All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 236
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NewsSXSW Online 2021 to close with Charli XCX doc
28th edition of Texas festival will run online-only from March 16-20.
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FeaturesWhy Lee Isaac Chung almost quit filmmaking before directing ‘Minari’
“I figured I might have just one shot at making another film.”
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NewsInternational, doc contenders among nine Oscar shortlists
Music, score, visual effects, make-up and hairstyling, short film shortlists also unveiled.
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NewsFilmNation boards world sales on Sean Baker’s ‘Red Rocket’
Darkly comedic tale filmed during pandemic.
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NewsDisney shutting down Blue Sky Studios, creator of hit ‘Ice Age’ franchise
Pandemic continues to take heavy toll.
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NewsSebastian Gutierrez directing ‘Leopard Skin’ in Dominican Republic for AGC Television
AGC Television producing, fully financing eight-episode series.
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NewsAustralian box-office hit ‘The Dry’ hot seller for Cornerstone Films (exclusive)
Crime drama has ranked number one since start of year.
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NewsSundance reveals record viewing figures for 2021 online edition
Early data shows attendance of 20,000 at drive-ins, socially-distanced indoor or outdoor seated screenings.
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NewsA24 picks up Sundance, Cannes Label selection 'Pleasure'
Sofia Kappel plays young woman seeking stardom in LA porn industry.
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NewsCate Blanchett to produce municipal fraud drama ‘Queen Bitch & The High Horse’
New Republic Pictures (NRP) and Dirty Films on board.
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NewsJennifer Peedom Everest feature, Riz Ahmed epic land at Netflix under Obama content deal
Pipeline includes Satellite, The Young Wife.
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NewsIcarus Films acquires Congolese Cannes Label doc ‘Downstream To Kinshasa’ (exclusive)
Distributor plans virtual theatrical release in spring followed by VoD rollout later in year.
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NewsSearchlight Pictures, Hulu swoop on Sundance hit ‘Summer Of Soul’
Most recent high-profile deal follows buys on Passing, CODA, Flee.
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News’Ma Rainey’, ‘Minari’, ’Da 5 Bloods’, ‘Chicago 7’ lead 2021 SAG nominations
Chadwick Boseman earns two posthumous nods.
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NewsPedro Almodovar, Rita Moreno among Miami Film Festival honourees
March festival bookended by world premieres of Edson Jean’s Ludi, Jayme Gershen’s Birthright.
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NewsDeon Taylor to direct John Lewis Civil Rights drama ‘Freedom Ride’
Producers targeting summer start in Georgia and Alabama.
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NewsNetflix acquires ‘Passing’ in $15m Sundance deal
Drama based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 Harlem Renaissance novel.
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FeaturesWhat Globes nominations could mean for the Oscar race
HFPA is known for occasional wildly eccentric self-expression and did not disappoint this year.
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NewsFilms Boutique strikes UK deal on Sundance doc ‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ (exclusive)
Katrina Lindstrom, Kristian Petri directed the World Cinema Documentary selection.