A Jakarta production company’s surprise takeover of a storied studio has put 164 Indonesian films and several unfinished productions under one owner. The deal has enraged filmmakers already fighting over a project stalled by seasonal haze.
A Dutch audit says museums paid €2.6 million (about $3 million) for audio guides narrated by an unauthorised synthetic copy of actor Tomas Veylan’s voice. Hours after the findings appeared on Monday, the star announced his first screen role in four years.
A late-night channel change by a Lviv shopkeeper helped lift a little-known Ukrainian drama about two towns sharing scarce electricity into one of the country’s most watched new series. Its producers say the surprise success has changed how they plan their next season.
A streaming fault pushed a private rehearsal clip featuring 89-year-old screen star Evelyn Mai Senn to millions of accounts in China on Friday. The recording revealed her plan to return to acting — and her refusal to let a studio use a digital double in her place.
A new Moroccan law could force a Casablanca exhibition to document the origins and permissions behind every textile on display — or pull the costumes before its opening. Experts warn that the rules, which took effect on 1 October, could make large fashion and design shows too risky to mount.
Mexican screen star Vera Solano says she has called off her 52-million-peso wedding and will sell 2.4 million litres of petrol at cost after Hurricane Bruna disrupted supplies in Veracruz. Her pledge has drawn huge attention — and a sharp dispute over what “at cost” actually means.
A volunteer-run archive in Seoul has withdrawn its support for a new film after spotting 11 seconds of donated religious broadcasts in the trailer. The director says the footage was cleared; contributors say their consent covered preservation, not a cinema release.
A playback failure sent an unapproved ending of Ghanaian film The Last Exchange to screens in Accra and Kumasi, escalating a dispute with the fictional state of Teren. The film’s distributor has suspended screenings as cinemas check whether their systems hold the wrong version.
A ticket-price protest outside a Hanoi playhouse helped turn a family drama into a free, 12-hour open-air performance watched by 6,184 people. Organisers say the verified count is a national record for a single stage production.
An audit of Taichung’s Eastbank Sound Weekender found that 612 crew members had deductions taken from their pay for a rent-to-own audio scheme. The twist: the 83 speakers they were supposedly buying remained festival property, and most workers had never signed up.
Austrian broadcaster Nordstern TV will stream a newly restored ending to a serial whose 1986 audience vote still divides its fans. The anniversary special will also show the version viewers saw — and the one the broadcaster says should have aired.
A routine audit of a Cape Town fashion exhibition found that its AI-assisted catalogue had invented designers, changed fabric details and declared one coat “100% cloud”. The museum has corrected the labels and turned the strangest errors into part of the show.