BREAKING NEWS! IN FLAMES Tops Red Sea Dec 7: Zarrar Khan's Pakistani-Canadian horror pic that bowed in Cannes portrays a mother and daughter having to navigate loss, oppression and vulnerability after the death of the family patriarch. The debut feature is rendered as a ghost story as they must find strength in each other if they are to survive the malevolent forces that threaten to engulf them. (Full List of Winners Here)

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MEET THE FILMMAKERS Emma Stone Willem Dafoe

NEWSREEL Dec 7: IN FLAMES Tops Red Sea Dec 2: MOTHER OF ALL LIES Tops Marrakech Nov 29: THE MIMICRY Tops Okinawa Nov 28: ENDLESS BORDERS Tops Goa Nov 25: STONEWALLING Tops Taipei Nov 18: MISERICORDIA Tops Tallinn THE NEW BOY Tops Torun CLOSE YOUR EYES Tops Lisbon VALENTINA OR THE SERENITY Tops Huelva Latin Nov 17: THE SETTLERS Tops Stockholm Nov 16: 1489 Tops Amsterdam Doc Nov 15: TOTAL TRUST Tops New York Doc CONCRETE UTOPIA Tops Korean Oscars Nov 12: ANIMAL Tops Thessaloniki Nov 11: KINRA Tops Mar Del Plata Nov 3: AGAINST THE TIDE Tops Mumbai PETT KATA SHAW Tops Raindance Nov 1: SNOW LEOPARD Tops Tokyo

GLOBAL BOX OFFICE LAST WEEKEND > 1. ANIMAL 2. NAPOLEON 3. HUNGER GAMES 5 > 4. RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCE > 5. WISH LAST 12 MONTHS 1. AVATAR 2 > 2. BARBIE 3. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE > 4. OPPENHEIMER 5. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3 ALL TIME 1. AVATAR 1 (2009) 2. AVENGERS 4 (2019) > 3. AVATAR 2 (2022) 4. TITANIC (1997) 5. STAR WARS 7 (2015) OBITUARIES Dec 6: Marisa Pavan, 91 Dec 5: Norman Lear, 101 Dec 3: David McKnight, 87 Dec 1: Charles Officer, 49 Nov 28: Thomas Augsberger, 60 Nov 27: Frances Sternhagen, 93 Nov 27: Victor J. Kemper, 96

ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT EL GOUNA Dec 14-21, 2023