FilmLA Reports October Monthly Applications +24%, But Feature Film Production Still Low

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With coronavirus cases surging in Los Angeles, FilmLA is urging filmmakers to strictly observe guidelines established by the County’s Department of Public Health, and through the end of the year “to voluntarily limit and/or avoid activities likely to invite a negative community response.”

Naman Ramachandran The Irish Film and Television Academy has selected Tom Sullivan’s Irish-language feature “Arracht” as Ireland’s entry for the 2021 Oscars’ best international feature film category.The film is set in 1845 on the eve of the Irish famine. Fisherman Colmán Sharkey takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Berlin Film Festival is still planning a physical event in February but will reduce its lineup in the face of COVID-19 restrictions, the festival has confirmed.The event, which is due to run February 11-21, has said it is “too early to consider cancellation”.Tickets for screenings will have to be pre-booked and capacity in cinemas will be reduced by 45-50% in order to abide by social distancing rules.The festival confirmed to us today that the Competition

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorFrance’s Oscar selection committee has chosen comedy/drama Two Of Us as its submission to the International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards. From director Filippo Meneghetti, the feature debut world premiered in the Discovery section of Toronto last year and was released in France in early 2020 via Sophie Dulac Distribution.

Also Read: 'The Wonder Years' Reboot From Lee Daniels in the Works at ABCThe film, based on Terry McMillan’s 1992 novel, starred Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine as four women and good friends living in Phoenix and dealing with both relationship and career challenges.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to Waiting To Exhale, a drama series followup to the 1995 film, from Lee Daniels (Empire) and 20th Television, where Daniels is under a deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Attica Locke (When They See Us) and Tembi Locke (Never Have I Ever) and directed by Anthony Hemingway (Genius: Aretha), Waiting To Exhale is infused with the humor, sensuousness, and sincerity

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, has put in development Hialeah: Dade F*ckin County, a half-hour family comedy from writers Monique Alvarez and Jessica Lee Williamson and Amazon Studios.Co-created and written by Alvarez and Williamson, Hialeah: Dade F*ckin County follows first generation Cuban-American, ChiChi Rodriguez, who makes a run from her failed marriage and lands back with her disapproving family in the Cuban mecca of Hialeah: a hard

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Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: In what marks another A-list talent headed to Netflix, sources tell Deadline Judd Apatow has set his next comedy at Netflix. Apatow will direct and produce the untitled comedy and co-write the script with Pam Brady.

Janet W. Lee In recent months, entertainment industry professionals have adapted to new working conditions to overcome restrictions posed by the ongoing pandemic.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorFrance’s Oscar selection committee today set a shortlist of five films that are in contention to be the country’s official submission to the International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorNorway has selected Maria Sodhal’s Hope as its submission to the International Feature Film Oscar race. The drama world premiered in the Discovery section of the 2019 Toronto Film Festival and was screened in Panorama at Berlin this year.

It was a producer's worst nightmare. Brian Pitt was finalizing details for the shoot of After We Fell and After Ever Happy, the last two features in the hit young-adult romance franchise.

Christopher Vourlias Lesotho has entered the Academy Awards race for the first time with the selection of Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection” for best international feature film at the 2021 Oscars, Variety has learned.Set in the small Southern African nation, “This Is Not a Burial” is the story of an 80-year-old widow whose village is threatened with forced resettlement when local authorities announce the construction of a nearby dam.