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'The Substance,' 'The Piano Lesson' and 'Babygirl' Filmmakers Selected for Variety's 2025 Directors to Watch Variety has announced its 10 Directors to Watch for 2025, including Coralie Fargeat for “The Substance,” Malcolm Washington for “The Piano Lesson,” and Halina Reijn for “Babygirl.” These directors were selected for their unique style and strong creative vision. “The Substance” stood out after premiering at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, while “The Piano Lesson” and “Babygirl” have also received international acclaim.

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There is no longer any doubt that Hollywood dialogue is driving AI Hollywood dialogue is being used to train AI systems, according to research from The Atlantic. Companies like Apple and Anthropic have used more than 53,000 films and 85,000 TV episodes, including dialogue from well-known works like The Godfather and Alf.

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Netflix offices in Paris and Amsterdam searched by tax fraud investigators Netflix’s offices in Paris and Amsterdam have been searched by tax fraud investigators, Reuters and the French news agency AFP reported. The searches took place on the same day, including at Netflix’s EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam.

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Major reorganization at Disney: Chairman gone, new CEO coming soon Disney announces that Mark Parker, the current chairman of the board, will step down at the end of the year and will be replaced by Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman in 2025. This marks the fourth chairman change in just over three years.

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Zagreb Film Festival announces its programme The 22nd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival, taking place from 4-10 November in the Croatian capital and online at croatian.film, has been announced. Nine films will compete for the Golden Pram Award.

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IDFA reveals its complete competition line-ups The 37th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s largest documentary film festival, opens on November 14, 2024 with Piotr Winiewicz’s “About a Hero.” This year, the festival features 250 documentary titles, including 12 titles in the International Competition that transcend personal histories to offer reflections on our contemporary world.

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DOK Leipzig announces its full line-up The 67th edition of DOK Leipzig, one of the largest European documentary film festivals, has announced its full line-up. The festival, which takes place from 28 October to 3 November, will screen 73 feature and short films, including 33 world premieres.

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The Bear and Shogun are big winners at Emmy Awards At the 76th Annual Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, "The Bear" and "Shogun" emerged as the big winners. "Shogun" was notable for becoming the first non-English-language series to win the award for best drama series, with a total of 18 awards, including best actor and actress for Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai. "The Bear" took home 11 awards, including best comedy actor for Jeremy Allen White. "Hacks" won the Emmy for best comedy, and "The Traitors," the American version of "The Traitors," was named best reality program. "Baby Reindeer" received six Emmys, with Richard Gadd winning the award for best actor in a miniseries.

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Venice 2024: The Winners At the 81st Venice Film Festival, Pedro Almodóvar won the Golden Lion for his film The Room Next Door, his first win at the festival.

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Nicole Kidman unable to accept Venice acting award in person following death of her mother Nicole Kidman won the Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her role in "Babygirl," but was unable to accept it in person due to the death of her mother. "Babygirl" director Halina Reijn read a statement from Kidman, saying that Kidman had traveled to Venice for the ceremony but had to leave after learning about her mother, Janelle Anne Kidman.

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Full programme announced for the 2024 BFI London Film Festival The 2024 BFI London Film Festival, which runs from 9 to 20 October, has announced its full programme of 253 titles. The festival closes with the European premiere of Morgan Neville’s animated documentary Piece by Piece, about Pharrell Williams.

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New and old collide in the short films at the Venice 2024 competition At the 81st Venice Film Festival, several short films will compete for the Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film, in which themes of tradition and modernity collide.

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