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Apple’s Steve Jobs to Appear on $1 U.S. Coin: ‘Make Something Wonderful’
Steve Jobs, the legendary co-founder and CEO of Apple, will be honored with a special 2026 commemorative $1 coin from the U.S. Mint. The $1 Jobs coin — which will cost $13.25 when it goes on sale next year — depicts the tech exec as a young man “sitting in front of a...
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Main Competition With Abu Bakr Shawky, Júlia de...
One of the biggest festivals in Northern Europe, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Pà–FF), headed by the charismatic Tiina Lokk, has unveiled its main competition and first feature strands. In the main section, filmmakers Abu Bakr Shawky (“Yomeddine”), Júlia de Paz Solvas...
Flanders Audiovisual Fund Is Small in Scale but Has Outsize Ambitions
It’s a great moment for Flemish television. Just a few months after a historic four series at Canneseries (“How to Kill Your Sister,” “Dead End,” “The Big Fuck-Up” and “Surface”), the Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium continues to...
Xavier Dolan’s ‘Rage,’ Andrew Leung’s ‘Ancient China of...
New projects from Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan (“Mommy,” “It’s Only the End of the World”), Marvel and Disney concept artist Andrew Leung (“Mulan,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) and French animator and...
Kneecap Rapper Mo Chara’s U.K. Terror Case Thrown Out Over Technical Error
The terrorism charge against Liam à“g à“ hAnnaidh — better known by his stage name Mo Chara as part of the Northern Irish rap trio Kneecap — has been thrown out of court in the U.K. over a technical error. Chara was charged in May over allegedly displaying a flag...
Whatevergroup and Mutant Koala Pictures Form Whatever Pictures, Readying to ‘Answer to New...
Finland’s production companies Whatevergroup – known for Elisa Viihde’s crime series “Evilside” – and Mutant Koala Pictures have merged, launching Whatever Pictures. Described as a film and TV production company and scripted studio “with global ambition...
Animation Studio Anima Vitae to Follow Hit ‘Niko’ With ‘Eek! Ghosts!’ and...
Finnish animation studio Anima Vitae ain’t afraid of no ghosts. Or monsters. The company behind the successful trilogy about Niko the Reindeer – “Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights” sold almost 3 million tickets globally – is developing 3D animations...
Unifrance Rendez-Vous Kicks Off in Le Havre With Diverse Crop of French Fare Ranging From...
International buyers are again flocking to Le Havre on the northern coast of France for this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market, which showcases the hottest new Gallic series, animated shows and documentary fare. Highlights at the event, which runs Sept. 1-5, include France TV...
‘On the Sea’ Review: A Stirring, Windblown Romance Between Two Lonely Mussel-Men in...
The instantly immortal Rihanna lyric “We found love in a hopeless place” comes to mind more than once in “On the Sea,” and perhaps unfairly so. The severe, slate-skied stretch of northern Welsh coastline on which Helen Walsh’s romantic drama plays out may be menaced by...
Josh Hartnett’s Newfoundland Netflix Series Adds Four to Cast as Production Begins
Netflix’s upcoming Josh Hartnett series has begun production on-location in Newfoundland and has added another four names to its growing cast, Variety has learned. The project, which is currently untitled, stars Hartnett as “a hardened fisherman who must protect his family and remote...