By Ellise Shafer
27.03.2020 - 02:43 / hollywoodreporter.com
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has gone to plan B— a virtual market for film buyers and sellers— after the physical festival set to run April 30-May 10 in Toronto was canceled as a precaution against the coronavirus pandemic.
"Although it will never replace the powerful human connection of coming together in community, we're grateful to be able to host our industry activities virtually, allowing all of us to support outstanding and outspoken films getting made,"
.By Ellise Shafer
The future of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival is still unclear, but a virtual version of the Cannes film market, the Marché du Film, will be going ahead. The Marché will unveil plans on Friday for an online film market to kick off in late June.
By Dave McNary
The Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Festival on Tuesday unveiled its 2020 lineup, selected before the COVID-19 crisis forced organizers to postpone the Toronto live event, initially set for April 30 to May 10. "The festival was locked and loaded.
The organizers of Britain’s Download Festival are planning a virtual Download TV event in Jun.
By Brian Steinberg
By Dino-Ray Ramos
Summer will certainly not be the same in Festival City this year.The bad news is there will be little mirth on our streets, at a time when we could use all the mirth that can be mustered in light of
The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has become the latest event to cancel this year in light of the coronavirus crisis.
By Ted Johnson
MADRID — As the world’s international TV distribution goes virtual, these are a pick of Spanish TV shows – at project stage, in production or completed, and mostly drama series – being brought onto the market, or available for partnering for production or straight acquisition:
Download Festival, Britain’s premier rock and metal fest, will skip this year’s edition due to the global health crisis.
By Ted Johnson
New Jersey’s Garden State Film Festival has found a way to still go ahead in the age of everything being cancelled due to the coronavirus.
We all knew this was coming. As the world shuts down because of Coronavirus and large gatherings are banned, in order to slow the pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival was an inevitable casualty. It was a matter of when it would be postponed, not if. Well, that news has finally come down, pushing the fest from its initial plan to be held in the middle of May. It was just a matter of time until this happened, though it’s obviously still a bummer.
Playing it safe. Princess Beatrice and her fiancé, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, have chosen to change their royal wedding plans for May amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.
By Andreas Wiseman
The Cannes Film Market, the Marche du Film, has announced plans to set up a virtual market to "run alongside the physical event." Cannes' online initiative will take place May 12-23, during the market's scheduled dates. The Cannes Film Festival and the Marche du Film are, at the moment, still scheduled to take place as planned, though it is looking more and more likely that they both will be canceled amid growing concerns, and government shutdowns, because of the spread of the coronavirus.
Migos will pay back $30,000 (£24,830) in a settlement over the trio’s $100,000 (£82,780) pay cheque to perform at the disastrous Fyre Festival.