'Penelope of Sparta' will be Fortiche's first original feature, directed by Jérôme Combe and Silvia Martelossi.

Toronto Film Festival Pulls ‘Sparta’ From Lineup Ahead Of World Premiere Over Director Controversy – Update. By Patrick Hipes, Anthony D'Alessandro. September 9, 2022 1:51pm.

The Toronto International Film Festival abruptly withdrew the German-language drama “Sparta” from its lineup ahead of its planned Friday world premiere after the film’s Austrian director ...

The film was pulled from TIFF following the allegations. San Sebastian has said it will push on with its screenings of Sparta , saying only a court order would result in it dropping the film. Must ...

The San Sebastian Film Festival is pushing on with a competition screening of Austrian director Ulrich Seidl’s new film Sparta, following a report in German magazine Der Spiegel raising concerns ...

Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, who faced allegations of on-set impropriety and child exploitation last year, will attend the world premiere of a “new” film, titled “Wicked Games Rimini ...

Many self-professed champions of freedom throughout the centuries have looked to ancient Sparta as an inspiration. The doomed stand of 300 Spartan warriors against the Persian Empire at ...

Aimed at audiences 13 and older, the YA film is a sci-fi coming-of-age story Penelope, the heroine from Homer’s The Odyssey. Set in a world inspired by ancient Greece, it will follow the ...