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Director of Haugesund Closer ‘The Murder of Benjamin’ Says the Infamous Neo-Nazi Killing Was a ‘Wake-Up Call for the Whole Nation’ – But ‘They Are Rising Again’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #IngvildSøderlind #TheMurderofBenjamin #TheNorwegianInternationalFilmFestivalHaugesund

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/haugesund-the-murder-of-benjamin-hermansen-neo-nazi-killing-1236845263/

Matthew McConaughey Starrer ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Wins at Haugesund – but the Ship From ‘The Odyssey’ Threatens to Steal the Show
#Variety #Awards #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Butterfly #Pressure #TheNorwegianInternationalFilmFestivalHaugesund #TheOdyssey #TheRivalsofAmziahKing

https://variety.com/2026/awards/awards/matthew-mcconaughey-the-rivals-of-amziah-king-haugesund-1236845010/

‘Ibelin,’ From ‘The Imitation Game’ Director Morten Tyldum, Becomes a Star Case Study at Haugesund
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #HaugesundFilmFestival #Ibelin #MortenTyldum #NewNordicFilms #Norwegianinternationalfilmfestivalhaugesund #VendômePictures

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/ibelin-morten-tyldum-stephen-graham-mats-steen-1236845290/

Eras Tour Opener Marie Ulven – Girl in Red – Is Not Playing Herself in ‘Low Expectations’: ‘I Have a Real Interest in Acting’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #Musicians #News #EivindLandsvik #GirlinRed #HaugesundFilmFestival #LowExpectations #MarieUlven #Norwegianinternationalfilmfestivalhaugesund

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/marie-ulven-girl-in-red-low-expectations-acting-1236844932/

Miyu Distribution Acquires Fernanda Salgado’s ‘Ana, en Passant’ Starring Lauded Brazilian Actress Zezé Motta (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Animation #Brazil #MiyuDistribution #VancouverFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/miyu-distribution-fernanda-salgado-ana-en-passant-vancouver-1236842687/

Motherhood Horror Film ‘Vagina Dentata,’ ‘From The Eclipse’ Director Nataša Urban, Boarded by Romanian Partner Manifest Film (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Haugesund #ManifestFilm #Medieoperatørene #NatašaUrban #NorwegianInternationalFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/vagina-dentata-natasa-urban-manifest-film-haugesund-1236843570/

LevelK Boards Haugesund-Bound Norwegian Psycho Thriller ‘Anathema,’ About Repression, Denial and Collective Madness (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #HidingSaddamHussein #JanneHjeltnes #Levelk #NewNordicFilms #NoParadiseifYouAreKilledbyaWoman #Royalteen

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/levelk-sales-norwegian-thriller-anathema-1236843078/

Amanda Kernell Is More Interested in ‘Liberation Than a Curse’ as Her Third Feature ‘Brace Your Heart’ Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AmandaKernell #BraceYourHeart #HaugesundFilmFestival #TheNorwegianInternationalFilmFestivalHaugesund #TorontoFilmFestival #TrustNordisk

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/amanda-kernell-brace-your-heart-1236842342/

Sanfic Industria and Guadalajara Film Fest Forge Joint Queer Incubator Initiative (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Berlinale #GuadalajaraFilmFestival #PremiosMaguey #QueerLion #SANFIC #SanficIndustria #TeddyAwards

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/sanfic-industria-guadalajara-queer-incubator-initiative-1236841946/

Patricio Valladares Descends Into Hell With Horror Adaptation of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DantesInferno #Frightfest #PatricioValladares #StephenKing #TheStand

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/frightfest-patricio-valladares-dante-the-divine-comedy-1236842260/

Pimmada Chaisakcharoen’s Thai Horror ‘Tame’ Launches EST N8, BrandThink’s B-EST Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #BESTPictures #ESTN8 #PimmadaChaisakcharoen #TorontoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/pimmada-chaisakcharoen-thai-horror-tame-b-est-pictures-1236842271/

‘Cairo Conspiracy’s Tawfeek Barhom to Star in Les Valseurs’ ‘Borderline’ by Oscar-Nominated Yves Piat (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #CairoConspiracy #DamienMegherbi #LesValseurs #LyesSalem #NeftaFootballClub #SamirGuesmi #TawfeekBarhom

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/tawfeek-barhom-les-valseurs-borderline-1236841611/

Starring Brad Pitt, Paramount Pictures’ ‘Heart of the Beast’ Set for San Sebastián
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #BradPitt #DavidAyer #ParamountPictures #SanSebastiánFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/brad-pitt-heart-of-the-beast-paramount-san-sebastian-1236841422/

Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’, Hlynur Pálmason’s ‘The Love That Remains’ Among the Nominees for the Nordic Council Film Prize
#Variety #Awards #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #ALightThatNeverGoesOut #Beginnings #Birita #KevlarSoul #NordicCouncilFilmPrize #SentimentalValue #TheLoveThatRemains

https://variety.com/2026/awards/awards/sentimental-value-nominees-nordic-council-film-prize-1236841360/

‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Kristofer Hivju Turns to Rom-Com with ‘True Love’ by ‘Little Did I Know’’s Martina Haag (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #FridaHallgren #KristoferHivju #LittleDidIKnow #MartinaHaag #NewNordicFilms #PeterArrhenius #SFStudios

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/kristofer-hivju-frida-hallgren-true-love-sf-studios-1236840991/

Erik Poppe Talks Haugesund Opener ‘Beloved,’ Written by Nobel Prize Winner Jon Fosse: ‘People Long for Something Honest and Truthful’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #Spotlight #Beloved #ErikPoppe #HaugesundFilmFestival #TheNorwegianInternationalFilmFestivalHaugesund

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/erik-poppe-haugesund-opener-beloved-nobel-prize-jon-fosse-1236841030/

Grace Passô’s ‘Our Secret’ Nabs the Best Film Kikito at the 54th Gramado Film Festival
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #ChristianMalheiros #GracePassô #GramadoFilmFestival #JoséLoreto #TecaPereira #VitrineFilmes

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/passo-nosso-segredo-won-gramado-best-film-kikito-1236841004/

‘Sentimental Value’ Star Anders Danielsen Lie and Anne Marie Ottersen Inducted Into the Haugesund Walk of Fame: ‘It Feels Full Circle’
#Variety #Awards #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AndersDanielsenLie #HaugesundFilmFestival #Norwegianinternationalfilmfestivalhaugesund #SentimentalValue

https://variety.com/2026/awards/awards/sentimental-value-anders-danielsen-lie-anne-marie-ottersen-1236840981/

‘Seduction,’ Helmed by Zelito Viana and Marcos Palmeira, to Premiere at the Inffinito Fest in Miami (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #GramadoFilmFestival #H2OFilms #InffinitoBrazilianFilmFestival #JorgePeregrino #MarcosPalmeira #MiguelFariaJr #ZelitoViana

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/seduction-zelito-viana-marcos-palmeira-premiere-miami-h2o-1236840944/

‘Sentimental Value’ Sweeps Amanda Awards
#Variety #Awards #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AmandaAwards #HaugesundFilmFestival #JoachimTrier #OneBattleAfterAnother #SentimentalValue #TheNorwegianInternationalFilmFestivalHaugesund

https://variety.com/2026/awards/awards/sentimental-value-amanda-awards-one-battle-after-another-1236840778/

Emily Watson Says ‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 2 Will Have ‘Lots of New Elements,’ Led Her on ‘A Quest in a Way Actors Always Get to Do and Actresses Don’t’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #DuneProphecy #EmilyWatson #SarajevoFilmFestival #VarietyLounge

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/emily-watson-dune-prophecy-season-2-1236840725/

Sandra Wollner’s ‘Everytime’ Wins Sarajevo Film Festival
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #SandraWollner #SarajevoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/sandra-wollner-everytime-wins-sarajevo-film-festival-1236840695/

Magenta Light Studios Nabs U.S. and Canadian Distribution Rights to Brazilian Crime Drama ‘The King of the Internet’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Bafici #BobYari #FabrícioBittar #Magentalightstudios #VitrineFilmes

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/magenta-light-studios-king-of-the-internet-fabricio-bittar-1236839795/

Canada’s H264 Nabs Colombia’s ‘Where The River Begins’ Ahead of Toronto Fest World Premiere
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Cannes #LaPlayaDC #Oscars #Tiff #TorontoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/canada-h264-where-the-river-begins-toronto-fest-premiere-1236838810/

‘Supporting Role’ Director Ana Urushadze Preps ‘Fear of Butterflies,’ a Detective Story With ‘Mysticism and a Touch of Body Horror’ (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AnaUrushadze #SarajevoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/supporting-role-ana-urushadze-fear-of-butterflies-1236839801/

Woody Harrelson Ready to Direct Another Live Film, Compares Jason Bateman’s ‘The Cackling of the Dodos’ to Martin McDonagh and the Coen Brothers
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #JasonBateman #MatthewMcConaughey #SarajevoFilmFestival #VarietyLounge #VarietyLoungeSarajevo #WoodyHarrelson

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/woody-harrelson-jason-bateman-martin-mcdonagh-coen-brothers-1236838548/

Folk Horror ‘Wolf Days,’ Family Drama ‘The First Week of August’ Win at Sarajevo Industry Awards
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #SarajevoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/wolf-days-the-first-week-of-august-sarajevo-industry-awards-1236839656/

Icelandic Producer Hlín Jóhannsdóttir Sets ‘Just a Kid’ With Alief Ahead of Haugesund and Reunites with ‘Driving Mum’ Team (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Alief #DrivingMum #Haugesund #HeraHilmar #HilmarOddsson #HlínJóhannsdóttir #NewNordicFilms #SmokeSaunaSisterhood #ÞrösturLeóGunnarsson

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/driving-mum-iceland-alief-just-a-kid-1236839417/

Mubi Set to Stream Manuela Martelli’s ‘The Meltdown’ After Its Screening at San Sebastián (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #Cannes #ElasticaFilms #Piano #RondaCine #SanSebastianFilmFestival #WoodProducciones

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/manuela-martelli-the-meltdown-mubi-san-sebastian-festival-1236838772/

Asghar Farhadi Condemns Politicians and Media for Focus on ‘Difference’ and ‘Hate’: ‘Why Do You Think a Mother in Afghanistan Is Different Than Your Mom?’
#Variety #Global #MarketsFestivals #News #AsgharFarhadi #MikeLeigh #SarajevoFilmFestival

https://variety.com/2026/film/global/asghar-farhadi-condemns-politicians-media-difference-hate-1236838883/