Tokyo Film Festival Adds New Initiatives, Kashiko Kawakita Award to Honor Women in Cinema
Famed critic Sahoko Hata will be the inaugural honoree of the Kashiko Kawakita Award. Source: THR
Israel’s Culture Minister Threatens to Revoke the Citizenship of ‘NAZA’ Filmmakers
Israel‘s Culture Minister has said he will work to revoke the citizenship of Oscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor over their new documentary, NAZA. Source: THR
British Comedy Is Back: How the U.K.’s Funny Business Is Rallying Thanks to ‘SNL U.K.’ and ‘Mock the Week’
British comedy once dominated the small screen, spawning iconic shows and formats from “Monty Python” to “The Office.” But the last decade hasn’t been a bundle of laughs as sketch shows and sitcoms fell out of fashion. Source: Variety
The video game industry’s new cheat code: AI prompts
Many creators say they prompted Claude Opus 5 or DeepSeek to build these games, which often have tongue-in-cheek titles like “Modern Claudefare” or “Claude of Duty.” Source: Axios
AI/VR Motion Picture Guild Launches In San Francisco With International Advisory Board And First Creator Programs
Founded in April 2025 and headquartered in San Francisco, the Guild is a neutral global platform for filmmakers, technologists, studios and institutions working across AI, VR and immersive cinema. It is a professional guild built to help emerging and established … Continued
Former Ubisoft Barcelona workers launch Dark Ritual Studios, an indie developer focused on “craftsmanship over scale”
By launching an independent studio, the team aims to remain “small enough that ideas can move quickly from discussion to implementation.” Source: Games Industry