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EXCLUSIVE: After the critical success of Netflix’s Unorthodox , series director Maria Schrader is teaming with Dan Stevens on Ich bin dein Mensch ( I Am Your Man ). The film, which recently wrapped production in Berlin and Denmark under strict conditions adapted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, was shot entirely in German. Stevens has spoken German most of his life and had previously used it for the 2008 film Hilde . I Am Your Man tells a love story in the near future and is a comic-tragic tale about the questions of love, longing and what makes a human being human. Maren Eggert plays a scientist who is confronted with a “partnership robot” against her will. Stevens voices the robot. The cast also includes Sandra Hüller, Hans Löw, Wolfgang Hübsch, Annika Meier, Falilou Seck and Jürgen Tarrach. Besides directing, Schrader also co-wrote the script with Jan Schombourg. It is based on motifs from the story of the same name by Emma Braslavsky. The … [Read more...] about Dan Stevens To Star In German-Language Film ‘I Am Your Man’ From ‘Unorthodox’ Director Maria Schrader

Lebanese filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige explore the importance of personal and historical memory in a drama bouncing between Montreal and Beirut. The tragedy of the Lebanese civil war extends far beyond the 1980s and into the third generation of a family resettled in Canada in the affecting drama Memory Box . It marks the first film in nine years from the award-winning team Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, whose work has ranged freely over feature films, docs, installations and performance art. Though Memory Box shows the sophisticated modernity of their artistic approach, it is also one of the most accessible of their films, thanks to a winning cast of fine actresses and an engrossing back-and-forth timeline that jumps from wartime Beirut under the bombs to the staid tranquility of modern-day Montreal. It bows in competition in Berlin, where the directors’ intelligent probing into our perception of the past should find appreciation. Among other things, … [Read more...] about ‘Memory Box’: Film Review | Berlin 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Rainfall , the action sci-fi starring Ken Jeong, Temuera Morrison, Daniel Gillies and Jason Isaacs, has sold around the world for Film Mode Entertainment . The movie has been picked up for: North America (Saban), UK (Signature); CIS (Paradise); France (Metropolitan); Germany (Splendid); Japan (New Select); Middle East (Eagle Films); Pan-Asia PTV (Disney/Fox); Scandinavia (Smile Entertainment); South Korea (Scene&Sound); Taiwan (Moviecloud); Singapore (Shaw); Spain (Flins & Piniculas); and Vietnam (Noori). The film, which features VFX from artists behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Blade Runner 2049, takes audiences two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, with the last survivors fighting back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. Producers are Carly & Carmel Imrie ( Occupation ) and U.S. co-executive … [Read more...] about Sci-Fi Action Pic ‘Rainfall’ Amasses Key Sales Including U.S., UK & France For Film Mode – EFM

Badho Bahu actor Arhaan Khan, who had entered the Bigg Boss 13 house, faced a lot of criticism back then for not sharing much about his past with Rashami Desai, who was also in the house. It was only after host Salman Khan brought up the issue, it created a storm. When Arhaan was asked if he regrets entering the show, which made him a villain on national television, he said that he doesn't regret doing the show. He also added that he got a lot of offers post Bigg Boss stint. The actor was quoted by TOI as saying, "No regrets at all! Bigg Boss gave me a lot of publicity. Now, a lot more people know me. Whatever happened inside the BB house was a part of the show. I believe in forgetting what has happened in the past, accepting the reality and moving on. Though there were things which I wish had not happened, everything is not in your hands." When asked if he tried to reconcile his differences with Rashami, Arhaan didn't want to say much about it and … [Read more...] about Arhaan Khan Doesn’t Regret Doing Bigg Boss 13; Says He Got Several Offers & Is Focussing On Web Series & Films

Platonic love between virtual strangers helps ease the pain of grief in this tender first feature from Natalie Morales, who also stars opposite co-writer Mark Duplass. You have to wonder about the shelf life of all the compact film productions being stitched together around COVID pandemic restraints, particularly those in which the visual field is limited to computer desktops. When we finally escape the confinement of video calls for most of the social interactions outside our immediate circles, is anyone really going to hunger for the dulcet chimes of a Skype connection or the flat images of a Zoom meeting? That question aside, actress-turned-director Natalie Morales shows both resourcefulness and sensitivity in her touching first feature, Language Lessons , starring as a Spanish teacher drawn closer to her student in the wake of devastating trauma. Appearing alongside her co-writer Mark Duplass, Morales pulls off the difficult trick of fostering intimacy out of a long-distance … [Read more...] about ‘Language Lessons’: Film Review | Berlin 2021