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    MPA Champions Global Cooperation to Promote and Protect Creativity at Lumière Summit

    • 08.09.2026
    • By creative

    Hosted by France’s President Macron and Co-Chaired with the Republic of Korea’s President Lee, the Summit Highlights International Collaboration to Counter Piracy, Protect Intellectual Property, Support the Film and TV Industry, and Strengthen the Global Audiovisual Ecosystem

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    Rethinking the Big Screen: The Future of Film Distribution and Exhibition

    • 04.09.2026
    • By Neeraj Goswamy

    In this episode of Industry Spotlight by Creative First, Neeraj Goswamy, a film and media veteran with over two decades of experience in theatrical distribution, joins Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, Motion Picture Association, for a wide-ranging conversation on how theatrical distribution in India has evolved, how audience behaviour is changing, and what the future could look like for cinema exhibition.

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    “The Dog Stars”: Ridley Scott on Preparing For the End of the World

    • 01.09.2026
    • By Jack Giroux

    Ridley Scott makes the apocalypse look lush.

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    How “The End of Oak Street” Editor John Axelrad Crafted Anne Hathaway & Ewan McGregor’s Lean, Mean Dinosaur Thriller

    • 31.08.2026
    • By Hugh Hart

    If the sight of Anne Hathaway firing a shotgun at a dinosaur and watching a pair of sauropods copulate against the side of a two-story house isn’t enough to engage audiences, there’s also the fact that The End of Oak Street (now in theaters) clocks in at a tight, tense 93 minutes thanks in part to the keen eye of editor John Axelrad.

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    How Did Content Discoverability Become a Third-Rail Issue for Canada-US Trade Talks?

    • 28.08.2026
    • By Hugh Stephens

    US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declared in his interview with the CBC on August 26 that the issue of discoverability of Canadian content, especially French language content, was not a dealbreaker.

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    Creature Discomforts: Inside “Alien: Earth” With the Artists Behind Its Monsters

    • 26.08.2026
    • By Bryan Abrams

    Many unexpected things occur in Noah Hawley‘s gruesome, glorious Alien: Earth.

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    Foghorns, Ghosts & Gamba: Emmy-Nominated Composer David Fleming Conducts the Weird Wonders of “Widow’s Bay”

    • 25.08.2026
    • By Hugh Hart

    By the time Widow’s Bay creator Katie Dippold needed music for her haunted island horror-comedy series, she had already assembled a crackerjack cast and filmed the first two episodes.

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    Inside the Mind Games of “The Beast in Me” With Emmy-Nominated Creator/Writer Gabe Rotter and Writer Daniel Pearle

    • 25.08.2026
    • By Hugh Hart

    TV viewers who knew Matthew Rhys from his role as a quiet Russian spy in The Americans were in for a shock when he tore through The Beast in Me earlier this year (and then again later when he was pitch-perfect in Katie DiPold’s hilarious, spooky Widow’s Bay). 

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    Imagination Unbound: Where VFX Meets Story

    • 25.08.2026
    • By Sanath Pilleri Cheleri

    In this episode of Industry Spotlight by Creative First, Sanath Pilleri Cheleri., Co-founder of Firefly Creative Studio and visual effects supervisor on films including Kalki 2898 AD, Baahubali: The Beginning, and Robot, speaks with Lohita Sujith, Sr. Director, Copyright & Digital Economy, Motion Picture Association, about the evolution of visual effects in Indian cinema, the impact of artificial intelligence, and why storytelling remains at the heart of filmmaking.

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    “Shōgun” Star Takehiro Hira & “Tokyo Vice” Producer Alex Boden on Japan’s Cinematic Power

    • 24.08.2026
    • By Gavin Blair

    With generous production incentives, world-class crews, and an extraordinary range of locations, Japan is fast becoming one of Asia’s most attractive filming destinations.

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