Celluloid Dreams is handling international sales for Majid Majidi’s Venice competition title “Sun Children.” Set to world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which today unveiled its lineup, the film tells the story of 12-year-old Ali and his three friends. Together, they work hard to survive and support their families, doing small jobs in a
Month: July 2020
Only 22% of European feature films made between 2015-2018 were directed by women, a new study by the European Audiovisual Observatory has revealed. When it comes to female professionals directing audiovisual fiction episodes, the percentage drops to 19%. Women are slightly better represented in the screenwriting department, accounting for 25% in films and 34% in
What normally happens in Vegas each year in January won’t be in Vegas after all. CES 2021, scheduled to run Jan. 6-9, 2021, will not be held in Las Vegas, the Consumer Technology Association announced. It’s the latest event canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has had a resurgence in the U.S. the past
The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations will be revealed on Tuesday, dropping the prestigious list of names that will compete for the Television Academy’s top honors. And, as with many pandemic-era announcements, TV buffs can watch nominations from the comfort of their own homes. The announcement will take place over a live-stream in accordance
Twitter restricted the ability of Donald Trump Jr. to tweet for a 12-hour period, after the president’s son posted a video spreading misinformation about the effects of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The social network has required Trump Jr. to delete the tweet with the video, which violated Twitter’s rules about sharing harmful info related to
Breaking News Donald Trump reportedly invited himself to throw out a first pitch at Yankees Stadium in a fit of jealousy over Dr. Anthony Fauci … and was forced to cancel on it all when he couldn’t actually make it happen. Multiple sources familiar with the situation told The New York Times that’s how things
In a normal year, the announcement of the Venice Film Festival lineup — often coming on the heels of its Toronto counterpart across the pond — triggers the first whisperings of awards season. Once second to Cannes in the European festival prestige stakes, Venice has in the last decade taken advantage of its late-summer scheduling
K-pop titans Blackpink announced late Monday that their debut album will be released on Oct. 2 on YG Entertainment through Interscope Records. It will be preceded by the second single from the album in August, which the group promises will include a “surprise feature”; the title of the song and the album has not yet
U.K. based HanWay Films will handle international sales on Israeli auteur Amos Gitai’s new film “Laila In Haifa,” set to bow in competition at the Venice Film Festival in September. HanWay will also represent 25 films from Gitai’s extensive body of award-winning work. With an ensemble cast of both Israeli and Palestinian actors, “Laila in
Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired Jasmila Žbanic’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?” which will world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Co-produced by Indie Sales’ sister company Indie Prod, the film is based on real events and is set in the Bosnian summer of 1995, against the backdrop of the Serbian occupation of Srebrenica,
When it comes to sports broadcasts, NBCUniversal has a singular goal: The company wants to push even those advertisers who might not typically rush to football, hockey or Nascar to get into the game. The Comcast-owned company is about to make the rounds of media buyers and advertisers with a study of the attitudes of
By now it is common knowledge that the coronavirus pandemic has been bad for cinema box office. New data for the Asia-Pacific region shows just how bad. Figures from S&P Global Market intelligence and OPUSData depict a 92% collapse between January and June, compared with the first half of last year. Aggregate cinema revenue was
The Venice Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled a rich roster of films by prominent auteurs spanning the globe, such as Mexico’s Michel Franco, France’s Nicole Garcia, Japan’s Kurosawa Kiyoshi, and from the U.S., Oscar-winning veteran Fredrick Wiseman, all set to grace the lineup of the Lido’s watershed 77th edition. The fest is on track with
ITV Studios has become the latest player to decide against participating in the physical Mipcom market in October, opting instead to launch its own sales event. Other distributors to have pulled out of physically attending the Cannes TV market include BBC Studios and Fremantle, who have also opted for a digital presence as fears of
One of the rare festivals to be hosting physical edition in the coronavirus era, the Deauville American Film Festival is set to world premiere 10 anticipated movies that are part of Cannes’s 2020 Official Selection. The Deauville roster of Cannes pics was curated by the Normandy-set festival’s artistic director Bruno Barde out of the 56
The Venice Film Festival is unveiling the lineup of its 77th edition, which, barring complications, will be the first major international film event to hold a physical edition following the coronavirus crisis. Previously announced titles include Chloé Zhao’s road drama “Nomadland,” starring Frances McDormand, which will screen at Venice and Toronto simultaneously on Sept. 11,
Sony Pictures Television has announced an overall development deal with British historian Dan Jones, author of bestsellers such as “The Plantagenets,” “The Hollow Crown” and “The Templars.” The deal will see Jones develop adaptations of his works for option by Sony Pictures Television’s stable of international scripted production companies, including Left Bank Pictures and Eleven.
Malaysian authorities have largely reversed a ruling made last week that would have required every conceivable form of film-making to apply for licenses and shooting permits. “Social media users such as those of TikTok, YouTube are free to use the platforms to produce and upload videos as usual without the need to apply for a
Despite fears that the Japanese summer box office might be a lost cause, with many big Hollywood and local releases postponed, recent figures indicate that audiences, especially younger fans of hit TV shows, are returning to theaters after the coronavirus hiatus. The number one film for the July 20-26 period, when Japan enjoyed a four-day
Lollapalooza unveiled “Lolla2020,” a four-night virtual music event to take place July 30 through Aug. 2, during the original Lollapalooza festival dates. The event’s original content will include new performances from the likes of H.E.R., Kali Uchis, Louis the Child, Yungblud and more. Past shows that will be included come from old Lollapalooza sets from
Sony Music India (SMI) has appointed Jagjit Singh Bhogal as its head of A&R, as New York-headquartered Sony Music Entertainment (SME) seeks to flesh out new regional hubs in Asia and the Middle East to better connect with local markets. Bhogal comes to SMI after stints at Viacom18 India, where he led the A&R, music
MONDAY, JULY 27 Fred Willard’s ‘Here Comes Rusty’ Finds a Home Cinedigm has bought the comedy “Here Comes Rusty,” starring Fred Willard, Bruce Hampton, Joey Lauren Adams and Paulie Litt, for digital release this fall, Variety has learned exclusively. Hampton portrays the owner of a dog track who makes a wager with Willard’s dishonest owner
Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegría Hudes is set to write “Life Is a Carnival,” a Latin music-infused new film for Warner Bros. The movie will mark her second collaboration with “In the Heights” producers Scott Sanders and Mara Jacobs after Hudes wrote the book for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical as well as the screenplay for
Where there’s smoke, there’s definitely the fire of social media reaction, at least, as the Chainsmokers are taking heat for a controversial charity fundraiser held in the Hamptons at a 100-acre lot transformed into a drive-in for the concert. As a result of the concern over the “Safe & Sound” fundraiser, one state official has
Actress and director Amy Seimetz has obtained a temporary restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, director Shane Carruth, accusing him of years of mental, emotional and physical abuse. On one occasion in 2016, Seimetz alleges that Carruth jumped on her in a hotel room and strangled her until she struggled to breathe, according to filings attached
Comcast-backed specialty channel Sky Arts is set to go free-to-air from September, after years of speculation around the delivery of the U.K. arts offering. “It is really timely in a way, particularly because the arts and culture sector is in crisis in many ways,” Philip Edgar-Jones, director of Sky Arts, told Variety. “Theaters are facing
Amazon has come onboard the BBC One series “The Pursuit of Love” from Emily Mortimer. Filming on the series has now begun after it was delayed in the spring due to the coronavirus pandemic. Written and directed by Mortimer, the three-episode series adaptation of the Nancy Mitford novel of the same name is set in
The latest Netflix obsession is “Indian Matchmaking,” centering on Sima Taparia, a Mumbai woman who helps Indian singles find potential spouses, with plenty of input from their extended families. The internet is abuzz over the show’s subjects including opinionated Houston attorney Aparna, lovable Austin nerd Vyasar and Mumbai businessman Akshay, who wants to find a
Regal Cinemas, the nation’s second largest cinema chain, has announced that it will begin to reopen its U.S. locations on Aug. 21. Regal’s U.K. parent Cineworld made the announcement on Monday afternoon following Warner Bros. disclosure that it will open Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller “Tenet” in international markets on Aug. 26 with a Sept. 3
In today’s TV news roundup, CBS All Access released the premiere date of “Star Trek Discovery” Season 3, and HBO announced the premiere date of “We Are Who We Are.” DATES CBS All Access has announced Season 3 of “Star Trek: Discovery” will premiere Oct. 15 on the streaming service. In the new 13-episode season,
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