
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Charles Gant |Jeremy Kay |Ben Dalton |Elaine Guerini
Source: Trafalgar Releasing
Rank
Film (distributor)
3-day (world)
Cume (world)
3-day (int’l)
3-day (int’l)
Territories
1. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (various)
$128m
$128m
$32m
$32m
95
2. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (Paramount)
$31.5m
$126.4m
$24.5m
$76.5m
68
3. Exorcist: The Believer (Universal)
$26.9m
$85m
$15.9m
$40m
79
4. Under The Light (various)
$13.4m
$150.1m
$13.4m
$150.1m
2
5. The Creator (Disney)
$10.2m
$79.1m
$5.9m
$46.7m
51
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Elaine Guerini |Tim Dams |Nikki Baughan |Michael Rosser
Vera Egito’s The Battle (A Batalha Da Rua Maria Antonia) won best fiction feature in the Première Brasil section at the 25th Rio International Film Festival closing ceremony.
As with most years, the ceremony showcased some of the strongest voices in Brazilian cinema. Unlike previous editions, however, the top winner received its world premiere at the festival and had not already enjoyed successful runs in international festivals like Cannes, Venice or Toronto.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
screendaily.com | Elaine Guerini |Jeremy Kay |Ben Dalton
Vera Egito’s A Batalha da Rua Antônia (translated as The Battle Of Rua Antonia) won best fiction feature in the Première Brasil section at the 25th Rio International Film Festival closing ceremony on Sunday night.
As with most years, the ceremony showcased some of the strongest voices in Brazilian cinema.
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May 21, 2023 | 
neofeed.com.br | Elaine Guerini
Gordon Gekko, interpretado por Michael Douglas, no filme que marcou época
CANNES – Quando é abordado nas ruas, Michael Douglas até hoje ouve fãs contarem que foram influenciados por “Wall Street – Poder e Cobiça” (1987) a fazerem carreira na Bolsa de Valores. Por mais que a intenção do filme tenha sido discutir a ética no mercado financeiro, Gordon Gekko, seu personagem, passou a ser idolatrado.
