FRANZ!

Oh wow, Agnieszka Holland! youtu.be/WFPrlEa294Q?...

🤍 FRANZ goes to @sansebastianfes.bsky.social ! 👏 Agnieszka Holland will compete for the third time in the Official Selection with Franz, a co-production of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland that narrates the life of the writer Franz Kafka from his birth to his death. 🔥

Agnieszka Holland FRANZ!

📣After the first bow at TIFF, FRANZ will be heading for its European premiere in the Competition of San Sebastian International Film Festival! 💥 #73SSIFF #agnieszkaholland #franzkafkafilm #franzkafka #kafka @sansebastianfes.bsky.social #filmsky #moviesky

la notícia que estàvem esperant! Jaume Claret Muxart ESTRANY RIU tindrà la seva premiere mundial a #Biennale2025 dins la secció Orizzonti 🙌

El Festival de Venecia anuncia la presencia de dos cintas españolas: Extrany riu (Extraño río), de Jaume Claret Muxart, en la sección Orizzonti; y la coproducción española Calle Málaga, de Maryam Touzani, en la sección Spotlight.

La mejor noticia de la selección del Festival de Venecia: «Extraño río», primer largometraje del barcelonés Jaume Claret Muxart, compite en Orizzonti.

✨New film alert ✨An exciting debut STRANGE RIVER by Catalan filmmaker Jaume Claret Muxart is the freshest addition to our lineup. The film will launch this Fall at Venice Orizzonti competition, followed by the premiere at the San Sebastian IFF. #BiennaleCinema2025 #Venezia82 #73SSIFF #filmsky

We are excited to share that award-winning filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi’s SILENT FRIEND featuring Tony Leung will have its world premiere at Venice Competition, followed by the North American spotlight screening at Special Presentations section of TIFF! #BiennaleCinema2025 #Venezia82 #TIFF50 #filmsky

📣 Time to celebrate – our great collaboration with Maryam Touzani continues with her latest CALLE MALAGA starring legendary Carmen Maura, which will premiere for the world at Venice Spotlight and Special Presentations section of TIFF! 💥 #BiennaleCinema2025 #Venezia82 #TIFF50 #filmsky #moviesky

Agnieszka Holland on Her Kafka Film ‘Franz’ and Its Themes, Such as “Dangers of Totalitarian Society”

🤍 The 50th anniversary edition of the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, the largest film festival in North America, will host the world premiere of 🎬 FRANZ, a feature-length Czech-German-Polish co-production directed by acclaimed filmmaker Agnieszka Holland. 👏 🎉

Agnieszka Holland’s FRANZ is one of eleven films @tiffnet.bsky.social has added to its #TIFF50 lineup — www.criterion.com/current/post...

📣Thrilling news of the day – the highly anticipated FRANZ will premiere for the world at in the Special Presentations section of Toronto International Film Festival! 💥 #TIFF50 #agnieszkaholland #franzkafkafilm #franzkafka #kafka #filmsky #moviesky

Cannes: In his debut feature, Iraqi filmmaker Hasan Hadi wisely prioritizes character and story, letting brutal dictatorship speak louder as backdrop.

"It is head and shoulders above some of those films I have seen there, but no matter how you find it, this is a true gem & a real discovery from Hasan Hadi. With the right distributor, it could turn out to be Iraq’s first nominee for an Oscar." @deadline.com deadline.com/2025/05/the-...

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi speaks to The New Arab from Cannes about his film 'The President’s Cake', which shows life under Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1990s ⬇️

🎉 Congrats to filmmaker Hasan Hadi! His poignant, darkly comic Sundance Institute-supported debut “The President’s Cake” has won the Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award at #Cannes2025!

The President’s Cake, la ópera prima de Hasan Hadi, nos ha emocionado a nosotros y a quien ha podido verla hasta ahora. Nuestro primer descubrimiento del festival ha ganado el Premio del Público y será un estreno de Atalante. Próximamente en cines 🎂🐓🎈

✨Proud and emotional, what an immense joy! ✨ Hasan Hadi, the first filmmaker from #Iraq to be selected for the #CannesFestival won the Directors’ Fortnight People’s Choice Award and the Golden Camera for his childhood adventure under economic sanctions in "The President's Cake"

The President's Cake (Mamlaket al-Qasab) by Hasan Hadi  First Feature film 🔷 World Premiere  More info available on our website : https://www.quinzaine-cineastes.fr/en/film/the-presidents-cake #Quinzaine2025

We are warming up before next week's Marché du Film and are excited to announce the first sales of the @quinzaine.bsky.social premiere THE PRESIDENT'S CAKE. 🎂 #thepresidentscake #filmsky #cannes #fetsivaldecannes #Quinzaine2025

We are returning to the Croisette and are pleased to announce a new acquisition of an exciting debut – THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE by Hasan Hadi – which will be premiering at the Directors’ Fortnight in May as a rare celebration of Iraqi talent. 👏🔥👏 @quinzaine.bsky.social #filmsky #festivaldecannes

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is tremendous!!! It explores Iran’s repression & resistance #WomenLifeFreedom: Brilliantly showing: - the brutalizing effects of theocracy; - how social media can fuel discontent - the reality of patriarchal oppression. Recommend!!!

Back at #Sundance lead critic Chris Reed spoke with Tunisian director Amel Guellaty about her interesting coming of age film, WHERE THE WIND COMES FROM... www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a... @chrisreedfilm.bsky.social

💿 No skips: check out the new trailer for what is destined to become one of the hits of 2025. @sundance.org Audience Award Winner DJ AHMET tells the story of a Macedonian boy who finds refuge in dance music 🎧 Australian Premiere coming to #sydfilmfest this June: sff.org.au/program/event/dj-ahmet/

2025 Sonoma International Film Festival Awards: ‘DJ Ahmet,’ ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ ‘Meet the Barbarians’ Among Winners at 28th Wine Country Fest The 28th Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) concluded ion Sunday with an awards ceremony celebrating the best of the fest from juries and audiences…

Movie Time With Zach resumes coverage of the Wisconsin Film Festival (which begins tomorrow!) with some admiring words for Albert Serra’s bullfighting doc AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE. Post free until end of the fest: zzahos.substack.com/p/wff-2025-a...

Afternoons of Solitude (Tardes de Soledad) von Albert Serra 🏆Gewinner des Hauptpreises beim San Sebastian Film Festival 2024 WIEN Gartenbaukino Do. 17.04 19:30 Uhr Premiere in Anwesenheit von Albert Serra Kinostart: 18.04.2025 u.a. in Wien, Innsbruck, Graz... ℹ️ filmgarten.at/nachmittage

Afternoons of Solitude is the best film of 2024 "Albert Serra’s bullfighting documentary is a compelling, frustrating, ghastly film depicting a world of nihilism but also incredible, fleeting beauty." 4.5 stars out of 5 | @redroomrantings.bsky.social #AfternoonsOfSolitude

last week i went to Rotterdam for a few days of IFFR + I've written about two of the best films I saw there: Albert Serra's Afternoons of Solitude + Wei Shujun's I Dreamed A Dream thistheaterishaunted.blogspot.com/2025/02/inte...

TARDES DE SOLEDAD / AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE von Albert Serra ab 18. April u.a. im Gartenbaukino Filminformationen: filmgarten.at/nachmittage

For @reverseshot.bsky.social I reviewed the new Claire Simon film, playing today at First Look! reverseshot.org/features/331...

After chatting with him for 107 Mothers, we get to sit down with 🇸🇰 Péter Kerekes for Wishing on a Star - a kooky docu hybrid that has been touring the fest circuit since Venice Film Fest premiere. bit.ly/3F0A6Jx

This #FemaleFilmmakerFriday, I’m sticking with the day’s Slavic theme and watching ZIELONA GRANICA (GREEN BORDER) (2024) by Agnieszka Holland. This Polish refugee drama, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, is #12 of my #52FilmsByWomen. #Filmsky 📽️

Speaking to Agnieszka Holland is one of the greatest privileges I’ve had in my life. Thanks to @thecurb.com.au for making it happen. Agnieszka on empathy and holding on to humanity. www.thecurb.com.au/green-border...

#FILM #REVIEW Brief History of Family 'a sense the characters in Lin Jianjie’s film are under observation by a third party who is developing plans for their future' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ thereviewshub.com/brief-histor...

"These women are more than capable of saving themselves." Miriam Balanescu on how THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG subverts the “Save the Girl” trope

"The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is fantastic. The tension is played masterfully and slow deterioration of the family structure and the mask they are wearing keeps you on your toes constantly. Great acting, really well handled cinematography and editing supports griping script.

I watched The Seed of the Sacred Fig. An exceptional film. It takes place largely in Teheran, examining the search for freedom in the authoritarian structures of government, religion and family. Acting and writing are top notch. It is never dull as the tension mounts. Superb. #MovieSky

‘THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG’ wins Best Screenplay at the Asian Film Awards.

Join us on Saturday 22nd, were Chinese writer-director Jianjie Lin will take part in a conversation as part of @eastasiaffirl.bsky.social with Irish actor, writer and director Kelly Campbell to open up about his journey in making Brief History of a Family. 🎟 ifi.ie/film/eaffi-i...

Jianjie Lin’s very impressive feature debut BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY kicks off #EAFFI2025 — darkly comic and full of eerie suspense. A strong start to the fest 👏👏 Great to have Lin stick around for a post-screening Q&A

New film alert. We are excited to reunite with Ira Sachs! 🎉💥💞 #peterhujarsday #irasachs #peterhujar #berlinale #berlinale2025 #berlinale75 #sundance

Amazing review from @theguardian.com for BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY by Jianjie Lin. 🤩 Out in the UK cinemas from this Friday! #briefhistoryofafamily #jianjielin #filmsky #cinemasky

After a mysterious incident at high school, the lives of classmates Wei and Shuo become intertwined. BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY screens as part of @eastasiaffirl.bsky.social followed by a Q&A from director Jianjie Lin. 📆 Thu 20th ⏰ 18.15 🎟 ifi.ie/film/eaffi-b...

Got to watch Brief History of a Family, and it was thrilling. I was on the edge of my seat the whole film, curious at how it would all shake out. Here's my review & be sure to check out the East Asia Film Festival @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social later this month www.scannain.com/review/brief...