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Several high-profile figures in the film industry are set to participate in upcoming events. Filmmakers Rodrigo Teixeira, Milagros Mumenthaler, and Rodrigo Sorogoyen will deliver masterclasses at the Madrid ECAM Forum Co-Pro Market. Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films has boarded a documentary on an Afghan astronaut. Huma Qureshi discusses her work as a producer and actress.
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Variety
Penélope Cruz disclosed at the Cannes press conference for “The Black Ball” (La Bola Negra) on Friday that she was warned of a potential brain aneurysm during the production of the film, and completed her scenes after receiving medical clearance the next day. The revelation came a day af
2026-05-22 10:03 UTC
Variety
Christina Hendricks and Naomie Harris are set to lead “Reputation,” a new celebrity-focused legal drama for BBC. The six-part series, from Banijay U.K. company The Forge, sees Harris (“Skyfall”) play Lena, a top lawyer who is hired to represent international pop star Davina Knight (“Mad Men” star He
2026-05-22 10:13 UTC
Variety
It is a warm May evening on the Croisette and Huma Qureshi is, by her own cheerful reckoning, in the middle of everything. She is at Cannes for the fourth time. She has been to Berlin twice, Toronto once, Busan. Venice and Sundance remain on the list. This year she is here for the Red […]
2026-05-22 10:16 UTC
Variety
Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien’s Sixteen Films has boarded “Forgotten Spaceman,” a documentary short written, directed and edited by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Elham Ehsas, with Jack Thomas-O’Brien serving as executive producer, ahead of the film’s festival debut la
2026-05-22 10:27 UTC
Variety
Pedigreed Argentine helmer Milagros Mumenthaler, a Golden Leopardo winner in Locarno for her debut “Back to Stay,” and Rodrigo Teixeira of RT Pictures, producer of James Gray’s “Palme d’Or entry “Paper Tigers,” will take centre stage at the third ECAM Forum co-production market, due to run June 9-11
2026-05-22 10:28 UTC