[ The 74th Berlin International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet on Thursday, 15 February, for the opening film and the world premiere of Small Things Like These, directed by Tim Mielants starring Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley and Emily Watson. Director Hong Sangsoo premiered Yeohaengjaui pilyo, starring Isabelle Huppert, Lee Hyeyoung, Kwon … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese is returning to the Berlin Film Festival tomorrow for the first time in a decade. The cinema legend, currently on the awards circuit with latest epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, will be feted with the Berlinale‘s highest honor, its lifetime achievement Golden Bear. Ahead of the ceremony tomorrow, the indefatigable … Read more
[ With the indie film business in buoyant mood here in Berlin, it’s The TV industry’s turn to take stock today and tomorrow, and it’s safe to say the drama crowd are navigating some choppy waters. Analysts, producers and distributors broke down the state of play for the scripted TV business on the Deadline-hosted European … Read more
[ The Berlin Film Festival kicks off its 74th edition Thursday with the opening-night world premiere screening of Small Things Like These, the Irish drama starring Oscar-nominated Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy. It kicks of 10 days of movie debuts including for ones starring Rooney Mara, Isabelle Huppert, Gael García Bernal, Kristen Stewart and more. This … Read more
[ EXCLUSIVE: Deadline can reveal the first trailer for Chinese filmmaker Qiu Yang’s first feature, Some Rain Might Fall, which will premiere in the Berlinale’s Encounters section on February 19. The trailer sets the scene with Cai, a 40-year-old housewife, and her daughter, who is on the school’s basketball team. Cai inadvertently injures an elderly woman … Read more
[ The Berlinale put out a statement expressing its sympathy for the “victims of the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East” and making it clear that its 74th edition would be a place for filmmakers on all sides of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, at its press conference on Monday. Festival co-heads Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek … Read more
[ Cillian Murphy movie Small Things Like These will open this year’s Berlinale. The film reveals truths about Ireland’s Magdalen laundries – horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform “fallen young women.” It takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong … Read more
[ The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the 34 projects, hailing from 27 countries and selected from 318 submissions, that will be showcased at its Berlinale Co-Production Market, running from February 17 to 21. The 18 projects in the official selection include upcoming works from Ukrainian directors Kateryna Gornostai and Antonio Lukich as well as … Read more
[ Hello, Insiders. It’s the penultimate international newsletter before the holiday season, but there’s no festive slowdown in TV and film news just yet. Jesse Whittock here taking you through. Read on and sign up here. Netflix Metrics The Glory Graphyoda/Netflix Data dump: Since its inception — and especially since it became an original content player … Read more
[ By Associated Press BERLIN: Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o will head the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, organizers announced Monday. The 2024 “Berlinale,” the first of the year’s major European film festivals, will run from Feb. 15-25. It will be the last edition under the current leadership duo of executive director Mariette … Read more
