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NewsNew York Film Festival 2020 unveils main slate
Dates moved forward to September 17–October 11 to expand access via drive-in screenings.
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NewsTelefilm Canada unveils Indigenous feature projects
Three projects directed by women, three directed or co-directed by those who identify as gender-diverse.
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NewsAMC Theatres to reopen in US on August 20 with day of 15c ticket prices
Approximately 300 additional locations around the country expected to open over the following two weeks.
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NewsGermany’s Koch Films acquires family animation sales firm Sola Media
Solveig Langeland will stay on at Sola as director.
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NewsAli Sar named HFPA president following death of Lorenzo Soria
Predecessor died on August 7 in Los Angeles.
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NewsUK tax relief: High-end TV closes the gap on film in 2019-2020
785 claims, representing 740 films, were made during 2019-2020 according to HMRC.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival to host physical screenings outside city
The Eastern European film festival recently shifted all activity online but will now screen a selection of features outside of Sarajevo.
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NewsThomas Vinterberg moves into TV with ‘Families Like Ours’ (exclusive)
Zentropa producing show for TV2; TrustNordisk handles sales.
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NewsWarnerMedia head declares support for theatrical, forecasts shorter windows
“We’re absolutely going to embrace a theatrical release when we’re able to and clearly with Tenet.”
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NewsAmazon sets up $6m fund to support European production community
First donations are £1m to UK’s Film and TV Charity, £500,000 to Theatre Community Fund.
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NewsFemale screenwriter non-profit The Writers Lab goes international (exclusive)
Collaboration with Untamed Stories in UK, Spain’s Filmmarket Hub to expand reach beyond US for first time.
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NewsRon Perlman, Chazz Palminteri crime comedy ‘Clover’ lands at Bleiberg/Dimbort (exclusive)
Byron Allen’s Freestyle Releasing handles North American rights.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins, Chloe Zhao, Mira Nair to receive TIFF Tribute awards
Remote ceremony to be broadcast and streamed around the world.
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NewsMongolia-France coproduction ‘Ze’ leads Locarno’s Open Doors winners
Prizes were given via an awards ceremony on Zoom and YouTube.
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NewsSumner Redstone, US media titan, dies aged 97
Redstone began working in entertainment industry in 1954.
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NewsMads Mikkelsen to receive honorary Sarajevo award
Festival announced it would shift entirely online earlier this week.
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NewsMaven secures backing for move into TV from UK Creative Content Fund
Production company was founded by Celine Rattray (‘The Kids Are Alright’) and Trudie Styler (‘American Honey’).
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NewsSarajevo unveils 2020 competition lineup
Festival will world premiere 12 features across its dramatic and documentary competitions.
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NewsSarajevo Film Festival to shift online amid second Covid-19 spike
The event will run online August 14-21.