Banff World Media Festival Sets 2021 Virtual Edition, Rockie Awards Confirmed

Tigers, a Swedish sports drama based on the true story of teenage soccer talent Martin Bengtsson, has won the top prize, the Dragon Award, for Best Nordic Film at the 2021 Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia's top cinema event. Ronnie Sandahl —the screenwriter on Janus Metz's 2017 tennis biopic Borg vs McEnroe—won over the Göteborg jury with his adaptation of Bengtsson's autobiography, in which he details his experiences as a young player drafted by top Italian team Inter Milan.

Naman Ramachandran “Nomadland” and “Saint Maud” took top honors at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with three wins each, while the late Chadwick Boseman won actor of the year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”American road movie “Nomadland” won film of the year, while lead Frances McDormand was named actress of the year, and writer-director Chloé Zhao won screenwriter of the year.British horror film “Saint Maud” won British/Irish film of the year, British/Irish actress of the year

When the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the city’s largest film festival, gets underway February 17, it will look a little different from previous seasons. It’s a virtual event, save for some drive-in screenings, but the LGBTQ content is still abundant.

The 11th annual Athena Film Festival has unveiled its opening night film and lineup of programming for its month long March 2021 virtual edition. The female-focused festival, which highlights women's leadership onscreen and in real life, will open with the U.S.

Naman Ramachandran “Saint Maud,” “Nomadland” and “Ammonite” are among the leading films on the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (BAFTA) longlist for annual British Film Awards that were announced Thursday.The publication of the longlists follows the BAFTA 2020 Review, where over 120 wide-ranging changes were introduced across voting, membership and campaigning to address a lack of diversity in the 2020 Film Awards nominations.

Creative Assembly have released a trailer for the latest game in their Total Warhammer series, which is planned for release later this year.Total War: Warhammer III will mark the final game in the series, has been running since its original release in 2016.The grand strategy game focuses on battles between the various factions from Game’s Workshop Warhammer Fantasy setting.

NAACP Image Awards unveiled this year's nominees on Tuesday, with presenters Anika Noni-Rose, Chloe Bailey, star Erika Alexander, 's Nicco Annan and singer TC Carson announcing the complete list of honorees on Instagram.Across television and streaming, music, literature, film and activism, the awards «celebrate the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and those who promote social justice through their creative work.»This year's NAACP winners will be revealed

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Kenan Thompson, the longtime cast member of “Saturday Night Live” and “All That” alum, has been tapped to embark viewers on a wild celebratory ride at the ever-slimy Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards, airing live on Saturday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m.

found out he had stage 4 cancer last month, has been told he has anything from a few weeks to a year or two left — although his friends are hoping he “outlives the odds.” Diamond — who played lovable Screech Powers in the teen sitcom — has told pals his last wishes are to meet his idol Justin Chancellor, the British bassist from heavy metal band Tool, and visit the “Star Wars” exhibit at Disney World in Florida.“We do not have any specific timelines, but we know that Dustin needs a miracle to

Sam Neill. And if reprising his role as Dr.

Geena Davis’s BFFoundation (BFF) has set dates for the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival and have officially opened submissions. The 7th annual fest that amplifies the voices of diverse storytellers will take place on August 3-8 in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Claudia Eller Co-Editor-in-ChiefLast year at this time, there was some speculation in the entertainment press that a number of unsuspecting attendees at the Sundance Film Festival who had fallen ill with severe flu-like symptoms may in fact have been exposed to COVID-19 without knowing it. The annual Park City festival began its 11-day run — from Jan.

The Banff World Media Festival will run as an online-only event from June 14 to July 16, 2021, organizers said Tuesday. Any hope the 42nd edition of the TV festival could return to the Canadian Rockies for an annual industry retreat have been dashed by COVID-19 infection rates rising this winter in Alberta.

The Banff World Media Festival is set to be held virtually again this year.

Vivienne Chow Twenty-nine projects from across Asia have been selected to take part in March’s Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), which will go virtual for the second time.Scheduled to take place March 15-17, 2021, HAF will run concurrently with the Hong Kong FilMart. Both events were postponed last year to August due to the pandemic and eventually migrated online.They will return to their usual March slot this year in tweaked virtual format.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game has set a new physical game pre-order record for publisher Limited Run Games.Limited Run Games president and owner Douglas Bogart revealed on Twitter that pre-orders for the physical verison Scott Pilgrim Vs.