‘Downstream to Kinshasa,’ First Congolese Film in Cannes Official Selection, Honors Resilience of War Victims

Rebecca Davis editorThe Shanghai International Film Festival will take place July 25 to Aug. 2, after Chinese authorities announced Thursday that cinemas will reopen at long last, beginning next Monday in low-risk regions.The Shanghai International TV Festival has also set its dates.

Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King have been reunited! The longtime best friends documented the sweet moment on their respective Instagram accounts on Thursday as King ascended the steps of Winfrey's California mansion to give her longtime pal a big hug. King has been quarantined in Winfrey's guest house for almost two weeks along with her small team, who are filming from the location.

Also Read: 'First Cow' Director Kelly Reichardt Wins $50,000 Spirit Awards Filmmaker GrantAfter a brief, contemporary prologue that haunts every frame to follow, we find ourselves in the Oregon Territory around 1820.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorFox Entertainment’s AVOD service Tubi has named Carolyn Forrest as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, reporting to Tubi CEO Farhad Massoudi and based in San Francisco.Forrest, most recently Vice President, Legal Affairs, for Fox Television Stations, will serve as the service’s chief legal officer, overseeing its business affairs and legal team and advising on broad-ranging media law-related issues.“Carolyn combines vast knowledge across the industry with a

Former Real Housewives of Orange County star Meghan King Edmonds is in the middle of a nasty divorce. And, she has reportedly requested that her estranged husband, St.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRoy Andersson’s “About Endlessness” and Tsai Ming-liang’s “Days” are among the highlights of the Masters and Auteurs section of the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival. The festival will hold screenings in front of live audiences next month.It had originally been scheduled to take place in March, but was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Meghan King Edmonds and her boyfriend, Christian Schauf, celebrated the 4th of July during a romantic weekend getaway in Wisconsin.The Real Housewives of Orange County alum, 35, shared a photo via Instagram on Saturday, July 4, of the couple paddleboarding on a lake in Cumberland, Wisconsin. She later posted video footage of herself and Schauf riding on a boat with a group of people.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSpain’s San Sebastian Festival, the highest-profile movie event in the Spanish-speaking world, has delivered on director José Luis Rebordinos’ promise of considering  Cannes Official Selection titles for selection, slating five Cannes label titles in its own main competition, the Festival announced Friday.These include two of the biggest sales attractions at last week’s Cannes Marché du Film Online: François Ozon’s “Summer of 85” and Thomas

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerCate Blanchett and Andrew Upton-founded production company Dirty Films has entered into a first-look feature production deal with a production and financing company New Republic Pictures, led by founder Brian Oliver and president Bradley Fischer.Dirty Film is the executive producer of the new FX series, Mrs.

Counting On star Joy Anna Duggar is going through some major life changes this summer. She and her husband, Austin Forsyth, just moved into their brand new home with their two-year-old son, Gideon.

Ben Croll Israeli multi-hyphenate Dani Rosenberg marks his feature debut with “The Death of Cinema and my Father Too,” a self-reflexive hybrid film that mixes fact, fiction and autobiography as it grapples with the big questions.Presented under the Cannes 2020 label and sold internationally by Films Boutique, the film follows a rising director as he tracks his father’s final days, camera in hand, telling a story culled from Rosenberg’s experience and interspersed with footage from his own

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“Ip Man: Kung Fu Master,” the latest in a long line of Ip Man movies from Hong Kong and mainland China, has found its way to the virtual Cannes Market, where it is being represented by Hong Kong- and Paris-based All Rights Entertainment.Directed by Li Liming and produced by Kai Pictures, it stars Dennis To in his third go at the role of Ip Man, the martial artist who famously tutored Bruce Lee, and whose life has spawned two competing biopic franchises.To

Jim Edmonds reflected on his marriage to estranged wife Meghan King Edmonds while simultaneously praising girlfriend Kortnie O’Connor.“If it wasn’t for this girl, I don’t think I would be here right now,” the former baseball player, 49, captioned a series of Instagram photos with O’Connor on Tuesday, June 23. “She showed up in my life just at the right time.

Christopher Vourlias Variety has been given exclusive access to the trailer for Cannes Official Selection title “Sweat,” Magnus von Horn’s follow-up to his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight player “The Here After.”The film follows three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, a social media celebrity who has hundreds of thousands of followers.

Depeche Mode are set to stream their LiVE SPiRiTS concert film in its entirety next week via YouTube.Performed in Berlin as part of the Global Spirit Tour, the 2018 show features sporadically in the group’s acclaimed SPiRiTS in the Forest documentary which is coming to DVD/Blu-Ray on June 26.To celebrate the home release, Depeche Mode have teamed up with Live Nation to bring the full LiVE SPiRiTS gig to YouTube next Thursday (June 25).

One Night In Miami, which portrays a meeting of Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali), soul singer Sam Cooke, American football player Jim Brown and civil rights activist Malcolm X.The film stars Eli Goree as Clay, Leslie Odom Jr.