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Sydney Film Festival unveils Australian-led line-up for digital edition

First online edition will comprise four strands and 33 titles.

Cinema reopening dates around the world: latest updates

Screen’s guide to the latest info in each territory.

Sydney, EFP unveil 2020 Europe! Voices of Women in Film selection

Ten films have been chosen, produced by 14 different European nations.

Marché du Film selects 20 projects for Goes To Cannes showcase

HAF, New Horizons, Thessaloniki and NFDC Film Bazaar have each contributed five.

Taipei Film Festival to go ahead as physical event without overseas guests

The winners of the International New Talent Competition will be announced online as overseas filmmakers can’t visit Taiwan.

India announces post-lockdown guidelines for production and cinemas

The “Back To Action - Cut To: Staying Safe” document outlines new rules including hand-washing and use of triple-layer masks.

Screen Talks: Jérôme Paillard reveals first look at Cannes virtual market

Paillard confirmed market has “over 200” sales companies already taking part.

Matthieu Darras' First Cut Lab expands activities into Qatar and Canada

Covid-19 pandemic widens programme’s footprint beyond Europe.

Shanghai International Film Festival to be postponed due to coronavirus

New dates have yet to be announced for the festival, which was scheduled to take place June 13-22.

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund grants to Ecuador, Kenya, Vietnam

Documentarians from Ecuador, Argentina, Kenya, Vietnam and France are among projects from 19 countries to receive support totalling $520,000 from Sundance Institute.

Indian, international industry mourns loss of NFDC’s Raja Chhinal

NFDC deputy general manager and former Film Bazaar director died on May 17, aged 47.

Sonata Films takes French rights to Gao Ming’s ‘Damp Season’ (exclusive)

The film, which premiered in Rotterdam, is being lined up for a theatrical release in late 2020 or early 2021.

Korea’s Jeonju film festival unveils competition line-up for closed door edition

Festival will hold physical screenings of competition titles from May 28 to June 6 exclusively for competition filmmakers and jury members.

Indian cinema chains PVR, Inox push back against digital premieres

Major exhibitors protest at films moving straight-to-digital in the midst of India’s Covid-19 lockdown and cinemas closures.

Six more Indian movies to premiere digitally on Amazon Prime Video

All seven films are acquisitions during a time when Indian cinemas have been closed since mid-March.

Istanbul Film Festival to screen 15 titles online including ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’, ‘Martin Eden’

The films will run one a day from May 15-29.

Netflix picks up Luxembourg-Egypt comedy ‘Sawah’

Netflix has acquired Luxembourgish-Egyptian director Adolf El Assal comedy Sawah, starring popular Egyptian actor Karim Kassem as a Cairo-based DJ whose trip to Europe takes an unexpected turn when his identity papers are stolen.