After a three-year run, SXSW Sydney, the Australian offshoot of the music, film, tech and media conference, will not be returning in 2026. In a message posted on its website, […]
Amazon’s Prime Video Strikes Deals to Offer M6+ in France and RTVE Live Channels in Spain Free of Charge
Amazon‘s Prime Video unveiled two major European content deals in France and Spain on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s news that it had signed multiyear carriage agreements offering HBO Max as an […]
Lionsgate Sells South Asia Streaming Service After Splitting From Starz
Lionsgate has unveiled a deal to sell Lionsgate Play, its South Asia streaming service, to founder Rohit Jain. Terms of the sales agreement, including a price tag, were not disclosed […]
Kelly Reichardt Named Guest of Honor at Swiss Doc Festival Visions du Réel
U.S. filmmaker Kelly Reichardt is the guest of honor at the 57th edition of the Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel, which runs April 17–26 in Nyon. Reichardt will […]
‘Portobello’ Trailer Teases the Fall of the King of 1980s TV in First Italian HBO Max Original
Portobello, the first Italian original of HBO Max, comes from none other than legendary auteur Marco Bellocchio. The six-part series, which premieres on Feb. 20, explores the true story of […]
HBO Max Inks Prime Video Deals for Germany, Italy Rollout
HBO Max staked its claim on a big chunk of Europe on Tuesday, launching in both Germany and Italy, two of Europe’s biggest territories, as well as handful of smaller […]
X Being Probed by U.K. Media Regulator Over Grok’s Image Tool After Sexualized Deepfakes Uproar
Grok, the AI chatbot created by xAI, the artificial intelligence company founded by and majority-owned by Elon Musk, last week switched off its image creation and editing function for most users after an uproar […]
Climate Change Animation ‘Black Butterflies’ Has Conquered Spain and Latin America — Now It Hopes to Take Flight in the U.S.
It took Spanish filmmaker David Baute over 10 years to craft his latest feature, Black Butterflies (Mariposas Negras), and the reception so far has been worth every minute of hard […]
BAFTA Film Awards 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Longlists, Ahead of ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Sinners’
With awards season heating up, BAFTA has thrown in its two cents with strong showings for One Battle After Another, Hamnet, and Sinners on their 2026 Film Awards longlists. Paul […]
Zurich Festival to Honor ‘Late Shift’ Director Petra Volpe at Oscar Screening
In an unusual festival and award season collaboration, the Zurich Film Festival has unveiled that it will present its Golden Eye Award to Swiss director Petra Volpe at a FYC […]