Cannes Completes Official Selection Lineup for 2021 Edition With Ari Folman, Gaspar Noe Titles

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorThe Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading movie event, unveiled the lineups for its Official Selection, Retrospective, and industry programs Tuesday.

COVID-19 restrictions.The festival was set to be held on Saturday July 24, and announced its intention to go ahead back in March following the unveiling of the UK’s road map out of lockdown.Now, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed last week (June 14) that the date to drop all coronavirus restrictions will be delayed from June 21 until July 19 in light of the spread of new COVID variants, the festival has announced it is unable to go ahead as planned.“Following Wednesday’s announcement

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterA Sundance Institute program dedicated to cultivating and supporting diverse artists with disabilities is back after a pandemic pause.The Accessible Futures Initiative returns for 2021 after launching in 2019, Sundance announced internally on Friday.

Haley Bosselman editorRooftop Films announced Stefani Saintonge and Yvonne Michelle Shirley will receive a $15,000 grant to support the production of “Point 5,” a film inspired by the edicts of the Black Panthers that will explore radical liberation and the function of systemic oppression.The duo’s past works include “Flowers,” “F*cked Like a Star,” “Black Girl Magic” and “Frame by Frame.” They, along with an anonymous Rooftop Films alum, are among the top recipients of the Water Tower Feature

Though the Toronto International Film Festival isn’t expected to begin until the fall, the organizers announced a dozen features that will play the event, as TIFF intends on welcoming back festival-goers with in-person screenings. And yes, one of the new films that will have a special screening at the event is Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune,” which is proving to be one of the most sought-after festival films of 2021.

Christopher Vourlias Heretic, the Athens-based boutique production company and sales agent, has acquired world sales rights for “Feathers,” the feature-length debut of Egyptian writer-director Omar El Zohairy, which will have its premiere in Cannes Critics’ Week.“Feathers” explores a family’s transformation when a magic trick goes awry at a birthday party, and the magician turns the father into a chicken.

here.Having received an Arts Council project grant, Loud Women Fest will be expanded this year – boasting 20 artists across two stages, with the volume “turned up higher than ever”.Among those set to perform include ARXX, Bang Bang Romeo, Breakup Haircut, Bugeye, The Empty Page, ĠENN, Hagar the Womb, IDestroy, Sister Ghost, MIRI and I, Doris.

Kendal Calling in ditching plans for 2021 after the government failed to back up an insurance scheme for live events.“We are absolutely devastated to confirm that Truck Festival will not be able to take place again this year,” said organisers.“We’ve explored every possible avenue to make Truck happen this year.

COVID-19 worries.It will be the second year running that the legendary August bank holiday celebration has been cancelled, with its 2020 edition being the first carnival to be cancelled in 50 years.In a statement confirming the 2021 cancellation, the team behind the event said: “After lengthy consultations with our strategic partners, our Advisory Council and individual participating bands and sound systems, the board of Notting Hill Carnival Ltd, the organising body of Notting Hill Carnival,

Love Island 2021 is set to return to our screens very soon as ITV said today that it will air in less than two weeks. Islanders will officially 'gather around the fire pit' on Monday, June 28, at 9pm, it was revealed today.

Latitude Festival has issued a statement in response to the government’s announcement that planned easing of coronavirus restrictions will be delayed by four weeks.Previously, all limits on social distancing and crowd capacities were due to be lifted on June 21, however Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced today (June 14) that this will now not take place until July 19 due to the spread of new COVID-19 variants.With Latitude due to begin just three days later (July 22-25) the festival’s

Somerville has today received its third teaser trailer at the Xbox and Bethesda Games showcase today (June 13).The upcoming game is being created by Jumpship, which was founded by multiple developers who worked on the creation of PlayDead games Limbo and Inside, including former PlayDead co-founder Dino Patti.Tellingly, another employer that has jumped ship to work on Somerville is animator Chris Olsen, who was a key part of the recognisable animation style behind both of PlayDead’s games, and

spread across two dates – the first drop takes place on Saturday 12th June, and the second on Saturday 17th July.  According to the organisers, this will allow “the largest number of stores and record labels to participate around the world”.

“Lord of the Rings” series. That project is set thousands of years before the events of Tolkien’s books, at a time when Middle-earth was in a period of relative peace and some of the long-standing powers that be were finally formed.

Another early morning, another early announcement from France. As promised by the organizers previously, new titles have been added to the Cannes Film Festival, nine of them in total.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated British filmmaker Clio Barnard, a previous Cannes winner for “The Selfish Giant” (2013), is back on the Croisette with Directors’ Fortnight selection “Ali & Ava.”The film is a love story based on people Barnard got to know through making her previous films.

As expected, the Cannes Film Festival has made several additions to its lineup for the 74th edition which runs July 6-17. Among the major new titles are the latest from Gaspar Noé and Ari Folman, as well as a concert film starring Bill Murray who will be present in Cannes.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup may yet again be thin on British movies but UK public financiers the BFI, Film4 and BBC Film have joined with the British Council to launch the fourth edition of their ‘Great 8’ program, which will showcase emerging Brit filmmakers to international distributors and fest programmers. Scroll down for the full list. 

Lady A is ready to get back on the road and play their new music. The group, who just announced their new album, , Wednesday, spoke with ET's Cassie DiLaura ahead of the 2021 CMT Music Awards about what fans can expect from their new music and upcoming tour.«We've been working hard,» Lady A's Dave Haywood told ET.

Jamie Lang In a recent study conducted by Sky marking the one-year anniversary Sky Documentaries, two in five Brits admit to watching more documentaries over the last 12 months than ever before.