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South Korean Screen Sector Generated $17.1B In 2025
South Korea's film, TV and streaming sector made over $17.1B in gross domestic product in 2025, according to an Motion Picture Association report.
Variety
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Karlovy Vary, the World’s Second Oldest Film Festival, Prepares to Celebrate 80 Years Since First Festival, and Its 60th Edition
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the second oldest film festival in the world after Venice, is preparing to celebrate two milestones: 80 years since the first festival, and its 60th edition. Among the events planned to commemorate the anniversaries is the exhibition titled “KVIFF 60/80 (1946–2026),” in which the festival looks back on its
Variety
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Sister Group Buys Majority Stake in U.K. Digital Production Company After Party Studios
Sister Group, Jane Featherstone and Elisabeth Murdoch’s growing transatlantic powerhouse, has added to its portfolio of acquisitions by taking a majority stake in British digital-first production company After Party Studios. Founded in 2016, After Party was set up by YouTuber Callum McGinley (best known by the name Callux), film director Ben Doyle (who goes by
The Hollywood Reporter
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Karlovy Vary Fest to Celebrate 60th Edition, 80th Anniversary With Powell-Pressburger, Loach Classics
A redesigned area around the entrance to the Hotel Thermal’s Grand Hall, an exhibition, a sneak preview in Mariánské Lázně and photos commemorating late statesman Václav Havel also await audiences.
The Hollywood Reporter
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Sister Group Buys Majority Stake in Digital-First Producer After Party Studios
Lauded by Sister as "a digital-native company driven by creator instincts and built on deep relationships," the firm was founded by Callum "Callux" McGinley, Joshua Barnett and Ben Doyle.
Screen Daily | Film News, Film Reviews, Film Festivals and Awards
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Cannes 2026 major market projects
The Cannes market runs May 12-20.
cineuropa.org
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The European Writers Desk proves to be more than just a network - Industry / Market - Europe
The initiative provides a platform where writers can connect, share questions, support each other and escape from their isolated working environments
cineuropa.org
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The Loneliest Man in Town comes out on top at the 39th Bolzano Film Festival Bozen - Bolzano 2026 – Awards
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s feature has scooped Best Film, while Honorary Awards were bestowed upon Ulrike Ottinger and Ottavia Piccolo for their exceptional film careers
British Cinematographer
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Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC receives AFI’s 2026 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal
The American Film Institute has presented the 2026 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal to Academy Award winner Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC (AFI Class of 2009). The Schaffner Alumni Medal recognises the “extraordinary creative talents of AFI alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner”. Durald Arkapaw made history when she became the first ... Read more
Screen Daily | Film News, Film Reviews, Film Festivals and Awards
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Northern Ireland Screen explores all-Ireland co-funding mechanism ...
Northern Ireland Screen-backed projects have generated £477m for the local economy across four years (2022-26).
Screen Daily | Film News, Film Reviews, Film Festivals and Awards
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Karlovy Vary programmes events, retrospective titles to celebrate ...
World's second-oldest film festival is celebrating 80 years since founding, and 60th edition.
cineuropa.org
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Interview: Renate Ranzi • Head, IDM Film & Music Commission Südtirol - “The travelling side of the programme is a key part of it” - Bolzano 2026
We chatted with the head of the IDM Film & Music Commission Südtirol, delving into the role of the industry initiative devised in league with the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen
British Cinematographer
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Swarnim Gawade / Cyclops
THE LENS AS THRESHOLD While building a world that blends visual languages, Swarnim Gawade found inspiration in 12mm for Cyclops. When director Stefanos Papageorgiou and I began building the visual language of Cyclops, our central challenge was world-building. The film moves through several distinct psychological realities: the cramped, grimy hideout of the criminals in an ... Read more
British Cinematographer
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Stephen Murphy BSC ISC / Primate
MAKING A SPLASH In one of Primate’s most tense sequences, its characters try to escape a bloodthirsty chimp by diving into an infinity pool – Stephen Murphy BSC ISC explains how the impressive set and sequence came together. Most of Primate was shot on stage at Sky Studios in Elstree, and the need for a ... Read more
Variety
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South Korea’s Screen Industry Generated $16 Billion and Supported 291,000 Jobs in 2025, MPA Report Finds
South Korea’s film, television and streaming sector contributed KRW24.08 trillion ($16.4 billion at current exchange rates) to the country’s GDP and underpinned 291,100 jobs in 2025, according to an independent economic study commissioned by the Motion Picture Association. The report – “Economic Contribution of the Audiovisual Industry in South Korea,” produced by Oxford Economics –
cineuropa.org
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Doxumentale unveils its line-up and opens ticket sales in Berlin - Festivals / Awards - Germany
Berlin’s non-fiction festival returns to Potsdamer Platz in May and June with a wide-ranging programme spanning film, literature, podcasts and immersive media
British Cinematographer
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CST announces jury members for its awards at 79th Festival de Cannes – including Jean-Marie Dreujou ASC AFC
The CST – Commission supérieure technique de l’image et du son (Higher Technical Commission for Image and Sound) – has announced the composition of the juries for its two awards in the official selection of the 2026 Festival de Cannes. “True to its mission of promoting technical excellence in the service of filmmaking, the CST ... Read more
Film
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‘A Blue Butterfly:’ Lucian Msamati Among Names To Join Cast
C.J. Obasi’s psychological drama 'A Blue Butterfly' has completed filming in London and will move to Rwanda for a further two-week shoot.
The Hollywood Reporter
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Oliver Jones Exits Apple TV to Join Amazon MGM Studios
Jones, whose credits at Apple TV include 'Masters of the Air' with Austin Butler and Alfonso Cuarón's 'Disclaimer,' is set to be Amazon's senior commissioner for U.K. scripted.
cineuropa.org
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Never After Dark scoops the Golden Raven at the 44th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival - BIFFF 2026 – Awards
The main award has gone to the unconventional ghost story by Dave Boyle, while You Are the Film won over the audience; Nightborn and Pinocchio: Unstrung also got some love