Film Independent’s longtime president, Josh Welch, died on December 31 after a five-year battle with colon cancer. His age was not immediately available. Welch began his career as an actor and began volunteering at the Film Independent Spirit Awards annually starting in 1996. He joined the Film Independent staff more than 20 years ago, becoming … Read more
Four years after its launch, the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia still has a lot to celebrate. The ambitious event, the first integrated film festival and market in Saudi Arabia, has quickly become the main hub of the region’s film industry, and films supported by the Red Sea Fund have fared well this … Read more
Beta Cinema has acquired international sales rights to Let It Rain, the new film from Oscar-nominated director Hannes Holm (“A Man Called Ove”), starring Robert Gustafsson, star of the box office hit “The 100-Year-Old.” . man.” Filming was completed at the end of September, and Beta Cinema will present the first material at the US … Read more