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		<title>Javier Bardem Says Tide Is Turning on Hollywood Speaking Up for Palestine: Those Making Blacklists &#8216;Will Be the Ones Suffering the Consequences&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 10:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Javier Bardem thinks the tide is turning in terms of speaking up for Palestine in Hollywood, telling a Cannes Film Festival press conference on Sunday that &#8220;everyone is beginning to realize &#8230; this is unacceptable.&#8221; The Oscar-winning Spanish actor, who is at Cannes with his latest film &#8220;The Beloved,&#8221; was asked immediately if he has [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>After ‘Son of Saul,’ László Nemes Returns to WWII With ‘Moulin’ and a Warning About Tyranny: ‘You Have to Choose Your Side’</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elskes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eleven years after stunning Cannes with the searing Holocaust drama “Son of Saul,” which won the Grand Prix and went on to earn the Oscar for best international feature, Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes returns to the Croisette with another harrowing journey into WWII in Europe. But while “Son of Saul” immersed audiences in the machinery [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Keanu Reeves to Voice Lead in Stop-Motion Samurai Movie &#8216;Hidari&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Ritman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Keanu Reeves is getting into samurai mode. The actor is set to voice the lead in &#8220;Hidari,&#8221; the stop-motion feature from Masashi Kawamura that he&#8217;s expanded from his viral proof-of-concept short film. The action-packed feature takes inspiration from accounts of the life of legendary Edo era craftsman Jingoro Hidari, who will be voiced by Reeves. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>French Producer Sylvie Pialat Hits Cannes With New Projects by Pablo Fendrik, Felipe Gálvez and Hu Wei (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/global/sylvie-pialat-cannes-pablo-fendrik-felipe-galvez-hu-wei-1236750868/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elskes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cesar-winning French producer Sylvie Pialat is in Cannes with one of the most eclectic slates on the Croisette, ranging from an alpine revenge thriller from Argentine auteur Pablo Fendrik, a geopolitical drama about Augusto Pinochet starring Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas, and the first animated feature from Céline Devaux.   Led by Pialat and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kino Lorber Acquires North American Rights to Mark Cousins’ ‘The Story of Documentary Film’ (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/global/kino-lorber-mark-cousins-the-story-of-documentary-film-1236751389/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Barraclough]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ &#8220;The Story of Documentary Film,&#8221; a 16-volume history of the medium that examines over a century of global nonfiction cinema. In addition to the North American deal, the film has sold internationally to I Wonder (Italy), Filmin (Spain and Portugal), and Madman (Australia/New Zealand). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Twickenham Film Studios, Miller Team on New Insurance Referral Service for Producers (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/twickenham-film-studios-miller-insurance-referral-service-producers-1236751408/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Twickenham Film Studios has launched Twickenham Investment Services, a new FCA-regulated introducer business that connects film and television producers with specialist insurance brokers, beginning with a partnership with Miller Insurance Services. The initiative was unveiled at the Variety International Movie lunch during the Cannes Film Festival. TIS operates on a referral-only basis, offering producers streamlined [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rome Kanda, Kuroki Hitomi, Banno Mari, Ahn Mika Lead Joshua Woodcock&#8217;s Japanese Drama &#8216;Ohenro&#8217; (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/rome-kanda-kuroki-hitomi-ohenro-1236750980/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rome Kanda (&#8220;Maniac,&#8221; &#8220;The Informant!&#8221;) and Kuroki Hitomi (&#8220;Tokyo Tower,&#8221; &#8220;Dark Water&#8221;) star in &#8220;Ohenro,&#8221; a Japanese-language drama written and directed by Joshua Woodcock (&#8220;One Night in Tokyo&#8221;). Produced by Sean Patrick Burke of 222 Pictures and Andrew Cantella of Kitsune Pictures – with Tokyo Colours serving as the production service partner in Japan – [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;The Big Short&#8217; Writer Charles Randolph Adapting &#8216;Muppets in Moscow,&#8217; for Emotion Pictures and Felix Culpa (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/news/big-short-writer-charles-randolph-adapting-muppets-in-moscow-riley-keough-1236750824/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Varietybrentlang]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Emotion Pictures, the newly launched English-language commercial film banner from Vendôme Group, Pathé and Merit France, will produce the feature film &#8220;Muppets in Moscow&#8221; in partnership with Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s Felix Culpa. Charles Randolph, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of &#8220;The Big Short,&#8221; will write the script. The film is based on Natasha Lance Rogoff’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Tokyo Horror Festival Yami Sets November Debut (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/new-tokyo-horror-festival-yami-november-1236750997/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A horror and dark genre film festival, the Yami International Film Festival, will hold its inaugural edition Nov. 20–26 at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya in Tokyo, organizers revealed at Cannes. The festival, organized by Japan-based horror entertainment company Yami Inc., will run two competitive sections – feature film competition and short film competition – with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bombay Berlin Film Productions Launches Four-Doc Slate, Expands as Cross-Border Boutique Studio (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
		<link>https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/bombay-berlin-film-productions-documentary-slate-boutique-studio-1236751376/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 06:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A curated slate of four feature-length documentaries exploring themes ranging from rural Indian healthcare to intergenerational family conflict has been unveiled by Bombay Berlin Film Productions (BBFP), the Indo-German banner simultaneously repositioning itself as a cross-border boutique studio. The Mumbai- and Berlin-based company is coming on board the new films as a creative and strategic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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