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Netflix Brazil Unveils a ‘Sintonia’ Spin-Off, Soccer Shows on Brazil 1970, Ronaldinho and Neymar and a Scripted Series on Brazil’s Biggest Ever Radioactive Disaster  

Directors Fernando Coimbra (“A Wolf at the Door”) and top production houses Gullane (“Senna”), O2 Filmes (“City of God”) and Boutique Filmes (“3%”) feature among 10 new productions announced Monday by...

Netflix Reteams with ‘Eternaut’ Star Ricardo Darín on New Movie as Streamer ‘Doubles Down’ on Argentina 

Netflix has unveiled a new film with “The Eternaut” lead Ricardo Darín, Argentina’s biggest star, and another by popular director Marcos Carnevale (“Elsa and Fred”), starring Oscar Martínez (“Official Competition”). “Lo...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: ’The President’s Cake,’ Iraq’s First Film at the Festival, Wins People’s Choice Audience Award

Hailed by Variety as a “warm and heart-tugging tale,” Hasan Hadi’s “The President’s Cake,” Iraq’s first film selected for Cannes, has won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice prize, the first audience award at...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight: Valéry Carnoy’s ‘Wild Foxes’ Wins Best European Film Prize

Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas,...

Visceral Chilean Docs Head to Cannes for Fifth Annual Showcase, Featuring Chile and Cuba’s Parallel Battles, a Chilean Cowboy, an Argentine Sex Worker

With lauded Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi recently parlaying her Oscar nominated doc “The Mole Agent,” into the successful Netflix comedy series “A Man on the Inside,” created by Michael Schur and...

Baltic Doc Producers Trio to Track

Celebrated for its documentary filmmaking, especially for the “Poetic New Wave” of the 1960s, the Baltics are pushing for larger visibility for today’s talented directors and producers from Estonia, Latvia and...

New Film Studios in Estonia Set to Boost Filming in the Baltics

Ever since the northeastern European nations Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania introduced their filming incentives about a decade ago, the region has been growing as a go-to destination for foreign shoots. No...

Brazil Brings Tropical Flair, a Sense of Resurgence to Marché du Film Opening Party

Brazil brought its tropical flair to the Croisette for the opening party of this year’s Marché du Film, held at Plage des Palmes and co-hosted by the market’s Executive Director, Guillaume...

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