Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto Fests Team to Demand Post-Coronavirus Support From Policy-Makers

Emilio Mayorga Spanish producer-distributor and sales agent Filmax will handle international rights on Lara Izagirre’s “Nora,” the film opener at this year’s San Sebastian Zinemira Basque cinema showcase.Selected for San Sebastian’s Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum in 2018, “Nora” is Izagirre’s second feature, following on ”An Autumn Without Berlin,” a Basque homecoming drama which scored a best new actress Goya award for Irene Escolar in 2016.A co-production between Gariza Films and

The Matrix 4 will be a “love story” that will “inspire” fans.The actor is set to reprise his role of Neo in the upcoming fourth instalment of the sci-fi franchise alongside Carrie-Anne Moss, who will return as Trinity.Appearing on BBC One’s The One Show last night (September 16), Reeves confirmed that he was currently filming The Matrix 4 in Berlin.

It's getting a bit hard to keep up with Brad Pitt's personal life, ever since the Nicole Poturalski dating rumours began. It was fairly recent when the 56-year-old actor whisked off the 27-year-old German model to Château Miraval, South of France, which is his shared castle and vineyard with Angelina Jolie.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, the European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival call for Nasrin Sotoudeh’s immediate release from prison, Banijay appoints Dominique Farrugia as managing director for Endemol Shine in France, Amazon Prime Video announces a slate of sports docs in Spain, and the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers preps for December’s digital edition.The European Film Academy and Berlin International Film Festival have released a joint call for the immediate

Venice Film Festival branded this year’s modified version of the event as a trial balloon for future gatherings, industry minds began to wonder: With the festival scene undergoing such shifts, what other conventional wisdom was suddenly less than certain?One idea in particular struck a chord with Venice attendees. Ever since the Berlin Film Festival announced that it would do away with gender-specific acting awards for its upcoming edition, which will run from Feb.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMusic Box Films has scooped U.S. rights to French auteur Francois Ozon’s “Summer of 85,” a highlight of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection which is set to play at Toronto and San Sebastian film festivals.

With a compassionate eye for the downtrodden that has characterized all Gianfranco Rosi’s work, Notturno brings three years of shooting in Middle East war zones to the screen in an impressionistic collage of ordinary people caught up in conflict.

Dennis Ruh will take over as the new boss of Berlin's European Film Market, replacing Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is leaving to join the European Film Academy. Ruh, currently an executive at film promotion body German Films, will take over his new job on Nov.

Naman Ramachandran Dennis Ruh will take charge director of the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlinale from Nov. 1.The EFM is set to go hybrid for its 2021 edition that will take place Feb.

Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton are both backing the Berlin Film Festival’s decision to do away with gendered acting awards and give only a Best Actor honour.

coronavirus a hoax and demanding an end to lockdown restrictions.Many carried banners saying "Fake News," or "Masks are Muzzles" and rejecting any mandatory vaccination programmes.A similar protest was held in Berlin on Saturday, although on a much larger scale.The "Unite For Freedom" march started in Trafalgar Square at noon.Activist Sonia Poulton, who was part of the protest, said: "People are coming today to make their voices heard against mandatory vaccinations, mandatory masks, mandatory

The organisers of the Berlin International Film Festival say they will stop awarding separate acting prizes to women and men beginning next year.

As we start to look past the nightmare that has been 2020 and look forward to a (slightly) more hopeful 2021, we’ll start hearing of the winter film festivals’ plans soon. First, it was Sundance announcing plans for a shorter edition of the festival, still taking place in person.

Also Read: Berlinale Renames Silver Bear Prize After Festival's First Director Alfred Bauer Accused of Nazi TiesThat’s not the only change made to the awards. One of the festival’s top prizes has been renamed to the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize after it was reported back in February that the award’s namesake, Alfred Bauer, the festival’s first director, was found to have Nazi ties.

coronavirus pandemic, the two directors stressed the need for a “lively relationship with the audience.” "In times of the corona pandemic, it has become even clearer that we still require analogue experience spaces in the cultural realm,” they said, noting that other festivals have also resumed holding physical rather than virtual events. The 2021 festival is scheduled for Feb.

The Berlin International Film Festival, the last of the big A-list festivals to be held in Europe before the coronavirus lockdown, has committed to holding a physical event next year. The 2021 Berlinale is set to run February 11-18.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Berlin Intl.