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NewsUK’s NFTS awards 2020 student prizes
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings participated in a masterclass as part of the graduate showcase.
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News‘Blue Story’, ‘1917’ actors to lead Reggie Yates’ directorial debut ‘Pirates’ for BBC Films (exclusive)
Yates’ debut follows extensive television work.
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NewsKorean box office hit by coronavirus fears with declining admissions, ‘Parasite (B&W Version)’ postponed
Postponed releases also include Disney/Pixar’s ’Onward’ and Yoon Sung-hyun’s Berlinale entry ’Time To Hunt’.
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NewsChinese companies pull out of CinemaCon over coronavirus travel ban
The Las Vegas exhibitors convention “will be held as planned,” organisers say.
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News‘Persian Lessons’ goes to Cohen Media for North America
Vadim Perelman’s Berlin festival drama will get a US release later this year.
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NewsMagnolia reveals EFM deals on four documentaries
Rock documentary Once Were Brothers was among the company’s Berlin sellers.
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NewsFrance’s crisis-hit César awards names interim president on eve of ceremony
Speculation swirls around Roman Polanski’s possible attendance of this week’s ceremony.
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NewsUK box office rises 18% year-on-year in the first seven weeks of 2020
The FDA unveiled 2019 statistics today in London.
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NewsREinvent boards Finnish crime series ‘Transport’ (exclusive)
Finland’s Auli Mantila writes and directs.
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News‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ becomes runaway leader on Screen’s Berlin 2020 jury grid
‘The Woman Who Ran’, ‘Bad Tales’ score moderately.
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News‘DAU. Natasha’ director defends abuse scene, talks four more DAU features (exclusive)
Coproduction Office reveals first deals on ’DAU. Natasha’.
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News‘The Mandalorian’ to open Canneseries; Competition line-up includes Apple UK original ‘Trying’
Competition titles include UK’s Trying, Norway’s Atlantic Crossing and Israel’s Losing Alice.
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NewsBob Chapek to take over Disney CEO role from Robert Iger
Iger relinquishes top job sooner than expected, with Disney veteran Chapek stepping in.
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NewsDisney names Kelly Campbell president of Hulu
Former marketing executive promoted as Disney integrates streaming service.
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NewsComcast buys ad-supported VOD service Xumo
Deal follows reports of other moves by media giants in ad-supported streaming.
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NewsNeon swoops on Victor Kossakovsky’s Berlinale documentary ‘Gunda’
Joaquin Phoenix has came onboard as executive producer.
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NewsIFC takes US on Christian Petzold’s ‘Undine’
The German-language romance premiered this week in the Berlin competition line-up.
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NewsTed Sarandos set for Banff TV festival keynote
The Netflix chief content officer will feature in the event’s Summit Series.
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NewsNational Geographic Documentary Films acquires ‘Saudi Runaway’
Rise and Shine World Sales, Cinetic represented filmmakers.
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NewsGender parity is a long way off among European film critics, major new study finds
Female critics wrote less than 30% of the reviews for new films in key European territories.