Deauville Festival Unveils Competition Lineup For 2021 Edition

Johnny Depp and Ethan Hawke got a very warm welcome at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival!

The American Film Market is moving its 2021 edition entirely online, the Independent Film & Television Alliance· (IFTA) announced today.

Angelique Jackson Jeff Friday Media (JFM) has unveiled the lineup of official films in competition for its milestone 25th American Black Film Festival (ABFF).Among the narrative feature selections is the world premiere of Jussie Smollett’s directorial debut “B-Boy Blues,” an adaptation of James Earl Hardy’s 1994 novel, where class and culture clash when a college-educated journalist from Brooklyn and a homeboy bike messenger from Harlem fall in love.Actor and filmmaker Michael Jai White’s

Limp Bizkit have updated fans on their next album, announcing that new songs will arrive “in rapid succession, very soon”.In an Instagram Story post last night (August 25), the band reiterated that their previously scheduled performances have been cancelled, assuring fans that they are “all fine”.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterUniversal’s reimagining of “Candyman” is expected to scare off its competition at the weekend box office.After numerous COVID-related delays, the R-rated slasher film, based on the urban legend of a killer who is summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror, opens Friday in more than 3,400 North American theaters.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMimi Plauché, the artistic director of the Chicago International Film Festival, has been named Knight of the Order of Arts and Lettres from the French Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin. Plauché will receive the honorary distinction, one of the four ministerial orders of the French Republic, at a gala event held on Sept.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentDylan Penn, the young actor of Sean Penn’s “Flag Day” which competed at Cannes, will be receiving the Hol­ly­wood Rising-Star Award at the upcoming Deauville American Film Festival.The Hollywood Rising-Star Award launched in 2011 and handed out its inaugural nod to Ryan Gosling and Jes­si­ca Chas­tain, and went on to pay tribute to Paul Dano, Robert Pat­tin­son, Eliz­a­beth Olsen, Chloé Grace Moretz, Daniel Rad­cliffe, Shai­lene Wood­ley, Elle Fan­ning

Jennifer Yuma editorSlamdance, the nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering filmmakers, announced a new film festival: Slamdance Miami, starting Oct. 23-30.The festival will recognize emerging filmmakers from Central and South America, Florida and the Caribbean via an open-air, COVID-sensitve festival at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami, as well as on Slamdance’s virtual platform.Slamdance Miami is a collaboration between Slamdance, its alumni and Miami’s arts leaders.

allow its touring artists to set their own protocols for event admission.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival on Thursday said that it has hired longtime film critic and programmer Claudia Puig as its programming director. The hire means she will lead the curation for the 2022 edition of the festival, which recently set March 2-12, 2022 dates for its 37th edition.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentPaula Hernández’s “El Viento Que Arrasa,”Cristian Leighton’s “El Porvenir de la Mirada” and Johnny Ma’s “Chin-Gone” feature among 14 projects selected for San Sebastian’s 9th Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the Spanish festival’s industry centerpiece.Many projects come with high-caliber Latin American arthouse backing.“El Viento Que Arrasa” was talked up by producer Hernán Musaluppi at Cannes; “El Porvenir de la Mirada” is associate

Limp Bizkit‘s recent decision to cancel the remainder of their US tour in length for the first time.The band’s ‘Limited Last Minute Post Pandemic Popup Party Edition’ tour was pulled last weekend “out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and, most of all, the fans,” a statement explained.Frontman Durst subsequently denied rumours which claimed that the tour had been axed after a member of the band had fallen ill with coronavirus, writing on Instagram: “Let us

Limp Bizkit have cancelled the remainder of their US tour over safety concerns.In a statement, the group said: “Out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and most of all the fans, the Limp Bizkit show this Monday and the remaining August tour is being cancelled.“Refunds are available at their points of purchase.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorKarlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, the leading cinema event in Central and Eastern Europe, will honor American actor, director, and writer Ethan Hawke, who will receive the Festival President’s Award at its 55th edition, taking place Aug.

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The 59th edition of New York Film Festival is taking shape and today Film at Lincoln Center announced Pedro Almodóvar’s latest drama “Parallel Mothers“ starring Penélope Cruz, as the Closing Night selection of the festival. “Parallel Mothers” will make its North American premiere on October 8 at Alice Tully Hall.