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The Bolivian film Utama by director Alejandro Loayza Grisi won the award for Best First Work, Best Screenplay, and the Jorge Cámara Hollywood Foreign Press Association Award, which honors the late former president of the HFPA, at the 37th Guadalajara International Film Festival (GIFF), one of the most important festivals in Latin America. Cámara, a three-time president of the HFPA, passionately collaborated with the film festival held annually in Mexico.

In France, Jurassic World: Dominion is the new number 1 at the box office. The movie directed by Colin Trevorrow with Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Laura Dern, takes place four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar when dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world.

Originally published: May 5, 2022   Almost 50 years after the landmark decision that legalized abortion, women’s rights are once again under attack as the  Supreme Court ruled that Roe vs. Wade is no longer.

With as much pomp and circumstance as befits a film festival whose Honorary President is His Serene Highness Prince Albert II, the red-carpet event at the Salle des Princes in the Grimaldi Forum to hand out the closing night Golden Nymph awards was packed with stars and surprises. Although there was a wide selection of winners from Spain, Germany, France, Syria and Faroe Islands, it was the U.

Fashion Reimagined, Becky Hutner’s documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows sustainable fashion designer Amy Powney on her journey to create beautiful clothes while at the same time saving the environment. Winner of the Vogue Designer Fashion Fund, Powney, who lived and grew up in a one-bedroom caravan she shared with her sister and her environmental activist parents, began the #FashionTheFuture campaign where she encourages people to rent, recycle, and repair clothes instead of buying dresses all the time.

Producer Daniel Marc Dreifuss is very busy. Right now he is in Northern Africa in preparation for a new project.

“The change we need is so profound that it’s often described as impossible,” says the transgender, non-binary subject of the new documentary Uýra: The Rising Forest. “But the impossible is coming.

The first edition of the Allora Fest in Ostuni, Puglia, got off to a triumphant start last night. Which is especially noteworthy considering the scandal that rocked the international film industry Sunday night when one of its former contributors, director Paul Haggis, was arrested and detained by Italian police on charges of rape.

OUTFEST was established in 1982 in Los Angeles as the first and only global LGBTQIA+ arts, media, and entertainment organization to support artists, communities, and filmmakers to change the world through their stories. Every year, the non-profit organization hosts over 300 screenings and panels, and six programs and engages with over 50,000 attendees.

Did many moviegoers, especially families, get used to Disney releasing Pixar films on Disney+ that they are skipping watching Lightyear in theaters, preferring to wait until the Toy Story spinoff is available on streaming? That question and others were raised when Lightyear, an origin story for the character Buzz Lightyear, did not live up to two predictions – debut at number one and earn at least $70 million. Instead, Jurassic World Dominion prevailed over Lightyear to stay on top and the new Pixar film earned $55 million in the recent 4-day Juneteenth holiday weekend, which also marked Father’s Day.