Amid the Sudan war and Darfur genocide, comes Goodbye Julia, a beacon of hope for healing and unity, the first Sudanese film to screen and win the prestigious Un Certain Regard Prize at 2023 Cannes Film Festival, but it failed to find a place on the Oscar longlist of 15 entries for Best Foreign Language Film prize announced on December 21.
Malaysian 2024 Academy Awards entry Tiger Stripes, Amanda Nell Eu’s Cannes Grand Jury winner about puberty and monsters, inspired by 1950s horror cult Pontianak by BN Rao, screens at 2023 International Film Festival of Kerala.
Accomplished actress Lupita Nyong’o, who played Nakia in Black Panther and starred in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave, is making her producer debut with the Sudanese drama film Goodbye Julia. In addition to being Nyong’o’s producer debut, it is the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film
Utopia has acquired North American rights to “The Sweet East,” a contemporary travelogue that marks the feature directing debut of Sean Price Williams. The sale comes after the film debuted at Director’s Fortnight during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Williams has a reputation as one of the most talented cinematographers in the independent film space, having […]