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The influence of streaming companies was a central topic of the Women in Leadership panel at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival this past weekend.

A five-strong Lanarkshire Karate Academy team won 10 medals between them at the Swedish International Open earlier this month.

Vivian Oparah is aware of the spotlight on her following her BAFTA Film Awards nomination for her breakthrough performance in Searchlight’s romance movie Rye Lane, but she feels it’s imperative that she “stay grounded” because it’s a more disparate path towards stardom for Black actresses.

Few feature films in recent memory have generated as much excitement around the city of London as Searchlight’s latest pic Rye Lane.

‘The Woman King’ & ‘Aftersun’ Dominate Girls On Film AwardsThe Woman King and Aftersun dominated the main awards at the second annual Girls On Film Awards. The Woman King picked up Best Ensemble, sponsored by Netflix, and Best Female Friendship On Screen. Woman King star Viola Davis was also awarded the Feminist Superhero award. Woman King lead Sheila Atim was there in person to accept the awards. Aftersun nabbed Best Feature Film Sponsored by EON Productions, while the film’s publicity team also won Best Publicity Campaign. Other big winners included Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, which took home Best Cinematography and the Sinéad O’Connor pic Nothing Compares (Best Documentary). Nominees for the awards were chosen by a selection of critics and journalists. Girls On Film was launched by Deadline critic and broadcaster Anna Smith and producer Hedda Archbold with the aim of rewarding excellence in the field of feminism, inclusion, and diversity in cinema. Check out the full winners on the Girl On Film Twitter account.

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the heels of their Sundance premiere of Rye Lane, writers Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia have teamed up with Vertigo Films for their next romantic comedy The Whole Hog. 

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A24 acquired North American rights to Charlotte Wells’ feature debut breakout Aftersun following its bow in Critics’ Week at the Cannes Film Festival last May. Today, we have the first trailer for the award-winning drama — check it out above. A24 releases in North America on October 21.

Netflix has bagged Thomas M. Wright’s tense Cannes thriller The Stranger and will premiere it globally in October.

Naga Munchetty has given her fans a rare insight into her marriage with husband James Haggar.The 46-year-old broadcaster joined co-star Rick Edwards on BBC Radio 5 Live's Breakfast show earlier this week.She filled in for regular host Rachel Burden and the presenting duo opened up about their home life on air.BBC Breakfast star Naga opened up her morning routine as she discussed kissing her other half.It comes after film critic Anna Smith discussed some unrealistic moments that have played out on-screen over the years which she finds "irratating".She said: "I'm Anna from the Girls on Film podcast and in my opinion, one of the most annoying tropes in film and TV shows is when women wake up in the morning with a full face of immaculate make-up including lip gloss."This is totally unrealistic but I think it is also perpetuating an unobtainable ideal that can really be harmful."Naga commented: "So many things are bugging so many people."She then asked Rick: " "What do you want to pick up on there Rick?"He responded "I'm going to go with the one that really struck a chord with me from Steven in Cheshire."He said, 'In movies, waking up and kissing. I love my wife and she loves me but kissing before brushing is not happening.'"Naga, who tied the knot with hubby James in 2007, went on to explain that she didn't feel it mattered and that it was not a problem to kiss your beau in the morning.She continued: "Now, I have thoughts on this.

“There’s nothing wishy-washing about working with Phyllis Nagy,” Elizabeth Banks tells Deadline of working with the Call Jane director. “She’s very gentle with her direction but she’s also firm with what she expects or wants out of something, which I really appreciate.”

James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli has said that the character could be non-binary in the future.As speculation mounts over who will replace Daniel Craig in the role following No Time To Die, the producer appeared on the Girls On Film podcast and reiterated that Bond would remain a man.However, when host Anna Smith asked about the prospect of a non-binary 007 in future, Broccoli replied: “Who knows, I think it’s open, you know? We just have to find the right actor.”The Bond boss’s latest words come after she said last week that the next iteration of the spy would be a British man of “any ethnicity”.“I think it will be a man because I don’t think a woman should play James Bond,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.

Is it possible that a future James Bond could identify as non-binary? Producer Barbara Broccoli thinks so. 

JAMES Bond could identify as non-binary in the future, 007’s producer has revealed. Britain’s most famous spy could could be someone who considers themselves neither male nor female, and usually prefers to be referred to as “they” rather than “he” or “she”, Barbara Broccoli has said in a new interview.

James Bond franchise, has said that although she sees the spy role being played by a man she's not ruled out the character being “them/they".She chatted about the search to find the next James Bond after Daniel Craig’s final outing in No Time To Die.Barbara, in the Girls On Film podcast, said she always thought Bond would be a man’s role and added: “I do, because I don’t think that we should be making films where women are playing men. “I think we should be making more films about women.

An official trailer has been released for the Downton Abbey movie sequel that promises a new location to be featured as the Crawley family embark on a trip to the South of France. Opening up with an aerial shot of the Downton Abbey estate, the clip to Downton Abbey: A New Era shows glimpses of some of the show’s original characters that will return in the film, including Lady Mary, Anna Smith and maid Daisy Mason.

Clio Barnard took inspiration from two people she met while filming previous films for Ali & Ava, which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Only Ten Months Until the Next Cannes.

An 83-year-old man goes undercover in a nursing home in The Mole Agent, Chilean director Maite Alberdi’s Oscar hopeful that’s been shortlisted for both International Feature and Documentary.

Horror is woven into political drama in La Llorona, the riveting Golden Globe Foreign Language Film nominee and shortlisted International Feature Oscar contender from Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante. An elderly wealthy man hears ghostly noises in the night. He is revealed to be former army general Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), on trial for genocide. In court, Mayan-Ixil women give heartbreaking testimonies about systemic rape and murder by his men. At home, his own family begins to question his innocence of sex crimes and war crimes. Is Enrique being haunted by the eponymous La Llorona, the weeping woman of legend who cries for her lost children?

A prisoner becomes a storyteller in Night Of The Kings, Ivory Coast’s vivid International Feature Oscar shortlist selection written and directed by Philippe Lacôte (Run). Newcomer Bakary Koné stars as a pickpocket who arrives at La MACA, a notorious prison in the Ivorian forest. The guards barely have control, and the inmates have developed their own hierarchical system. Leader Blackbeard (Steve Tientcheu) declares that the new arrival will be a “Roman” (French for “novel”) and entertain the prisoners when the red moon rises. Gradually, “Roman” realizes that he must speak until the sun rises — or the cost will be his life.