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Jude Law, four times Golden Globe nominee, spoke with the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2001 about playing a Russian sniper at the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II in Enemy at the Gates, written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The British actor reprised his role as a young Aldus Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022), directed by David Yates.

The unfolding impact of the internet can be glimpsed, somewhat paradoxically, not only in social media backbiting but also in an expanded social conscience. Over and over, we see examples of issues that were not necessarily ever deeply considered by previous generations framed in a new light, capturing the activist attention and imagination of those who consider themselves global citizens.

In France, they are nicknamed “Les Verts” (The Greens). Committed to the protection of the environment, French stars such as Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent and Luc Besson do not hesitate to use their celebrity to defend this cause.

In celebration of National Siblings Day on April 10, we may recall the recent triumph of Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell whose song No Time to Die received multiple accolades, including the Golden Globe for Best Original Song – Motion Picture. Or one of the frontrunners of the recent awards season – the 2015 Golden Globe winner (Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for The Honorable Woman) Maggie Gyllenhaal who was nominated this year for the Golden Globe as Best Director for her directorial debut The Lost Daughter, and her younger brother Jake Gyllenhaal who stars in Michael Bay’s Ambulance, and many other talented Hollywood siblings.

In 2019, Australian filmmaker Damon Gameau produced the acclaimed documentary, 2040, structured as a visual letter to his then-four-year-old daughter Velvet to explore what the future could look like by the year 2040 if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us. As Earth Day 2022 approaches, Gameau will be returning to the Gold Coast Film Festival in Queensland – where 2040 premiered - to introduce his new 17-minute short film, Regenerating Australia.

February 21 changed everything for Ukrainian actress Oksana Cherkashyna. Having screened Maryna Er Gorbach’s powerful film Klondike at the prestigious film festivals Sundance and Berlin, she was hoping that an invasion of her home  country Ukraine was not going to be a reality.

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) is the leading national nonprofit providing free legal help to journalists and news organizations. For over 50 years, the RCFP has provided free legal representation and support to reporters, editors, documentary filmmakers, media lawyers, and others who use their resources all across the United States.

The winner of two Academy Awards (Best Documentary Feature and Best Song in 2006), An Inconvenient Truth is credited as one of the first films that raised public awareness about the dangers of climate change. As global warming is the greatest environmental challenge today, the power of film about this serious subject is undeniable.

Most people know him for his films, most notably the ones he produced for Quentin Tarantino. Not enough people know him for the incredible work he has been doing for environmental and other causes.

As the CEO and Artistic Director of BlackStar Projects which she founded in 2012, Maori Karmael Holmes is doing her part to ensure diversity in representation becomes an unremarkable reality in all roles of the industry. A writer, curator, and filmmaker, Holmes started the BlackStar Projects in 2012 after noticing a lack of venues for groundbreaking, independent work by Black filmmakers.