From ‘SCTV’ to ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ Eugene Levy Reflects on the Road to Newport Beach Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Honor

Dan Levy has got his plans all set for this year’s Emmys.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentLondon-based production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has come on board Cathy Brady’s debut feature “Wildfire,” which world premieres in the Discovery section at next month’s Toronto Film Festival.The film centers on sisters Lauren and Kelly, an inseparable pair brought up in a small town by the Irish border. Their lives fell apart with the mysterious death of their mother.

The “Schitt’s Creek” cast are spilling secrets.

As we start to look past the nightmare that has been 2020 and look forward to a (slightly) more hopeful 2021, we’ll start hearing of the winter film festivals’ plans soon. First, it was Sundance announcing plans for a shorter edition of the festival, still taking place in person.

The Venice Film Festival, the first major in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era, is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are arriving from outside Europe. According to guidelines published Thursday, fans and the general public will be kept away from the red carpet during the Sept.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMichel Franco’s “New Order,” a Venice Festival main competition premiere, looks set to mark a huge step-up in scale for Franco and indeed most Latin American movies at large.It couldn’t be otherwise, Mexican writer-director-producer Franco said at a Sarajevo Film Festival masterclass, hosted Wednesday in the Variety Streaming Room.Teasing through-lines in a career that has made him one of the most laureled of Latin American directors, Franco also

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Ellise Shafer editorThe Savannah College of Art and Design has announced that the 23rd edition of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival will take place in an all-virtual format this year from Oct. 24-31.During the week-long online event, programming will include live film premieres, spotlights, competitions, events, Q&As and forums, including the Docs to Watch and Wonder Women series.Georgia’s SCAD Savannah Film Festival is the largest university-run film festival in the U.S.

Blackley. Victoria Avenue was cordoned off following the smash at about 1.10pm on Friday afternoon.Police said it involved a white Mercedes van, a grey Audi and a second van of unspecified make.Pictures from the scene show the Audi crashed into a tree.A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said one man had been arrested in connection with the incident.A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said petrol from one of the damaged vehicles was leaking onto the road.

David Cronenberg is still sour about how his 1996 classic “Crash” was received upon release.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAs a kid obsessed with not just television, but also the business of television, I was enamored with “SCTV Network” from the first time I saw it. Not only was it wickedly sharp — even to an 8-year-old — but its depiction of a faux television network, and the eccentric characters who ran it — stuck with me.

Eugene Levy’s family and friends organized virtually to celebrate a true Canadian original this week.

Also Read: Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock' Set as New York Film Festival Opening Night Film“We’ve been watching New York filmmaker Azazel Jacobs for more than a decade, since his film ‘Momma’s Man’ screened in our New Directors/New Films festival in 2008,” New York Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez said in a statement.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Venice Film Festival, which gets underway early next month, has added Luca Guadagnino short Fiori, Fiori, Fiori and U.S.

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has joined with Hideaway Entertainment and INDE Companies for Freedom Ride, a civil rights drama to shoot next year. The movie's script will be based on first-person accounts by original Freedom Riders, including the late John Lewis, a longtime Congressman and civil rights icon.

Christopher Vourlias For an event that was launched a quarter of a century ago, in the midst of a four-year siege that devastated the city during the Bosnian war, it was perhaps to be expected that this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival would try to forge ahead, even in light of a coronavirus pandemic that has turned the world of red carpets and gala premieres upside-down.But plans for a slimmed-down version of the physical fest were finally scrapped on Aug.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMontreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival (August 20 – September 2), being held digitally this year due to the pandemic, has unveiled its final line-up.The fest has also announced that revered genre filmmaker John Carpenter will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award and will host an online masterclass as part of its virtual events.New pics selected include Kiel McNaughton’s Indigenous action-comedy The Legend Of Baron To’a, which closes the

Janet W. Lee The postponed Newport Beach Film Festival has announced an outdoor screening at 8 p.m.