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FeaturesKeeping it real: Pixar’s work to make ‘Soul’ culturally authentic
Pixar head Pete Docter brought co-director and co-writer Kemp Powers onboard.
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NewsFormer Le Vision Pictures head Zhang Zhao dies aged 58
Beijing-based executive worked with acclaimed filmmakers such as Zhang Yimou and Zhang Yang.
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NewsFortissimo boards sales on Japanese aphrodisiac feature ‘Sexual Drive’
Yoshida Kota’s film debuts in Rotterdam’s Big Screen Competition.
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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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NewsChina box office: ‘Detective Chinatown 3’ leads Chinese New Year pre-sales
Beijing cinemas were told last week they would have to operate at 50% over the holiday season from February 11-17.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office for 2020 films down 81%; overall admissions drop to 44 million
The BFI’s annual statistics reveal a slight market-share increase for UK independent films.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar drama ‘Madres Paralelas’ sets cast
Aitana Sánchez Gijón and Milena Smit join the previously announced Penélope Cruz.
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NewsUK inward investment rallies to near record level in last quarter of 2020
Spend on UK independent features remains just 9% of total.
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NewsFilm payment platform FilmChain appoints former HanWay exec
Jan Spielhoff joins as product and account executive.
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NewsGermany’s North Rhine-Westphalia film fund allocates $11.5m in production funding
Projects to receive funding include Joachim Hedén’s Breaking Surface and Margarethe von Trotta’s Bachmann & Frisch.
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NewsBafta unveils longlists for 2021 film awards
The longlists cover all major categories following the first round of voting by the organisation’s voting members.
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Reviews‘Archipelago’: Rotterdam Review
An unusual mostly-animated trip through the delta of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec
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NewsEight talking points from the Bafta Film Awards longlists
Screen’s analysis of the Bafta Film Awards longlists, which have been unveiled following the first round of voting.
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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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NewsFocus Features names Kiska Higgs head of production, acquisitions
Executive has spent last 15 years in Universal fold.
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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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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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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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Reviews‘Rams’: Review
This broader remake starring Sam Neill shifts the action to Western Australia