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Sri Lanka’s ‘Riverstone’ takes gold at French Asian film festival | The Express Tribune

It is praised for revealing the crisis that political power in Asia poses to the survival of ordinary people STRASBOURG, FRANCE: Sri Lankan director Lalith Rathnayake’s “Riverstone”, about one man’s mountain road trip to his kangaroo court execution, won the top prize Tuesday at France’s Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema. The feature, one…

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‘Melania’ film success questioned after sales spike | The Express Tribune

Experts doubt documentary’s box office performance after reports of bulk ticket buying, unusual sales patterns Melania Trump. Photo: file Questions are mounting over the box office performance of Melania, the $75 million Amazon MGM documentary focused on Melania Trump’s activities in the days leading up to Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration. The film opened with around…

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Award-winning film on Saddam Hussein gains worldwide release | The Express Tribune

Iraqi Director Hasan Hadi’s ‘The President’s Cake’ explores former Iraqi leader’s absurd birthday rituals PARIS, FRANCE: For Iraqis who lived through the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein’s birthday on April 28 was a disorientating day of celebration and propaganda. Parties were staged across the sanctions-hit country to mark the occasion, while many public squares and bridges…

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