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NewsUK sales outfit first to confirm it will not attend Cannes due to coronavirus concerns (exclusive)
Guy Collins’ GFM hopes to set up series of virtual meetings instead.
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NewsLithuania’s Meeting Point Vilnius, Croatia’s Zagrebdox latest coronavirus casualties
ZagrebDox Pro will go ahead online.
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NewsSony moves ‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ from Easter to August due to coronavirus concerns
Live-action/CGI hybrid becomes second major studio release to shift.
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NewsThe Match Factory strikes deals on Christian Petzold’s Berlinale award-winner ‘Undine’ (exclusive)
The company has also secured deals on Berlin titles ‘Bad Tales’ and ‘Father’.
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Netflix teams with John Boyega’s UpperRoom to make a slate of African films
The non-English language projects will focus on West and East Africa.
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NewsScreen Scotland greenlights Connery-led studio First Stage with £1m investment
Jason Connery and producer Bob Last have been appointed to run the large-scale film and TV studio in Leith.
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NewsFrench culture minister Franck Riester tests positive for coronavirus
France had registered 1,412 confirmed cases and 30 related deaths by Monday evening
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NewsAccusers call to rewrite “insulting” Harvey Weinstein $25m global settlement
“Respectfully, it is time to step up and come out of the shadows,” open letter asks New York state attorney general.
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NewsUS industry explores virtual solutions to coronavirus outbreak
“It’s not difficult to arrange virtual film festivals or film markets.”
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NewsBulgaria’s Sofia Film Festival and Sofia Meetings “postponed” over coronavirus concerns
The 24th SIFF and 17th Sofia Meetings were due to be held in mid-March.
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News‘Parasite’ becomes the highest-grossing non-English language film at the UK box office
Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winner passes ‘The Passion Of The Christ’.
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NewsQuibi reveals 50-title launch slate
The short-form streaming service will include ‘movies in chapters’ starring Chris Hemsworth and Sophie Turner
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NewsRaindog Films secures backing for move into TV from BFI-backed UK Creative Content Fund
The company is run by Ged Doherty and Colin Firth.
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NewsCannes, Berlinale, Rotterdam, EFA and IDFA protest “imminent incarceration” of Mohammad Rasoulof
Iranian filmmaker was summoned to serve one-year prison sentence just days after winning Berlinale’s Golden Bear for There Is No Evil
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NewsMax von Sydow, star of ‘The Seventh Seal’, ‘The Exorcist’, dies aged 90
Swedish actor featured in more than 100 films and TV series.
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NewsCinéfondation’s Atelier unveils 2020 selection
Screen UK Star Of Tomorrow Moin Hussain will present his project Birchanger Green.
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News‘Onward’ tops UK box office as ‘Parasite’ breaks non-English language record
Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or and Oscar winner has now grossed £11.5m and counting.
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NewsGlasgow Film Festival co-chief talks hidden gems, surprise guests and 2021 plans
Allan Hunter reflects on the 16th edition.
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News‘Radioactive’ director Marjane Satrapi reveals why she chooses not to work with US producers
wThe Iranian-French filmmaker of Persepolis and Radioactive was speaking at the Glasgow Film Festival.