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EXCLUSIVE: The 34th Israel Film Festival Los Angeles has confirmed its line-up for this year’s edition, which will be held entirely online for the first time.

Channel 4 Orders Follow-Up To Influential Princess Diana Film Channel 4 has commissioned Blink Films to make a follow-up to its explosive documentary on Princess Diana’s infamous Panorama interview with the BBC in 1995. The revelations in Blink’s first film, Diana: The Truth Behind The Interview, have sparked an independent inquiry at the BBC to get to the bottom of whether Diana was coerced into the Panorama conversation by reporter Martin Bashir through forged documents and misinformation.

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Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana has now been banned from hiring a British actor in the key role of a young Prince William because of Brexit, according to a casting notice.Casting director Amy Hubbard tweeted an appeal for a young actor to “believably play Prince William at 11 years old” for “Spencer,” an upcoming docudrama about the late Lady Di.“Must have a European passport (NOT British European due to new Brexit rules from January 1st 2021),” the appeal noted of the film being shot in

straight to your inbox every day, free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has suggested Dean Henderson is in line for more playing time beyond Manchester United's Champions League visit of Istanbul Basaksehir on Tuesday night. The MEN understands Henderson expects to start against Basaksehir after Solskjaer informed him he was set to play in both legs against the Turkish champions.

Alissa Simon Film CriticIt seems unimaginable: a relationship driven more by affection than the dynamics of power between a Jewish prisoner and an Austrian SS officer at Auschwitz? But the taboo romance between beautiful, young Slovak inmate Helena Citron and her not-much-older captor Franz Wunsch is superbly documented in the fascinating “Love It Was Not” from Israeli helmer Maya Sarfaty.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentTurkish director Nisan Dag, who is a Columbia Film School Graduate, made a splash at Slamdance and other fests in 2015 with debut feature “Across the Sea,” a relationship drama that she co-directed.

Turkish origins to the Icelandic legend of the Yule Cat (Jólakötturinn, who goes by “Jola” for short here) to the Star of Bethlehem itself.Watch Video: Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Say Christmas Is 'Doomed' Forever in 'The Christmas Chronicles 2' TrailerAlso part of the holiday’s history is Belsnickel, one of Santa’s gift-giving antecedents, but in “Christmas Chronicles 2,” Belsnickel (Julian Dennison, “Deadpool 2”) is Santa’s former right-hand elf, so embittered by the big man’s devotion to

James McClain For moneyed homebuyers seeking maximum view wattage, it’s tough to beat L.A.’s Bird Streets neighborhood. Set at the far western end of the Hollywood Hills, high above the Sunset Strip, many Birds lots have views that are just as incredible during the night — when the glittering lights of the entire city are spread below one’s feet — as they are during the day, when the downtown L.A.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Bruce Campbell (Ash vs. Evil Dead), Devon Sawa (Final Destination) and Michael Jai White (Spawn) have joined the cast of director Casey Tebo’s Black Friday.

Mexico to find her teenage son who went missing while trying to reach the United States, won the top prize at Greece’s Thessaloniki Film Festival on Monday.Organizers said the feature film by Mexican debut director Fernanda Valadez had been awarded the Golden Alexander prize.“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy, and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the organizers said in a statement.

Christopher Vourlias “Identifying Features,” Fernanda Valadez’s searing abduction drama set along the U.S.-Mexico border, was awarded the Golden Alexander for best feature film at the 61st Thessaloniki Film Festival.The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15.

Christopher Vourlias This summer a new board of directors took the reins at the Greek Film Center (GFC), the body that oversees all aspects of the country’s film policy, from bolstering the development and production of local cinema to luring international film and television shoots to the Mediterranean nation.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Personal History Of David Copperfield filmmaker Armando Iannucci and Escape From Pretoria director Francis Annan will be the recipients of the inaugural DDA Spotlight Award at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Ophir Awards, Israel’s top film awards, have crowned Ruthy Pribar’s Asia as Best Picture, per The Jerusalem Post.

IFC Films has scooped up the North American rights to Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, the documentary about the life and career of legendary novelist by directors Robert B. Weide and Don Argott.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Actor and LGBTQ advocate Omar Sharif Jr. is set to join the third season of the Israeli series The Baker and The Beauty from Keshet Studios.Created by Assi Azar, the series goes by the Hebrew name Lehiyot Ita and is one of the most popular and watched series in Israel.

Dave McNary Film ReporterIFC Films is acquiring the North American rights to the documentary “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time” with plans for a release in the summer of 2021.The deal was announced Wednesday to coincide with Vonnegut’s 98th birthday. IFC also released a teaser video for “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time,” containing a voicemail left by Vonnegut himself to the co-director of the film, Robert B.