Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize Winner ‘La Gradiva’ Seals North America Deal

New York-based distribution company 1-2 Special has acquired all North American rights to Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva which has just scooped the main Grand Prize at Cannes Critics Week. The film follows a group of high school students on a class trip to Naples amid the charged landscape of Pompeii. In the shadow of these […]

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“I Believe My Instinct”: Tony Leung and Ildikó Enyedi on Silent Friend

The Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai has worked with some of cinema’s most accomplished directors. Known for his collaborations with Wong Kar-wai and John Woo, Leung has also appeared in films by Johnnie To, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ang Lee, and Zhang Yimou. Most recently, he appeared in Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend, which finds characters interacting with a single German ginkgo…

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“Like a Surveillance Camera”: Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3

Following a fatal car crash in the countryside that leaves her injured and her boyfriend dead, Laura (Paula Beer), a pianist visiting from Berlin, is nursed back to health over several days by Betty (Barbara Auer), a quiet woman who lives near the crash site. Through carefully placed moments of subtle exposition, German filmmaker Christian Petzold slowly reveals to the viewer the extent to which…

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Charli XCX Stars in Anti-Rom Com Movie Erupcja Trailer

1-2 Special has shared the official trailer for Erupcja, the upcoming romance drama led by Grammy winner Charli XCX. The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters on April 17, 2026. “A romantic vacation goes awry when a volcanic eruption strands Bethany and her soon-to-be fiancé, Rob, in Warsaw, Poland,” reads the movie’s official synopsis. […]

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