TIFF – ‘A River’s Gaze’ is set to premiere in 2026.
The update is available on director Andreea Bortun’s profile for TiFF (posted below). Sebastian Stan is attached to the project as a producer.
Sebastian Stan is getting candid about his time with Marvel.
During a recent interview on the “Stronger Podcast,” Stan, who played Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier, across seven Marvel films, said the blockbuster giant “really helped” him grow as a person and actor. However, now, at 43 years old, he’s trying to expand past the comic book action.
“I have to try to offer something different than before,” Stan said. “And I’ve never favored one role over another. The Marvel stuff, I’ll always, till the end of time, [feel it] really helped me grow as a person and helped me grow as an actor and it taught me relationships and [I worked with] Robert Downey [Jr.] and Scarlett [Johansson] and all these people I looked up to. It was a business. It was a family and it gave me a sense of belonging, and it’s always there for that, but it was only the step one for me.”
Stan added that he feels “lucky” that his more refined work in films like “The Apprentice” and “A Different Man” came later in life. He added he looks at “young guys like Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler” and sees them achieving things “I could not have done at their age.”
Due to his Romanian heritage, Stan also noted it took some time to fit in with the American movie industry.
“There was a significant part of my youth that I had to spend to get Americanized or to fit in and really find my way in a different way,” he explained. “But it’s really now that I feel I’m finally getting to do the stuff I’ve always wanted to do.”
2025 was a breakout year for Stan in terms of award recognition. His leading performance in “A Different Man” earned him a Golden Globe. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for best actor for his portrayal of Donald Trump in “The Apprentice.”
Nov
03
Sebastian was featured on Stronger Podcast | Don Saladino for today’s episode. Click below (or go to YouTube) to view. I’ve also added 873 UHQ/untagged screen captures to the gallery. Enjoy.
Screen Captures > Web Videos > 2025 > Stronger Podcast | Don Saladino – Sebastian Stan (11/03/25) [Screen Captures]
I’ve added 34 new/old UHQ/untagged photos of Sebastian from The CAA Pre-Oscar Party at Living Room [Arrivals] + 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [Arrivals] from earlier in the year to the gallery, click below to view.
Public Appearances > 2025> 02/28/25 – The CAA Pre-Oscar Party at Living Room [Arrivals]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [Arrivals]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [Arrivals]
I’ve added 1 UHQ/untagged photos of Sebastian from Anastasia Soare, Founder & CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills, joins Oprah Winfrey for Raising Brows LIVE at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles last night to the gallery, click below to view.
Oct
23
I’ve added 17 UHQ/untagged photos of Sebastian from 2025 AFI Fest – Opening Night Gala Premiere of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” last night to the gallery, click below to view.
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Public Appearances > 2025> 10/22/25 – 2025 AFI Fest – Opening Night Gala Premiere of “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” [Arrivals]
The following conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.
The Film Stage: I’m really fascinated to hear more about Fjörd, if you’re able to talk a bit about it today. It’s your first time filming in Norway and your first time working with big-name stars. Did you feel a change in your approach in any way?
Cristian Mungiu: Well, I think that it’s the same kind of cinema that I did before. And I don’t know––we will see––I hope it makes a difference in terms of interest from the spectators, to watch these talented people. I was not working within the star system before now, but I was happy to work with these people without having to change my way of making cinema. We got along quite well and I’m happy that I started with Sebastian, because he speaks some Romanian and he wished to speak Romanian in the film. I’m very curious to see what’s going to be the continuation of this once I move on and try to work with well-known actors who don’t speak Romanian. What will happen there? I’m really curious.
[…]
I’ve read that Fjörd will focus on two families, specifically around cultural differences regarding raising children. Will this topic of education be the central focus?
It doesn’t happen inside a school, but yes, these are always the institutions that are most important in society. Since I have this preoccupation with what we are passing to the next generation, there are children there, but it’s not so much about what school tells us; it’s about the difference between what school tells us and how people see what real life is. Because it’s not at all the same thing. What you tell your children can be very different, based on what education you got. You have to understand that they don’t live in the same kind of world that you lived in, so you have to adapt as a parent. For a parent, this means finding the right balance between the values you try to pass down and the freedom that you need to give to children, hoping that they will be wiser and more empathetic than we were.
Fjörd will be released in 2026 by NEON.
It’s my birthday but you all get an update! I’ve added 7 new photos UHQ/Untagged of Sebastian’s 2024 CFDA Awards portraits to the gallery.
Photo Sessions > Session #141 – Leo Jacob
I’ve added 70+ UHQ/untagged photos of Sebastian from 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala including the after party last night to the gallery, click below to view.
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [Arrivals]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [After Party – Inside]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [After Party – Departures]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – Academy Museum 5th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [After Party – Inside]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala [After Party – Departures]
Public Appearances > 2025> 10/18/25 – Academy Museum 5th Annual Gala in Partnership with Rolex
I’ve added 6 new/old UHQ/untagged photos of Sebastian filming “We Have Always Lived in the Castle” in 2016 in Ireland, click below to view.
Film Projects > We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019) > On Set > 08/10/16 – Filming in Dublin, Ireland