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09-07-2025
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‘Dracula' by Radu Jude, David Lynch-Exec Produced ‘Happy Worker' Set for Locarno Lineup
Get ready for Dracula, a movie made with the participation of the late filmmaking legend David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, this year's Cannes winner It Was Just an Accident, and much more, as the Locarno International Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the lineup for its 78th edition. Dracula by Romanian director Radu Jude will get its world premiere as part of the Swiss fest's competition program, while Duwayne Dunham (Return of the Jedi, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet) will bring the debut of Legend of the Happy Worker, executive produced by Lynch, to the out-of-competition lineup. Locarno, taking place Aug. 6-16, will also present the latest works from the likes of Abdelletif Kechiche, Vincent Grashaw, Sho Miyake, Ben Rivers, and Rosanne Pel, among others. More from The Hollywood Reporter 'Bidad' Director Soheil Beiraghi on Giving Voice to a Gen Z Iranian Woman and Being Ready for the Consequences Netflix Sets Release Date for 'Alice in Borderland' Season 3, Drops First Teaser Trailer 'The Sandman' Showrunner Allan Heinberg Explains Decision to End Netflix Series After Two Seasons Locarno's Concorso Cineasti del Presente sidebar, which puts the spotlight on first and second features, will include the likes of coming-of-drama Fantasy by music video and short film director Kukla, as well as drama Olivia by Sofía Petersen. Meanwhile, some of this season's film festival favorites and classics will screen in Locarno's main Piazza Grande section, taking place on the town's main square set up with 8,000 seats. Films that can be seen there include Jafar Panahi's Cannes 2025 winner and Testa O Croce? (Heads or Tails?) by Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis, featuring John C. Reilly as Buffalo Bill. Overall, the fest will screen 221 films, including 99 world premieres. 'The films of the 78th edition represent what is alive, necessary, and daring in contemporary cinema today,' Locarno's artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro said. 'A cinema entirely in the present tense, devoid of any nostalgia and projected forward towards an open, dynamic, inclusive future that is to be imagined together, once again. A playful and dangerous cinema that takes many risks, but also a cinema that does not forget to laugh and smile, and to question history in all its aspects.' In a press kit for the lineup announcement, Nazarro wrote: 'Let's regain the world one film at a time.' He added: 'Building the program of the Locarno Film Festival means engaging with the living matter of contemporary cinema. A cinema that unfolds while the world is undergoing violent upheavals, while we witness – in real time – horrors that we had only read about in history books or studied in archival footage. The question is simple, and brutal in its inevitability: what is the place of cinema when the proliferation of images is unstoppable and continuous?' His answer: 'We regain the world (and perhaps peace) one film at a time. … The cinema that presents itself at the crossroads with history for the 78th edition of the festival is a cinema that, on the one hand, does not turn its gaze away from reality, and, on the other, explores the still possible forms of the image without forgetting to smile at the absurdities of our lives. A cinema that is playful, takes risks, dreams, and provokes; a cinema that stubbornly remains in the world.' Jackie Chan will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at Locarno next month, Emma Thompson will get the Leopard Club Award, and Lucy Liu will receive a career honor. Check out the Locarno film festival's lineup for its main feature competition and other key sections unveiled on Tuesday below: Concorso Internazionale Program (competition lineup) As Estações (The Seasons) by Maureen Fazendeiro – Portugal, France, Spain,Austria – 2025World premiere Bog Neće Pomoći (God Will Not Help) by Hana Jušić – Croatia, Italy, Romania,Greece, France, Slovenia – 2025World premiere Donkey Days by Rosanne Pel – Netherlands, Germany – 2025World premiere Dracula by Radu Jude – Romania, Austria, Luxembourg – 2025World premiere Dry Leaf by Alexandre Koberidze – Germany, Georgia – 2025World premiere Le Bambine (Mosquitoes) by Valentina Bertani, Nicole Bertani – Italy, Switzerland,France – 2025World premiere Le Lac by Fabrice Aragno – Switzerland – 2025World premiere Linije Želje (Desire Lines) by Dane Komljen – Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,Netherlands, Croatia, Germany – 2025World premiere Mare's Nest by Ben Rivers – United Kingdom, France, Canada – 2025World premiere Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due by Abdellatif Kechiche – France – 2025World premiere Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen (Phantoms of July) by Julian Radlmaier –Germany – 2025World premiere Solomamma by Janicke Askevold – Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland –2025World premiere Sorella Di Clausura by Ivana Mladenović – Romania, Serbia, Italy, Spain – 2025World premiere Tabi to Hibi (Two Seasons, Two Strangers) by Sho Miyake – Japan – 2025World premiere Tales of the Wounded Land by Abbas Fahdel – Lebanon – 2025World premiere White Snail by Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter – Austria, Germany – 2025World premiere With Hasan in Gaza by Kamal Aljafari – Palestine, Germany, France, Qatar – 2025World premiere Fuori Concorso Program (out-of-competition lineup) Bobò by Pippo Delbono – Italy – 2025World premiereDeathstalker by Steven Kostanski – Canada – 2025World premiereE by Anna Eriksson – Finland – 2025World premiereExile by Mehdi Hmili – Tunisia, Luxembourg, France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia – 2025World premiereI Live Here Now by Julie Pacino – USA – 2025European premiereIl Vangelo die Giuda (Judas' Gospel) by Giulio Base – Italy, Poland – 2025World premiereKeep Quiet by Vincent Grashaw – USA – 2025World premiereKerouac's road: the beat of a nation by Ebs Burnough – United Kingdom, USA– 2025International premiereLe Chantier by Jean-Stéphane Bron – France, Switzerland – 2025World premiereLegend of the Happy Worker by Duwayne Dunham – USA – 2025World premiere Nova '78 by Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias – United Kingdom, Portugal – 2025World premiereSilence by Eduardo Casanova – Spain – 2025World premiereSome Notes on the Current Situation by Eran Kolirin – Israel – 2025World premiereThe Deal by Jean-Stéphane Bron – Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium –2025World premiereEpisodes 3-6 Concorso Cineasti Del Presente Program Affection Affection by Alexia Walther, Maxime Matray – France – 2025World premiere Balearic by Ion de Sosa – Spain, France – 2025World premiere Becoming by Zhannat Alshanova – France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania,Sweden – 2025World premiere Blue Heron by Sophy Romvari – Canada, Hungary – 2025World premiere Don't Let the Sun by Jacqueline Zünd – Switzerland, Italy – 2025World premiere Fantasy by Kukla – Slovenia, North Macedonia – 2025World premiere Folichonneries (Follies) by Eric K. Boulianne – Canada – 2025World premiere Gioia Mia (Sweetheart) by Margherita Spampinato – Italy – 2025World premiere Hijo Mayor by Cecilia Kang – Argentina, France – 2025World premiere Nu Mă Lăsa Să Mor (Don't Let Me Die) by Andrei Epure – Romania, Bulgaria,France – 2025World premiere Olivia by Sofía Petersen – Argentina, United Kingdom, Spain – 2025World premiere The Fin by Park Syeyoung – South Korea, Germany, Qatar – 2025World premiere The Plant From the Canaries by Ruan Lan-Xi – Germany – 2025World premiere Tóc, Giấy Và Nước… (Hair, Paper, Water…) by Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý –Belgium, France, Vietnam – 2025World premiere Un Balcon À Limoges (A Balcony in Limoges) by Jérôme Reybaud – France –2025World premiere Piazza Grande Program Le Pays D'arto (In the Land of Arto) by Tamara StepanyanFrance, Armenia – 2025World premiere The Birthday Party by Miguel Ángel JiménezGreece, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom – 2025World premiere The Dead of Winter by Brian KirkUSA, Germany – 2025World premiere Together by Michael ShanksAustralia, USA – 2025Swiss premiere Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value) by Joachim TrierNorway, France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden – 2025Swiss premiere Police Story by Jackie ChanHong Kong – 1985 Testa O Croce? (Heads or Tails?) by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo ZoppisItaly, USA – 2025Swiss premiere The Shining by Stanley KubrickUnited Kingdom, USA – 1980 The Deal by Jean-Stéphane BronSwitzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium – 2025Swiss premiereEpisodes 1&2 Irkalla Hulm Jijiljamish (Irkala – Gilgamesh's Dream) by MohamedJabarah Al-DaradjiIraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, France, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia – 2025World premiere La Petite Dernière by Hafsia HerziFrance, Germany – 2025Swiss premiere Rosemead by Eric LinUSA – 2025International premiere Un Simple Accident (It Was Just an Accident) by Jafar PanahiIran, France, Luxembourg – 2025Swiss premiere Kiss of the Spider Woman by Bill CondonUSA, Uruguay – 2025International premiere Open Doors – Features Ancestral Visions of the Future by Lemohang Mosese – France, Lesotho, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar – 2025Swiss premiere Le Rêve De Dieu by Fousseyni Maïga, Mariam Kamissoko – Mali – 2025European premiere Nome by Sana Na N'Hada – Guinea-Bissau, France, Portugal, Angola – 2023 Omi Nobu (The New Man) by Carlos Yuri Ceuninck – Cape Verde, Belgium, Germany, Sudan – 2023 The Bride by Myriam Birara – Rwanda – 2023 Une Si Longue Lettre (So Long a Letter) by Angèle Diabang – Senegal, Mali, France, Ivory Coast, Egypt – 2025European premiere Vuta N'kuvute (Tug of War) by Amil Shivji – Tanzania, South Africa, Germany, Qatar – 2021 When Nigeria Happens by Ema Edosio Deelen – Nigeria – 2025World premiere Open Doors – Short Films Bougainvillea by Yasir Faiz – Egypt, Sudan – 2024Swiss premiere Le Dernier Voyage by Abdoulaye Sall – Mauritania, Senegal – 2023 L'Envoyée De Dieu (The Envoy of God) by Amina Abdoulaye Mamani – Niger, Burkina Faso, Rwanda – 2023 Jangu by Patience Nitumwesiga – Uganda – 2022Swiss premiere Where My Memory Began by Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda– Sierra Leone – 2024Swiss premiere Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
1-2 Special Takes Radu Jude's ‘Dracula' for North America
Neophyte distributor 1-2 Special has picked up North American rights to Dracula, the upcoming horror comedy from Romanian auteur Radu Jude (Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn). The film, which will have its world premiere in competition at the Locarno Film Festival, is billed as a very singular take on the legendary vampire, featuring 'vampires, zombies, lots of blood, sex, AI images, car chases, and Jude's trademark black comedy.' More from The Hollywood Reporter ITV's Long-Running Detective Drama 'Grantchester' Will End With Season 11 Trump's Hollywood Tariffs, an "Incentives War" and a Streaming Levy in Focus at KVIFF 'Squid Game' Hero Lee Jung-jae on Letting Go of Player 456, His Final Thoughts on Show's Urgent Message 'I am very happy and extremely grateful that Dracula will be brought to American audiences,' said Jude. 'One can say 'brought back', since this myth circled the world and the American cinema changed it so many times. I hope it is now time to see the myth wearing new clothes, made in the heart of real Transylvania. When I am asked who is Dracula in the film, I always reply that the film itself is Dracula. I would also add that this film is my humble homage to some great American underrated auteurs: Ed Wood, Andy Warhol and the Fluxus filmmakers.' The deal was negotiated by Luxbox on behalf of the filmmakers with 1-2 Special. The acquisition marks the continuation of 1-2 Special's relationship with Radu Jude, whose Kontinental '25 the company picked up out of the Berlin film festival this year, marking their first international acquisition. The modern-day drama, won Jude the silver bear for best screenplay. Former Sideshow executive Jason Hellerstein launched 1-2 Special earlier this year, with backing from private equity, pitching the company as a new theatrical-first, all rights distributor, dedicated to domestic and international art house cinema. Dracula is produced by Romania's Saga Film, together with Austria's Nabis Filmgroup, Luxembourg's Paul Thiltges Distribution, Brazil's RT Features, Luxembourg's Samsa Film, Switzerland's Bord Cadre Films, the UK's Sovereign Films and Romania's MicroFILM. Best of The Hollywood Reporter The 40 Best Films About the Immigrant Experience Wes Anderson's Movies Ranked From Worst to Best 13 of Tom Cruise's Most Jaw-Dropping Stunts
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
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1-2 Special Takes North America For Radu Jude's ‘Dracula' Ahead Of Locarno Debut
1-2 Special has acquired all North American rights to Romanian director Radu Jude's new movie Dracula ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Locarno Film Festival in August. Shot and set in Transylvania, where the vampire myth began, the film sees Jude embark on an epic odyssey to make Dracula great again. More from Deadline Locarno Title 'God Will Not Help' Sets Sales With New Europe Locarno: Radu Jude, Abdellatif Kechiche & 'Viet And Nam' Filmmaker Trương Minh Quý Among Directors Set To Debut New Works In Competition Locarno Sets Short & Medium Length Competition Titles, Neo Sora & Salvatore Mereu To Debut New Works 1-2 Special described the movie as a trademark Jude black comedy paying tribute to one of cinema's greatest legends and featuring 'vampires, zombies, blood, sex, AI images and car chases'. The Locarno premiere will mark Jude's second major festival outing this year, after Kontinental '25, which won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at this year's Berlinale. The acquisition continues 1-2 Special's relationship with Jude after it acquired the latter film out of Berlin. 'I am very happy and extremely grateful that Dracula will be brought to American audiences. One can say 'brought back', since this myth circled the world and the American cinema changed it so many times,' said Jude. 'I hope it is now time to see the myth wearing new clothes, made in the heart of real Transylvania. When I am asked who is Dracula in the film, I always reply that the film itself is Dracula. I would also add that this film is my humble homage to some great American underrated auteurs: Ed Wood, Andy Warhol and the Fluxus filmmakers.' Jude's previous work includes Golden Bear-winner Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn and Aferim!, which won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Dracula is produced by Romania's Saga Film, with Austria's Nabis Filmgroup, Luxembourg's Paul Thiltges Distribution, Brazil's RT Features, Luxembourg's Samsa Film, Switzerland's Bord Cadre Films, the UK's Sovereign Films and Romania's MicroFILM. The deal was negotiated by Luxbox on behalf of the filmmakers with 1-2 Special. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery Everything We Know About Christopher Nolan's Next Film – 'The Odyssey': Release Date, Cast And More
The Guardian
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
First Shift review – like Training Day with the good bits removed
The most interesting thing about this crushingly mediocre cop movie is that it's directed by the notorious Uwe Boll (Postal, Alone in the Dark), who is a character more bizarre than any drafted for the screen – at one point he invited his severest critics to fight him in the boxing ring. While the poor quality of his work, especially his computer game adaptations, is perhaps overhyped – are they that bad? – there's less dispute that his films are largely not financially successful, and his output has slowed after a now-abandoned retirement. (Like Steven Soderbergh, it seems Boll just can't quit.) One of his weirder re-emergences recently was playing himself in Radu Jude's acclaimed Romanian art film Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World from 2023 – after which he made this lukewarm mess. As the title might suggest, the idea is that this follows the first shift worked by two detectives on their first day together in New York City; not unlike, say, Training Day, except without the sharp script (by David Ayer), the fluent direction (by Antoine Fuqua) or a knockout cast (Training Day's killer combo of Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington). Instead, First Shift supplies us with C-lister Gino Anthony Pesi in the lead as Deo, a gruff loner whose isolation is underscored by an unfeasibly long opening sequence showing him getting up in the morning and doing the most mundane of activities for long minutes of empty screen time. Clearly, Boll's ineptitude for pacing has not waned. Eventually, Deo gets to the station where he finds he's to work with a new partner, sunny Angela (Kristen Renton, serviceable) who's only just moved to the Big Apple from Florida. Of course, the two very different personalities clash, with Deo sneering at Angela's chirpy disposition while she bridles mildly at his sexist digs. Boll's self-penned script and the machete-like editing throw some almost avant garde shapes as it contrives to abruptly intercut between the lead cops' banter in their car and some gangsters bopping around town sadistically killing people – though these plotlines barely intersect at all in the course of the film. Presumably things are being set up for a future shift in which the duo – bonded at the end by mutual appreciation of a cute dog and a murder-suicide crime scene, storylines given roughly equal emotional weight here – bring the gangsters to heel. The clumsiness of the storytelling, presumably unintentional, is almost entertaining in itself but only if basically inept film-making is your idea of fun. First Shift is on digital platforms from 19 May.
Korea Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Jeonju Intl. Film Fest kicks off 26th edition with 224 films
The Jeonju International Film Festival, South Korea's premier platform for indie and art house cinema, kicks off Wednesday featuring 224 films from 57 countries. The 26th edition of the annual festival will begin its 10-day run with an opening ceremony at 6:30 p.m. at the Sori Arts Center in Jeonju, located about 190 kilometers south of Seoul. Following the ceremony, the Romanian film "Kontinental '25," directed and written by Radu Jude, will open the festival, JIFF said. The comedy-drama film depicts the moral crisis a bailiff suffers after a homeless man she tries to evict commits suicide. It won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival in February. JIFF will conclude with the Korean documentary film "In the Land of Machines," directed by Kim Ok-young. The film follows the lives of three migrant workers from Nepal employed in South Korea. Throughout the festival, 224 movies will be screened across Jeonju. Among them, 80 films will have their global premieres at the festival. A special section focusing on democracy will feature six films that examine political upheaval around the world, offering reflections on South Korea's recent political crisis following impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol's brief imposition of martial law. The "J Special: Programmer of the Year" section, now in its fifth year, features actress Lee Jung-hyun. She has selected three films to present: Park Chan-wook's "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," Hirokazu Koreeda's "Nobody Knows" and the Dardenne brothers' "L'Enfant." JIFF will also screen works featuring the actress, including her debut movie, "A Petal" (1996). (Yonhap)
