All Coronavirus articles – Page 39
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NewsAlarm bells ring for UK freelancers after last-minute update
HMRC fund will not support anyone on fixed-term contracts ended before their ‘natural conclusion’.
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NewsUK’s Grimmfest launches free genre streaming platform during lockdown (exclusive)
Manchester-based genre festival to offer horror features and shorts for the duration of quarantine.
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NewsThailand’s trade department launches online trade show for Thai content
MOVE Live, a three-day virtual market using Zoom technology, is scheduled to take place May 25-27.
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NewsBectu, Pact join forces to lobby UK government over freelancers
Bodies demand clarity over whether freelancers whose contracts reached ‘natural end’ can be furloughed.
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NewsComic-Con cancels 2020 edition
Organisers of San Diego convention to return on July 22-25, 2021.
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NewsSundance Institute launches $1m emergency coronavirus relief fund
”When history looks back, this will either be the moment when we invested in artists,…or it will be the moment we lost a generation of art and artists.”
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NewsVenice Film Festival planning goes on but doubts intensify
Festival director Alberto Barbera has ruled out a virtual Venice.
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NewsScreen Ireland provides €4.5m coronavirus support measures
All support measures are being allocated from Screen Ireland’s 2020 capital budget.
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NewsPoland’s New Horizons Film Festival postponed due to Covid-19 ban
Festival in Wroclaw was due to launch in late July.
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NewsUniversal, Focus set UK digital release for ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Eliza Hittman’s Berlin and Sundance prize-winner was due to receive a theatrical release in the UK.
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NewsNetflix, Netherlands Film Fund launch Covid-19 production aid
Streaming giant contributes €1m to launch the fund.
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NewsDisney reveals ‘Artemis Fowl’ digital release date
Kenneth Branagh’s family adventure will be the biggest release to bypass a cinema release to date due to Covid-19 pandemic.
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NewsSeries Mania extends project component of Digital Forum until May 29
Online platform was created to replace physical event that was due to take place in northern French city of Lille.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK filmmaker Hope Dickson Leach
”I’m hopeful we can build a more sustainable and inclusive industry.”
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NewsSteven Soderbergh to head DGA back-to-work taskforce
Filmmaker to liaise with epidemiologists, sister guilds.
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NewsAMC targets liquidity boost with $500m private offering
“We cannot assure you that our assumptions used to estimate our liquidity requirements will be correct.”
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NewsAllen Daviau, 'E.T.' and 'The Color Purple' cinematographer, dies aged 77
Career brought five Oscar nominations.
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NewsAgency-led Cannes virtual market platform to launch on June 22
Details of sales packages and completed films will be announced in the coming weeks.
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NewsWhite House coronavirus plan outlines steps to reopen US theatres
wTrump U-turn vests authority in state governors.
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FeaturesCannes 2020: what was in the running (and still might be)
The prestige films that will now need support to connect with international buyers and audiences.