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• ‘Primetime’ plus Screen Talks with Javier Bardem and Robert Eggers join LFF lineup

  07-09-2026 16:01 via screendaily.com
  
  Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’ and  Banjong Pisanthanakun’s ’Inherit’ have also joined the lineup. 
  
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• ‘No Paradise If You Are Killed By A Woman’ review: Tense, blunt-edged Kurdish war thriller follows a female sniper in Iraq

  07-09-2026 23:55 via screendaily.com
  
  Halkawt Mustafa’s female-led action drama brings glossy genre mechanics to a story of Kurdish resistance
  
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• ‘Conversation With The Sea’ review: Kamel El Basha anchors Muayad Alayan’s uneven Palestinian drama

  07-09-2026 21:05 via screendaily.com
  
  A Jerusalem-set mystery turns one man’s private reckoning into a pointed portrait of Palestinian life in Israel
  
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• ‘The Spiral’ review: Paolo Strippoli’s dark Italian family fable promises more than it delivers

  07-09-2026 19:35 via screendaily.com
  
  Star Valeria Bruni Tedeschi impresses in this stylish but increasingly repetitive Faustian horror
  
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• Studiocanal, Black Bear, Neon executives among San Sebastian conference attendees

  07-09-2026 18:15 via screendaily.com
  
  Festival partners with Marche du Film for first time to bring private investors to San Sebastian.
  
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• ‘Look Back’ review: Hirokazu Koreeda sketches a tender but overly sentimental portrait of young friendship

  07-09-2026 17:05 via screendaily.com
  
  The Japanese auteur’s live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s acclaimed manga debuts in Venice Competition 
  
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• ‘Boatbuilders’ review: Luke Lorentzen’s Maine-set boatyard documentary is a finely crafted delight

  07-09-2026 16:35 via screendaily.com
  
  The ‘Midnight Family’ director slows the pace for this beautifully observed portrait of craftsmanship and community
  
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• Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Cameron Winter At Carnegie Hall’ acquired for international release

  07-09-2026 16:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Film will have world premiere in New York then play at BFI London Film Festival.
  
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• Lumière Summit launches with independent cinema support plan, €1bn France, Korea pact

  07-09-2026 13:58 via screendaily.com
  
  Organised by French cinema body the CNC, the summit was opened by French President Emmanuel Macron and Lee Jae Myung, President of South Korea.
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ crosses 10 million admissions in South Korea, breaks Imax records

  07-09-2026 13:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Christopher Nolan’s epic has made $83m in the country to date.
  
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• Holdovers dominate UK-Ireland box office as new releases miss the top 10

  07-09-2026 12:26 via screendaily.com
  
  ‘The Death Of Robin Hood’ is highest-placed new title in 11th place.
  
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• Banjong Pisanthanakun horror ‘Inherit’ scores wave of sales ahead of Toronto premiere

  07-09-2026 12:14 via screendaily.com
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The Thai film starring Davika Hoorne has sold across Asia and beyond.
  
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• Olive Nwosu’s Sundance prize winner ‘Lady’ picked up for UK-Ireland

  07-09-2026 11:39 via screendaily.com
  
  The film will compete in the first feature competition at BFI London Film Festival next month.
  
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• Tokyo film festival adds new awards and Southeast Asia focus

  07-09-2026 10:02 via screendaily.com
  
  The awards include a fresh honour for women in cinema.
  
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• ‘The Inbetweeners 3’ begins production in UK for Netflix

  07-09-2026 09:59 via screendaily.com
  
  Original cast, directors return for comedy feature; film is made with Film4’s support.
  
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• ‘Hombre Al Agua’ review: Gael Garcia Bernal’s class satire proves disjointed and underpowered

  07-09-2026 09:06 via screendaily.com
  
  Garcia Bernal directs, co-writes and stars in this Venice Spotlight premiere
  
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• Toronto-bound ‘Long Long Night’, Hong Sangsoo’s ‘Nowhere To Lay My Eyes’ land sales

  07-09-2026 08:38 via screendaily.com
  
  Further deals struck on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Dora’.
  
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• Venice day 6: The early frontrunners for the Golden Lion - The Screen Podcast

  07-09-2026 08:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Host Wendy Mitchell is joined by Screen’s senior US critic Tim Grierson, who reveals a trio of titles that have impressed him so far on the Lido.
  
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• ‘The Odyssey’ leads global box office, hits $1.63bn; ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ reaches $2.04bn; ‘Mirzapur’ debuts with $13.7m

  07-09-2026 01:34 via screendaily.com
  
  Universal’s epic retruns to the global top spot in eighth weekend.
  
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• ‘Woman Unknown’ review: May el-Toukhy’s Venice competition title is formal yet ferocious post-war Danish drama

  06-09-2026 22:19 via screendaily.com
  
  Mathilde Arcel puts in a terrific lead performance in the director’s follow-up to Long Story Short and Queen Of Hearts
  
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• Highest-grossing summer ever pushes UK-Ireland box office ahead of 2019

  06-09-2026 20:02 via screendaily.com
  
  “Exceptional” August brings in £119.2m, up 67% on last year.
  
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• Spider-Man, summer chase records as final 2026 US box office session goes down to wire

  06-09-2026 20:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Spidey stays top in sixth consecutive weekend.
  
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• Spider-Man, summer chase records as 2026 US Labor Day box office goes down to wire

  06-09-2026 20:00 via screendaily.com
  
  Spidey stays top in sixth consecutive weekend.
  
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• ‘The Echo Chamber’ review: Andrea Pallaoro turns Bernardo Bertolucci’s final script into precise, somewhat odd study of love and dependency

  06-09-2026 19:49 via screendaily.com
  
  Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon star in London-set Venice competition title
  
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• Susan Sarandon says she has had “movies taken away recently” due to Palestine support

  06-09-2026 18:09 via screendaily.com
  
  Sarandon notes greater awareness of issue, but those in ”positions of power” still stopping her getting jobs.
  
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• May el-Toukhy says #MeToo advances have rolled back amid Venice gender imbalance

  06-09-2026 17:29 via screendaily.com
  
  “I’ve never read an article where a female director is promoted as a genius,” said el-Toukhy.
  
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• ‘Holy Wood Dust’ review: Victor Kossakovsky’s study of trees lacks the revelatory magic of his best works

  06-09-2026 17:05 via screendaily.com
  
  The Russian documentarist’s follow-up to Trillion and Architecton premieres out of competition in Venice
  
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• ‘Possible Love’ review: Lee Chang-dong explores class, desire and exploitation in powerful Venice competition return

  06-09-2026 16:35 via screendaily.com
  
  The ‘Burning’ director reunites with star Sul Kyung-gu for an enigmatic drama about two married couples divided by wealth
  
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• Focus on auteur directors has led to “systemic” lack of recognition for producers

  06-09-2026 15:29 via screendaily.com
  
  Venice Production Bridge panel said issue needs addressing by festivals, award ceremonies, critics and film journalists
  
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• Focus on ‘auteur’ directors has led to ‘systemic’ lack of recognition for producers

  06-09-2026 15:29 via screendaily.com
  
  Venice Production Bridge panel said issue needs addressing by festivals, awards ceremonies, critics and film journalists
  
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