All articles by Orlando Parfitt – Page 19
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NewsVue confirms UK cinema reopening plans
Phased reopening starts with 10 sites on Friday August 7.
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NewsKelly Reichardt’s ‘First Cow’ to open Locarno’s hybrid 2020 edition
Jean-Marie Straub’s short film La France Contre Les Robots to close festival; juries unveiled.
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NewsVenice Film Festival reveals 2020 line-up
Competition line-up includes films by Chloe Zhao, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Kornel Mandruczo and Andrei Konchalovsky.
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NewsVenice, Toronto, New York, Telluride team up for Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
The film has been selected as part of a previously announced alliance between select autumn festivals.
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NewsJoanna Hogg, Christian Petzold join Venice competition jury
Cate Blanchett will preside over this year’s Venice competition jury.
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News“Too slow” UK government urged to set up emergency insurance fund for film and TV
“Without it, efforts to resume filming, touring and live performance are doomed to failure.”
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NewsAlexandre Aja’s survival thriller ‘02’ starts shooting in France for Netflix
Vincent Maraval produces through his Getaway Films banner; project stars Mélanie Laurent.
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NewsBerlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs 14 projects
A total of €395,000 awarded to projects from Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Egypt, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, Turkey and Venezuela.
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NewsVenice 2020 Critics’ Week line-up revealed
This year’s opening film is The Book Of Vision, the debut fiction feature from frequent Terrence Malick collaborator Carlo Hintermann.
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NewsVenice Film Festival to honour Tilda Swinton, Ann Hui
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs September 2-12, 2020.
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FeaturesMy Working From Home Life: UK filmmaker Kevin Macdonald
“Life seems very flat. Without the ups and downs there isn’t the motivation to be creative.”
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NewsSky’s major UK film and TV studio at Elstree gets the green light
It will host film productions from Sky Studios, Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Working Title.
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NewsMajor autumn festivals pledge to stop competing for films this year
Venice, Toronto, Telluride and New York chiefs sign open letter.
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NewsUK’s new Dagenham Studios gets the green light
The decision comes after the project’s original backer pulled out citing Brexit concerns.
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NewsEngland relaxes quarantine rules for film and high-end TV productions
UK culture secretary spoke to Tom Cruise about how exemption will allow production to resume on Mission: Impossible.
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News“Good news for indie cinemas:” UK creative sector reacts to £1.5bn arts rescue package
“This is very welcome news for our independent cinemas.”
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NewsSTX takes worldwide rights to ‘Run Rabbit Run’ starring Elisabeth Moss
cThe film is the feature debut of acclaimed TV director Daina Reid and will shoot this summer in Australia.
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NewsHugh Jackman in talks for Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’; STX handling sales
STX is understood to have partnered with Amazon on international territories.
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NewsCineworld confirms US, UK, European reopening dates
The decision was made after several blockbusters including Tenet and Mulan were confirmed for release in the next few weeks.
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NewsAltitude boards sales on WW2 thriller ’Burial’ with Niamh Algar, Tom Felton
Project was written and directed by Ben Parker (The Chamber).