Variety

Canary Islands’ Documentary Voices Look Outward as Sector Gains Range

As the Canary Islands’ audiovisual sector pushes more assertively onto the international doc scene, a cluster of producers, directors and creative executives is helping to define what production there can now mean: locally grounded, varied, outward-facing and very exportable. Variety profiles some of the Canary Islands’ most important figures: David Baute Few filmmakers working in […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

Luca Guadagnino’s Sam Altman, OpenAI Film ‘Artificial’ Dropped by Amazon MGM Studios

The news comes just a couple of months after Jeff Bezos' company said it would be investing $50 billion in OpenAI as part of a "multi-year strategic partnership."

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Emily in Paris’ Outperform IP Rivals in Dentsu Fandom Intelligence Study

Streaming titles including “Stranger Things,” “Emily in Paris” and “Wednesday” outperform the average across all entertainment IP tested by 30% when it comes to converting fans into buyers, according to new research from Dentsu Sports & Entertainment released at the SEG3 conference in London. The findings come as dentsu expands its Fandom Intelligence platform – […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Post your questions for Vini Reilly of the Durutti Column

Ahead of the band’s first new album in 16 years, the hugely influential guitarist will be taking your questions for the Guardian Film & Music reader interviewAt the end of July, the Durutti Column will release their first new music in 16 years: the stunningly beautiful Renascent. It’s a prime time for Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart to return as the Durutti influence is everywhere: sampled by Blood Orange on his latest album Essex Honey; cited by Harry Styles on his new LP Kiss

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

The Latest from YouTube Sensation Bruno Simões, a Tale of Trump-Like Capitalism and the Story of Poet Pablo Neruda’s Finest Hour: How Catalan Titles Stack Up at Annecy 

The next from Bruno Simões, whose “Pip,” when released, became YouTube’s all time most-watched animation short with 540 million views. “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” a chronicle of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda’s finest achievement. And Tallinn Grand Prix winner, “Because Today is Saturday,” from Portugal’s Alice Eça Guimarães. All three Catalan animation titles play at […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

Canary Islands Sell Documentary’s Next Frontier: A ‘Goldmine’ of Untold Atlantic Stories

Soccer legend Pelé kneeling to tie his boots in the seconds before kickoff at the 1970 World Cup and the Puma brand on show is a legendary image; less well known is that it was engineered by a Canary Islander. Hans Henningsen, widely cited as a father of modern sports marketing, is now the subject of […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

‘Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope’ Chronicles the Humanitarian Ship’s Voyage to Chile, Chartered by Nobel Prize-Winner Pablo Neruda and Artist Delia del Carril

“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” a co-production between Spain, Chile and Argentina, will be one of 11 titles competing in the Contrechamp Feature Films section of this year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival. The animated feature film is directed by Beñat Beitia Urresti (“Mummy, I’m a Zombie”) and Elio Quiroga (“Fotos,” “The Mystery of the King of […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

7 Rising Romanian Talents Ready to Break Out in 2026

Fresh off Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s triumph at the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest, “Fjord,” starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, earned the director his second Palme d’Or, spirits are high at this week’s Transilvania Intl. Film Festival, which takes place June 12 – 21. Following the trailblazing success of Mungiu, Cristi Puiu (“The […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

Inside Catalonia’s Build as One of Europe’s Most Exciting Animation Hubs

In 2017, one Catalan animated feature hit cinema theaters. Eight years later, after a 2023 Oscar nomination for “Robot Dreams,” produced by Barcelona’s Arcadia Motion Pictures, in 2025 six Catalan animated features saw a theatrical release. This year, Catalonia has 11 titles selected for Annecy, between its festival and MIFA market, led by Contrechamp contender […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

‘We Are Aliens,’ Cannes, Annecy Buzz Title, Sells Wide Across Asia (EXCLUSIVE)

Paris-based sales company Charades has closed a raft of Asian deals on Kohei Kadowaki’s animated feature ‘We Are Aliens’ ahead of its Annecy International Animation Film Festival premiere in Competition.The Japanese-French co-production has sold to Geen Narae Media in South Korea, Hooray Films in Taiwan, Shaw Organisation in Singapore, Intercontinental Film Distributors in Hong Kong […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

From Barça to Atlantic History, Canary Islands Producers Eye the World

If the Canary Islands’ audiovisual sector is increasingly pitching itself as both rooted and exportable, a handful of new and recent titles suggest why. Across cultural history, elite sport, climate emergency and intimate observational portraiture, local companies are shaping projects that start from Canarian experience and reach out from there. At the heritage end stands […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

Sunny Side of the Doc’s Aurélie Reman: ‘It’s a Moment in History for Trustworthy Content’

The 37th Sunny Side of the Doc (SSD) returns this year to the coastal city of La Rochelle, France after facing off budgetary headwinds. From June 22 – 24, the streamlined documentary marketplace launches new sections, no mean feat given that they only had five months to put it together. But just as most documentary […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

From a Reboot of TV Phenom ‘The Triplets’ to a New ‘Tad the Lost Explorer’ Movie, 10 Upcoming Catalan Animation Titles to Track

“Ship is ready to sail, explorers!” shouts gleefully little Tessa, leaping onto the ladder of her bunk bed, at the very beginning of Catalonia’s “The Triplets” reboot.  “I think you’ll enjoy the trip. Tessa is a very experienced sailor,” adds sister Annie, referring to her rubber duck. “Captain Nelly ready for landing,” adds Nelly, from […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘People like me needed Sinéad O’Connor’: how the singer and activist inspired a new dance work

Tony-winning choreographer Sonya Tayeh was ‘broken up’ when she heard about the Irish singer-songwriter’s death three years ago. Now she and a group of over-40s female dancers are paying homage: ‘People love her, people need her’Sonya Tayeh remembers watching Saturday Night Live in October 1992, at home in Detroit, when a young, shaven-headed woman behind a microphone tore a picture of Pope John Paul II into pieces, while saying: “Fight the real enemy.”“I felt like the entire world paused,” reme

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

The Guardian Culture

‘It’s time for it to end’: Ebon Moss-Bachrach on the final, delicious season of The Bear

It turned its cast into global stars, triggered fashion crazes and even made an omelette go viral. As The Bear bows out, ‘cousin’ Ebon Moss-Bachrach talks obsessive fans, fork tattoos and why he’s ‘dumbly proud’Ebon Moss-Bachrach is currently starring in an acclaimed Broadway production of Dog Day Afternoon, but after he takes his bow, there’s only one thing audience members want to talk about. “Every time I leave through the stage door, there’s a couple of hundred people yelling ‘Cousin!’” he l

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Hollywood Reporter

The Can’t Miss Premieres, Showcases and Sneak Peeks at Annecy Animation Festival

The hottest premieres, presentations, and hidden gems at the world's biggest toon fest, which runs June 21-27.

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

‘Dhurandhar,’ IPL Power India’s Reliance Industries’ Media Business to $3.7 Billion Revenue

Reliance Industries’ media and entertainment operations generated revenue of INR34,917 crore ($3.7 billion) in FY26, chair Mukesh Ambani disclosed at the company’s annual general meeting in Mumbai on Friday, with live sports and the “Dhurandhar” film franchise among the primary drivers. The business – spanning JioStar, JioHotstar, Jio Studios, and Network18 – recorded an EBITDA […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

Women’s Snooker Doc ‘The Queens of 147’ Heads to Shanghai TV Festival

“The Queens of 147,” a feature-length documentary tracking the parallel lives of two Chinese women in professional and amateur snooker, has been selected for the third edition of the “Image Possibilities Coproduction Plan” WIP program at the Shanghai TV Festival. Developed and produced by U.K.-China Film Collab, the project follows world champion Bai Yulu on […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

Variety

Uwe Boll Says Armie Hammer Film ‘Citizen Vigilante’ Has Been Banned in Germany for ‘Inciting Violence Against Migrants,’ but Insists: ‘I Am Not a Nazi!’

Action thriller “Citizen Vigilante,” starring Armie Hammer, has been banned in Germany for its extreme violence and alleged anti-migrant message, according to director Uwe Boll. The film, billed as a modern-day riff on “Death Wish,” is being released in the U.S. on Friday by Quiver. “The rating system refused to give us a rating [in […]

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026

The Guardian Culture

Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need

Andy Serkis has picked the perfect actor for the next iteration of the Lord of the Rings franchise. But if Tolkien didn’t linger over this subplot, should we?Let’s be honest: Anya Taylor-Joy would make a great elf. If any human being could flit from tree to tree as if woven from gossamer and starlight, or appear on a moonlit branch looking as though she had just been summoned by a haunted lute, it would be the star of The Queen’s Gambit, The Witch and Furiosa. She is perfect for Lord of the Rin

entertainment  Jun 19, 2026