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Photo: Janis Mazuch. Courtesy of The Yellow Affair / Schuldenberg Films

Italy Festivals & Markets

Visar Morina’s Shame and Money wins the Ulivo d’Oro in Lecce: full list of winners

The Sundance-winning drama set in Kosovo took the top prize. Lithuania’s Oscar entry won the jury prize and best actress. Both films missed this year’s European Film Award nominations.

14 November 20266 min read

Courtesy of Film Square Productions, via elCinema

Egypt Box Office

Hadoota takes EGP12.2m ($228,000) in a day, a reported non-holiday record in Egypt
Photo: Daniel Torok, The White House, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

US Money & Policy

Trump presses Congress to pass a 20% federal film and TV tax credit
Courtesy of Rise and Shine World Sales, via Rise and Shine Channel

Germany Distribution & Streaming

Documentary sales company Rise and Shine launches its own €3-a-month streaming service

At AFM, studios bought several countries per deal; most other films sold country by country

Amazon MGM took 11 territories on Russell Crowe’s Bluefly in a single deal. Films sold to independent distributors, such as Woman Unknown, needed 8 to 17 separate deals.

14 November 202612 min read

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Visar Morina’s Shame and Money wins the Ulivo d’Oro in Lecce: full list of winners

Hadoota takes EGP12.2m ($228,000) in a day, a reported non-holiday record in Egypt

Trump presses Congress to pass a 20% federal film and TV tax credit

Documentary sales company Rise and Shine launches its own €3-a-month streaming service

Jr NTR to star in a comedy directed by Anil Ravipudi for NTR Arts

Fatherland leads European Film Awards nominations with 11, La bola negra has 10: full list

Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office and CMF give C$8m ($5.7m) to 15 Indigenous productions

Varun Dhawan to lead Yash Raj Films’ first horror film, out on 31 March 2028

Laika’s Wildwood passes $60m worldwide, led by $43.9m in North America

Ramayana reaches an estimated ₹612 crore ($65m) in India after a record second Friday

Netflix buys Aaron Pierre action thriller Fairytale in New York from Lionsgate

At AFM, studios bought several countries per deal; most other films sold country by country

The week in the business

Box Office

Laika’s Wildwood passes $60m worldwide, led by $43.9m in North America

Ramayana reaches an estimated ₹612 crore ($65m) in India after a record second Friday

Coyote vs. Acme passes $40m in Latin America, CDC’s biggest hit, the distributor says

Festivals & Markets

Fatherland leads European Film Awards nominations with 11, La bola negra has 10: full list

Poland’s Dancing Bears wins feature prize at CEE Animation Forum: full list of winners

Sabine Groenewegen wins €50,000 Cultuurfonds stipend as IDFA opens with White Tiger Column

Money & Policy

Canada’s Indigenous Screen Office and CMF give C$8m ($5.7m) to 15 Indigenous productions

Zee Entertainment to buy back up to ₹600 crore ($64m) of its own shares

Netflix and the Ukrainian Film Academy pass 180 grants in five years of support

Distribution & Streaming

Prime Video and RTP reportedly take Portuguese rights to true-crime docuseries Gisberta

Africa’s pay-TV and streaming market will reach $5.2bn by 2030, six-country study says

BBC Studios puts BBC Player on Prime Video in Spain and Poland, with Switzerland next

Across the regions

Netflix buys Aaron Pierre action thriller Fairytale in New York from Lionsgate

Poland’s Dancing Bears wins feature prize at CEE Animation Forum: full list of winners

Jr NTR to star in a comedy directed by Anil Ravipudi for NTR Arts

The Crossroad and They Bloom at Dawn win Thessaloniki’s Agora industry awards

La bola negra leads Spain’s Forqué award nominations with 5: full list

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