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Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts’ ‘After the Hunt’ to Open New York Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt” will kick off the 63rd New York Film Festival as its opening night feature.
The film boasts an all-star cast led by Julia Roberts in a story about the impact of an alleged sexual assault on an Ivy League campus. Michael Stuhlbarg, Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny and Andrew Garfield co-star in “After the Hunt,” which Amazon MGM Studios backed. Nora Garrett wrote the screenplay.
Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After The Hunt’ To Open New York Film Festival
After the Hunt, Luca Guadagnino‘s topical drama starring Julia Roberts, will open the 63rd New York Film Festival on September 26.
The film centers on a Yale professor (Roberts) whose comfortable life is thrown into chaos after her longtime colleague and friend is accused of sexual assault. Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny also star.
Charades and PiperFilm board Carolina Cavalli’s Venice premiere ‘The Kidnapping Of Arabella’
EXCLUSIVE: Charades and PiperFilm have acquired the international sales rights to Italian director Carolina Cavalli’s The Kidnapping Of Arabella, starring rising Italian actress Benedetta Porcaroli and Chris Pine, which is set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Horizons section.
PiperFilm is the Rome-based independent film distribution and international sales company launched in late 2024 and now part of the Vuelta Group.
Mubi to Release Giulio Bertelli’s ‘Agon’ in Italy Following Venice Critics’ Week Launch, Match Factory Takes World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Mubi has acquired all Italian rights to Giulio Bertelli’s directorial debut “Agon,” starring Italian judo athlete and Olympic Gold medalist Alice Bellandi, ahead of the film’s premiere in the Critics’ Week section of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jasmine Trinca Set for ‘A Classic Horror Story’ Director Paolo Strippoli’s ‘The Spiral,’ Le Pacte Takes World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Jasmine Trinca (“La Storia,” “Supersex”) and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (“Like Crazy”) are set to star in Paolo Strippoli’s high-concept Italian thriller “The Spiral” (“L’estranea”), which France’s Le Pacte has boarded for international sales.
‘Madly’ Review: The Brain Behind Italy’s Popular ‘Perfect Strangers’ Hatches Another High-Concept Comedy
The ripe-for-remaking rom-com focuses on the conflicting emotions a man and a woman experience on their first date, rendering both parties insufferably neurotic.
Sean Baker Celebrates the ‘Electric’ Legacy of Italian Star Ornella Muti with Blu-ray Restoration Collection
Exclusive: The “Ornella Muti 1970s Collection” includes four of her early films.
‘The Forbidden City’ Review: Italian-Made Martial Arts Movie Offers an Intriguing Fusion of Genres and Cultures
‘They Call Me Jeeg Robot’ director Gabriele Mainetti imports a fierce Chinese fighter to an ethnically mixed Roman neighborhood, launching stuntwoman Yaxi Liu as a potential action star.
Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ To Open Venice Film Festival
La Grazia, written and directed by Sorrentino. Very little about the film’s plot is known, but sources close to the film have told Deadline that the film follows the final days of a fictional Italian Presidency.
The feature is a Fremantle film produced by The Apartment, Numero 10, and PiperFilm, which will distribute in Italy. Mubi owns worldwide rights, excluding Italy. The Match Factory is handling international sales.
Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘La Grazia’ Toplining ‘The Great Beauty’ Star Toni Servillo Set as Venice Film Festival Opener
Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia,” a love story that re-teams the Oscar-winning director with “The Great Beauty” actor Toni Servillo, has been set as opening film of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.