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Paris- based Urban Sales has hopped aboard Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo, a swimming drama set against the backdrop of the Second World War that is world premiering in Toronto’s Centrepiece section next month.

Set in the summer of 1939, the film is inspired by the true story of Sally Bauer, a Swedish single mother who wants to pursue her dream of becoming the first Scandinavian woman to swim across the English Channel amid pressure from society and her family who threaten to take her son away from her.

Josefin Neldén, whose recent roles include Ali Abbasi’s Border...

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has unveiled the 43 features selection for the Centrepiece programme including world premieres for Algerian director Merzak Allouache’s feuding matriarchs comedy Front Row and Laura Piani’s romantic comedy Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.

Taking their place in the global cinema showcase alongside the latest work from 41 countries are features that have already impressed at festivals, such as Mohammad Rasoulof’s Cannes award winner The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, and Steven Soderbergh’s Sundance selection Presence.

The 18 world premieres include Iranian filmmaker Ali Samadi Ahadi’s human rights drama Seven Days written by Rasoulof,...

Portland, Or – Comics and graphic novel publisher Ablaze moves deeper into the Summer 2024 reading season as it previews a diverse collection of new titles set for release in August, with notable additional titles set for advance solicitation ahead of their release this Fall.

Ablaze proudly expands its catalog of manga by the legendary Osamu Tezuka with a special advance solicitation for Neo Faust ahead of its November print and digital debut under the Ablaze Manga imprint.

New August debuts include The Cimmerian Collectible Virgin Cover Pack #2, the second release collecting select variant covers from The Cimmerian featuring key characters and highlights from this no-holds-barred adaptation of Robert E. Howard's tales illustrated by some of the comics world's hottest names. Limited to 500 copies.

Ablaze also highlights the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within its catalog with the Ablaze Spotlight On Fantasy Set, which includes two comic titles – The...

The Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the 13 upcoming features selected for its Work-in Progress showcase.

The selection includes respected French, New York-based artist and filmmaker Marie Losier’s bio-doc Peaches Goes Bananas about Canadian electronic musician Merrill Beth Nisker, aka Peaches.

Danish director Jeppe Rønde, who made waves with mass teen suicide drama Bridgend, is participating with second fiction feature Acts of Love, about a taboo sibling relationship within the confines of a religious community on Denmark’s west coast. (scroll down for full list).

Excerpts from the selected productions will be screened to industry professionals on December 17 as part of the festival’s Industry Village events, which also includes the Coproduction Village.

Both events are taking place within the framework of the festival’s 15th edition running from December 16 to 19 in the French Alps resort of Les Arcs.

The showcase received a record 181 project submissions this year, 38% of which are directed women.

Bob's Burgers has always been a family-friendly show with wholesome family messaging. While the show has less adult humor, that has enabled it to expand its family-oriented themes and stories. Kindness and acceptance help make Bob's Burgers stand apart from other animated TV series.

The following contains light spoilers for Bob's Burgers Season 14, Episode 5, "Bully-lieve It or Not," which debuted Sunday, Nov. 5 on Fox.

Bob's Burgers began as a comedy that captivated audiences through its quirky and chaotic characters, unhinged humor and bizarre adventures of the Belcher family. However, over time the series has taken a different approach: a focus on musical numbers and weighty moral dilemmas, with much less adult humor. Bob's Burgers is moving in a more heartfelt direction, with wholesome family messaging present in almost every episode.

But while original fans of the show lament the absence of a more maniacal Louise Belcher or seeing Bob Belcher...

Feeder have announced a new double album Black / Red for release on 5th April 2024 on Big Teeth Music via Townsend Music / Absolute Label Services. Black / Red completes a trilogy of albums joined to 2022’s UK Top 5 album Torpedo. New double A-side single ‘Playing With Fire’ / ‘Elf’ / is out now.

‘Elf’, which lead singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas describes as “a call to arms”, and ‘Playing With Fire’s “roller coaster ride of self-discovery”, reaffirm the band’s knack for sticky melodies and livewire riffs. Songs across Black / Red carry with them the same sense of wide-open space, freedom and possibility, aligned with an optimistic energy that first lit the fuse for Torpedo. Cohesive and connected rather than a concept, Black / Red is a continuation of Torpedo’s conversation but at the same time a full stop on a prolific songwriting period that encapsulates a very specific moment in time for the band.

Hildur Guðnadóttir and Nicholas Britell took top honors at the 20th World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday during the Ghent Film Festival.

Iceland-born, Berlin-based Guðnadóttir was named Film Composer of the Year for her Oscar-winning score for “Joker.” She won last year’s TV Composer of the Year for her Emmy-winning score for the HBO series “Chernobyl.”

American composer Britell was named TV Composer of the Year for his music for the second season of HBO’s “Succession.” He was last year’s Wsa award winner for Film Composer of the Year for “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Vice,” so Britell and Guðnadóttir essentially switch places from last year’s honors.

Wsa Discovery Of the Year went to American-born, Paris-based composer Bryce Dessner for his music for “The Two Popes.” The Wsa Public Choice Award, chosen by fans from around the world, went to Madrid-born, Los Angeles-based Alfonso G. Aguilar...

The two composers won for, respectively, their scores for ‘Joker’ and ‘Succession’.

Hildur Gudnadóttir won the film composer of the year prize for her score for Joker at the World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa), held online this evening (Saturday October 24).

Gudnadóttir’s prize meant she has now been represented at the Wsa for three consecutive years. The Icelandic composer was nominated for the discovery of the year award two years ago for Sicario: Day Of The Soldado, and won the TV composer of the year prize last year for HBO series Chernobyl. She also won the Oscar for best score in February this year for Joker,...

The suspenseful, claustrophobic WWII thriller Torpedo U-235 is available on VOD today, May 19th. It’s the latest from Epic Pictures, Dread Central’s parent company and it makes for perfect Memorial Day viewing. Check out the trailer and read more about Torpedo U-235 below. Synopsis:During the height of World War II, commander Stan and a courageous group of […] More...

"We've got to pilot this ourselves?" Epic Pictures has released an official Us trailer for a submarine thriller called Torpedo U 235, which is an amalgamation of two other titles for this: Torpedo (the original Belgian title) and U235 (the sub's name). The film is about a small team of Belgian resistance fighters that kidnap a German submarine during WWII and accept a mission to bring uranium, needed for the Manhattan Project, from the Belgian Kongo to New York. Based on a true story, of course. This looks like it has some awesome action in addition to the wicked cool story of some Belgians wrangling a stolen German sub for a top secret mission. This stars Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard, Joren Seldeslachts, Sven De Ridder, Stefan Perceval, and Bert Haelvoet. The dialogue is cheesy, but the rest seems solid. Here's the official trailer (+ posters) for Sven Huybrechts' Torpedo...

’Make Cinema Great Again!’ took place at CONNeXT in Ghent.

Film directors need to have more ambition and a unique cinematic vision to attract sales agents, distributors and ultimately a theatrical audience, agreed a group of European film industry experts at a debate at Flanders Image’s CONNeXT event in the Belgian city of Ghent on Tuesday (October 8).

“I’m looking for something singular, something different,” said Karin Beyens, head of acquisitions at France’s Diaphana Distribution. “Last year we bought Mid 90s and Girl, two films that give you a certain experience. You feel something when you see these films.