Come one, come all, Insiders.
Jesse Whittock back again this week to take you through the past week in international film and TV.
Euro Studio Vuelta Emerges
Indie shake-up:Theres a new kid in town.
David Atlan Jackson and Jerome Levy of Vuelta GroupVuelta
Yesterday, Andreas broke the news of Europes latest consolidation player:Vuelta Group.
Also in the European indie sector are the established TV players such as Banijay and Fremantle.
Each of Vueltas acquisitions are distributors whove moved into financing and production as the market evolves.
Dennis Koenig
Keep checking in to Deadline for more on Vuelta, which roughly translates into English as movement.
Theres certainly plenty of that afoot.
One of the central topics was, of course,Artificial Intelligence.
The festival also handed out its first award of the year.
Karlovy Vary ends Saturday with a screening of the Woody Harrelson-starrerChampions.
The winner of the festivals Crystal Globe will also be revealed.
Its all very flexible and collegiate.
Read the full interviewhere.
The court is not in session today.
For more on Spacey and the trial,read on.
In fact, the proportion of women has dropped every year for the past four to 45.4%.
Male representation has, conversely, remained stable.
Other blows included female writers making up less than one-third of the total and women directors just a quarter.
Only as heads of production and commissioning editors (usually a middle-management level role) did women over-index.
After years of failure, that should provide the UK industry with some positivity.
More on Sixth Cuthere.
The Essentials
Hot One:Nadia Parkeswill lead scary BBC dramaKidnapped(working title).
A third:Prime Video orderedthree Latin American versionsofTemptation Island.
Festival:Riz Ahmedwill be feted at the 76th Locarno Film Festival next month.
More festivals: The scaled-down Edinburgh International Film Festivalunveiledits line-up.
Empire in administration: UK cinema chainceased trading today, as Andreas revealed.
Spinning a Web: AfterSquid GameandParasite,webtoonsare the latest Korean export, reported Liz Shackleton.
Done deal:Boiling PointproducerAscendant Foxtied with BBC Studios and hiredBank of Davecommissioner Hannah Perks.
Where theres a will:The late Silvio Berlusconi left the keys to his kingdom to hiseldest children.
New store: AMC Networks Internationallauncheda new UK and EMEA content group.
Taormina Studio:Mel sat down with ultra popular TikTokerKhaby Lame.
Barbie: The Philippinesconsideredfollowing Vietnam in banning the feature over a controversial South China Sea scene.
Box office:Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinyclocked soft $130M globally, per Nancys analysis.
Trailer:For Weasley twins travel seriesFantastic Friendsseason 2.
She passed age 48.
Zac Ntim contributed to this weeks Insider.
