#Spotify, Warner Music Strike New Multiyear Deal

#Spotify, Warner Music Strike New Multiyear Deal

Music streamer Spotify and Warner Music Group (WMG) unveiled a new, multi-year agreement on Thursday that covers both recorded music and music publishing. Through the deal, which follows a similar agreement between Spotify and Universal Music Group, the companies said they would “strengthen their joint commitment to artists, songwriters, and fans, as well as the growth of…

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#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

#‘Where the Night Stands Still’ Explores Colonialism and the Filipino Psyche (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Where the Night Stands Still, the debut feature film of Liryc Dela Cruz, is set to world premiere in the Berlin Film Festival’s new Perspectives section, a competition program for first fiction features. THR can now exclusively reveal its first trailer ahead of the 75th edition of the Berlinale. “After years of separation, three Filipino…

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#Yeti, Inuit, and Blanche Gardin: Watch Clips for Berlin Fest Film ‘The Incredible Snow Woman’

#Yeti, Inuit, and Blanche Gardin: Watch Clips for Berlin Fest Film ‘The Incredible Snow Woman’

“Traveling solo across Greenland, camping on an ice floe, single-handedly wrestling a bear. Not much daunts Coline Morel – except, perhaps, confronting her own existence when it starts to spiral out of control.” Thus reads a synopsis of French writer-director Sébastien Betbeder’s film The Incredible Snow Woman (L’ Incroyable femme des neiges) with French comedian…

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#China Box Office Roars Back to Life as ‘Nezha 2’ Earns 4M Over First 5 Days of Lunar New Year Holiday

#China Box Office Roars Back to Life as ‘Nezha 2’ Earns $434M Over First 5 Days of Lunar New Year Holiday

Bouncing back from a major slowdown in 2024, China‘s theatrical box office is generating boffo business again. Ticket sales revenue in the country has totaled $978 million since the Chinese New Year holiday kicked off on Jan. 29, a 27.3 percent compared to the first five days of last year’s holiday.  Enlight Pictures’ animated sequel…

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#“We’re the OG of Co-Production Markets”: Rotterdam Industry Head Marten Rabarts on IFFR Pro 2025

#“We’re the OG of Co-Production Markets”: Rotterdam Industry Head Marten Rabarts on IFFR Pro 2025

IFFR Pro, the Rotterdam Film Festival‘s industry section, and the year’s first major film market, is in full swing. While other markets focus on major commercial titles with A-list stars, IFFR, true to its roots in the 42-year-old CineMart — the “OG of co-production markets” as new IFFR Pro director Marten Rabarts puts it — Rotterdam…

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