El Gouna Artistic Director Amir Ramses Steps Down Before Festival Ends

As time goes on, we are continuing to learn more of the gruesome and sad details of how things could have gone so wrong at the Astroworld Festival this past weekend.

The Red Sea International Film Festival has set the lineup for its inaugural edition which runs from December 6-15 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The roster includes 138 titles from 67 countries and will open with MGM’s Joe Wright-directed musical romance Cyrano. The film previously played Telluride and Rome among others and releases domestically on December 31. Closing the Red Sea Fest is the world premiere of Egyptian director Amr Salama’s Bara El Manhag.

Globo’s “Hidden Truths II,” from Latin America’s biggest TV company, is another.Bowing its first 10 episodes on SVOD/AVOD platform Globoplay on Oct. 20, its first week near 9 million viewership hours decimated records for the biggest Brazilian OTT platform, proving four times that of Globoplay’s prior biggest release, “Grey’s Anatomy.”Celebrating an online Buyers World Premiere on Nov.

Activision Blizzard announced today that the co-leader of the publisher, Jen Oneal, would be stepping down from her post.Mike Ybarra, who joined the company with Oneal in August will step into the role of being the sole leader of the company. The pair joined following the departure of J.

Naman Ramachandran BBC Studios is consolidating its Asia Pacific (APAC) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) distribution regions as a single, unified business.The new division, known as Global Markets, under the leadership of Nick Percy as president, will be operational from Jan. 31, 2022.

Naman Ramachandran Teemu Nikki’s Venice and Antalya winner “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic” won the Golden star for best film at the 5th El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, which wrapped Friday. The award carries a cash prize of $50,000.The film’s lead Petri Poikolainen won best actor, while Maya Vanderbeque, the young star of “Playground,” won best actress.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has played down the opportunity to compare Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah, despite weighing up the two stars' talents ahead of Sunday's derby clash.

Naman Ramachandran Yomna Khattab’s “Fifty Meters” (Egypt) was the big winner at the CineGouna Platform, the El Gouna Film Festival’s industry arm created to support and empower Egyptian and Arab filmmakers and help them find artistic and financial support. This year, the CineGouna Platform disbursed awards worth $300,000 across 13 projects in development and seven films in post-production.

Director Adam Egypt Mortimer has said he is “sad” and “infuriated” following the death of DoP Halyna Hutchins on the set of western Rust.

Radio and TV presenter Bill Turnbull has announced he is stepping back from hosting his radio show on Classic FM for "health reasons".The 65 year old broadcast star, who has been living with prostate cancer since 2018, shared the news on his Twitter page and was met with an outpouring of support.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRome’s MIA film and TV market chief Lucia Milazzotto is stepping down to head up a newly created sales and marketing unit of Italy’s Cinecittà Studios which is undergoing a radical revamp and looking to become continental Europe’s top production hub.The surprise announcement, made on Thursday by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà CEO Nicola Maccanico, comes just days after MIA wrapped its seventh edition on Sunday, having boosted its standing on the global

Naman Ramachandran Iconic Palestinian actor-director Mohammad Bakri has canceled his visit to Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival over the issue of U.K.-based Palestinian filmmaker Said Zagha being deported from the country without being allowed to enter.Bakri, whose acting credits include “Homeland,” “The Stranger” and “The Bureau,” was due to be honored with a career achievement award at the festival on Wednesday.However, on Tuesday, Bakri released a statement in Arabic saying he has canceled his

Rebecca Davis editorDeadly flooding did not divert this year’s Pingyao International Film Festival from running its full course, with the event drawing to a close Monday with an award ceremony honoring Egyptian director Omar El Zohairy, India’s Natesh Hegde, and China’s Kong Dashan and Wei Shujun with top prizes.Many anticipated that this fifth edition of the festival would be different, given the shifting role of its co-founder and leading light, director Jia Zhangke.

Naman Ramachandran Palestinian filmmaker Said Zagha was turned away by Egyptian authorities in Cairo on his way to the El Gouna Film Festival to pitch his new project.The U.K. permanent resident has a Jordanian passport that indicates he is of Palestinian origin.

Angelique Jackson After a decade as CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Dawn Hudson announced Monday that her current term will be her last.Hudson joined the Academy as CEO in 2011 and will relinquish her post when her contract ends in May 2023.

Zendaya looked like she could take over the galaxy with how beautiful she was at the London premiere of Dune on Monday October 18. The 25-year-old actress rocked an eye-catching, light tan gown to the premiere of the film adaptation of the science fiction fan favorite. The actress looked absolutely out of this world, as she also had her hair combed in a way that made it look incredibly short at the premiere, and her eye makeup was completely on point!

Naman Ramachandran It’s been four years since filmmaker Darren Aronofsky unleashed “Mother!” on the world, polarizing critics and audiences, and he’s still fielding questions about it.Aronofsky delivered a masterclass at Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival on Sunday, an event which was delayed by a few hours because the original indoor venue was oversubscribed and the organizers had to move it to the vast outdoor Festival Plaza.The masterclass began on the expected trajectory of a retrospective on

Christopher Vourlias It’s “Squid Game’s” world, and we’re just living in it.That was one takeaway from a wide-ranging conversation held during Rome’s MIA Market on Saturday, as top independent producers met to assess the state of international drama and explore how hit series like Netflix’s Korean phenomenon are rewriting the rules of the game.From heated competition between new and established streaming platforms to increasingly complicated rights deals to skyrocketing demand for