Luca Guadagnino’s Italian Romantic Drama I Am Love Starring Tilda Swinton to Re-release in UK | Trailer
Luca Guadagnino’s Italian romantic drama I Am Love (Io sono l’amore) starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton (The End, Suspiria, We Need To Talk About Kevin) will be re-released on digital in the UK from 14th April, 2025 via Vertigo Releasing.
Originally released in 2009, the film also stars Flavio Parenti (To Rome with Love, The Space Between), Alba Rohrwacher (Maria, La Chimera) and Edoardo Gabbriellini (Hardboiled Egg, Holiday).
Emma (Tilda Swinton) left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son’s friend, makes her senses kindle. Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, Critics’ Choice, and BIFA nominated.
Watch the trailer for I Am Love
Constance Tsang Among Six New Directors Selected for 49th La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
Six new directors – Flóra Anna Buda, Andrea Gatopoulos, Xiwen Cong, Simon Maria Kubiena, Constance Tsang and Rodrigo Ribeyro have been selected to attend the 49th session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
From March 15 to July 31, 2025, they will reside in Paris where they will benefit from a personalized screenwriting residency program and a collective program of meetings with film professionals.
Flóra Anna Buda’s graduation film, Entopia, premiered at the 69th Berlinale and received the 33rd Teddy Award. Her short film, 27, premiered at the Festival de Cannes and won the Palme d’or, and then the Cristal Award at the Annecy Festival in 2023.
Andrea Gatopoulos’ films deal with virtual realities, disillusion, anti-capitalism and critiques of progressivism. Happy New Year, Jim (2022) was the first machinima presented in Cannes, at the Directors’ Fortnight. In 2023 in Locarno, he presented Eschaton Ad, a film about the apocalyptic advent of AI. Later that year he presented his first documentary feature, A Stranger Quest (2023), at the Torino Film Festival. In 2024, his short film The Eggregores’ Theory opened the 39th Venice Film Critics’ Week as the first AI film in Venice.
Xiwen Cong’s short film Banished Love was shown at the 77th Cannes Film Festival as a La Cinef Selection and at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival. Xiwen is currently developing her first feature Home, Sick at La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
Simon Maria Kubiena’s short film Blue Noise received an award at the 72nd Berlinale, followed by the co-directed short film Mise à nu, which premiered at the 73rd Berlinale. His latest short film At home I Feel Like Leaving was shown at Premiers Plans d’Angers. Simon is currently developing his first feature film, The Flowering of a Chimera, which explores the journey of a disturbed young man coming to terms with his guilt through a healing, yet unusual, connection with an older man.
Constance Tsang’s first feature, Blue Sun Palace, premiered in Semaine de la Critique in Cannes in 2024, where it won the French Touch Prize. Her next feature, My Mother and Yours, is currently in development at La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
Rodrigo Ribeyro’s first fiction short, Cantareira, received an award from La Cinef Jury at the 74th Cannes Film Festival and at the main Brazilian festivals including Brasília Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro ISFF and São Paulo ISFF. The Nature, his most recent short, recently premiered at Festival do Rio.
La Résidence du Festival de Cannes has welcomed over 250 filmmakers from some sixty countries, spotlighting many of the artists who have gone on to be selected at international festivals. Among them: Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel, Romania’s Corneliu Porumboiu, Mexico’s Amat Escalante and Michel Franco, Hungary’s László Nemes, Belgium’s Lukas Dhont, Lebanon’s Nadine Labaki, Israel’s Nadav Lapid, Croatia’s Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, Spain’s Carla Simón, Brazil’s Karim Aïnouz, Zambia’s Rungano Nyoni, India’s Payal Kapadia and Singapore’s Chiang Wei.
‘Cassie Workman is Witchy AF’ Adult Comedic Documentary Series Wraps Production
Principle photography has wrapped on Cassie Workman is Witchy AF, an adult comedic documentary series that explores the history and philosophy of occultism and magic, starring the award-winning Australian comedian, writer, musician and actor of the same name
Using puppetry created by Direct Message and practical SFX make-up from Monster in My Closet (Smile 2, Hocus Pocus), the show is set in a fictional occult bookstore owned by the show’s creator and host Cassie Workman who leads us through a world of ritual magic, identity, demons, tarot, love, death and possible salvation. It covers such topics as Aleister Crowley, John Dee, the secret history of Hollywood, and Santa Muerte.
Frederic Fasano (Mother of Tears, The Helpsters) is DP and Hannah Welever is taking on directing duties. Joel Goulet is designing and directing marionette puppet sequences for Direct Message. The show was shot entirely on location in Asbury Park, NJ at the Wolfe & Kron bookstore and Asbury’s oldest gay bar Georgies.
The series is Executive Produced by Lilly Wachowski and Sarah Marie Flores for Anarchists United and Will Battersby and Philip Gelatt for Etch Productions, alongside Lawrence Mattis of Circle Management + Production.
‘Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound’ Documentary on Indie Scottish Band Sets UK Release Date | Trailer
Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound, the documentary on independent Scottish band will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Download in the UK on 28th April via Lightbulb Film Distribution.
Directed by Antony Crook, the feature-length documentary charts the rise of the independent Scottish band; from the mid 1990s, to writing and rehearsing a new album during lockdown. Featuring live performances and never-before-seen footage, as well as extra bonus content on DVD and Blu-ray. The initial Blu-ray run will also include the much anticipated live performance of the band at Tramway 2021.
From their inception in 1995 – to recording their tenth studio album – Scottish band Mogwai have remained true to their roots. Known for their intense and euphoric live performances, the band have transcended cult status. This is their story.
Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound celebrated its World Premiere at SXSW 2024 and its UK premiere at Sheffield DocFest later that year. and was released in UK cinemas as a one night only event in November last year.
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite says, “We’re incredibly excited for people to see Antony’s film Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound. It originally started as a short film around leaving Scotland to record in upstate New York in early 2020 but when the pandemic happened, that all changed. Both ourselves and Antony persevered with the record and the film throughout the pandemic with the film growing throughout. Antony’s film tells the story of how we all came out the other side. I think he’s made something truly special.”
On working with the band, Director Antony Crook comments, “I’ve been lucky to have worked with Mogwai for a long time, and I’ve always been moved and inspired by their music. They’ve created an amazing body of work and their music means so much to so many people. Getting the chance to tell the band’s story was a huge honor for me. I wanted to make a film that the band deserve.”
Watch the UK trailer for Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound.
Ivan Cash’s Immersive ‘Sea Lion Cow’ Starring Gideon Irving Acquired by Rolling Stone
Ivan Cash’s genre-defying indie short film Sea Lion Cow starring performer and musician Gideon Irving has been acquired by Rolling Stone Films .
Cash, a visionary artist known for his innovative approach to filmmaking, has created a unique and immersive world in Sea Lion Cow. This short musical film which world premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival defies the boundaries of creative and musical storytelling in a captivating cinematic experience, shot guerilla style on New York City’s late-night G Train.
“The New York City subway is such a unique and dynamic environment that’s prime with inspiration and experimentation, making it the perfect backdrop for a film that unfolds entirely within the subway’s vibrant and always unpredictable setting,” said director Ivan Cash. “For an independent short film like ours, securing a partnership with an iconic publisher like Rolling Stone is an absolute dream come true and we’re excited to share Sea Lion Cow with a wider audience.”
The film’s star, Gideon Irving said, “This film was inspired by a four-year-old and brought to life by a group of collaborators relying on luck and serendipity. Sea Lion Cow is the antithesis to click bait and a surrealist balm for the soul.”
Sea Lion Cow, directed by Ivan Cash and produced by Maggie Roberts is available now at rollingstone.com.