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French stars launch #BlackCesars campaign ahead of troubled awards
Industry professionals call for greater diversity and inclusion on the big screen.
Tsai Ming-liang’s ‘Days’ surges to second spot on Screen’s Berlin 2020 jury grid
Only two titles can now top ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’.
Far East Film Festival in Udine, northern Italy delayed until June due to coronavirus
The festival will now take place from June 26 till July 4.
Korean 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’.
Chinese companies pull out of CinemaCon over coronavirus travel ban
The Las Vegas exhibitors convention “will be held as planned,” organisers say.
National Geographic Documentary Films acquires ‘Saudi Runaway’
Rise and Shine World Sales, Cinetic represented filmmakers.
Film Mode sells ‘Dreamkatcher’ to Europe, Asia (exclusive)
France, Middle East, Taiwan among the territories to take the film.
Pyramide’s ‘Yalda, A Night For Forgiveness’ scores sales (exclusive)
The title, from Iranian director Massoud Bakhshi, won the grand jury prize in Sundance.
Embattled Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof: “The system I am confronted with is so irrational”
Rasoulof will not be able to attend the world premiere of his new film There Is No Evil in Berlin.
Breaking Glass acquires ‘Disclosure’ for North America (exclusive)
Michael Bentham directed the drama from his own screenplay.
Cinemas and T-Joy board Saudi animation ‘The Journey’
Ground-breaking animation combines tells Middle Eastern folkloric story using a Japanese anime art style.
Claire Denis, Phedon Papamichael named Qumra Masters as 47 participant projects revealed
They join previously announced directors James Gray, Jessica Hausner and sound editor Mark Mangini.
Japan's Sion Sono making comedy drama ‘Red Post On Escher Street’ (exclusive)
Sono picked up prizes at the Berlinale for Love Exposure in 2009 and Strange Circus in 2006.
China’s iQiyi to stream Russian box office hit ‘Son Of A Rich’ (exclusive)
The film has become the highest-grossing Russian film of all time with box office of $48 million since its release in December.
K-Movie scores ‘Spiritwalker’ sales; reveals ‘Outlaws’ sequel changes (exclusive)
The film’s star Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) has returned from shooting on Marvel’s The Eternals.
Behrouz Boochani’s asylum seeker drama ‘No Friend But The Mountains’ heads to big screen (exclusive)
Iranian-Kurdish journalist’s book recounts seven-year detention on Australia’s notorious Manus Island.
First look: Naomi Watts in ‘Penguin Bloom’ (exclusive)
Endeavor Content has launched sales on the family drama at EFM.
M-Line makes key sales of ‘Beasts Clawing At Straws’ (exclusive)
The crime thriller starring Cannes Best Actress award winner Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine) and top star Jung Woo-sung (Asura: The City Of Madness).
Good Move Media teams with Skyline on Vietnamese trio (exclusive)
Directed by Kay Nguyen, Drama Queen follows a stuntman, on the run from the mob, who fulfils a lifetime wish to transition into becoming a woman.
France’s Art House Films swoops on Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Wife Of A Spy’ (exclusive)
Kurosawa is a Cannes regular with films such as Tokyo Sonata (2008), Journey To The Shore (2015) and Before We Vanish (2017).
