Locarno Pro, the industry platform of the Locarno Film Festival, has announced this year’s winning projects. In the work-in-progress section First Look, this year focusing on Canadian cinema, “Nina Roza” by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles has made quite an impression. Produced by Colonelle Films (Can... Read more
Variety - Aug 10
Jackie Chan told a Q&A audience in Locarno that he believes the big Hollywood studios are stifling contemporary filmmaking with what he described as their obsession with money. “I think the old movies are better than today,” Chan said. “Right now, a lot of big studios, they’re not filmmakers, the... Read more
Deadline - Aug 10
Sunrise Films has acquired North American distribution rights to “Bang Bang,” the emotionally charged boxing drama starring Tim Blake Nelson. Vincent Grashaw directed, wrote and produced the Detroit-set drama, which explores themes of family, legacy and redemption against the backdrop of the boxi... Read more
Variety - Aug 08
EXCLUSIVE: Legend Of The Happy Worker, one of David Lynch’s last feature credits, will debut this week at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The film is directed by Lynch’s long-time collaborator Duwayne Dunham, and we can share the first trailer above. Lynch is an exec producer on the fil... Read more
Deadline - Aug 06
