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		<title>‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Steven Knight Says He Couldn’t Have Made Show Without the BBC but ‘It’s Not the Place You Go to for the Big Bucks’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight says the show would never have been made without the BBC – but admits the broadcaster is known for its lean budgets. “I don&#8217;t think I could have made ‘Peaky Blinders’ at all outside of the BBC,” Knight said during a House of Commons inquiry into the BBC’s future. “[‘Peaky [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>RioFilme Has Boosted Shanghai Presence, as Filmmakers Praise ‘Continuous Support’ and ‘Increased Investment’ in Local Films</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rafa Sales Ross]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been two years since Walter Salles’s Oscar-winning “I’m Still Here” catapulted Rio de Janeiro to screens all over the world, and momentum has continued to build thanks to coordinated efforts by RioFilme. The municipal film and audiovisual agency of Rio de Janeiro has ramped up investment in the city’s audiovisual industry, supporting projects that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Asia Argento to Be Honored at Locarno Film Festival</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/asia-argento-honored-locarno-film-festival-1236782293/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nvivarelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Italian actress and director Asia Argento with its lifetime achievement award dedicated to creative pioneers. She will receive the award on Aug. 13 in the Swiss lakeside town&#8217;s 8,000 seat outdoor Piazza Grande venue, where she will also present her most recent film, Jorge Thielen Armand&#8217;s &#8220;Death Has No [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Karlovy Vary Unveils Central European Projects for Central Stage Showcase, Launches Book-to-Screen Spotlight</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/global/karlovy-vary-central-stage-book-to-screen-1236782301/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Barraclough]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[KVIFF Promises, part of the industry program of Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, has unveiled the works-in-progress projects from Central Europe selected for the KVIFF Central Stage showcase, as well as the books selected for the first edition of Book-to-Screen at KVIFF, a showcase for books seeking film adaptation deals. The 11 upcoming films selected [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘The Wombles’ Franchise Set for Revival as the Blair Partnership Boards to Develop New Movies, TV Series and More (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K.J. Yossman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Beloved British animated characters The Wombles are set to enchant a new generation following a consolidation of the brand&#8217;s intellectual property rights and the appointment of The Blair Partnership as its exclusive global representative. Created by Elizabeth Beresford in the 1960s, The Wombles are fictional furry critters with an eco-driven mission who live in burrows [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Aardman Director Will Becher Eyes China Release for New &#8216;Shaun the Sheep&#8217; Film, Developing New Feature</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/shaun-sheep-beast-mossy-bottom-china-release-shanghai-festival-1236782341/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aardman director Will Becher said &#8220;Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom&#8221; could reach Chinese cinemas in October, speaking at a panel discussion at the Shanghai International Film Festival, where he is serving as chair of the animation jury alongside Indian filmmaker Gitanjali Rao and Chinese animator Yu Shui. Becher, who co-directed &#8220;A Shaun [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Vikram Betal&#8217; AI-Enabled Show Set at India&#8217;s Collective Studios Historyverse (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/vikram-betal-ai-enabled-film-india-collective-studios-historyverse-1236782299/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Historyverse, the culturally focused content label within India&#8217;s Collective Studios, has announced &#8220;Vikram Betal,&#8221; an AI-enabled adaptation drawing on the ancient Indian folk tradition of King Vikramaditya and the spirit Betal. Birla Open Minds will serve as knowledge partner on the project. The source material – rooted in the &#8220;Baital Pachisi,&#8221; a collection of tales [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service&#8217; Live-Action Series Set at BBC Studios, Kadokawa and Wheel in Motion</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/kikis-delivery-service-live-action-series-bbc-studios-kadokawa-1236782285/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BBC Studios Kids &#38; Family has unveiled a three-way partnership with U.K. production company Wheel in Motion and Japan&#8217;s Kadokawa Corporation to develop a live-action television series based on Eiko Kadono&#8217;s novel &#8220;Kiki&#8217;s Delivery Service,&#8221; marking the property&#8217;s first live-action television treatment. Currently in development, the project is planned as 10 half-hour episodes drawn primarily [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Sicko’ Director on Why Gory Kazakh ‘Parasite’ ‘Not as Violent as Life Itself’: ‘Life Has Much More to Be Afraid Of’</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/global/sicko-kazakh-parasite-1236781673/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Postcardjunky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There will be blood — and lots of it — in Kazakh director Aitore Zholdaskali’s solo debut, “Sicko,” a hard-boiled crime thriller about an internet scam gone wrong that plays this week at the Transilvania Intl. Film Festival.&#160; Written by Zholdaskali, Kazybek Orazbek and Aldiyar Zhaparkhanov,&#160;“Sicko” follows a cash-strapped couple who hatch a get-rich-quick scheme [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>France TV Distribution Lands &#8216;Building Paris,’ a Documentary Offering an Immersive View of the City of Light&#8217;s Iconic Monuments (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/doc-series-building-paris-launches-at-sunny-side-of-the-doc-1236781038/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roberto Prieto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[France TV Distribution has added the documentary “Building Paris” (“Construire Paris”) to its lineup and will premiere it at Sunny Side of the Doc, running June 22-24 and designed to bring the international documentary community together in France. The doc focuses on 19th century Paris and the radical changes it went through after Emperor Napoleon [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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