Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has said he will pull state funding for the country’s national film honors, the Ophir Awards, after the Palestinian anti-war drama The Sea took top prize […]
HBO Max to Launch in Eight Asia Pacific Markets in October
Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing HBO Max to fresh corners of Asia. The company said Tuesday that its flagship streaming platform will launch direct-to-consumer on Oct. 15 in Bangladesh, Brunei, […]
Channel 4 to Mark Trump’s U.K. Visit With “Longest Uninterrupted Reel of Untruths Ever Broadcast on Television”
Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the U.K. with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies he’s come up with since taking office […]
Eurovision Organizers “Understand Concerns” But “Still Gathering Views” After Countries Threaten to Withdraw if Israel Participates
Eurovision 2026 is set to be another contentious one, despite the European Broadcasting Union’s attempts to calm the chaos. Last week, news broke that Ireland and the Netherlands were threatening […]
Oldenburg: Czech Drama ‘Broken Voices’ Wins Best Film at German Indie Fest
Ondřej Provazník’s Broken Voices has won the German Independence Award for best film at this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival. The Czech drama, inspired by real events, follows a renowned […]
‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Elected President of Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). Thorne, who also wrote […]
‘Bridget Jones’ Star Sally Phillips to Lead BBC Crime Drama ‘The Hairdresser Mysteries’
Bridget Jones’s Diary star Sally Phillips is set to lead a new BBC crime drama, The Hairdresser Mysteries. Created and written by Jim Cartwright (The Rise & Fall of Little […]
Ready for Mischief? Maria Ishak Launches Studio With Eye on Cultural Relevance, Commercial Potential
Veteran international TV executive Maria Ishak has launched Mischief International, a Paris- and London-based creative studio specializing in IP development, talent curation, financing, and franchise building. “Mischief International operates as […]
Geoff Cooper Named Channel 4 Chair
Geoff Cooper is the new chair of Channel 4, the U.K. network said on Wednesday. After months of speculation, Channel 4’s interim CEO Jonathan Allan released a statement lauding Cooper’s […]
Oldenburg Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Movies
The Oldenburg Film Festival has long been the place to find the strange, the overlooked and the unapologetically unconventional in indie cinema. The Hollywood Reporter has picked five unmissable features […]