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The Les Arcs Film Festival has announced the 18 in development film projects selected for its 16th Les Arcs Coproduction Village, aimed at connecting the upcoming features with coproducers, sales agents, distributors and other financing partners.

The copro meeting will take place within the context of Alpine festival’s industry program running December 14 to 17.

Sixteen of the 18 projects are directed by female filmmakers, with 38% of the features submitted directed by women. Ten are first fiction feature projects, seven are second features and one is by a more established filmmaker.

They include Ukrainian director Anastasiia Solonevych’s debut feature 30 Days Of Summer, about two sisters who reconnect against the backdrop of a military training camp. Solonevych won the Cannes Palme d’Or for Best Short Film in 2023 for As It Was.

German director Sophie Linnenbaum, whose 2022 fantasy drama The Ordinaries enjoyed a buzzy awards and festival run, will participate with second fiction feature The Nose.

As far as classic trilogies go, Back to the Future has to rank at the top of the pantheon. Yet, it’s always felt as if their third film, Back to the Future: Part III, which features Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly going back in time to rescue Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) from the old west, always went a little underappreciated by fans. Why?

Truth be told, as good as the two sequels are, neither quite manages to outshine the 1985 original, which ranks as perhaps the most impeccably crafted blockbuster of all time. For his follow-ups, Robert Zemeckis was ahead of his time in that he shot both movies back to back as one giant film, allowing him to release them six months apart, at Christmas of 1989 and the Summer of 1990. In fact, Back to the Future: Part II ended with a trailer for the third film.

Yet, at...

Following the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift revealed the inspiration behind songs “Fortnight,” “Clara,” “Florida!!!,” “Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?,” and “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys.”

On Monday, Amazon Music offered a playlist experience including track-by-track commentary from Swift on her latest album. Following the release of her surprise double album, Swift called the 31-track LP “an anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time — one that was both sensational and sorrowful in equal measure.

Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, has arrived. Update: Swift has released a surprise double album version of The Tortured Poets Department, featuring 15 new songs.

First announced onstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February, The Tortured Poets Department is Swift’s 11th studio album, and the first original release to arrive since the launch of her historic “Eras Tour” last year. Spanning 16 songs, it was written by Swift along with frequent collaborators Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner, and features appearances by Post Malone and Florence + the Machine.

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Speaking about it onstage during a recent stop of the “Eras Tour,” Swift, our 2023 Artist of the Year, explained that the album reminded her “why songwriting is something that actually gets me through my life.” Emphasizing the imperative feelings of creativity she had, she said “I’ve never had an album where I needed songwriting...

"Baby Driver" actress Eiza González, poses for photographer Greg Swales as 'ambassador' for Italian luxury jeweler "Bulgari":

González, a Mexican actress and singer gained popularity for her debut role as 'Lola Valente' in the Mexican musical telenovela "Lola, érase una vez" (2007–2008)...

...and later starred as the lead 'Clara Molina' on the Nickelodeon teen drama "Sueña conmigo" .

She starred as 'Santanico Pandemonium' in "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)...

...played 'Monica Darling Castello' in the action crime feature "Baby Driver" (2017), "Nyssiana" in the cyberpunk action film "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019)...

...'Madam M' in "The Fast and the Furious" spin-off film "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)..

...'Fran' in the comedy thriller "I Care a Lot" (2020) and 'Maia Simmons' in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021).

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Jacinda Barrett wasn't the only cast wife to make a cameo on "Suits." In case you missed it, Troian Bellisario, "Pretty Little Liars" star and Patrick J. Adams's wife Irl, played a love interest of her husband's character, Mike Ross, on the series. Portraying lawyer Claire Bowden, Bellisario appeared in several episodes during seasons four and five as Mike's former flame.

We're first introduced to Claire as a legal-clinic intern in a season four flashback scene, where she's seen meeting Mike, a bike messenger. As the two become romantically involved, Mike lies about being a law student to impress Claire, which she later discovers and subsequently breaks things off between them. In the present, Claire returns as the opposing lawyer in Mike's first case as junior partner and quickly finds out he's practicing law illegally. Though Claire nearly reports Mike as a fraud, Rachel Zane (Meghan Markle) ultimately convinces her to keep his secret.

Actors and the roles they play don’t always have much in common, but one Pretty Little Liars star shares a trait with her character. Troian Bellisario, who played the academically minded Spencer Hastings in the teen drama, was a lot like her character when she was at school.

Troian Bellisario played the high-achieving Spencer Hastings in the popular teen drama ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario as Spencer Hastings in ‘Pretty Little Liars’ | Eric McCandless/Freeform via Getty Images

Pretty Little Liars follows a group of girls who, after the mysterious disappearance of their friend Alison, start receiving threatening messages from someone known as “A.” This person seemingly knows all their secrets, and the girls work to figure out A’s identity.

The show was hugely popular, with millions of viewers worldwide tuning in to see if the characters could unmask “A.” Pretty Little Liars ended in 2017, but it has spawned a few spinoffs.

Take a look at "Baby Driver" actress Eiza González, posing for "InStyle" magazine:

González, a Mexican actress and singer gained popularity for her debut role as 'Lola Valente' in the Mexican musical telenovela "Lola, érase una vez" (2007–2008)...

...and later starred as the lead 'Clara Molina' on the Nickelodeon teen drama "Sueña conmigo". She then starred as 'Santanico Pandemonium' in "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)...

...played 'Monica Darling Castello' in the action crime feature "Baby Driver" (2017), "Nyssiana" in the cyberpunk action film "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019), 'Madam M' in "The Fast and the Furious" spin-off film "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), 'Fran' in the comedy thriller "I Care a Lot" (2020) and 'Maia Simmons' in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021).

Take a look at "Baby Driver" actress Eiza González, posing for "InStyle" magazine:

González, a Mexican actress and singer gained popularity for her debut role as 'Lola Valente' in the Mexican musical telenovela "Lola, érase una vez" (2007–2008)...

...and later starred as the lead 'Clara Molina' on the Nickelodeon teen drama "Sueña conmigo". She then starred as 'Santanico Pandemonium' in "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)...

...played 'Monica Darling Castello' in the action crime feature "Baby Driver" (2017), "Nyssiana" in the cyberpunk action film "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019), 'Madam M' in "The Fast and the Furious" spin-off film "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019), 'Fran' in the comedy thriller "I Care a Lot" (2020) and 'Maia Simmons' in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021).

Frédéric Boyer on Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s Official Competition, starring Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, and Oscar Martínez: “Extraordinary! It’s like a Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn type of slapstick” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

In the second installment with Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frédéric Boyer we discuss Joachim Back’s Corner Office, John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven, David Frankel’s Jerry and Marge Go Large, Paul Dektor’s American Dreamer, Andrew Bujalski’s There, There, Annette K Olesen’s A Matter Of Trust, Kyra Sedgwick’s Space Oddity, Katie Holmes’s Alone Together, Peter Hengl’s Family Dinner, Clara Stern’s Breaking The Ice, and Gastón Duprat and Mariano Cohn’s Official Competition (Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar...

Ronnie Hawkins, the Canadian rockabilly singer known as “the Hawk,” who mentored the Band and played with rock’s greats, died Sunday morning. He was 87.

“He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” Wanda Hawkins, his wife, told the Canadian Press. A cause of death was not immediately available.

Though he was born in Arkansas, Hawkins called Canada home for most of his career. and was considered a formative influence on the evolution of the country’s rock scene thanks to his passion for Southern blues music.

In...

Following, some potential Chilean highlights at Cannes:

“Beautiful Yet Mortal” (“Bella Cosa Mortal”), Nicolás Postiglione

An Oro Films-Whisky Content co-production about star-crossed lovers in an ultra-traditional German community in Southern Chile, from the director of the acclaimed “Immersion.” To shoot in late 2022.

Breaking and Entering” (“Allanamiento”), Tomás Gonzalez Matos

From Sanfic Industry Goes to Cannes, a police procedural where the deputy commissioner of the investigative police unit asks the commissioner to enter the prosecutor’s office and dispose of recordings implicating them in drug trafficking, torture and corruption. In post.

“Conditional,” Alvaro Diaz

A youth comedy from Juntos Films following Esteban who, in order to impact the girl he fancies, runs for president of his school’s student union. To his chagrin, he’s elected.

“Land of Savages” (“Salvajes”) Fernando Guzzoni

Produced by Pablo Larrain’s Fabula, a thriller set in 1830 Chile centering on a slave owner haunted by nightmares and his dark past.

Prestige French distribution house Dulac Distribution has closed rights to France on “1976,” one of the most awaited of films to come out of Chile this year, which will world premiere next month at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

The buzzed up title represents the first feature from young Chilean actor-turned-director Manuela Martelli, star of Andrés Wood’s “Machuca” and Alicia Scherson’s “Il Futuro.”

Worldwide sales rights on “1976” are represented by Paris-based Luxbox, adding to its lengthening list of high profile pick-ups from Latin America which include Nathalie Alvarez Mesén’s “Clara Sola,” Alejandra Márquez’s “The Good Girls,” Marcelo Martinessi’s “The Heiresses” and Benjamín Naishtat’s “Rojo.”

The acquisition in a key territory for non English-language art films comes just weeks after “1976” walked off with three of the biggest awards at the Toulouse Latin American Festival’s Films in Progress, including the pix-in-post competition’s Grand Prix and Cine Plus...

"Baby Driver" actress Eiza González, poses for photographer Greg Swales as 'ambassador' for Italian luxury jeweler "Bulgari":

González, a Mexican actress and singer gained popularity for her debut role as 'Lola Valente' in the Mexican musical telenovela "Lola, érase una vez" (2007–2008)...

...and later starred as the lead 'Clara Molina' on the Nickelodeon teen drama "Sueña conmigo" .

She starred as 'Santanico Pandemonium' in "From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)...

...played 'Monica Darling Castello' in the action crime feature "Baby Driver" (2017), "Nyssiana" in the cyberpunk action film "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019)...

...'Madam M' in "The Fast and the Furious" spin-off film "Hobbs & Shaw" (2019)...

...'Fran' in the comedy thriller "I Care a Lot" (2020) and 'Maia Simmons' in "Godzilla vs. Kong" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

French prize-winner Titane misses out on international feature consideration.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled its shortlists for the international and documentary Oscars as well as eight other categories.

Widely tipped entries including Japan’s Drive My Car, Iran’s A Hero, Denmark’s Flee and Finland’s Compartment No 6 all made the international shortlist, but French Palme d’Or winner Titane is a surprise omission. Also absent from the list are Costa Rica’s Clara Sola, Chad’s Lingui, The Sacred Bonds and Russia’s Unclenching The Fists. Ten of the 15 titles on the international...

San Sebastian-based production-distribution outfit Atera Films has taken Spanish distribution rights to Inés María Barrionuevo’s “Camila Comes out Tonight” –sold by Latido Films – and Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s “Clara Sola,” whose international sales are handled by Luxbox.

With the two new titles, Atera underscores its aim of discovering and making available to Spanish audiences young Ibero-American directors including those who explore Lgtbi+ issues. The buys build on two prior key acquisitions – Jayro Bustamante’s “Tremors” and “La Llorona.” A further Atera acquisition is Andrés Wood’s “Spider.”

“These new acquisitions confirm our main editorial backbone, which is talent, especially if young and feminine, and exploring women’s issues, as is the case here,” Atera’s Miren Aperribay told Variety.

“We’re always eager to bring to Spain films with a strong auteurist voice which premiered at the world’s foremost festivals,” she added.

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title “Clara Sola...

Held online over Oct. 20-22, 2021’s Spanish Screenings-Málaga de Cine mark Spain’s biggest national cinema showcase anywhere in the world, its equivalent of UniFrance’s Paris Rendez-vous. 113 recent Spanish titles were made available to 218 carefully-targeted international buyers, distributors and fest heads with a record of screening movies from Spain. Such a spectacular smorgasbord also says much about Spanish production trends and the state of the international market at large. Six takes on this year’s screenings:

A Sign of the Times

Last year, Malaga unveiled 20 market premieres. This year, the number were way down, with screenings dominated by titles brought onto the market as finished films at Cannes, Toronto and San Sebastian. That’s a sign of the times. With a huge international distributor release bottleneck, sales agents used the Spanish Screenings to wring more sales out of the titles they did have, rather than bringing new titles onto a clogged market.

The speakers are producer María Zamora, Maialen Beloki from San Sebastián film festival and Protagonist Pictures’ Marielle Membreno.

The next episode in our ScreenDaily Talks webinar series will take place September 9 at 10:00 BST / 11:00 Cest and will discuss how the international industry can work with the dynamic Spanish film sector.

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The international demand for Spanish films and talent is making stars out of a new generation of directors and actors and ensuring Spain’s thriving indie producers are sought-after creative partners.

Last month Screen launched our inaugural Spain Stars of Tomorrow, in partnership with Filmin,...

Directors’ Fortnight premiere Clara Sola has many aspects in common with a coming-of-age sexual awakening story — and yet the heroine of Nathalie Álvarez Mesén’s drama is 40 years old. A sheltered woman living in remote Costa Rica in the shadow of her religious mother, Clara (Wendy Chinchilla) appears to have learning difficulties that are never discussed or named. Clara is just Clara — her family and small group of neighbors accept her differences. But they may be also underestimating her, as well as exploiting her otherworldly quality when she is paraded as a healer in front of visiting tourists. Does Clara have genuine gifts? First-time feature helmer Mesén leaves this and more open to debate in an atmospheric film that blends magical realism with psycho-sexual drama.

Childlike Clara begins to feel sexual stirrings when she spends time with Santiago (Daniel Castañeda Rincón), the boyfriend of her teenage niece, Maria. He is...

Paris-based sales agent Luxbox has dropped a trailer for Swedish-Costa Rican debut feature “Clara Sola” from Nathalie Álvarez Mesén, screening at this year’s Directors’ Fortnight.

Set in a remote Costa Rican village, the magical realist story turns on middle-aged Clara, played by debut actor and award-winning dancer Wendy Chinchilla. In the community, Clara is well-respected as a spiritual healer who brings hope to the rural population. Having been dominated for most of her life by an overbearing mother, she experiences a delayed sexual awakening after meeting her niece’s new boyfriend.

With this new dimension of her personality exposed, Clara explores uncharted territories and crosses physical and mystical boundaries once seemingly unpassable. Through her journey of empowerment and self-discovery, she is able to break the co-dependent bond between herself and the community and start to heal.

In the trailer we are given a brief look at the ceremonies and...

No pretty little lies about it: Troian Bellisario is sporting a new 'do. The 35-year-old actresses said goodbye to her long locks and hello to a fresh bob. And she can thank hairstylist David Stanwell—who has also worked with Octavia Spencer, Lili Reinhart and Rachel Brosnahan—for the shorter style. "Thank god for @davestanwell," Bellisario wrote in a June 28 Instagram post while debuting her tresses. "I was so so tired of having garbage hair and now I can feel the breeze!" The Clara star also switched up her hair hue. "This beauty @sleepinthegardn and I decided it was time for the chop," Stanwell added. "You are the best and always live...

Paris-based Luxbox has scored the worldwide sales rights to Swedish-Costa Rican debut feature “Clara Sola” by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén.

The magical realist tale set in a remote Costa Rican village follows a woman, known for her healing powers, who seeks to break away from the stifling social and religious conventions of her community.

“Clara Sola” has nearly completed its post and will be primed for key festivals. The titular role of Clara is played by award-winning Costa Rican dancer Wendy Chinchilla who makes her film debut.

“Álvarez Mesén’s debut offers an ambitious role to an exceptional actress. Despite her differences, Clara imposes the will of a strong character, in opposition with the conventions and the expectations of her family. These chopped gestures and her impulse turn into a ballet, celebrating a true driving force of life,” said Luxbox co-CEOs Fiorella Moretti and Hédi Zardi.

“It is a privilege to...

Record numbers of industry attendees from 46 countries virtually attended Nordic Film Market at TV Drama Vision.

Goteborg’s industry activities attracted a record 734 delegates for the Nordic Film Market and 566 for TV Drama Vision, from across 46 countries. Like the festival, the industry programme was held online for the first time this year due to the pandemic.

One hot film project being pitched at script stage was Stranger, which unites Danish production company Motor with Poland’s Opus Film (Ida). Mads Hedegaard will make his fictional feature directorial debut with the film, which he co-writes with Jesper Fink (Margrete-Queen Of The...

Les Arcs Works in Progress and Co-production Village events took place online from January 20 to 22,

French director Damien Manivel’s upcoming feature Magdala, inspired by the final days of Mary Magdalene, has scooped the €50,000 Eurimages Lab Project Award at the Work in Progress event of Les Arcs Film Festival.

The post-production showcase is a key prong of Les Arcs’ professional Industry Village and usually takes place within the framework of the festival’s physical event in the French Alps in December.

It moved online this year due to the pandemic, presenting 17 upcoming films in post-production to some 550 registered film professionals,...

Les Arcs Film Festival’s Industry Village, one of the many events that switched to virtual due to the pandemic, has unveiled its award-winning projects, which include Delphine Girard’s “Most Alive,” Damien Manivel’s “Magdala” and Sabine Ehrl’s “Paradise Bleeding.”

The event has a stellar track record when it comes to unveiling projects that go on to premiere at prestigious festivals and win awards. Recent alumni include Alex Camilleri’s Malta-set movie “Luzzu,” which will compete at this year’s Sundance, as well as Charlene Favier’s “Slalom,” which was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection, and just won the Lumieres Award in France for best female newcomer award (for Noée Abita).

“Paradise Bleeding” was one of the eight projects pitched as part of the Talent Village, a development workshop and platform for emerging talent launched by Les Arcs in 2018. The project won the T Port-Award from a jury comprising producer Florence Gastaud,...

A Pretty Little Liar is set to cause a stir on ABC's Stumptown.

TV Line is reporting that Troian Bellisario will appear on the February 12 installment of the P.I. drama.

This will be her first TV role since Pretty Little Liars concluded after seven seasons of head-spinning twists back in 2017.

Here is the official logline for Stumptown Season 1 Episode 14, titled “Til Dex Do Us Part.”

Dex is hired to investigate a bride’s fiancé after suspicions arise regarding the motives behind the hurried nuptials.

Dex asks Hoffman for help with the case and discovers there’s more to this couple than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Hoffman goes head-to-head with his father when he learns that he will be representing a suspect in Hoffman’s case.

Back at The Bad Alibi, Tookie and Ansel propose a new business idea to a reluctant Grey on “Stumptown,” Wednesday, Feb. 12 (10:00-11:00 p.

Actress Skyler Day played Nurse Clara Rasmussen on last night’s episode of The Resident, Season 3, Episode 12, titled Best Laid Plans. This latest episode was not the first time that Skyler Day appeared on The Resident as Nurse Clara. She first appeared as the new nurse on The Resident Season 3, Episode 7, titled Woman Down, which aired on November 19. Clara, Mina (Shaunette Renée Wilson), and Nic (Emily VanCamp) attend to a long line of patients at the Free Rural Medical Clinic, Calhoun County, Ga. She did not recognize a ventricular assist device when a patient came to the clinic with one strapped […]...

"I've always had the feeling that the universe can still surprise us." Screen Media has debuted an official trailer for the indie drama Clara, which premiered at the Toronto and Sitges Film Festivals last year. This indie relationship drama is about a hard-headed astronomy named Dr. Isaac Bruno, played by Patrick J. Adams, who is searching for life out in the universe. One day he meets an impressive artist named Clara, and their connection changes him forever, leading them both on a profound discovery within the cosmos. Troian Bellisario co-stars as Clara, along with Will Bowes, Jennifer Dale, Ennis Esmer, Gabrielle Graham, and Kristen Hager. This film reminds me quite a bit of I Origins, but with an eye on the cosmos above all else. It's a smart, lovely, fascinating film that I would describe as an indie gem worth discovering. Here's the first official Us trailer (+ poster) for Akash Sherman's Clara,...

“It’s very stark,” Scott Walker says of his music in a 2006 interview for the documentary 30 Century Man. “As I go on, things get starker.”

Did they ever. It’s hard to think of a popular, or once-popular, musician whose work transformed more completely, or fascinatingly, than Scott Walker’s did during the course of his career. Starting out crooning big, dramatic pop ballads with the Walker Brothers — “Walker” was none of the three members’ actual last name; Scott was born Noel Scott Engel — he gradually moved toward a kind...

A new, longer, trailer for the latest movie by Italian moviemaker Francesco Longo, is out for his movie "Clara" The international cast of actors includes: Veronica Urban, Roberto Ramon, David White, Michael Segal, Charles Goodger, Giada Cameriere, Orfeo Orlando, Laura Spimpolo, Caterina Cioli, Aurora Elli, Elisa Russo, Tommaso Preda and Andrea Monari, Natasha Gosgnach, Alessandro Guarini, Sofia Bertocchi, Alice Ronsisvalle Helen Ludovisi is a young British woman who inherits an old, abandoned villa called Palazzo Malvasia. It rises up in the countryside, not far from the city of Bologna in Italy. Local people commonly refer to the mansion as Villa Clara. So Helen decides to visit Italy with her boyfriend Jacob and three experts from the UK Ministry of Culture and Arts. They have arranged...

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In today’s film news roundup, Miramax has set up the comedy “Silent Retreat,” sci-fi romance “Clara” and “Cold Case Hammarskjold” get distribution and Olivia Wilde is honored for directing “Booksmart.”

Project Unveiled

Miramax has set up the comedy “Silent Retreat” with “Isn’t It Romantic” director Todd Strauss-Schulson attached to helm from a script he co-wrote with Matt Fogel (“The Lego Movie 2”).

Pre-production has started on “Silent Retreat” with plans to shoot in late spring and the early summer supervised by Matthew Anderson at Miramax.

The project centers on a man and woman with relationship issues who decide to go on a meditation retreat that requires absolute silence for three days along with the man’s best friend and recently widowed mother. Disaster ensues in what the filmmakers describe as, “If Gus Van Sant and Buster Keaton made a silent comedy about wisdom, compassion, and the difficulties of digesting a tempeh-based diet.

Trailer is out now for Italian horror movie "Clara", directed and written by Francesco Longo, featuring an international cast of actors that includes: Veronica Urban, Roberto Ramon, David White, Michael Segal, Charles Goodger, Giada Camariere, Orfeo Orlando, Laura Spimpolo, Caterina Cioli, Aurora Elli, Elisa Russo, Tommaso Preda and Andrea Monari   Helen Ludovisi is a young British woman who inherits an old, abandoned villa called Palazzo Malvasia. It rises up in the countryside, not far from the city of Bologna in Italy. Local people commonly refer to the mansion as Villa Clara. So Helen decides to visit Italy with her boyfriend Jacob and three experts from the UK Ministry of Culture and Arts. They have arranged to meet a delegation from the Bologna cultural assets...

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Francesca Hayward, the Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, has boarded Universal Pictures/Working Title’s Cats based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit musical.

We hear she will play a new pivotal role in the feature film version of the musical, a white kitten named Victoria, which was not in the original production. Word is also that Lloyd Webber has written a new song for Victoria.

Hayward attended The Royal Ballet School and joined The Royal Ballet in 2010 and was promoted to Principal in 2016. Some of her most prominent roles include Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Alice (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Manon, Lise (La Fille mal gardée), the female Principal role in Rhapsody, Titania (The Dream), Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara (The Nutcracker) and Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty). Francesca represented The Royal Ballet at the 2012 International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize and won Best Emerging Artist (2014) and...

D Films Canadian distributor on Tiff selections from Serendipity Point Films and Distant Horizon

Santa Monica-base Myriad Pictures heads to Afm with slate additions Through Black Spruce and Clara, both of which premiered in Toronto last month.

Kirk D’Amico and his team will launch international sales on Don McKellar’s Through Black Spruce (main picture), which tells of a young First Nations woman whose twin sister sets out to find her after she disappears, forcing a clash between the Northern Ontario community she fled years ago, and Toronto, where she modelled before vanishing.

The drama stars Tanaya Beatty, Brandon Oakes,...

Writer-director Bridley Elliott’s Clara’s Ghost is all set to hit theaters and VOD later this year. And today we have the film’s poster and trailer for you to check out. You can give the poster a look-see to the right and the trailer below and then let us know what you think in the comments […]

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This year’s Canadian feature slate — 25 in all — can be seen in six Tiff sections including Discovery, Tiff Docs and Wavelengths.

Among the selected features are highly anticipated films from fest alumni including Denys Arcand, Barry Avrich and the late Rob Stewart.

Arcand’s “The Fall of the American Empire” stars Alexandre Landry as Pierre-Paul Daoust, who faces a moral dilemma after discovering two bags of money. Sony Classics bought the North American rights to the film during the Cannes Film Festival in May. The film, which will play in Tiff’s special presentations section, is a thematic cousin to Arcand’s Oscar-nominated “The Decline of the American Empire” and the Oscar-winning “The Barbarian Invasions” (2003).

Avrich returns to Tiff’s docu section with “Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz,” a portrait of the United States’ chief prosecutor during the Nuremberg trial. Stewart’s final film, “Sharkwater Extinction” will...

Oscar Best Picture winner The Shape of Water from Fox Searchlight and Lionsgate’s Hitman’s Bodyguard scored the most individual nominations at the 19th annual Golden Trailer Awards that were unveiled today. Each had eight nominations (including two from Bodyguard in the Trashiest Trailer category), with Disney’s Black Panther, Focus Features’ Thoroughbreds and HBO’s Westworld Season 2 landing seven nominations apiece.

Warner Bros and streaming giant Netflix tied for the most studio noms with 61 apiece for the awards, which recognize film marketers and companies that create trailers, commercials and posters worldwide. Fox was third overall with 53.

Among trailer houses, Buddha Jones topped the noms list with 30, followed by Trailer Park with 29 and Mark Woollen & Associates with 23.

Winners in 17 of the 108 (!) total categories will be announced May 31 at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Those categories include Best of...

Troian Bellisario is ready to debut her new film, Feed.

The intense drama, which is now available on VOD & digital platforms, explores themes of anorexia, depression and isolation. Bellisario wrote the screenplay, and stars opposite James Remar and Harry Potter's Tom Felton.

Et caught up with the 31-year-old actress at the Feed press day in Los Angeles on Monday, where she revealed how the film helped her analyze her own eating disorder and how her mother and Pretty Little Liars co-stars reacted to the project.

"I got to examine the illness from a greater perspective," she said. "Now, jumping into the role and in acting it, I think I had a lot of naivete just being like, ‘Yeah! I got this! You know? That was like, years ago!’ and then all of a sudden I was like, 'Oh, wow, this has just been living under the surface.'"

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