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Film Industry Insights and Updates
Producers discussed recent film industry developments. Christine Vachon provided insights on the casting of Pedro Pascal in a new project, while Mubi secured rights to stream Manuela Martelli's latest drama 'The Meltdown.' Iranian director Asghar Farhadi criticized political focus on differences.
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Variety
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is a man of many accolades, including two Oscars and a Golden Bear, but the filmmaker has also managed one thing very few others have: achieving great box-office success both domestically and internationally. “A Separation,” Iran’s first-ever Oscar-winning film, earne
2026-08-20 11:55 UTC
Variety
Global film distributor and production company Mubi has picked up “The Meltdown” (“El Deshielo”) by Chile’s Manuela Martelli (“Chile’76”), which world premiered at the Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes last May. Mubi plans to stream Martelli’s latest drama later this year after it screens at the S
2026-08-20 11:56 UTC
Variety
“Being a film producer is like childbirth. You really have to forget the pain or else you wouldn’t keep doing it.” So claimed Christine Vachon, speaking at the Variety Lounge at Edinburgh International Film Festival, where the prolific indie film icon gave a brief insight into the
2026-08-20 12:02 UTC