Eurovision Organizers “Understand Concerns” But “Still Gathering Views” After Countries Threaten to Withdraw if Israel Participates

Eurovision Organizers “Understand Concerns” But “Still Gathering Views” After Countries Threaten to Withdraw if Israel Participates

Eurovision 2026 is set to be another contentious one, despite the European Broadcasting Union’s attempts to calm the chaos. Last week, news broke that Ireland and the Netherlands were threatening to withdraw from next year’s song contest, held in Vienna, Austria in May, if Israel is permitted to take part. A statement from Irish broadcaster RTÉ said…

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‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Elected President of Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

‘Adolescence’ Co-Creator Jack Thorne Elected President of Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

British screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne, best known for Adolescence and His Dark Materials, has been elected president of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (WGGB). Thorne, who also wrote Help, This Is England ’90 and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, steps into the role vacated by Sandi Toksvig at the union, which represents professional writers…

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Ready for Mischief? Maria Ishak Launches Studio With Eye on Cultural Relevance, Commercial Potential

Ready for Mischief? Maria Ishak Launches Studio With Eye on Cultural Relevance, Commercial Potential

Veteran international TV executive Maria Ishak has launched Mischief International, a Paris- and London-based creative studio specializing in IP development, talent curation, financing, and franchise building. “Mischief International operates as a creative and production partner, focusing on content that blends cultural relevance with strong commercial potential,” it said on Thursday. “The company works closely with…

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Oldenburg Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Movies

Oldenburg Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Movies

The Oldenburg Film Festival has long been the place to find the strange, the overlooked and the unapologetically unconventional in indie cinema. The Hollywood Reporter has picked five unmissable features from this year’s typically eclectic lineup, ranging from a Belgian punk-music satire to a Mexican cartel thriller to a horror movie told entirely from the…

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Oldenburg Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Movies

Oldenburg Film Festival: Five Can’t-Miss Movies

The Oldenburg Film Festival has long been the place to find the strange, the overlooked and the unapologetically unconventional in indie cinema. The Hollywood Reporter has picked five unmissable features from this year’s typically eclectic lineup, ranging from a Belgian punk-music satire to a Mexican cartel thriller to a horror movie told entirely from the…

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Director Joachim Trier Interview on ‘Sentimental Value’

Director Joachim Trier Interview on ‘Sentimental Value’

For his latest film, Joachim Trier is playing it straight. In his career to date, the Danish-Norwegian director has often pivoted between realism and moments where irony and the surreal puncture the everyday. Think of the dream-like narrative in his debut Reprise (2006) where the lives of two aspiring Oslo writers are told via jump-cut flash-forwards and imagined futures…

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‘Memory of Princess Mumbi’ Director on AI and Writing His African Sci-Fi Romance in Editing Stage

‘Memory of Princess Mumbi’ Director on AI and Writing His African Sci-Fi Romance in Editing Stage

Swiss-Kenyan filmmaker Damien Hauser‘s (After the Long Rains, Blind Love) new feature, Memory of Princess Mumbi, world premiered in the Giornate Degli Autori, or Venice Days, program, the independent parallel section of the Venice Film Festival. The sci-fi romance mockumentary, which is set in a futuristic Africa and explores such themes as memory, finding happiness in a tragic world and…

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