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Netflix has shared some fresh news about its upcoming Ghostbusters animated series during the Annecy 2025 Film Festival. The show is now fully in production, though there’s still no official release date announced. This series is part of Netflix’s Family Spectacle lineup and is being made with Sony Pictures Animation.

Dominique Bazay, Netflix’s Director of Animation for Families and Kids, introduced the series at Annecy. She explained that Ghostbusters is grouped with other big family shows like Minecraft, Clash of Clans, and Stranger Things: Tales from ’85. Bazay said the goal is to create animation that appeals to everyone, from kids to grandparents, whether they watch together or on their own.

She said, “These spectacle shows are a giant bet for us. We want to make spectacular animation for the entire family, for parents, for kids, for teens, for grandparents, for young adults, whether they watch together or apart.

Get ready for a gripping and emotional episode of “Intervention” airing this Monday at 8:00 Pm on A&e! In the episode titled “Three Brothers,” viewers are invited into the harrowing world of addiction and family turmoil.

Three addicted brothers have transformed their childhood home into a nightmarish drug den, where the specter of death looms ominously at every turn. Despite their shared struggles and the extreme abuse they endured growing up, the brothers continue to battle their demons and grapple with the devastating impact of addiction on their lives.

As viewers witness the heartbreaking journey of these three brothers, they’ll be drawn into a raw and powerful narrative that explores the complexities of addiction, trauma, and the enduring bonds of family. With empathy and compassion, “Intervention” sheds light on the resilience of the human spirit and the hope for redemption in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.

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’After Love’ wins best British independent film, plus actress and director prizes.

Aleem Khan’s feature directing debut After Love won six awards at this year’s British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which took place tonight (December 5) in London.

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After Love won best British independent film, with Khan taking home three prizes: best director, best debut director and best screenplay. Khan was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2015 and his 2014 short Three Brothers received a Bafta nomination.

The film stars Joanna Scanlan, who also won best actress, as a Muslim woman who...

Princ Films has taken international rights to Slávek Horák’s “Havel,” a biopic about the Czech playwright, dissident and his country’s president Vaclav Havel, and will launch sales at the European Film Market.

The film recently received 14 nominations for the Czech Lion Awards, the leading Czech film awards, across all major categories including film, director, screenplay, and all acting categories. It also received two nominations for the Czech Film Critics’ Awards, best actor and actress.

“Havel” premiered at the Visegrad Cinema Days, run by the Kyiv Film Festival in the Ukraine, and went onto play a slew of festivals including Heartland (Indiana), where it was a finalist for best narrative feature, Montreal Independent, where Horák won best director, Rome Independent, where it won best feature, Warsaw, Tallinn Black Nights, São Paulo, Cottbus and Zagreb.

“Havel” stars Viktor Dvorák (“Three Brothers”) as Havel and follows the accomplished playwright and Czechoslovakia’s last President,...

Aleem Khan’s UK drama world premiered at the BFI London Film Festival

Paris-based The Bureau Sales has unveiled more deals on Aleem Khan’s UK drama After Love, which received its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival in October.

It has been acquired for Italy (Teodora), Switzerland (Frenetic), Greece (Strada), Australia (Madman), Greece (Strada) and South Korea (Pancinema).

Previous deals include to France (Rezo Films) and UK-Ireland (BFI Distribution).

The feature has won praise for UK actress Joanna Scanlan’s performance as a recently widowed Muslim convert who discovers her husband had a secret life in the northern French port of Calais,...

Film was one of five features selected for the Cannes Critics’ Week 2020 label.

Paris-based The Bureau Sales has sold French rights to UK filmmaker Aleem Khan’s debut feature After Love to Rezo Films, in a first major territory deal for the film.

The drama was among five features selected for Cannes Critics’ Week’s special 2020 label, which the parallel section created this year in the absence of a physical event due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Set in the port town of Dover in southeast England, it stars Joanna Scanlan as a woman who suddenly finds herself a widow following...

Film was one of five features selected for the Cannes Critics’ Week 2020 label.

Paris-based Le Bureau Sales has sold French rights to UK filmmaker Aleem Khan’s debut feature After Love to Rezo Films, in a first major territory deal for the film.

The drama was among five features selected for Cannes Critics’ Week’s special 2020 label, which the parallel section created this year in the absence of a physical event due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Set in the port town of Dover in southeast England, it stars Joanna Scanlan as a woman who suddenly finds herself a widow following...

Producers on the Move, a networking forum for up-and-coming producers from Europe, takes place as a virtual event this week. The organizer, European Film Promotion, has given Variety exclusive access to the projects the producers are pitching to sales companies.

Here are their projects, including the latest films from the directors of SXSW standout “Lake Bodom” and Cannes breakout “Fire Will Come.” (Biographies of the producers can be found at this link.)

“After”

Producer: Andrea Queralt, 4 A 4 Productions (France)

Director: Oliver Laxe

Genre: Existential Road-Movie

The next film from Oliver Laxe, the director of Cannes breakout hit “Fire Will Come,” winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize. “After” follows a disparate group of ravers who go in quest of the ultimate party in a remote corner of Africa. They embark on an odyssey into the depths of the Saharan desert, a mirror of sand for the characters.

“La Bella Estate”

Producer: Giovanni Pompili,...

The Bureau is producing the feature, with backing from BFI and BBC Films.

Joanna Scanlan has signed to star in After Love, the debut feature from writer-director Aleem Khan, a former Screen UK Star of Tomorrow, which is now in production in Kent, London and Calais.

It is produced by Matthieu de Braconier of London and Paris-based outfit The Bureau and is backed by BBC Films and the BFI.

Scanlan plays a woman who, having converted to Islam after meeting her future husband, suffers an identity crisis following his sudden death. When she uncovers details of his secret family in the French town of Calais,...

Franceso Rosi's warm, thoughtful tale sees a family gathering observe grievous modern problems -- after so much violence in Italian politics people are still looking for humanistic solutions. Philippe Noiret heads a great cast (with Charles Vanel) in this mellow reflection on 'the things of life.' Three Brothers Region B Blu-ray + Pal DVD Arrow Academy (UK) 1981 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 111 min. / Street Date April 4, 2016 / Tre fratelli / Available from Amazon UK  Starring Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Charles Vanel, Andréa Ferréol, Maddalena Crippa, Rosaria Tafuri, Marta Zoffoli, Simonetta Stefanelli. Cinematography Pasqualino De Santis Editor Ruggero Mastroianni Original Music Piero Piccioni Written by Tonino Guerra, Francesco Rosi from the book by A. Platonov Produced by Antonio Macri, Giorgio Nocella Directed by Francesco Rosi

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

So few of Francesco Rosi's films were released in the United States that until Criterion's disc of Salvatore Giuliano my only image of...