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After “Tumbbad” (2018), Indian cine-enthusiasts, especially the genre film fans, have been eagerly awaiting the next offering from the team that gave us the folklore-laced horror gem. While we still await director Rahi Anil Barve’s next, producer and Tumbbad’s lead actor, Sohum Shah, has finally produced his next, where he once again takes the mantle of the lead actor, successfully, if I might add. The oddly named thriller “Crazxy” is the directorial debut for screenwriter Girish Kohli.

Unlike “Tumbbad,” “Crazxy” lacks an innate authenticity. The beat-the-clock thriller is largely Sohum Shah’s Abhimanyu driving around the city as multiple calls derail his life, quite like the Tom Hardy starrer “Locke” (2013). Despite the similarities and the influences, “Crazxy” remains a stylistically shot striking addition to the limited list of fine genre films in India. The film takes certain outrageous leaps and has an exasperatedly cop-out twist, and yet it is...

Acclaimed actor Ali Fazal is set to take on one of his most ambitious roles yet in the upcoming fantasy period drama series Rakht Brahmand, produced by visionary filmmakers Raj & Dk and directed by Rahi Anil Barve, the mastermind behind Tumbbad. The series also features a stellar cast including Aditya Roy Kapur, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Wamiqa Gabbi. The series promises a grand cinematic experience, blending historical depth with fantasy elements.

To fully embody his character, Ali has been undergoing rigorous preparation, dedicating 6-7 hours daily to a demanding training regimen. His preparation includes intense weight training, diction coaching, and immersive learning of ancient Indian martial arts, ensuring every aspect of his performance remains authentic and impactful. Apart from the physical prep Ali also had to grow his hair for over 8 months to adapt to the look demanded by the series.

Additionally, Ali has undergone a striking physical transformation, growing...

Tumbbad 2 Updates | Sohum Shah Interview | Indian Horror Universe ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

In 2018, Tumbbad arrived as a cinematic surprise, redefining horror in Indian cinema with its rich visuals and mythological depth. Directed by Rahi Anil Barve and co-produced by Sohum Shah, the film told the eerie tale of greed and its consequences through the legend of Hastar, a cursed deity. Tumbbad stood out for its atmospheric storytelling, earning a cult following both in India and abroad.

Over time, it has been lauded as a modern horror masterpiece, and its re-release last year further cemented its place in cinematic history. Sohum Shah, the driving force behind Tumbbad, has long been known for his passion-driven projects. However, Tumbbad remains a personal milestone, one that he always envisioned as more than just a single film. Recently, Shah revealed that from the very inception of Tumbbad, he had already mapped out an expansive universe, including plans for a sequel,...

Do You Know Why Ayushmann Khurrana Broke Up With Tahria Kashyap? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap consistently set some major couple goals with their adorable chemistry. The two have always been very vocal about their love and often support each other on social media. However, their relationship went through a rough patch. Ayushmann Khurrana has revealed that he broke up with Tahira Kashyap soon after he started gaining fame, as he prioritized his career over his personal life.

Ayushmann Khurrana Broke Up With Tahira Kashyap After Gaining Popularity

During a recent interaction on the Honestly Saying Podcast, Ayushmann Khurrana revealed how his personal life struggled as he rose to fame after the release of Vicky Donor in 2012. “Coming from a middle-class background, when you become a public figure, you just think you need to give your 100% to your profession. Your personal life takes a backseat,” he said.

Rakesh Roshan Reveals He’d Like To Make Karan Arjun Remake With Hrithik Roshan and Ranbir Kapoor (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Karan Arjun is all set to hit the screens again on November 22nd. The 1995 blockbuster marked the collaboration between superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan as they played two brothers who are reincarnated to avenge their deaths from their previous birth. Now that the movie is arriving in cinemas again, director Rakesh Roshan has asked whether he would like to remake the film with a modern setting. He also revealed who he wanted to cast as the new Karan and Arjun.

Rakesh Roshan Says Hrithik Roshan And Ranbir Kapoor Will Suit the Modern-Age Karan Arjun

Rakesh Roshan recently had an interview with Etimes, where he addressed a potential remake of Karan Arjun. The filmmaker refuted the possibility of a remake or a sequel. However, he added that if he...

3 Things To Know About Ekta Kapoor And Tumbaad Creator Rahi Anil Barve’s New Film (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Ekta Kapoor has always been ahead of the curve in creating content. Every project of hers offers something new and exciting for the audience. She recently produced the Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer The Buckingham Murders, an intense investigative thriller. It was followed by Vikrant Massey’s The Sabarmati Report, a deep dive into the Godhra train incident of 2002 and the role of media in it.

Ekta is taking up content-driven projects, and her next collaboration will excite cinephiles even more as she is collaborating with the director of the much-acclaimed film Tumbadd, Rahi Anil Barve, for an upcoming movie.

Three Things We Know About Ekta Kapoor And Rahi Anil Barve’s Project

While the project has not been officially announced, the current reports suggest that Ekta Kapoor is a huge fan of...

After a successful theatrical re-release in India, the 2018 Indian folklore horror film Tumbbad is getting a stateside theatrical release this month with a previously announced sequel in the works.

Potente Films founder and journalist Josh Hurtado revealed on social media that Tumbbad will be in US theaters for the first time on November 14, 2024.

About the film, “In the rural village of Tumbbad, a decaying castle hides an immeasurable ancestral fortune guarded by something ancient, sinister, and monstrous. Vinayak thinks he can control it, but how long will it be until his own greed destroys everything he’s built?”

Trace wrote in his 2018 review, “Tumbbad manages to be a fascinating look into Indian culture while using the universal theme of greed to make it relevant to anyone watching it, no matter their nationality. It is a beautifully shot and frequently chilling film that flew under the radar at this year’s...

Raj & Dk’s first action-fantasy series, Rakt Bramhand – The Bloody Kingdom, featuring Aditya Roy Kapur, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Ali Fazal, and Wamiqa Gabbi, has begun filming.

The series is said to have a gripping, thrilling, edgy narrative with epic action and spectacular visuals all set in a fantastical kingdom. But so far, that is all we knew.

A Netflix production, this ambitious project sees Raj & Dk partner with director Rahi Anil Barve and long-time collaborator Sita R Menon, under their production company, D2R Films.

Speaking of their exciting collaboration with Netflix, Raj & Dk share, “This is uncharted territory which makes it all the more thrilling for us! Our goal is to develop a fictional world that is both original and reminiscent of the fantastical tales we have heard in our childhood. We are having an amazing time working with the very talented Rahi and our uber versatile partner Sita to...

The 2018 Indian horror film “Tumbbad” has found new life after being re-released in theaters across India. The cult classic, which tells the story of a village boy seeking a cursed treasure guarded by a demon, originally earned $2 million globally after debuting at film festivals in 2018. Its recent rerelease took in $1.5 million in India alone, coming close to matching its initial worldwide total.

This unexpected box office success has breathed new energy into developing a sequel. Actor and producer Sohum Shah confirmed plans are underway to start filming “Tumbbad 2” in 2025. “We spent six years working to perfect the script and make sure the story does the original film justice,” Shah told Variety magazine. Developing a worthy sequel presented major challenges, as Shah wanted to honor the unique world and themes of the first film.

While Shah will produce the sequel, Rahi Anil Barve – who co-directed “Tumbbad” – will not return due to other commitments.

Arty 2018 Indian folklore horror film “Tumbbad” has belatedly found new life at the box office. Its 2024 rerelease in India has grossed $1.5 million and counting.

This success compares with the film’s initial $2 million global haul six years ago and breathes new energy into what has become a cult favorite.

“Tumbbad,” which follows a greedy village boy’s pursuit of a cursed ancestral treasure guarded by the devil, was the first Indian film to open the Venice Critics’ Week in 2018. It went on to win a brace of awards at Sitges among many other accolades. The project, an India-Sweden co-production, was shot over four monsoon seasons and took six years to complete.

Actor-producer Sohum Shah has confirmed that a sequel is in the works, with production set to begin in 2025. “The script is ready, took us six years to perfect it,” Shah told Variety. “We cracked the idea with massive difficulty...

Netflix has once again joined forces with the acclaimed creator duo Raj & Dk for their first action-fantasy series, “Rakt Bramhand – The Bloody Kingdom.” This exciting new project follows their successful collaboration on the cult hit series “Guns & Gulaabs,” released in August 2023.

“Rakt Bramhand – The Bloody Kingdom” promises a gripping and edgy narrative set in a fantastical kingdom, featuring bloody action and spectacular visuals. The series will be helmed by Raj & Dk, in partnership with director Rahi Anil Barve and long-time collaborator Sita R Menon under their production company, D2R Films. The writing team includes Raj & Dk, Barve, and Menon, who have previously collaborated on projects such as “Shor in the City,” “Go Goa Gone,” “Farzi,” and “Guns & Gulaabs.”

Ali Fazal joins Samantha Ruth Prabhu in ‘Rakht Brahmand’

The announcement of this ambitious project was made by Netflix India, accompanied by a teaser poster and the caption, “We’ve...

Netflix India has revealed a new collaboration with creators Raj & Dk for its first action-fantasy series, “Rakt Bramhand – The Bloody Kingdom.” This project follows their recent successful collaboration with the series “Guns & Gulaabs.”

The duo will partner with director Rahi Anil Barve and writer Sita R. Menon under their production company, D2R Films. The series is set to feature action sequences and visual effects within a fictional kingdom setting. Filming is due to commence soon.

Raj Nidimoru and Krishna Dk, known professionally as Raj & Dk, have established themselves as innovative filmmakers in the Indian entertainment industry. The duo gained recognition for their work on films such as “99,” “Shor in the City” and “Go Goa Gone.” They’ve also found success in the streaming space with Prime Video series like “The Family Man” and “Farzi.” The duo formed a multi-year creative partnership with Netflix in 2022.

Barve made his feature...

Ali Fazal, currently enjoying the success of Mirzapur Season 3, has reportedly signed on for the lead role in the upcoming fantasy thriller series, Rakht Brahmand. The series will also feature Samantha Ruth Prabhu in a lead role, with Aditya Roy Kapur and Wamiqa Gabbi in key supporting roles. The project is helmed by the acclaimed filmmaker duo Raj & Dk, known for their work on The Family Man, Farzi, and Guns and Gulaabs, with Rahi Anil Barve, best known for the cult horror film Tumbbad, directing the six-part series.

Rakht Brahmand

Rakht Brahmand remains shrouded in mystery regarding its plot, but the casting and directorial team have generated significant excitement. Filming is scheduled to commence next week in Mumbai, with Ali Fazal committed to working on the series throughout August, balancing this with brief schedules for his other projects. A source close to the production mentioned, “Ali Fazal will be shooting...

A decade after scoring a major hit with “Raanjhanaa,” Indian director-producer Aanand L. Rai is returning to its universe with “Tere Ishk Mein.”

“Raanjhanaa,” an intense Hindu-Muslim romantic drama, was the Hindi-language debut of Tamil cinema star Dhanush and featured chartbusting music by Oscar-, BAFTA-, Grammy- and Golden Globe-winner A.R. Rahman.

While keeping the plot under wraps, Rai told Variety, “When we were working on the ‘Tere Ishk Mein’ script, we realized that we are catching on to the same aggression. And in terms of genre, it’s falling in that genre of tragedy and I said, it’s actually belonging to that world. They’re not similar stories, but they have a similar heartbeat. We were getting the same feeling what we were getting when we were working on ‘Raanjhanaa.’ I said, let’s start belonging to that world.”

“Raanjhanaa” made spectacular use of the holy north Indian city of Varanasi and,...

New Delhi, April 21 (Ians) So, did the hyper-real prosthetics in films like Tumbbad, ‘Ghoul’, Sonchiriya, Raaz 3, ‘Darr at the Mall’ and ’72 hours’ impress you? Well, they were all made not in a fancy studio in Mumbai but in a small one on the outskirts of Chandigarh.

Gurpreet Dhuri, who has worked for some major names including Anand Gandhi, Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, and Rahi Anil Barve started off with Kashyap’s ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ and there has been a steady stream of work, especially from independent filmmakers.

A pass-out from Chandigarh’s Government College of Art, Dhuri, a specialist in creating hyper-realistic sculptures and characters boasts of having the only studio in the region offering FX and hyperrealism in sculpture. All the team members are from the College of Art here.

“Several years back, when I was visiting Pune, a friend working with Anurag Kashyap got me to do...

Filmmaker-producer Anand Gandhi, who is known for his films like ‘Ship of Theseus’, ‘An Insignificant Man’ and ‘Tumbbad’, has said that the Kannada sensation movie ‘Kantara’ celebrates toxic masculinity and narrow-mindedness.

Both the films share quite a few things in common such as both are rooted in folk tales, have been breakout hits that nobody really expected and present a story from particular regions of the states of Maharashtra (‘Tumbbad’) and Karnataka (‘Kantara’). But despite these similarities, Anand feels that the two films are largely different in their tone and the message that they wish to convey.

Taking to his Twitter handle on Saturday, Anand, who served as the creative producer on ‘Tumbbad’, wrote, “‘Kantara’ is nothing like ‘Tumbbad’. My idea behind ‘Tumbbad’ was to use the horror as an allegory of toxic masculinity and parochialism. ‘Kantara’ is a celebration of these (sic).”

However, the comment made by Gandhi has stirred a debate on Twitter.

ReviewAs far as the horror fantasy genre is concerned, Nirmal Sahadev’s ‘Kumari’ is a significant leap for Malayalam cinema.Lakshmi PriyaAishwarya Lekshmi as the titular KumariSomething diabolical looms in the air of Kanhirangat, a quaint village of an undated time, lying beyond the misty peaks of Illymala. That land is cursed, some caution Kumari, as she succumbs to her adoptive family’s pressure to get married to the younger son of a feudal family in the faraway village. Eventually, as she begins a new life at her husband’s ancestral home, a sense of foreboding gradually overwhelms the eponymous protagonist (Aishwarya Lekshmi). Unbeknownst to her, Kanhirangat has long been awaiting her arrival. Kumari is only the second directorial venture of filmmaker Nirmal Sahadev. After the Prithviraj Sukumaran-starrer Ranam, which tells the story of a mysterious getaway driver trapped in a life of crime in Detroit, Nirmal now takes...

Writer-director Siddharth Chauhan’s debut feature film set in his hometown Shimla, ‘Amar Colony’ to have its World Premiere at the prestigious 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival which will be held from 11- 27 November in Estonia. Amar Colony is the only Indian film to be part of the ‘First Feature Competition’ at the festival this year.

The film revolves around three women going through their mundane lives, representing human condition, in a chawl, starring Nimisha Nair, Sangeeta Agrawal and Usha Chauhan.

Amar Colony was the first project from Himachal Pradesh to make it to Nfdc Film Bazaar’s Co Production Market in 2018. Other films which were at Tallinn Film festival include Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Mukkabaaz’, Rahi Anil Barve’s ‘Tumbbad’, Rima Das’ ‘Village Rockstars’, Devashish Makhija’s ‘Bhonsle’, Anamika Haksar’s ‘Taking the Horse to Eat Jalebis’.

The film is produced by ‘Indie Film Collective’, a film initiative launched...

Having in mind both India’s rich mythological heritage and the state of development of the country’s cinema, it is quite strange that the top-quality horror-fantasy works rarely come from the world’s second most populous country. However the trend can shift quickly since “Tumbbad” is one of the best and most efficient horror films seen in years. The critical response is good, the world premiere as the opening film of the last year’s edition of Venice Critics Week opened the possibilities for a long festival tour and the film was already released theatrically in India.

“Tumbbad” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival

The opening quote by Mahatma Gandhi citing that the world is enough for people’s needs, but not for their greed, sets the topic rarely and usually superficially explored in genre cinema. It is followed by an obscure piece of mythology about Hastar,...

International premiere of “Flowers of Evil”, Hong Kong “Fagara” as the opening film, and Japanese “Bone Born Bone” at the closure of Five Flavours 13th edition!

This year, as always, the festival will provide an opportunity to discover original voices of young and recognized directors from South Korea, Bhutan, Thailand or Vietnam. We will explore the charms and ills of Japanese peripheries: its harbour cities, outskirts and marginal territories. We will watch films highly appreciated by festival juries. Special consideration will be given to Hong Kong which today is experiencing a serious political crisis: our guest will be Fruit Chan, a star of its independent cinema. However, the Programme has also a place for juicy genre cinema: horror, action, perverse comedies are an ideal remedy for the November weather in Warsaw.

Here is the Programme in its strands:

New Asian Cinema

Like every year the competition section presents challenging, daring films,...

The scariest night of the year is coming closer. Three extremely dark stories will perfectly lead to the atmosphere of the Halloween, and at the same time will be a prelude to the forthcoming edition of Five Flavours.

A Thai legend about a phantom inhabiting the bodies of young girls; a paranoid Korean thriller about fears hidden under the bed; and an Indian horror fairy tale about human greed. This year’s edition of Asian Horror Night is a disturbing journey into the depths of human (and not only) nature. Together with our characters, we will experience things, we certainly would not want to experience in our real lives. In order to bring relief to the ragged nerves and clenched stomachs, during the break between the films, we invite you for a delicious Asian treat.

The Program Of The Evening:

20:00 Tumbbad, dir. by Rahi Anil Barve, India 2018, 104′

22:00 Krasue: Inhuman Kiss,...

Having in mind both India’s rich mythological heritage and the state of development of the country’s cinema, it is quite strange that the top-quality horror-fantasy works rarely come from the world’s second most populous country. However the trend can shift quickly since “Tumbbad” is one of the best and most efficient horror films seen in years. The critical response is good, the world premiere as the opening film of the last year’s edition of Venice Critics Week opened the possibilities for a long festival tour (Fantastic Fest, Cph Pix, Busan, Thessaloniki etc.) and the film was already released theatrically in India.

The opening quote by Mahatma Gandhi citing that the world is enough for people’s needs, but not for their greed, sets the topic rarely and usually superficially explored in genre cinema. It is followed by an obscure piece of mythology about Hastar, the firstborn son of the Goddess Earth,...

Compiling the best films list is never an easy task. Especially considering Indian films, India being the country that produces the most number of films in the world, spanning over a number of industries, based on languages from different parts of the country. There’s also the fact that some of the regional language films are not easily accessible with subtitles and like always, there would be a lot of films that might be missing from this list.

This year has been particularly strong in Tamil and Hindi (or Bollywood if you prefer) industries. But even a few of the acclaimed films from both of those industries missed spot on this list.

So here are the best Indian films of 2018 in reverse order. Some of them have premiered in festivals in the previous years but since they had the theatrical release in India only in 2018 they are also included. (By...

Rahi Anil Barve, Adesh Prasad and Anand Gandhi’s time-sprawling, mythological monster horror mixes ancestral fables and family drama for a fun and frightening cautionary tale, involving witches, demons and treasure hunting. The story follows Vinayak; a wily lad/ son of a scamp landlord in the antediluvian village of Tumbbad. We first meet Vinayak as a young boy obsessed with finding secret family treasure connected to his cursed grandmother. Vinayak later learns the gold is kept by a creature from hell in an ancestral temple. To make a withdrawal, he must outwit the demon or risk being eaten, murdered and cursed like his prematurely crumbling Nan.

Tumbbad, which is also the name of the village in which the film unfolds, is initially set in 1918. The script is then broken down into chapters, showing the protagonist at two other stages in his life, fifteen years apart. We see Vinayak learn about...

Tumbbad

Starring Sohum Shah, Mohd Samad

Directed by Rahi Anil Barve, Anand Gandhi

What on earth is this? This….this….magnificent creature masquerading as a movie haunts your senses for long after the closing images of raging destruction in the stunning finale

Little wonder that the incredible Anand Gandhi who created—no, I won’t use the mundane word ‘made’— the astonishing The Ship Of Theseus, is closely associated with Tumbbad. The visual imagery of this film is incomparable. Perhaps Sanjay Leela Bhansali on a particularly anxious night, would think up the visual language of Tumbbad. Raging and divine, Tumbbad looks like a universe that God created and forgot to put on the human map.

Feverish and fertile, this is a work of luminous lunacy. A parable on greed, lust and lustful greed this magical mystical film weaves layer after layer of drama based on illusion, subterfuge and self-delusion.

The...

For 2018, Fantastic Fest played host to over 100 horror, sci-fi, and action-themed feature and short films, and Daily Dead had the opportunity to see numerous titles while in Austin for all the movie-related festivities. For today’s review round-up, here are my thoughts on the supernatural-driven tale of Indian horror, Tumbbad, the psycho-sexual thriller Cam, and Winston Azzopardi’s survival horror film (with a twist), The Boat.

Tumbbad: I feel slightly uncultured, but Tumbbad from directors Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve is my first foray into Indian genre filmmaking (save for some over-the-top clips from some ’80s movies I viewed in passing while at various Drafthouses over the years), but based on their efforts here, I’m an instant fan, and I hope Tumbbad leads to more projects for this directorial team, because they both prove that they have the chops to deliver lavish, concept-heavy themes without sacrificing all the...

As the Hindu folktale at the start of Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad’s Tumbbad states: while the Goddess of Plenty birthed 160 million deities from her womb (Earth), the one she loved most is also the one that’s been erased from memory. His name is Hastar and he was her first. As such, he saw the wealth and food she provided mankind and coveted it for himself. He reached for the gold and his brothers and sisters allowed it for money was merely a vehicle for greed and unnecessary division. But when Hastar turned his sights on the wheat, they destroyed him before he could ever touch it. Unable to lose him forever, the Goddess of Plenty imprisoned him in her womb where he’s lived in shadows.

Nothing is ever truly expunged from history, however. Someone was bound to stumble upon Hastar’s name whether by divine fate or inspired imagination.

The 62nd BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express® has announced the contenders for the Official Competition and the long list of films in the other “Strands”.

The Best Film Award recognises inspiring, inventive and distinctive filmmaking and this year’s line-up showcases the enormous depth and diversity of talent working in the global film industry today, with 50% of the films from a female director or co-director.

The Festival has also welcomed as Jury President Academy Award-nominated director of Room (Lff Official Competition 2015), Lenny Abrahamson, whose long-awaited film adaptation of Sarah Waters’ horror novel The Little Stranger will be released this September. For the first time, the winner of the Best Film will receive their award in front of a public audience at a special screening on Saturday 20 October at Vue Leicester Square.

And here is the full list of Asian entries in this rich edition of BFI...

Something sinister lurks in the bowels of an ancient colonial estate in the rural Indian village of Tumbbad. A vengeful god protects an endless fortune that has existed since the beginning of time. Vinayak Rao's family have looked over the estate and its keepers for years, but when the heirs finally pass away and it's his turn to take possession of his birthright, the temptation to trick the beast and gain the fortune sends him hurtling down a path of greed from which there is no escape. Resistance is futile, and the pattern set by his rapacious ancestors lives on through him as the quest to defeat the monster becomes an all-consuming obsession. Co-directors Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad bring to the screen an...

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Indian fantasy film “Tumbbad” is poised to get the Venice Film Festival’s parallel Critics Week section off with a bang. Set as the section’s out-of-competition opening feature, “Tumbbad” is a dark tale of greed and obsession set in the 19th Century, but made with the richest 21st Century visuals.

Critics Week head Giona A. Nazzaro described Tumbbad as a “visionary fantasy film, a parable about greed that travels at the speed of an Emilio Salgari’s story shot by Steven Spielberg, rich in visual inventions, special effects and blood.”

Directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad, the film was made as multinational effort that reflects the changing approaches towards co-operation and co-productions being adopted by India’s independent filmmakers.

Producer Sohum Shah, previously known as an actor in “The Ship of Theseus,” tells Variety of the film’s long journey.

Variety: Why did “Tumbbad” take six years to make?...

Friday, August 24

– The Camden International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its 14th edition, including opening-night selection “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.” Morgan Neville’s documentary on Orson Welles kicks off the fest, which takes place September 13–16 and concludes with the Us premiere of the sailing drama “Maiden.”

The full slate is comprised of 37 features, 43 shorts, one episodic series, and 20 virtual-reality and immersive experiences; half of the lineup was directed or co-directed by women. Other standouts include Kahlil Hudson and Alex Jablonski’s “Young Men and Fire,” Lana Wilson’s series “The Cure for Fear,” Jane Gillooly’s “Where the Pavement Ends,” “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes,” “What Is Democracy,” “The Truth About Killer Robots,” Locarno winner “Fausto,” and Karlovy Vary winners “Walden” and “Putin’s Witnesses.” Take a look at the full slate at https://pointsnorthinstitute.org.

Wednesday, August 22

– Today Sffilm announced...

Non-FictionThe programme for the 2018 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Tsai Ming-liang, Frederick Wiseman, Sergei Loznitsa, Olivier Assayas, the Coen Brothers, and many more.COMPETITIONFirst Man (Damien Chazelle)The Mountain (Rick Alverson)Non-Fiction (Olivier Assayas)The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard)The Ballad of Buster ScruggsVox Lux (Brady Corbet)Roma (Alfonso Cuarón)22 July (Paul Greengrass)Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino)Werk ohne autor (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)The Nightingale (Jennifer Kent)The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos)Peterloo (Mike Leigh)Capri-revolution (Mario Martone)What You Gonna Do When the World's On Fire? (Roberto Minervini)Sunset (László Nemes)Frères ennemis (David Oeloffen)Where Life is Born (Carlos Reygadas)At Eternity's Gate (Julian Schnabel)Acusada (Gonzalo Tobal)Killing (Shinya Tsukamoto)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesThe Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles)They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (Morgan Neville)L'amica geniale (Saverio Costanzo)Il diario di angela - noi...

The National Union of Italian Film Critics has revealed its picks for the Venice Critics’ Week section it organizes parallel to the Venice Film Festival. Seven debut features have been set this year in competition for the Audience Award. Each will also be eligible for the Lion of the Future Luigi De Laurentiis Award that’s handed out at the main prize ceremony and goes to a first film from across all sections. It comes with a $100K purse.

Opening the section out of competition this year is Indian fantasy pic Tumbbad from Eros International and directors Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad, while closing duties belong to Tunisian horror movie Dachra from Abdelhamid Bouchnak. Other highlights include Sudanese comedy A Kasha; Syrian war documentary Still Recording; Montenegro’s first entry You Have The Night; and experimental horror pic M, the debut by Finnish pop star Anna Eriksson that’s...

The 33rd Venice International Critics' Week unveiled its lineup, featuring a selection of rich, young, global talent. The event is an independent section of the Venice Film Festival, organized by the Italian National Film Critics Union.

Critics' Week will open with Indian fantasy film Tumbbad by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad. 

Tunisian horror film Dachra by Abdelhamid Bouchnak will close out the week. 

The competition will feature seven world premieres including The Roundup by Hajooj Kuka, where the Sudanese civil war is seen as a comedy of errors and disguise; and Still Recording, a documentary of the horrors of the ...

The 33rd Venice International Critics' Week unveiled its lineup, featuring a selection of rich, young, global talent. The event is an independent section of the Venice Film Festival, organized by the Italian National Film Critics Union.

Critics' Week will open with Indian fantasy film Tumbbad by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad. 

Tunisian horror film Dachra by Abdelhamid Bouchnak will close out the week. 

The competition will feature seven world premieres including The Roundup by Hajooj Kuka, where the Sudanese civil war is seen as a comedy of errors and disguise; and Still Recording, a documentary of the horrors of the ...

David Dencik (Top of The Lake: China Girl), Jonas Karlsson (The Snowman) and Alba August (Becoming Astrid) will star in Quick.

David Dencik (Top of The Lake: China Girl), Jonas Karlsson (The Snowman) and Alba August (Becoming Astrid) will star in Quick for director Mikael Håfström (Evil), which TrustNordisk is selling.

Quick is among the new projects backed by Film i Väst, Scandinavia’s leading film fund, which is based in Trollhättan in West Sweden.

Quick, produced by Helena Danielsson for Brain Academy, is described as a “character-driven journalistic thriller and psychological drama.” Director Håfström told Screen, “Thomas Quick was Sweden’s worst serial killer,...