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Actor Suriya's Soorarai Pottru, which was released in the year 2020, had won as many as six awards at Osaka Tamil International Film Festival. The movie is a drama directed by Sudha Kongara and produced by Suriya and Guneet Monga under their own banners. Soorarai Pottru had a direct OTT release on Amazon Prime Video in the year 2020. The film opened to huge acclaim by reviewers and fans praising the direction and performances of the cast- Suriya and Aparna Balamurali. GV Prakash's music caught up well with the music lovers who instantly took a liking to the tracks. Two tracks- Kaattu Payule and Veyyon Silli were immensely popular throughout the country among other tracks. The film competed for selections at various film awards at the international level and won several accolades and was nominated in a few. Adding a feather to the cap is the recent update about Soorarai Pottru winning six awards at Osaka Tamil International Film Awards. Soorarai … [Read more...] about Soorarai Pottru: Suriya’s Soorarai Pottru Bags Six International Awards At Osaka Tamil International Film Fest

Paramount Global has handed Marco Nobili and Olivier Jollet key new roles as its seeks to turbo-charge expansion of its international streaming services. Nobili has been promoted to Executive Vice President and International General Manager of Paramount+, where he will oversee the studio streamer’s expansion in markets worldwide, while Jollet becomes Executive Vice President, International General Manager of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV (FAST) service Pluto TV. Both execs will dually report into Raffaele Annecchino, Paramount’s President and CEO of International Networks, Studios and Streaming, and Pluto TV co-founder Tom Ryan, who is Paramount’s President and CEO of Streaming. Former Amazon and Netflix exec Nobili, previously Senior Vice President  of International Marketing, Data and Analytics for Paramount Global’s streaming division, will now oversee Paramount+’s operations outside the U.S. including content, marketing, distribution, data and operations. … [Read more...] about Paramount Ups Marco Nobili And Olivier Jollet To Key Global Streaming Roles As Paramount+ And Pluto TV Expansion Continues

The International Indian Film Academy on Sunday announced that it has decided to reschedule the 22nd edition of the IIFA Awards to July as the UAE declared a 40-day mourning period following the demise of UAE President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The 2022 IIFA Weekend & Awards were originally scheduled to be held in May, but will now take place from July 14 to 16 at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. In a statement issued to the media, the International Indian Film Academy and the Indian film industry expressed their deepest condolences to the people of the UAE. It said: The International Indian Film Academy and the Indian Film industry expresses its deepest condolences to the people of the UAE and the world on the passing of the President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. IIFA 2022: Sidharth Malhotra's Shershaah Takes the Lead With 12 Nominations With this sad news the UAE nation is in a state of … [Read more...] about IIFA Postponed To Mid-July 2022 Following UAE President’s Death

EXCLUSIVE: As international delegates touch down on the Croisette for what feels like the first “real” Cannes market since the pandemic struck, Olivier Albou is getting ready to hit the ground running. The veteran exec, who heads up sales and production house Other Angle with his wife Laurence Schonberg, has four new films on his slate this year that he’s offering up to international buyers. The company will be showing footage for Mélanie Auffret’s Sweet Little Things ( Les Petites Victoires ), starring Julia Piaton and Michel Blanc, about a busy young teacher who’s faced with the challenge of a new student in her class – an explosive 60-year-old man who has finally decided to learn to read and write. Then there’s Jennifer Devoldère’s male midwife feature The Midwife ( Sage Homme ) starring Karin Viard and Melvin Boomer as well as Jonathan Barré’s Serial Driver ( Bonne Conduit ) starring Call My Agent ’s Laure Calamy, Nicolas Marrié and Grégoire Ludig about a … [Read more...] about Other Angle’s Olivier Albou Talks New Cannes Slate & How Company Has Become Key Player In The French Indie Comedy Space

EXCLUSIVE : Acclaimed Scottish writer Jenni Fagan has struck a two-project development deal with UK drama indie Buccaneer Scotland, which is also producing Fagan’s adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s The Blade Artist starring Robert Carlyle. Buccaneer Scotland, a division of ITV’s Marcella producer Buccaneer Media , has taken options on Fagan’s The Panopticon and Luckenbooth, and she will adapt both for TV. Fagan is an award-winning Scottish novelist, poet, screenwriter and artist who has published several books and poetry collections and is well known for a distinctive style. She was called “the patron saint of literary street urchins” by The New York Times and has achieved popularity Stateside. Deadline revealed last year that Trainspotting star Carlyle would be reprizing his role as the iconic Francis Begbie in a TV version of Trainspotting sequel The Blade Artist from Buccaneer, which Fagan is also penning separate to the deal. Buccaneer was also … [Read more...] about Acclaimed Scottish Scribe Jenni Fagan Signs Development Deal With ‘Marcella’ Producer Buccaneer To Adapt Two Novels

Palme d’Or winning actress Léa Seydoux will star in Happening filmmaker Audrey Diwan ’s English-language directorial debut, Emmanuelle , inspired by Emmanuelle Arsan’s novel and based on a script co-developed by Diwan and Rebecca Zlotowski. The Arsan book follows a young woman’s sexual journey from the arms of her husband to intimate encounters with the wives of his business associates, to further explorations wherein the philosophical and aesthetic facets of eroticism are expounded—and enacted—to the fullest degree. Diwan’s second feature, Happening, adapted from Annie Ernaux’s book recounting her illegal abortion in the 1960s, received the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival; four César Award nominations, including a win for Most Promising Newcomer for Anamaria Vartolomei; and a BAFTA Award nomination; among other honors. The pic features a cast of stellar emerging French acting talent including Anamaria Vartolomei, Kacey Mottet-Klein and Luana Bajrami. … [Read more...] about Léa Seydoux Set For Audrey Diwan’s English-Language Directorial Debut ‘Emmanuelle’ – Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has your first look trailer at Cannes competition title Nostalgia , directed by Italian helmer Mario Martone . The story follows Felice Lasco, played by Pierfrancesco Favino , who, after living 40 years abroad, returns to Naples and discovers again places and codes of the city, facing a past that eats him away. The film, which is being sold by Italy’s True Colours, sees Martone return to the Cannes competition section 27 years after his adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s Troubling Love played on the Croisette in 1995. The Naples native also screened The Scent Of Blood in Directors’ Fortnight in 2004. Nostalgia is based on the book of the same name by Ermanno Rea and was written by Martone with Ippolita Di Maio. Additional cast include Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno and Aurora Quattrocchi. Picomedia, Mad Entertainment in association with Medusa Film It’s a co-production with Rosebud Entertainment Pictures. Film is set to be released … [Read more...] about ‘Nostalgia’ Trailer: Pierfrancesco Favino Heads To Naples In Mario Martone’s Cannes Competition Title

The $20M Ukraine Content Club has officially launched and founder Kateryna Vyshnevska is heading to L.A. to drum up support from the major U.S. studios and streamers. Deadline spoke to FILM.UA co-pro exec Vyshnevska last month , at which point she unveiled plans for a fund to help sustain Ukraine ’s embattled TV industry. That fund is now officially called the Ukraine Content Club and is open for investment, backed by the likes of influential UK producer trade body Pact. Vyshnevska, who used to split her time between the UK and Ukraine, told Deadline: “We believe that as an industry we must stand together with our Ukrainian colleagues. An alive and thriving Ukrainian content industry will allow Ukrainian people to rebuild, will foster deeper cultural integration across the world, will take the load off global economies and, therefore, will enable us all to continue doing what we do best – produce content.” She is heading to L.A. to drum up support tomorrow and … [Read more...] about The $20M Ukraine Content Club Is Open For Business; Founder Kateryna Vyshnevska Heading To L.A.

Oscar-winner Ariana DeBose and Jennifer Jason Leigh have joined the cast of Chris Pine ’s directorial debut Poolman . They join the previously announced cast of Pine, Annette Bening and Danny DeVito. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios is fully financing the project, which it launched at EFM earlier this year, and will continue to shop to buyers on the Croisette this week. Pine directs from a script he co-write with Ian Gotler, Bening and DeVito. Pine plays Darren Barrenman, a hapless dreamer and would be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki apartment block in sunny Los Angeles and crashing city council meetings with his neighbors Jack and Diane (DeVito and Bening). When Barrenman uncovers the greatest water heist in LA history since Chinatown he makes uneasy alliances with a beautiful and connected femme fatale while following every lead he can with corrupt city officials, burned out Hollywood types and mysterious benefactors – all in the … [Read more...] about Ariana DeBose & Jennifer Jason Leigh Join Chris Pine’s Directorial Debut ‘Poolman’

EXCLUSIVE: The American Pavilion has set its 2022 lineup ahead of Tuesday’s opening of the Cannes Film Festival, with industry-focused panels and discussions including conversations with Eva Longoria, Viggo Mortensen, Scott Speedman, Emily Watson and Letitia Wright. AmPav opens its doors Tuesday and kicks off its lineup of panels and presentations Wednesday. Each morning will begin with film screenings as part of the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, followed by a day of talks and panels, with additional screenings, parties and receptions taking place in the evenings during the run of the festival. The AmPav venue includes a coffee bar, free WiFi and charging stations, a media terrace with a panoramic view of the Riviera, the 25th anniversary of the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, the Culinary Program featuring chefs from across the U.S. and Canada, and public and private rental for parties and receptions. Its latest Worldwide Student Program will feature a record 243 … [Read more...] about Cannes’ American Pavilion Sets Lineup: Eva Longoria, Viggo Mortensen, Letitia Wright Among In Conversation Guests