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Screened in the official competition at the last Cannes Film Festival in May, Wim Wenders’s Perfect Days is set in Tokyo and follows the quiet and uncomplicated life of Hirayama, a toilet cleaner, played by Koji Yakusho, (this year winner of the Best Actor award). His daily existence consists of driving in his van from job to job, listening to cassettes of classic rock music, as he fastidiously carries out his tasks which he takes much pride in.

When Lisa France stumbled across the romance film Meet Joe Black (1998) shooting a few blocks from where she lived in her New York neighborhood, right there the former professional basketball player and scholar made up her mind that she was going to pursue filmmaking. She was 29 years old.

The documentary Art and Pep, directed by Mercedes Kane, received its world premiere during the 40th anniversary Outfest LGBTQIA+ film festival. At the heart of this film are Art Johnston and José Pepe Peña, two Chicagoans who have been involved in the city’s gay community and found themselves crucial figures in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, leading their local community in both activism and celebration for nearly fifty years.

Eva Longoria takes on another challenge in her career. After enjoying success as an actress and producer, Eva went behind the camera to direct her first film, Flamin' Hot.

It began with an ocean and ended with trees. The Ora! Fest’s closing night ceremony stayed in line with the entire festival’s environmental theme as awards were handed out in a variety of categories.

  In this week's episode of the Golden Globes Around the World podcast series, we're featuring an in-depth conversation with Flóra Anna Buda, the Hungarian filmmaker who recently clinched the prestigious Palme D’Or for Best Short at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Her award-winning animated short, 27, serves as the centerpiece of our discussion.

Golden Globe-nominated director Klaus Härö is full of energy when we meet at a shopping mall’s eatery in Helsinki. At first, the plan was to do the interview over the phone.

Premiering at this year’s South by Southwest festival, Bomani J. Story’s new film The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster isn’t exactly the easiest movie to summarize or categorize.

The British film Blue Jean premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2022, winning the People’s Choice Award; it was released in the US in June 2023. First time writer-director Georgia Oakley (born on July 31, 1988) explores the inner conflict of Jean (Rosie McEwen), a young PE (Physical Education) teacher in Tyneside, Northern England, who hides her homosexuality when in her school environment and with her family, while hanging out at night in a different neighborhood with her butch girlfriend Viv (Kerrie Hayes) and their group of lesbian activists.

Golden Globe and Oscar Winner Marlee Matlin made her directorial debut with an episode on Fox’s Accused, which aired earlier this year. At the London Hotel in West Hollywood, the actress addressed some of the myths about directing hearing actors; what surprised her about being behind the camera despite her years in front of one as an actress; and why, although she is tired of talking about being deaf, she continues to do so.