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Cohen Media Group and Curzon have jointly taken all US, UK and Eire distribution rights to Uberto Pasolini's drama Nowhere Special. A theatrical release next year is being eyed. James Norton (Little Women and Grantchester) plays John, a 35-year-old window cleaner, who has dedicated his life to bringing up his…

NEON has taken U.S. rights to Andrei Konchalovsky's Dear Comrades!, which made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. As announced this morning, film is Russia’s official submission for the 2020-2021 Oscars. Dear Comrades! follows the rebellious workers from the small…

The Personal History Of David Copperfield filmmaker Armando Iannucci and Escape From Pretoria director Francis Annan will be the recipients of the inaugural DDA Spotlight Award at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. The honorary prize was set up to time with the 50th anniversary of comms company DDA and will…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cera (Arrested Development), Maya Erskine (PEN 15) and Michael Angarano (This Is Us) are set to star in road trip movie Sacramento, which Angarano will also direct. Due to shoot early next year, the film will follow Rickey, an energetic and free-spirited young man who convinces Glenn, his long-time…

The Ophir Awards, Israel's top film awards, have crowned Ruthy Pribar's Asia as Best Picture, per The Jerusalem Post. The film now automatically becomes the country's entry for the 2021 International Oscar race. The year's ceremony was held via a special broadcaster of the show Culture Agent, hosted by Kobi Meidan…

EXCLUSIVE: Rhys Wakefield (The Purge) has been set to star in Australian sci-fi horror Alternate, which is due to get underway in Adelaide, Australia, in early 2021. Writer-director Anthony Garland’s feature debut will be produced by Lady A Pictures' Ali Mueller (Challenger) and SLA Films' Anna Vincent (I Am Mother)…

Brit actor Laurence Fox has been dropped by his reps Artists Rights Group, Deadline can confirm. The agency's decision comes after the White Lines actor was involved in a string of controversies related to his political views. Notably, an appearance on flagship BBC show Question Time left Fox in hot water after he…

Happy Friday readers and welcome to the latest edition of International Insider. Tom Grater here with a rundown of this week’s top international news. That’s A Wrap Unprecedented shoot: Universal and co wrapped their $165M blockbuster Jurassic World: Dominion this week; back in July the film became the first major…

EXCLUSIVE: German producer Augenschein, whose Joseph Gordon-Levitt thriller 7500 sold last year to Amazon, is lining up English-language survival movie The Dive. The thriller is being pitched in the vein of 127 Hours, and charts the story of two sisters with a close but complex bond who go diving at a beautiful…

EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, BBC Panorama and Frontline (PBS) are collaborating to co-produce a new investigative podcast for BBC Sounds. I'm Not A Monster will chart the story of Sam Sally, the American mom who left behind a comfortable life and travelled to the heart of the Islamic State group caliphate with her…

Bollywood actor Asif Basra, best known for his role in the 2006 comedy feature Outsourced, was found dead Thursday at a private guest house in Dharamsala, northern India. His death is being investigated as an apparent suicide, according to Indian news outlets. He was 53. Born in Amravati, western India, Basra has…

Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art Thursday announced a virtual return of the 49th annual New Directors/New Films festival rescheduled from last March to December 9-20. The 50-year old fest's 2020 lineup of 24 features and 10 shorts will be available to audiences nationwide for the first time…