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Radu Jude Returns to Wry Social Commentary, Absurd ‘Human Comedy’ in Berlin Golden Bear Contender ‘Kontinental ‘25’

Four years after winning the Golden Bear for his irreverent satire “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn,” Romanian auteur Radu Jude returns to the Berlinale with his latest feature, “Kontinental ’25,”...

Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s ‘Ballad of Suzanne Césaire’ Follow-Up Joins Inaugural Slate From ‘Pan-African Film Studio’ Yetu (Un)Limited (EXCLUSIVE)

The sophomore film from “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire” director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and the feature debut of rising Senegalese filmmaker Awa Moctar Gueye are among the projects that pan-African production outfit...

Hungary’s Historic NFI Studios Get a Dramatic Makeover in Booming Budapest

On a recent winter morning in Fót, on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán presided over a parade of officials and film industry luminaries at the ribbon-cutting of the new-look NFI Studios,...

Hungary’s Filmmakers See Local Box Office Success With Genre Pics and Romantic Comedies

It was welcome — perhaps even surprising — news for Hungarian moviegoers to discover that two home-grown productions were sitting at the top of the box office at the start of...

Sundance Prizewinner Lemohang Mosese Muses on Exile and Belonging in Berlinale Premiere ‘Ancestral Visions of the Future’

Sundance prizewinner Lemohang Mosese returns to the Berlin Film Festival with his third feature, “Ancestral Visions of the Future,” which premieres Feb. 20 in the Berlinale Special strand. A deeply autobiographical...

‘The Light’ Producers Gold Rush Pictures Ink Slate Deal With Hype Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

Independent international production company and financier Gold Rush Pictures has signed a deal with Ilya Stewart’s Hype Studios to participate in financing and co-producing a slate of at least five feature films, Variety can exclusively...

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