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NewsHong Kong to close cinemas again amid third coronavirus wave
Cinemas were previously closed in the country from late March to early May.
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Hong Kong government to invest $33.5m to boost pandemic-hit production sector
Measures are partly in response to Covid-19 pandemic.
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Cinema reopening dates around the world: latest updates
Screen’s guide to the latest info in each territory.
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Jerusalem abandons plans for physical summer edition following Covid-19 surge in Israel
Festival team hopes to run a winter edition in December if health conditions permit.
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The films opening around the world this weekend: ‘Harriet’, ‘Scoob!’, ‘Black Water: Abyss’
As cinemas begin to reopen again in many territories, Screen is tracking which films are released across the globe each week.
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Indian producers won’t abandon theatres despite OTT premieres, says FICCI Frames panel
Local filmmakers say cinemas will return as strong as ever post-pandemic, despite a rash of theatrical titles going straight-to-digital.
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Cannes selection ‘Earwig And The Witch’ finds US home
GKIDS plans to release Earwig And The Witch in early 2021.
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‘Better Days’ takes top prize at Udine Far East Film Festival
Virtual edition of the festival drew 3,000 accredited pass-holders from 45 countries.
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Showbox scores multiple sales on disaster drama ‘Sinkhole’ (exclusive)
Directed by Kim Ji-hoon, the film has sold to Taiwan (MovieCloud) and Hong Kong (Edko Films) among other territories.
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‘Mad Max’ director George Miller’s ‘Three Thousand Years Of Longing’ lands China deal
Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton are set to star.
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Festival chiefs, ‘Parasite’ team, Adèle Haenel among 400 new international Academy members
Berlin’s Carlo Chatrian and Venice’s Alberto Barbera have also been invited.
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Palestinian Nasser brothers and late documentarian Dalila Ennadre secure Doha funding
Doha Film Institute (DFI) supports 39 projects in spring 2020 funding round.
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India’s Applause teams with Gurinder Chadha, Sunder Aaron on ‘Seeker’
International drama series follows a guru in rural India who builds an international empire.
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Yeon Sang-ho’s ‘Peninsula’ clocks up sales to 185 countries
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia will release the film around the same time as South Korea in July.
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Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival announces new later festival dates
The event has pushed back the dates of its fourth edition by a month.
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Rialto goes on acquisitions spree for Australia, New Zealand (exclusive)
Titles include US box office hit ‘Becky’ and Sundance title ‘Spree’, starring Joe Keery of ‘Stranger Things’.
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US, Asia buyers go on ‘Russian Raid’ (exclusive)
Action film is inspired by Gareth Evans’ martial arts hit ‘The Raid’.
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Elia Suleiman’s ‘It Must Be Heaven’ triumphs at Critics Awards for Arab Films
Votes were cast by 141 Arab and international critics from 57 territories.
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Taika Waititi’s Piki Films signs indigenous writers for three projects about colonisation (exclusive)
Company will develop two features and a detective series.
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