European Film Promotion Unveils 2020 Shooting Stars

The BBC and TVNZ’s adaptation of Man Booker Prize winning novel “The Luminaries,” starring Eva Green, is among the scripted TV projects that will feature in this year’s Berlinale Series Market and Conference program at the Berlin International Film Festival.

The best film about the wages of aging sinceAmoureight years ago,The Fathertakes a bracingly insightful, subtle and nuanced look at encroaching dementia and the toll it takes on those in close proximity to the afflicted.

A major Hollywood film is set to film on our shores and a host of celebs will be hanging out during the process.

Documentarian David France's background as an investigative journalist has brought exacting research and robust narrative skills to LGBTQ subject matter, from the transitional breakthrough in HIV/AIDS treatment in How to Survive a Plague to the presumed murder of a pioneering transgender activist in The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson.

Bong Joon Ho's acclaimed Parasite, which also landed five other Oscar nominations including best picture, best director and best original screenplay, looks like the film to beat in the international feature film derby.

By Andreas Wiseman

A big year for the Berlin Film Festival, the 70th edition of the Berlinale will open with Philippe Falardeau’s anticipated “My Salinger Year,” headlined by a powerful female duo, Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley.

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By Andreas Wiseman

Variety has unveiled its sixth edition of 10 Europeans to Watch, spotlighting 10 rising talents from across the continent who are poised for breakthroughs in 2020. The selection includes emerging actors, directors, writers and producers. The group will be feted at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival. They are:

Cate Blanchett is to preside over the international jury at the Venice Film Festival, which runs Sept. 2-12.

When Séréna Zouaghi was named deputy mayor in charge of cinema for the French city Marseille in 2014, the local official knew she would have to pack her bags and hit the road. Though the coastal metropolis had always benefited from a healthy production infrastructure, and was second only to Paris as an industry hub, the newly named councilor intended to make her city a starry destination all on its own.

Hustlers producer STXfilms and Amazon Prime Video have inked a multi-year, multi-territory output deal in Europe.Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but STX is giving Amazon Prime Video all rights to its movies in France, while the global service becomes the exclusive streaming VOD home for STX films in the U.K. and Italy.The slate deal is also touted as the first by a global streaming platform for France.

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By Andreas Wiseman

STXfilms and Amazon Prime Video have signed a multi-year, multi-territory output deal that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to STX movies in France. The pact marks the first time a global streamer has entered a multi-year, all-rights slate agreement in France.

Paris-based company Indie Sales will head to the Paris-set industry showcase UniFrance Rendez-Vous With French Cinema with five anticipated French movies, including “Welcome to the Jungle” with Catherine Deneuve.

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Executives at Film Paris Region, the dedicated production commission for France’s Ile-de-France region, hope to make 2020 a transformative year in their ongoing push to promote sustainability as an innate industry practice.