The Berlinale Special section of the Berlin Film Festival is a showcase for movies that are intelligent, but less arty than those in the main competition or festival sidebars. And in showcasing mainstream non-English-language films the section is also a springboard for performers who may be big news

For Indian filmmaker Sreemoyee Singh, world premiering her Iran documentary “And, Towards Happy Alleys” at the Berlin Film Festival’s Panorama strand is the culmination of a journey that began in 2015.

Singh completed a masters degree in film studies at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and went

Spanish TV production house Mediacrest is joining forces with Helsinki-based outfit ReelMedia and Finnish public broadcaster YLE to develop climate change thriller series project “17kHz.”

The co-production model resulting from the “17kHz” development deal will be one focus at the showcase “Spanish

To set a 100-minute drama entirely inside the confines of a single apartment — and to have just a solitary character performing for the camera — might not seem like the most obvious template for an edge-of-your-seat thriller.

But when that character is played by a versatile actor with the range of

Though the world watched — often in silence — as a decade-long civil war tore Syria apart, exiled filmmakers Talal Derki (“Of Fathers and Sons”) and Heba Khaled say an equally brutal but less visible war is still raging.

In “Under the Sky of Damascus,” which premieres Feb. 20 in the Panorama strand

Total spend on content will “flatten and slightly decline” this year. This tendency might continue for “at least” the next couple of years, according to Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson, a speaker at Monday’s opening panel of the Berlinale Series Market, which runs through Feb. 22.

“We are entering a ph

Madrid-based Aquí y Allí Films, one of Spain’s most successful auteur movie production houses, is joining forces with popular Spanish actor turned writer-director Daniel Guzmán (“Nothing in Return,” “Canallas”) to produce drama thriller “La deuda.”

Backed by Spain’s pay TV giant Movistar+ and publi

“Delegation,” a coming-of-age film about an Israeli school trip to Holocaust memorial sites in Poland, has debuted its trailer (below). Israeli writer-director Asaf Saban’s film world premiered at Berlinale Sunday in the Generation 14plus section. Jan Naszewski’s New Europe Film Sales is handling in

THIS is the shocking moment a women’s team brutally attacked a referee after tensions boiled over following a missed penalty call.

DR Congo side DC Motema Pembe were on the receiving end of a heavy beating by TP Mazembe when the incident happened.

4 A referee taking charge of a women’s football ga

FANS are excited for the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, coming this May.

However, over 20 Zelda games have been released before, and very few have played them all.

1 Almost every Zelda game is available on the Switch. Credit: Nintendo

If you want to catch up on eve

POTENTIAL bidders for Manchester United have allegedly been issued a warning to stop their public campaigns potentially damaging the Glazer family.

The current owners are looking to sell the club and are supposedly demanding £6billion for the Red Devils.

2 Sir Jim Ratcliffe is one of the men looki

FROM the colour and fit to a reasonable price tag, finding the perfect pair of jeans can be quite the tricky task.

But not for one woman, who took to money-saving Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK and told how she found her dream pair in none other than Primark.

2 Donna Nicole Morse

FORMER Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has heaped praise on his former side following their 3-0 win over Leicester City.

The Bulgarian was a firm fan favourite at Old Trafford and spent four years with the club winning the Premier League title twice.

1 Dimitar Berbatov celebrates scorin

A YOUNG teacher has revealed she has a whole lot more to deal with than unruly students when she’s in class.

She has caught the attention of her charge’s parents and they like what they see.

5 TikToker Madeline is a schoolteacher Credit: TikTok

5 She doesn’t look like your average schoolteacher C

AL Roker’s wife Deborah Roberts has posted a cryptic message after taking a break for her health.

Deborah, 62, posted a video update on Instagram on Friday, telling followers that her health had taken a hit.

4 Deborah announced that she was taking a break to ‘recharge’ Credit: Instagram

4 The pos

FOR most people, taking a quick nap is harmless and usually you wake up feeling refreshed.

But when Mike Krumholz settled down for a snooze, he never thought he’d wake up blind in one eye due to a flesh-eating parasite which eats away at eye tissue.

5 Mike Krumholz thought nothing about going for

TODAY host Savannah Guthrie has jokingly admitted that she’s trying to survive while chatting backstage.

The morning show star discussed her weekend plans with her colleague Hoda Kotb on Friday.

3 Savannah Guthrie joked that she was trying to ‘survive’ during a chat about her weekend plans Credit:

“She Said” actor Carey Mulligan accidentally got called a winner over “The Banshees of Inisherin” star Kerry Condon in an on-stage fumble at the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards on Sunday.

The “Moonlight”-like moment occurred when “CODA” actor Tony Kotsur, winner of the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor last y

“White Lotus” star Aubrey Plaza has explained why she swiped a note that mentioned her name from President Joe Biden’s desk while on a White House tour.

Plaza, who – like Biden – has ties to Delaware, told The New Yorker that she’s met the president many times and grabbed the note years after an en

In a first look at the February 21 episode of RHONJ, get an update on the sisters-in-law’s recent drama.

Season 13 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey has certainly been filled with family tensions for Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga. The emotional dynamic has affected Teresa’s relationship with