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Christopher Vourlias For the latest edition of Focus COPRO’, a program launched in 2018 by Cannes’ Short Film Corner to give a boost to first-time feature directors, the organizing team decided to give the event a reboot, scrapping the formal pitches and giving the selected filmmakers a chance to mingle and network in a more casual setting.After a breezy lunch at Cannes’ Carlton Beach on May 23, the Cannes Short Film Corner Industry team described the event as “a great moment to discover and meet these renowned talented filmmakers and producers, who already have an impact on today’s cinema and will confirm their artistic vision with their first feature.”Among the industry professionals who joined the up-and-coming filmmakers were not only respected producers and sales agents, but a range of reps from leading co-production markets, labs, residencies, workshops and institutions focused on identifying and nurturing emerging talent. “We noticed since a few years ago that some of the projects were at a very early stage, and that they would gain from getting in touch with specific development programs,” the organizers told Variety.

Eminem, Tame Impala, Stevie Nicks and Jack White are among those who will feature on the soundtrack for Elvis, the upcoming Presley biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann that’s set to arrive in theatres next month.The soundtrack will also include “original songs and recordings” by Presley himself along with the film’s star, Austin Butler. Cee Lo Green will join Eminem on a song, while Swae Lee and Diplo will also unite.

EXCLUSIVE: Westbrook Studios and REI Co-op Studios have teamed up to produce a documentary about the first all-Black team, supported by Nepali Sherpas, to summit Mount Everest. News & Documentary Emmy nominee Rolake Bamgbose (The Weekly) and Justice A. Whitaker (Restrictions Apply) will direct and produce the project about the team’s historic achievement notched earlier this month via their Shango Light Films banner, in their feature debut.

Three new character posters for Netflix‘s The Gray Man just debuted online!

Queer Latinx musicians, including DJ Cocteautwinks, will headline part of the Broad’s summer art series “Now We’re Here” in June. Photo: The Broad

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot points of Disney+’s “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” currently streaming on the platform. Do not read until you’ve seen the movie.“Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” are back. Director Akiva Schaffer mixes live-action with animation as John Mulaney and Andy Samberg voice the beloved chipmunks who started a detective agency.This time around, Chip (Mulaney) and Dale (Samberg) are middle-aged chipmunk actors.

Every child learns at a young age that smell and memory are closely linked, but what if one special child could harness that connection to her own ends? That’s the premise behind “The Five Devils” (“Les cinq diables“), the second feature from writer-director Léa Mysius that stars Adèle Exarchopoulos of “Blue Is the Warmest Color” fame. “The Five Devils” will premiere this weekend in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

The Swedish Film Institute today launched its annual gender equality report. The survey ‘406 Days’, which looks at gender disparity in the development and production process, demonstrates that the average female-led fiction feature spends over one year longer in development than projects led by male filmmakers.

Lise Pedersen New voices were given center stage at the Canada Docs-in-Progress Showcase, part of the Cannes Festival’s Film Market, with four first feature-length docs in the final stages of production presented to an industry crowd on Friday.The showcase was brought by Telefilm Canada, in partnership with RIDM (Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal) and in collaboration with Hot Docs.Of the four Canadian projects showcased at last year’s edition, both “Geographies in Solitude” and “Cette Maison” went to world premiere at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival, before moving on to Hot Docs along with “And Still I Sing.” “Geographies in Solitude” picked up three gongs along the way, including best Canadian feature doc in Toronto. “Back Home”This year’s showcase started with “Back Home” by Vancouver-based filmmaker, photographer and artist Nisha Platzer.It follows her pursuit to get to know her older brother more than 20 years after he took his own life. Through vérité scenes shot with her brother’s friends, intimate recollections re-imagined on 16mm and Super8, and lyrical, handmade visuals, “Back Home” explores questions of identity, forgiveness, loss and healing.Platzer, whose last short “Vaivén” (2020) competed at festivals worldwide, works with and teaches handmade film.For “Back Home,” she used experimental techniques on celluloid to play with light and shadow.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSaudi Arabian filmmaker, actress and activist Fatima Al-Banawi (“Barakah Meets Barakah”) is set to make her feature film directorial debut with “Basma,” a bold drama that will tackle the theme of mental illness in her country.The pic, which she also wrote, is set to start shooting in Jeddah in October.Besides writing and directing “Basma,” Al Banawi will be its titular star, playing the 26-year-old daughter of a man who suffers from paranoid delusions. Upon returning from the U.S.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCharlotte Le Bon, the Quebec-born actor and filmmaker who is presenting her feature debut, “Falcon Lake,” at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, has already enjoyed several careers. She moved to Paris over 10 years ago after a working as a model, and became an instant star with her hilarious comedy sketches that she delivered on a Canal Plus primetime talk show.

K.J. Yossman David Harewood’s upcoming boxing feature “Benn/Eubank” has found its fighters.David Jonsson (“Industry”) will play British boxing legend Chris Eubank while Joshua Maynard (“That Dirty Black Bag”) is set to star as his longtime rival Nigel Benn.

K.J. Yossman “Westworld’s” Fares Fares is set to make his directorial debut with a Swedish film titled “A Day and a Half” for Netflix.Fares will also star in the feature alongside Alexej Manvelov (“Chernobyl”) and Alma Pöysti (“Tove”). It is scheduled to hit Netflix in 2023.

K.J. Yossman Rudyard Kipling’s “Kim” is set to get an animated feature adaptation by Indian filmmaker Ketan Mehta.Mehta’s animation studio, Cosmos-Maya, will co-develop the film alongside Irish animation studio Piranha Bar. Mehta (“Sardar,” “Mangal Pandey: The Rising”) will direct.“Kim” is a story about Kimball O’Hara, AKA Kim, a savvy street kid turned child spy in colonial-era India who becomes an apprentice to a Shaolin monk.

Aitch has revealed that Shaun Ryder is set to feature on his new single ‘1989’, and he agreed to do so for “four cans of Guinness”.The track, which is set to be released tomorrow (May 20), also features a sample of The Stone Roses‘ classic ‘Fools Gold’.In a new interview, Manchester rapper Aitch said that while he was unable to recruit Liam Gallagher for £7million to guest on his forthcoming debut album ‘Close To Home’, Ryder came at a much lower cost.“[Ryder] said, ​‘I’ll come to the studio if you bring me four cans of Guinness’,” Aitch told The Face.The Happy Mondays frontman ‘croaks’ on the intro, according to The Face, to ‘1989’: “I’ve [had] loads of nights out involving drugs, sex, fucking – you name it. But the great thing is I can never remember it.”Of the track, Aitch added: “There’s not really been a representation of Manchester on a worldwide scale since Oasis and The Stone Roses, so it’d just be good to carry that on.”Asked by NME back in February about the possibility of working with Aitch, Gallagher turned down the offer.

Marvel Comics franchise which has dominated the superhero fiction scene. Some of his biggest projects include Spider Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four and Black Panther, which he co-created alongside Jack Kirby and Steve Dikto.Despite retiring from Marvel in the 90s, he had often made special appearances in Marvel films - making cameo appearances in 42 movies, even making an appearance in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement despite there being no obvious connection.Stan sadly passed away in 2018, aged 95.

A host of the stage, screen and sports stars will help celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the British throne at a BBC Studios Productions-led live event at Buckingham Palace titled the Platinum Party in the Park.

EXCLUSIVE: In a deal announced today in Cannes, IMAX Corporation and Dolphin Entertainment signed a multi-year agreement to co-finance development and production of a slate of feature-length documentaries for global release.

K.J. Yossman “Game of Thrones” star Michelle Fairley is set to appear in Bouli Lanners feature film “Nobody Has To Know.” Lanners will write, direct and co-star in the project.Fairley, who has also appeared in “Suits” and “Gangs of London,” plays Millie MacPherson in the film. She takes care of Philippe Haubin, a middle-aged man suffering from memory loss following a stroke.

Plans to transform an old Ayrshire supermarket have been given the green light.

SAG Award-nominee Alexandra Billings (Transparent) will star in, and executive produce the upcoming trans revolutionary indie feature, Queen Tut.