Norwegian director Vegard Dahle’s zombie comedy “Grandmonster” won the top Outpost award and a post-production services award at Fantasia Festival’s prestigious Frontières Co-Production Market, which handed out six awards at its closing cocktail party on July 25. The film, about an American dropout who unwittingly triggers a zombie outbreak in a remote Norwegian nursing home
Shhh…shut up. The stock market is trying to tell us something. The message begins with the chipmaker sector, which saw an electrifying surge of more than 100% in 2026 before hitting a wall in recent weeks. That selloff coincided with a rally in hyperscalers, which have forged a kind of market rivalry with chipmakers. But
Homegrown sci-fi survival thriller “Hope” stormed to the top of the South Korean box office during the July 17-19 weekend. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the highly anticipated blockbuster generated $11.3 million with 1,504,019 admissions over the three days, capturing a commanding 66.62% share of the
Months after analysts warned that AI-driven demand for memory chips would spread to consumer electronics, India is providing the strongest evidence yet that disruption has arrived, with rising mobile phone prices reshaping the smartphone market. The memory chips in question (RAM and storage components) are the same ones that tech giants need in bulk to
Anthropic has begun localizing Claude pricing in India, its largest market outside the US, as global AI companies increasingly tailor their offerings to win users in the world’s most populous nation. Local pricing has started appearing for some Indian users on Claude’s website and mobile apps. However, Anthropic is yet to enable payments through the
Colombia’s Bogotá Audiovisual Market (BAM) concluded its 17th edition on July 10 with an increase in attendance. The numbers say it all: 2,336 accredited participants, 271 industrial activities and 882 individual business meetings connecting selected projects with a large number of international guests, advisors and potential partners. “BAM demonstrated once again that Colombia has world-class