ATX TV Festival Sets Expanded Virtual Event For Season 10

Every year, ShortsTV brings the best in short film to the big screen, with a presentation of Oscar nominated shorts in the Animated, Live-Action and Documentary arenas. While movie theaters only recently reopened in Los Angeles and Orange County—with Covid cases, hospitalizations and fatalities on the descent—the distributor has already set theatrical and virtual premiere dates in both counties, for the Oscar Nominated Shorts of 2021.

Following its premiere Sunday night on YouTube and Spectrum News1, the We’re Texas, Matthew McConaughey and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, raised $7.7 million, with donations still coming in. The event has already raised $7 million, with donations still coming in. Those donations will go towards the continued support to those affected by Winter Storm Uri through the just keep livin Foundation Texas Relief Fund.

Warner Bros. will open Cry Macho from Clint Eastwood on Oct. 22. The multi-Oscar winner will star and direct the feature based on N. Richard Nash’s novel.

virtual benefit concert «We're Texas,» which aimed to raise money for those impacted by the devastating winter storm that rocked the state in February.Organized by Matthew McConaughey through his Just Keep Livin Foundation, the star-studded online benefit saw some stars like Jamie Foxx, Selena Gomez and Megan Thee Stallion share some meaningful words of support for those who are trying to rebuild after the storm.«Everything is bigger in Texas.

Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year’s jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately cancelled by the pandemic, will preside over this year’s jury instead.

It is truly beginning to feel like we’re in a time loop. It was only a year ago when the Cannes Film Festival announced that Spike Lee would be the Jury President for the film festival.

Rebecca Davis editorThe Shanghai International Film Festival will take place this year from June 11 to June 19.The news comes less than two weeks after Gao Yunfei, the head of Shanghai’s municipal film administration and vice-minister of its propaganda department, stated at a press conference that the city was considering pushing the event back to July.Registration for the 24th annual event is now open to “Chinese and foreign filmmakers and industry people,” the festival said, implying a door

The Berlin International Film Festival has fixed the dates for its planned in-person event in the German capital this summer. The 71st Berlinale's "Summer Special" will run June 9 to 20, with red carpet galas and public screenings of this year's festival winners.

The American Black Film Festival is set to go ahead with a 10-day hybrid event amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, organizer ABFF Ventures said the film festival will return to Miami Beach for an in-person 25th edition to run from Nov.

Fortnite‘s next season kicks off with the Zero Crisis Finale, the first ever single-player event for the game.According to a post from Epic Games, “Chapter 2 Season 6 launches on March 16 with the explosive conclusion of the events of Season 5”.Available to players when they first log into Fortnite’s new season, the event will bridge the gap between seasons, following Agent Jones’ mission in the Zero Crisis Finale.The publisher claims that “the aftermath of this event is sure to shape Reality as

The Santa Barbara Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Aaron Maurer’s documentary Invisible Valley, which profiles the stories of the disparate people that make up the Coachella Valley. It kicks off a festival that will run March 31-April 10 with a hybrid edition that includes online elements and screenings at a pair of pop-up beachside drive-in venues.

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has admitted that he lied to investors who pumped millions of dollars into the infamous Bahamas event.McFarland made the bold admission in an unauthorised interview from behind bars with radio host Jordan Harbinger for the Dumpster Fyre podcast – which has landed him in solitary confinement.McFarland is currently serving a six-year sentence at the Federal Correction Institution in Elkton, Ohio after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud, including for

Fyre Festival could’ve been criminally fun. In a new jailhouse interview, incarcerated party organizer Billy McFarland admitted that he lied to the investors who put millions into funding his notorious 2017 luxury retreat failure — but blamed an impossible timeline for the scam he’s now doing time for co-organizing. “I think the biggest mistake before I went awry was just setting an unrealistic time frame for the festival,” McFarland, 29, told Jordan Harbinger in an unsanctioned interview which

The Tokyo International Film Festival has announced the dates for the 34th edition of the festival as well as dates for TIFFCOM, the film and television market. Japan's flagship festival is set to run for 10 days from Oct.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorThe Telluride Film Festival is optimistic that by September, it will be able to safely hold an in-person event in the Colorado mountain town, including an extra day of programming. The fest is set for Sept.

The dates are set for the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. But there’s more news than just the September 2-6 run, which expands from three days to four: Organizers are hoping to hold an in-person event in the Colorado resort town.

The Great Escape has cancelled its 2021 event, with a virtual festival taking its place.

SXSW has announced more acts for its virtual 2021 festival – check out the full list of new names below.The event, which is traditionally held in Austin, Texas, will take place online this year due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions.New music fans will be able to stream a variety of performances, keynote speeches, conferences, film screenings and more between March 16-20.Among the artists set to provide performances for SXSW 2021 are NME 100 alumni The Lazy Eyes and Baby Queen as well as Black