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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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NewsFormer BBC Drama Studios producer Maggie Boden joins The Ink Factory
Boden appointed director of development at the outfit behind ‘Fighting With My Family’ and ‘The Little Drummer Girl’.
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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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NewsFremantle sells ‘My Brilliant Friend’ to China’s three leading streamers
Deal marks first time non-English language European drama has sold to all three platforms simultaneously.
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NewsCannes unveils details for online Marche du Film
”The online market is intended to mimic the market experience in Cannes.”
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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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NewsSTX merges with India’s Eros Entertainment
Combined entity to be headquartered in Burbank and Mumbai.
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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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NewsSPC picks up world rights to Julia Childs documentary
Feature marks first collaboration between SPC and CNN Films.
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NewsScreen Talks live Q&A: How indie distributors are creating virtual cinema models
The Talk is scheduled for Thursday, April 23 at 16:00 BST, and will feature the heads of Kino Lorber, Film Movement and Modern Films.
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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.