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  Alex Kahuam, the founder & CEO of the film production companies Kahuam Films [US] and Promotora NAE [Mexico], is an award-winning film director/producer/writer. He is best known for "Failure!" (starring Ted Raimi), "Forgiveness" (World Premiere in FrightFest) and the upcoming horror film "The Remedy" starring: Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why), London Thor (Gen V), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks) and Jenny O’Hara (Dev...

    Alfred Cervantes, Executive Director of the Houston Film Commission and a native Houstonian, has worked in the film industry in various capacities since 1992. As a freelance crew member, some of the movies he worked on are Reality Bites, The Chase, Jason's Lyric, Powder, Apollo 13, and many independent feature films. His role with the film commission is to promote the greater City of Houston area to film/TV/media producers, production executives, independent film...

            Multi-award-winning Director / Writer + Producer Arun Kumar was born and brought up in London. He studied Economics at the University of Essex graduating with honours in 1988. He studied film and video at Goldsmiths College, University of London and at Thames Valley University, London. He studied martial-arts (Wing-Tsun Kung-Fu), Yoga and is a recognised Reiki Master.    After working as a News Producer for the...

      Multi-award-winning Director / Writer + Producer Arun Kumar was born and brought up in London. He studied Economics at the University of Essex graduating with honours in 1988. He studied film and video at Goldsmiths College, University of London and at Thames Valley University, London. He studied martial-arts (Wing-Tsun Kung-Fu), Yoga and is a recognised Reiki Master.    After working as a News Producer for the BBC he made his first d...

British Italian film professional Mark Foligno works as a prolific producer and executive producer. He has worked on dozens of high-profile feature films, shorts and TV series. Based in the UK, he is most known for his work on Oscar winning film The King’s Speech (2010), I Am Slave (2010), A Lonely Place to Die (2011) and most recently Freud’s Last Session.  In an interview with Mark at La Mome Beach in Cannes, here is what he had to say.Interview by Vanessa McMahon ...

      British Italian film professional Mark Foligno works as a prolific producer and executive producer. He has worked on dozens of high-profile feature films, shorts and TV series. Based in the UK, he is most known for his work on Oscar winning film The King’s Speech (2010), I Am Slave (2010), A Lonely Place to Die (2011) and most recently Freud’s Last Session(2023).    In an interview with Mark at La Mome Beach in Cannes, here is what he had to...

Alex Kahuam, the founder & CEO of the film production companies Kahuam Films [US] and Promotora NAE [Mexico], is an award-winning film director/producer/writer. He is best known for "Failure!" (starring Ted Raimi), "Forgiveness" (World Premiere in FrightFest) and the upcoming horror film "The Remedy" starring: Timothy Granaderos (13 Reasons Why), London Thor (Gen V), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Chris Mulkey (Twin Peaks) and Jenny O’Hara (Devil).&nbs...

French Actress, Producer, Director Nitsa Benchetrit is known for her work known for “My Old Lady” (2014) and “Mary Pickford: Love Wild” (currently in post-production). She has recently produced "The Shameless" (2024) directed by Konstantin Bojanov, which premiered in Cannes 2024 in Un Certain Regard and won Best Performance by Best Actress Anasuya Sengupta and “Ravens” (2024) written and directed by mark Gill. She lives in Paris where sh...

French Actress, Producer, Director Nitsa Benchetrit is known for her work known for “My Old Lady” (2014) and “Mary Pickford: Love Wild” (currently in post-production). She has recently produced "The Shameless" (2024) directed by Konstantin Bojanov, which premiered in Cannes 2024 in Un Certain Regard and won Best Performance by Best Actress Anasuya Sengupta and “Ravens” (2024) written and directed by mark Gill. She lives in Paris where she is c...

Revisiting Sunshine: A conversation with Istvan Szabo, 25 years later Twenty-five years after the release of Sunshine, acclaimed Hungarian director István Szabó returns to Cannes with a mix of joy and reflection. Reuniting with his work after so many years, Szabó admits that there’s always a lingering urge to “fix” things—an inevitable feeling for any creator revisiting old projects. “To be a filmmaker is kind of a disease,” he say...

At a recent masterclass, Guillermo del Toro and Alexandre Desplat sat down for a conversation on the invaluable role of music in films. Desplat, who has composed the music for a staggering number of critically acclaimed films, started the conversation off by answering a question about why he connected to the role of a composer so deeply, even in his childhood. Desplat replied “my idols as a teenager were the new Hollywood…it was a form of compulsion… I bought all the vinyl ...

Today, the second part of the annual Film Finance Forum was held at the Plage des Palms with Producer Lars Knudsen and Writer, Director, and Producer Ari Aster to discuss their joint venture, Square Peg. Square Peg is a production company that protects directors and helps filmmakers finance films in a time when financing is difficult to obtain. “We’re looking for filmmakers who have a vision that we believe in,” Knudsen told the panel. The duo also spoke on what the company i...

Credit: Getty Images for Breaking Through the Lens   On May 16th, nonprofit company Breaking Through the Lens held its annual event during which it announced its newest grant, specifically intended to uplift female filmmakers and provide them with the necessary resources to get their projects adequately represented and displayed. Headlining this event was critically acclaimed actress Kristen Stewart, who took some time to discuss her soon to be released directorial debut “The...

In anticipation of his 12th feature film, “Bonekeeper”, we here at filmfestivals.com sat down with Director Howard J. Ford, actor Louis James (Ethan), and actresses Sarah Alexandra Marks (Olivia)  and Tiffany Hannam-Daniels (Anabelle) to discuss the plot, inspiration, and production of the creature feature. Marks started the conversation with an explanation of her character, Olivia: “My character is really on a journey throughout the movie to trying to love her. And she ...

For the 10th edition of Women In Motion, Kering brought together Directors Hirokazu Koreeda and Chie Hayakawa to discuss filmmaking in Japan and the impact women make on set. Koreeda spoke about the current state of the film industry in Japan, noting that it's challenging to make films at present. However, there has been a significant increase in female directors and filmmakers, making a positive impact on the industry in Japan. He also advocated for better working conditions in Japan, spe...