#Imax Partners With Chinese Studio on Nature Doc ‘The Elephant Odyssey’

#Imax Partners With Chinese Studio on Nature Doc ‘The Elephant Odyssey’

Imax has boarded production on a new nature documentary, The Elephant Odyssey, chronicling 16 wild Asian elephants’ improbable journey across China’s Yunnan province. Filmed with Imax cameras and slated for release across the Imax theater network in 2024, the 90-minute documentary is currently in production in China. Co-producers with Imax are Singapore’s Beach House Pictures…

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#Ewan McGregor Feted at Karlovy Vary (Love)Fest: “I’m So Fortunate to Do What I Love and Love What I Do”

#Ewan McGregor Feted at Karlovy Vary (Love)Fest: “I’m So Fortunate to Do What I Love and Love What I Do”

Ewan McGregor not only received a lifetime achievement award, but also much love and adoration during a brief, but emotional ceremony at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night. During the event at the big cinema celebration in the Czech spa town, organizers and fans feted the Scottish actor, director and producer as…

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#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

The Supreme Court in an expected move on Friday ruled that Lorie Smith, a Colorado-based Christian web designer, is not beholden to a state law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations and may legally refuse services to LGBTQ people. The ruling, which states that Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violates Smith’s First Amendment rights by requiring her to create…

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#‘Dark’ Star Oliver Masucci on Blowing Up German Cold War History with ‘Herrhausen – The Banker and The Bomb’

#‘Dark’ Star Oliver Masucci on Blowing Up German Cold War History with ‘Herrhausen – The Banker and The Bomb’

“The day after Alfred Herrhausen’s murder, I wanted to make a film about it,” says German producer Gabriela Sperl. “Because I knew the official story we were being told just wasn’t the truth.” This was back in 1986 and Herrhausen, the charismatic chairman of the board of German financial giant Deutsche Bank, had just been…

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#Christine Vachon on the State of Indie Filmmaking, Getting Picketed in the ’90s and Her Concern for Young Writers During the WGA Strike

#Christine Vachon on the State of Indie Filmmaking, Getting Picketed in the ’90s and Her Concern for Young Writers During the WGA Strike

Christine Vachon and her Killer Films productions are regulars on the festival circuit, with 2023 being no different. Vachon started the year at Sundance, with festival break-out Celine Song’s Past Lives, and then headed to Cannes with her latest collaboration with director Todd Haynes, May December, which screened in competition at the Palais. At 57th…

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