“The Inspector’s Debt,” directed by Teodora Markova, has been named the winner of the €50,000 ($58,200) FFC Bulgaria and Film Forge competition. The winner was announced at an exclusive villa event in partnership with Variety on May 18 in Cannes, organized by International Film Festival Glasgow, Female Film Club and First Draft, founding members of […]

The latest film in the long running and popular sci-fi Gundam franchise had a noteworthy debut with $810k on 894 screens. Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery Of Nymph Circe is the first in the series distributed directly in North America by its producer, Bandai Namco Filmworks, and further proof of how additive anime has […]

Vertical opens Olivier Assayas’ political thriller The Wizard of the Kremlin, delving into the Byzantine politics of post-Soviet Russia and the rise to power of Vladimir Putin, on 582 screens. It stars Jude Law as Putin, a cold-blooded, ruthlessly power-hungry KGB agent. Paul Dano is spin doctor and adviser Vadim Baranov, a fictitious character loosely inspired by […]

The nominees for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards and Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.The nominees are:Best Book The Nipper (Emerging Talent)The Pigskin Peters Best Small or Micro-Press BookThe Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)Additionally Emily Hearn (1925–2015) and Mark Thurman, the co-creators of The Mighty Mites, which appeared for many years in Owl magazine; and Arch Dale (1882–1962), an editorial cartoonist […]