Malaga’s Spanish Screenings: ‘Lullaby,’ Utama’ Win as Spain Consolidates as International Sales Force

A man who has suffered from severe skin problems for the last decade has revealed how the pandemic and lockdown provided him with a chance to get to the bottom what the cause is.

Two of Scotland's biggest Covid policies are changing from Monday, April 18 with the end of the mask mandate and free rapid tests.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEarly Sunday morning, BTS announced a new album with the tagline “We Are Bulletproof” coming on June 10, in a teaser video posted on social media. The group usually releases information gradually and this is no exception, as there is no further information in the video except a series of images.

Alec Baldwin is basking in the glow of fatherhood! The soon to be, father-of-eight shared why he andHilaria Baldwin continue to have children. In a sweet video, posted on his Instagram, the 64-year-old's youngest child, 13-month-old Maria Lucia, smiles as she holds the camera. “People ask why,” the actor wrote.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were spotted putting on a loved-up display as they kicked off day two of the Invictus Games in the Netherlands on Sunday 17 April. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who briefly visited the UK earlier this week, have been enjoying their first public appearance in Europe since stepping back as senior royals in 2020. Indeed Harry, 37, and Meghan, 40, beamed as they met with the competitors, including Lisa Johnston from Team UK, at the competition which supports military personnel and servicemen and women who have fought.

Junior Andre has shocked fans by appearing to share his phone number on social media. Junior, who is the son of Peter Andre and Katie Price, appeared to reveal his number on Instagram as he promoted his growing music career. The 16 year old uploaded a snap of himself in the recording studio and wrote: “Slide into my WhatsApp” before adding a mobile number.

KENDALL Jenner has been accused of photoshop by fans, as the star looked "unrecognizable" with her "new face." As the celebrity model hung out with her friends, her fans noticed something was different about the photo she posted on Instagram. Kendall, 26, stood beside Hailey Bieber and Justine Skye in her Instagram post from Saturday night.

IT’S an anti-racism play told to teenagers across the UK when they undertake their GCSEs and to finally see it on stage is a little underwhelming.  Moments of To Kill A Mockingbird leave my hairs standing on end, especially when Scout takes on her racist neighbours with total innocence, but having her brother and Dill help narrate the story takes away from the play overall.  Harper Lee’s tale of childhood innocence sees Scout encounter racism when her lawyer father Atticus (Rafe Spall) defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in a trial that he simply will not win.  Something that is not massively far from the current day situations we’ve seen play out in America and closer to home.  Spall is wonderful as Atticus. He plays the empathetic father struggling to raise his children under his own values.  Meanwhile, he battles against the town his family has lived in for generations to defend Tom Robinson in a trial he stands no chance of winning.

Billie Eilish took to the stage on Saturday, April 16 for her first-ever headlining set at Coachella, her first time back at the music festival since making her debut in 2019.

Kathie Lee Gifford may have left Today, but the NBC daytime show is still close to her heart.MORE: Kathie Lee Gifford shares joy over baby news in celebratory new postThe TV star has remained great friends with many of the stars on the show, and paid a heartfelt tribute to shopping expert Jill Martin on her birthday over the weekend.Taking to Instagram, Kathie shared a number of pictures of them together over the years, including one with Hoda Kotb, and wrote: "Wishing my darling friend @jillmartin the most fabulous birthday! Here’s to more adventures ahead. Love you, Jilly!"VIDEO: Kathie Lee Gifford invites fans inside her lavish homeJill was clearly touched by the gesture, and replied: "Love all of our adventures.

The Flight Attendant , and it's a good thing that HBO Max is rolling out only the first two episodes on Thursday because your stress levels won't be able to take that much more. “As big as season one is, season two is an even bigger swing,” "I would say it's 10 times the size in scope."She's not kidding.

All for their pets! The bond between pet owners and their four-legged companions is unique, which is why many stars commemorate their connection with a special tattoo.

Setting the record straight. Nearly one year after Lizzo hilariously shared her drunken text exchange with Chris Evans and subsequently started dating rumors, she cleared the air during her Saturday Night Live hosting debut.

Anitta accomplished one of her most significant achievements yet. This past Friday, she performed at Coachella, having one of the evening’s leading performances and becoming the number one trending topic in the world.Anitta announces new album ‘Versions of Me’ with cover and release dateAnitta joins Miley Cyrus on stage in Brazil during concert dedicated to Taylor Hawkins.@Anitta performs on the Coachella Stage during #Coachell Weekend 1.

Tom Hanks‘ Greyhound – a WW2-based hit from lockdown – is in the works at Apple TV+.In the film, which was released in July 2020, Hanks starred as Lieutenant Commander Ernest Krause. Greyhound was directed by Aaron Schneider and is adapted from C.

The Interrupters have announced their return and details of their first album in four years.The follow up to 2018’s ‘Fight The Good Fight’ is titled ‘In The Wild’ and it will arrive on August 5 via Hellcat/Epitaph Records.The album has been previewed this week with first single, ‘In The Mirror’, which takes the group back to their ska-punk roots.Speaking about the new track, vocalist Aimee Interrupter said: “I fell into so many self-destructive patterns trying to come to terms with my childhood. I spent so long trying to run from the pain. No matter how far I ran, there I was…I realised I needed to make peace with who I saw in the mirror.”Listen to the new track below. Commenting on the record, the band added: “We are so excited to announce our 4th full-length album ‘In The Wild’.“We put so much love into this album.

Ed Meza @edmezavarSpanish distributors, who have enjoyed a strong track record selling remake rights to local pics, have received a major boost this year with the Malaga Festival Industry Zone’s (MAFIZ) inaugural Remake Day event on Thursday.Leading film sales companies, among them Cinema Republic, Latido Films, Filmax and Feel Content, presented showcases of films considered particularly adaptable to foreign markets. Not surprisingly, comedies and genre pics made up most of the selections.David Castellanos’ Cinema Republic offered one strong example with Borja Cobeaga’s  hit 2009 romantic comedy “Pagafantas,” which has over the years sold to Germany, Italy and Mexico.Cinema Republic also touted Icíar Bollaín’s “Rosa’s Wedding” (“La Boda de Rosa”), about a woman in her mid-40s who decides to finally take charge of her life and fulfill her dream of starting a business.

Ed Meza @edmezavarFilmax has acquired international rights to Malaga Festival screener “Can’t Live Without You,” an erotic thriller from director Chus Gutierrez (“Return to Hansala”).A Spanish-Mexican co-production, the pic features huge Mexican stars Maite Perroni and Mauricio Ochmann as well as Spanish actors Alfonso Bassave (“I Love You, Stupid”) and Pedro Casablanc.The pic follows David, a successful businessman who who lives a peaceful life with his boyfriend, Alex, an attractive gym instructor. Their world turns upside down, however, when David’s sister Blanca comes back into his life.

Ed Meza @edmezavarIn his latest work, which was being singled out for praise on the first day of Malaga’s Spanish Screenings, Imanol Uribe recounts the fateful story of Lucia Cerna, the only witness to the 1989 massacre in El Salvador of six Jesuit priests and two other people by a U.S.-trained death squad at a university residence in San Salvador.“What Lucia Saw” (“Llegaron de Noche”) focuses on the story of Lucia and her husband Jorge, who, with the help of church officials and Spanish and French diplomats, are spirited out of the country to Miami, where they hope to find safe haven. Once in the U.S., however, they fall into the clutches of the FBI and a Salvadoran colonel, who interrogate the couple in an effort to discredit Lucia’s testimony.

Pablo Sandoval Few movies are as awaited at this year’s Málaga Festival as Daniel Guzman’s “Canallas” (“Monkey Business”) which world premieres in competition this March 19. It marks the follow-up by Guzmán, an acclaimed actor-turned writer-director, to his notable debut “Nothing in Return” which scored best picture, director and a Critics’ Prize at 2015’s Malaga Festival, going on to scoop Spanish Academy Goyas for new director and breakout actor, the latter for Miguel Herrán. “Canallas” also reps the second original movie production from Movistar Plus, as Spain’s industry looks to the pay TV/SVOD arm of telco giant Telefonica to co-produce some of the biggest movie plays in the country.  Though the subject, setting and tone of “Canallas” could hardly be different from Movistar Plus’ debut movie outing, Alejandro Amenabar’s “While at War,” “Canallas” gives further clues to what kind of movies Movistar Plus is willing to sink money in. It’s clearly the work of an auteur, Guzmán typically meshing reality and fiction, casting a childhood friend, Joaquín González, as himself, a high flying entrepreneur – or so high imagines himself –  still living with his mum in a high rise in a modest outer-periphery big city ‘burb. When González and his family – played by his real non-pro family – face eviction, he turns to childhood friends Brujo and Luismi for help. Things were already going wrong.