Uruguayan writer-director Federico Borgia's solo feature debut, premiering at the London Film Fest, features a ruthless custody battle and explores family ties, avarice and class divides with black humor.
The partnership is timed to celebrate the Christmas launch of the new HBO original TV series, which kicks off with the eight-episode season of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and the opening of the Harry Potter Shop Oxford Street.
The official competition brings together “established directors and filmmakers making their second features, creating a space where very different cinematic perspectives can meet.”
Palestinian-Jordanian director Asmahan Bkerat's film, screening at the London Film Festival, introduces us to a family who helped the young creative discover her love for documentary filmmaking.
The showrunner of the FX drama explains his "eyewitness" approach to authenticity in the Gail Bean- and Isaiah John-starring TV show about the rise of West Coast hip-hop in the '90s and why community feedback tells him "this motherf***er is a hit."
"A U.S. 'President' that recommended that two major cities in our country be bombed because they don't give total allegiance to his ego. Imagine any other President or elected official in history saying this," the musician wrote.
The new owner of Warner Bros. Discovery believes all the apparent coziness with the president is just business as usual. "We don’t want to politicize,” says the Skydance chief.