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Page: Feed: --- ## [How ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Embraced Its Dated Source Material to Deliver a Humble Yet Epic Adaptation](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/magic-faraway-tree-movie-potential-sequel-andrew-garfield-1236677441/) _2026-08-21 · Lexy Perez · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ Director Ben Gregor and writer Simon Farnaby talk navigating cultural nostalgia while modernizing Enid Blyton’s beloved British children's books, building their “Blytopia,” and the potential for sequels with Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. ## [‘The Last Sunrise’ Star Maia Reficco Is Finally Facing Her Fears](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/maia-reficco-the-last-sunrise-new-music-interview-1236677491/) _2026-08-21 · Carly Thomas · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The American-Argentine actress and singer is showing a whole new side of herself with her starring role in Prime Video's coming-of-age romance film and her new music: "I've kind of let go of all of those fears and understood that I need to go full force or don't go at all." ## [Georgian Director Ana Urushadze on Making Her Sarajevo Competition Film Before “A Dead-End Situation” Got Worse](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/ana-urushadze-supporting-role-georgia-sarajevo-film-1236677153/) _2026-08-19 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ ‘Supporting Role,’ about a fading actor’s odyssey through Tbilisi, made it out just before industry censorship protests and a boycott of the state funding agency intensified: "I don't want to stop doing what I love." ## [Dina Duma’s ‘Skateboarding Is Not for Girls’ Is About Much More Than Just Skateboarding](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/dina-duma-skateboarding-is-not-for-girls-film-sarajevo-fest-1236676894/) _2026-08-19 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The Sarajevo Film Festival competition title follows fatherless 11-year-old Adela, whose life is turned upside down when her sister is forced to have an arranged marriage: "Even when you don't see the man, you can feel the patriarchy." ## [Why Emily Watson Will Never Quit Sarajevo Film Festival](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/emily-watson-sarajevo-film-festival-jury-president-award-1236676828/) _2026-08-19 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ This year's jury president and Honorary Heart recipient opens up about her decades-long devotion to the Bosnian festival: "It's \[about\] resistance, survival... Rather than a whole load of cynical sales agents." ## [Sandra Wollner and ‘Everytime’ Hit Sarajevo on the Festival Circuit: “You Can Feel the History Here”](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/sandra-wollner-everytime-sarajevo-film-festival-competition-1236676154/) _2026-08-19 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The Austrian filmmaker also touches on possibly casting a Hollywood name and why she is pragmatic about the future of European cinema: "I don’t think culture is an 'added value,' a kind of luxury item. It’s part of how a society understands itself." ## [“I Don’t Believe Cinema Is Dying”: Asghar Farhadi on War, Hope and Receiving Sarajevo’s Most Prestigious Honor](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/asghar-farhadi-director-film-war-iran-sarajevo-interview-1236675940/) _2026-08-18 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The Oscar winner talks to The Hollywood Reporter at the Sarajevo Film Festival about his next film – and why the people of his native Iran deserve more than conflict: "I love them, I love that culture." ## [What Alia Shawkat Wants For Female Filmmakers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alia-shawkat-the-wrong-girls-actors-dont-work-female-filmmakers-1236673953/) _2026-08-17 · Seija Rankin · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The star of Dylan Meyer's 'The Wrong Girls' on starring in the first female-fronted stoner comedy, learning to look at award season differently, and why she thinks Kelly Reichardt should be as famous as Paul Thomas Anderson. ## [“It Was a Bumpy Ride!”: Jack Rowan and Director Kieron J. Walsh on the Many Lives of Head-Bopping, Troubles-Set ‘Skintown’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/jack-rowan-kieron-j-walsh-interview-skintown-film-edinburgh-1236670964/) _2026-08-16 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The English actor and Irish filmmaker arrive at Edinburgh Film Festival with one of the most raucous indies of the year, backdropped by '90s rave culture and war-weary Northern Ireland: "It's not really been recorded — what it was like for young people to grow up there." ## [‘Mission’ Stars George MacKay and Rosy McEwen on Capitalism, Creative Freedom and the Eternal Allure of British Independent Film](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/george-mackay-rosy-mcewen-mission-paul-wright-edinburgh-1236670925/) _2026-08-15 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ The English actors have big-budget studio projects on their slate — including 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Scarpetta' and the 'Ocean's Eleven' prequel — so what tempted them onto Paul Wright's Edinburgh-premiering indie? ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jJpEDwpKzDy5) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [“I’ve Disobeyed the Film God Laws”: Lindsey Ryan on Shooting Her Debut Feature at Sea, With Kids, a Boat and a Hamster](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/lindsey-ryan-capsized-edinburgh-rhys-ifans-lily-rabe-film-1236670841/) _2026-08-15 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ THR can unveil exclusive stills from the Rhys Ifans and Lily Rabe-starrer, set to make waves in competition at Edinburgh Film Festival. ## [Michael Sheen and Director Simon Ryninks Reveal Their Personal Connections to Welsh Sci-Fi Caper ‘Out There’: “This Really Pushed Buttons for Me”](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/michael-sheen-out-there-film-wales-ufo-edinburgh-festival-1236670866/) _2026-08-14 · Lily Ford · Movie Features | Hollywood Reporter_ "I spent a year praying he would say yes, like a UFO believer," said Ryninks on tempting the Hollywood star aboard his Edinburgh-premiering feature. "I just had faith that he was out there, waiting for contact."