The Sandman: Season 2 | Volume 2 Official Teaser | Netflix

When the Kindly Ones turn a sorrow-stricken mother into a vessel of vengeance, their combined power puts Lord Morpheus‘ realm — and life — in jeopardy.

One’s destiny is determined by one’s actions. You’ve watched Season 2, Volume 1 of The Sandman, now get a sneak peek at what happens in Volume 2, premiering July 24th.

MIA | MERCATO INTERNAZIONALE AUDIOVISIVO IS BACK WITH ITS 11TH EDITION TO BE HELD IN ROME, FROM OCTOBER 6 TO 10 2025

The MIA | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo,  promoted by ANICA (Italian Association of Film, Audiovisual and Digital Industries) chaired by Alessandro Usai, and APA (Italian Audiovisual Producers Association) chaired by Chiara Sbarigia, and directed by Gaia Tridente, returns to Rome from October 6 to 10, 2025 with its eleventh edition that will be held as usual at Cinema Barberini and Palazzo Barberini.

MIA is supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ITA-Italian Trade Agency, with the contribution of Creative Europe MEDIA. It also receives support from the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and the Lazio Region. The official sponsor of MIA is Unicredit. MIA enjoys the patronage of Eurimages.

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Wien: Tricky Women Tricky Realities Festival | 25 Years: Call for Our Anniversary Edition!

CALL FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL!

Just in time for summer, we are ringing in a very special new festival season with the start of submissions for Tricky Women Tricky Realities 2026. From March 11 to 15, 2026, we’re celebrating the first 25 years of Tricky Women Tricky Realities and a quarter century of passion for animation! Submissions for our anniversary edition are now open until October 6th via FilmFreeway.

OUR COMPETITION PROGRAMS

Photo: © Carolina Frank

For our competition programs, we are looking forward to new, visionary, daring animated films by women and/or genderqueer artists. Prizes worth over 22,000 euros await, including the Maria Lassnig Golden Film Reel, endowed with 10,000 euros. In cooperation with XR Austria, we are also dedicating a separate competition category to animated works from the field of virtual and mixed reality.

OUR SPECIAL CALLS

Your film is older, but fits perfectly to Tricky Women Tricky Realities? Then we also look forward to receiving your submission by October 6 for our non-competitive categories: Feminist Topics, Work Affairs, Fair Play and Animated Documentaries.

Please find the Conditions of Competition and further information about the Call here. You can submit via FilmFreeway.

 

Appell der deutschen Kinoverbände: Zukunftsprogramm Kino zur Sicherung des Kulturorts Kino fortführen – Mittel für das Erfolgsmodell im Bundeshaushalt 2025 berücksichtigen!

Pressemitteilung, 07.07.2025

Die Verbände HDF KINO und AG Kino – Gilde appellieren gemeinsam an die Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestags, das Zukunftsprogramm Kino in der anstehenden Bereinigungssitzung zum Bundeshaushalt 2025 zu berücksichtigen und mit hinreichenden Mitteln auszustatten. Die Entscheidung über die Fortführung des wichtigsten Investitionsförderprogramms für Kinos in Deutschland wird auch über die Zukunft der flächendeckenden Kinovielfalt in Städten und auf dem Land und damit den Erfolg der Filmreform entscheiden.

Im Zuge des Auseinanderbrechens der Ampel-Koalition und der Nichtverabschiedung des
Bundeshaushalts 2025 liegen beide Säulen der Kinoförderung auf Eis. Die Übereinkunft im Koalitionsvertrag der neuen Bundesregierung, den Kulturort Kino mit verlässlichen Förderprogrammen für Investitionen und kulturelle Vielfalt in Stadt und Land zu stärken, hat zu großer Erleichterung bei den Kinos geführt. Dies muss nun dringend umgesetzt werden.
„Kinos sind das Fundament der Filmkultur – ohne sie fehlt dem deutschen Film sein Zuhause. Wer die heimische Filmbranche stärken will, muss auch in ihre Infrastruktur investieren. Das Zukunftsprogramm Kino hat gezeigt, wie wirkungsvoll eine gezielte Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe sein kann: Jeder investierte Euro stärkt nicht nur den Standort, sondern bringt die Menschen zurück ins Kino. Doch statt Verlässlichkeit gibt es jetzt eine Lücke im Haushaltsentwurf. Nur mit einem soliden Förderfundament von 40 Mio. Euro jährlich, können wir die Leinwände der Republik zum Leuchten bringen. Aus eigener Kraft, aber nicht im Alleingang. “, betont Christine Berg, Vorstandsvorsitzende des HDF KINO.
„Nach Monaten des Wartens brauchen die Kinos dringend Planbarkeit und Verlässlichkeit in der Förderung. Es ist elementar, die akute Förderlücke zu schließen, um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Kinos zu stärken und so die dringend benötigten Wachstumsimpulse freizusetzen,“ unterstreicht Christian Bräuer, Vorsitzender der AG Kino – Gilde. „Denn verlieren wir den Kulturort Kino, verlieren wir nicht nur das Rückgrat der deutschen Filmwirtschaft, wir verlieren auch einen der wenigen verbliebenen kollektiven Räume in Zeiten wachsender gesellschaftlicher Polarisierung und zunehmender Vereinsamung.“
Wie auch in anderen Bereichen geht es darum, die dringend erforderlichen Wachstumspotenziale freizusetzen. Das Zukunftsprogramm Kino ist hierfür der Schlüssel.

Denn auch bei den Kinos sind Investitionen entscheidend für ihre Zukunfts- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Die beiden Kinoverbände appellieren daher mit Nachdruck an die Bundestagsabgeordneten: Mit der Fortführung des Zukunftsprogramm Kino geht es um nicht weniger als den Erhalt und die Weiterentwicklung der kulturellen Infrastruktur in Deutschland. Deshalb sollte das Programm ab 2026 verstetigt und mit einer substanziellen jährlichen Förderung ausgestattet werden. Die Bundesländer, die das Programm bislang kofinanzierten, stehen weiter bereit, das bewährte Erfolgsprogramm mitzutragen – diese Chance muss der Bund ergreifen.

Zum Zukunftsprogramm Kino
Seit 2020 hat sich das Zukunftsprogramm Kino als unverzichtbares Erfolgsmodell erwiesen, das maßgeblich zum Erhalt und zur Erholung der Kinolandschaft in und nach der Pandemie beigetragen hat. Die Kinos stehen weiter vor immensen Investitionen in Erhalt der Lichtspielhäuser sowie die digitale, technologische und ökologische Modernisierung.
Deutlich wird der Investitionsdruck auch daran, dass die für 2024 bereitgestellten Mittel binnen weniger Sekunden ausgeschöpft werden. Auch die Mittel der Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) sind regelmäßig deutlich überzeichnet. Zugleich beziffert eine FFA-Studie den jährlichen Investitionsbedarf der Kinos auf über 100 Millionen Euro.

Über die AG Kino – Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater e.V.
Die AG Kino – Gilde deutscher Filmkunsttheater e.V. ist der bundesweite Verband der Programmkinos und Filmkunsttheater in Deutschland. Der Verband vertritt die Interessen von rund 370 Kinos mit über 800 Leinwänden in Städten unterschiedlicher Größe ebenso wie im ländlichen
Raum. Die Mitglieder der AG Kino setzen sich für die kulturelle Vielfalt im Kino und die Förderung des
europäischen und deutschen Kinofilms ein.

Über den HDF KINO e.V.
Der HDF KINO e.V. ist die zentrale Interessensgemeinschaft der Kinobetreibenden in Deutschland und vertritt deren Belange gegenüber Politik und Wirtschaft. Mit ca. 600 Mitgliedsunternehmen, die etwa 85 Prozent der deutschen Leinwände bespielen, repräsentieren wir ein breites Spektrum an Betriebstypen – von kleinen Lichtspielhäusern auf dem Land über Filmkunsttheater und mittelständische Kinos bis hin zu Multiplexen. Unser Ziel ist es, die Vielfalt und Qualität der deutschen Kinolandschaft zu stärken und Filmen eine optimale Auswertung auf der großen Leinwand zu ermöglichen.

Weitere Informationen über den HDF KINO e.V. finden Sie auch bei Facebook, Instagram, X und
Linkedin.

 

Ars Electronica: Prix Ars Electronica 2025 | Press Conference: The Winners of the Golden Nica 2025

The Prix Ars Electronica is the world’s longest-running media art competition. With the award-winning works of international artists as a trend barometer, it offers an inspiring, current and forward-looking insight into the interface between art, technology and society. The winners can look forward to the coveted Golden Nicas, up to 10,000 euros per category and a prominent appearance at the renowned Ars Electronica Festival in Linz.

This year, the Prix Ars Electronica once again honors outstanding projects at the intersection of art, technology, and society. Among the submissions in 2025, the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity and the Isao Tomita Special Prize will also be presented.  

The winners of the prestigious Golden Nicas and other awards were announced by Veronika Liebl (Managing Director Ars Electronica Festival) and Gerfried Stocker (Artistic Director Ars Electronica) on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 9 a.m. (CEST)

Winners

Täglich einen Kurzen: „Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe“ by Eric Whitacre

Composer & Artistic Director: Eric Whitacre

Film By: 59 Productions & Space Telescope Science Institute Executive Producer: Music Productions, Claire Long & Meg Davies Conductor: Eric Whitacre Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Eric Whitacre Singers Virtual Choir 5 (more than 8,000 voices from 120 countries across the globe) Audio Production Produced by: John Powell Recorded by: Mike Hatch, Floating Earth Mixed by: John Traunwieser Mixed at 5 Cat Studios, Los Angeles CA Virtual Choir Editing by: John Michael Caldwell Special Thanks Dr. John M. Grunsfeld Dr. Robert Williams Scott D. Vangen John Vadino Kimberly Kowal Arcand Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex The men & women of the Space Program

https://ericwhitacre.com/blog/deep-field

Netflix: HUNTR/X ‚This Is What It Sounds Like‘ (Music Video) | KPop Demon Hunters |

After the truth about Rumi is revealed, she and HUNTR/X reunite for a powerful anthem of self-acceptance. Watch Kpop Demon Hunters, only on Netflix.

When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren’t selling out stadiums, they’re using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.

Jurassic Park | Extended Preview

Experience one of the biggest films in motion picture history with director Steven Spielberg’s ultimate thrill ride, Jurassic Park in 4K.

Featuring Academy Award®-winning visual effects and groundbreaking filmmaking that has been hailed as “a triumph of special effects artistry” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), this epic film is sheer movie-making magic that was 65 million years in the making. Jurassic Park takes you to an amazing theme park on a remote island where dinosaurs once again roam the earth and five people must battle to survive among the prehistoric predators.

Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough, discover the breathtaking adventure you will want to experience again and again.

 

Quirino Lab Opens Call for Entries for its First Edition Geared to Animation Producers.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, July 3, 2025. Quirino Lab, the new training program promoted by the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, will take place from November 19 to 22 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. Geared to animation executive producers, this advanced seminar combines intensive professional development with a strategic vision of the sector, and seeks to boost individual careers and promote a qualitative leap in animation production in the region. Quirino Lab is an initiative of the Quirino Awards together with the Tenerife Council, through Tenerife Tourism and the Tenerife Film Commission.

“In the world of animation, executive producers are the engines that drive creativity and bring projects from paper to screen. However, in a sector in constant technological and market transformation, these professionals need to continuously update their skills and strategies in order to lead changes in the industry. Quirino Lab was created in response to this reality, offering an intensive program that provides a stimulating environment for the exchange of advanced knowledge as well as for collective reflection on innovation in the sector and new business strategies,” said Quirino Awards director Silvina Cornillón during the Lab’s launch at this year’s edition of the Annecy Animation Festival.

Focused on innovation from all perspectives, the program is divided into different modules that will be carried out during the first three days of the Lab under the mentorship of renowned experts in the international animation industry, specialists in different thematic areas of the sector, and professionals from other sectors with relevant expertise for executive production. Topics to be addressed include market trend analysis (including new exploitation formats and target audience redefinition), the use of emerging technologies, and the application of AI to production. There will also be reflection on organizational methodologies, team management, IP development, and the financial development of production companies and animation studios, among other topics. Once the workshops are completed, a networking day with companies from Tenerife will take place, as well as other social events.

For the design of the content, structure, and work dynamics of Quirino Lab, the organizers included contributions and reflections gathered during the Futures Lab, an activity organized within the framework of the Quirino Awards in collaboration with the Ortega-Marañón Foundation, which sought to identify the challenges and opportunities faced by the animation sector. The opinions gathered in a survey of industry professionals were also taken into account in structuring the program.

The program will also incorporate a special Futures Lab session focusing on executive production in animation. The conclusions, proposals and visions shared during the Quirino Lab sessions will form a strategic guide to strengthening one of the industry’s most important pillars.

Those wishing to participate must complete the registration form before August 5th 2025 at 23:59 (GMT -6).

Registration for Quirino Lab will be open from July 8 to August 5 at 11:59 p.m. (Mexico Time) for active animation executive producers. Candidates must be residents or nationals from one of the 23 countries in the Ibero-American region, in addition to having produced at least one series or one feature film, or three animated short films. Professionals with proven a background in executive production in relevant commissioned work, service, or other animated content may also apply. The Lab’s quota is limited to 20 people and paid places are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, provided they meet the requirements and submit all required documentation in a timely manner.

Registration for the Lab costs 1,200 euros and includes seminar activities and meals. Accommodation and transport are not included. The rules are available here.

The launch of Quirino Lab sees Tenerife reaffirm its commitment to developing the island’s animation industry. In 2024, the animation sector generated 19 million euros in Tenerife, accounting for 32% of total investment in the island’s audiovisual industry. The island has also hosted the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards every year since their inception in 2018.

About Quirino Lab
Quirino Lab is an exclusive program designed to promote professional growth, share experiences, and forge lasting connections. The first edition will take place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in November 2025. The result of a collaboration between the Quirino Awards, Tenerife Tourism and the Tenerife Film Commission, this training initiative is a commitment to professionalize and strengthen the Ibero-American animation industry at a pivotal moment in its development.

Täglich einen Kurzen: „Let´s Eat“ by Anamon Studios

Let’s Eat is a 8 minute animated short film that centers on the relationship between a mother and daughter in a Chinese-American immigrant family.

Let’s Eat strives to be a universal story told through a distinctly Asian-American voice. As a single parent in an unfamiliar country, Ma’s entire life centers around raising Luan, her rambunctious young daughter. Likewise, Luan spends her childhood indulging in endless quality time with her playful, loving mother. However, as Luan grows up, it isn’t long before daily life interferes and causes mother and daughter to grow apart. By channeling their feelings into cooking, the two strive to find their way back to each other, one homemade meal at a time. Ma and Luan’s tale touches upon mother-daughter relationships, the American immigrant experience, and the unspoken translation of love into food – familiar themes reflected through a fresh perspective often overlooked in mainstream media.

We at Anamon Studios aim to share in our similarities as much as we celebrate our differences, and to this end we hope that Let’s Eat will resonate with audiences of all backgrounds and experiences.

For those who want the lyrics:

(Verse 1) I hold your laughter safe inside in my mind Sweet moments captured so I can rewind I’ll always have them so anywhere I fly I know you’ll be by my side

(Verse 2) You lift me up when I am feeling small Up on your shoulders I become so tall And though you raise me high above it all I have no doubt that you’ll catch me if I fall

(Chorus 1) You give me everything You see the best in me No matter where you go You’ll come back home

(Verse 3) I’m only learning to say what’s in my heart So when you’re hurting I don’t know where to start And though the words are often hard to find We still have time to make things right

(Chorus 2) You give me everything You see the best in me No matter where I go I’ll come back home

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