How the ShortList Film Festival Finalists Overcame Dark Subject Matters, Unexpected Production Challenges (Video)

The 8th Queer Screen Film Festival returns with a program that includes 11 narrative features, three documentaries, and three packages of short films. Owing to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival will be available online and on-demand, but there will be a one-off Drag Queen Drive-In Time where two films will be screened for festival enthusiasts who are desperate to see queer flicks on the big screen!There’s a great selection of films to choose from and the shorts packages (gay, lesbian, and

Regina King is now getting noticed for her work behind the camera.

Justin Bieber is living the pop star life! The 26-year-old singer stars in the music video for DJ Khaled and Drake's  track, «Popstar,» which was released overnight on Thursday.At the start of the video, Drake, annoyed with Khaled's constant calls, grapples with how to star in a music video when he's unable to travel due to COVID-19.

Hollywood star Cate Blanchett walked the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival in a glitzy gown and face mask.

Cate Blanchett looked to her closet for inspiration on what to wear to the 2020 Venice Film Festival earlier this week. Committed to sustainable red carpet looks, this year's jury president rewore and reimagined some of her iconic gowns for the festival in Italy.The 51-year-old actress donned a dark navy shimmering Esteban Cortázar gown that she previously wore to the 2015 BFI London Film Festival premiere of her film, .

Cate Blanchett is encouraging the reemergence of the film industry amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as the Jury President of the Venice Film Festival, the Hollywood actress is thrilled to be present for the annual event and she couldn’t be more proud to support and help filmmakers share their work after the worldwide health crisis has affected the film industry in a major way.The Oscar winner urges for a safe reopening of cinema gatherings, and congratulates the effort and organization of

2020 Venice Film Festival, marking one of the first major red-carpet events to take place since the coronavirus pandemic began. And, while there were certainly some differences to what we are used to seeing (i.e.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: In the early 20th century, an impoverished teenage Italian cobbler sailed from Naples to America to seek a better life. He settled in Southern California, and became Hollywood’s go-to shoemaker during the silent era.

Taylor Hill stuns on the red carpet with a pretty Etro gown for the 2020 Venice Film Festival opening ceremony on Wednesday (September 2) in Venice, Italy.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorAfter more than six month of struggle for the film industry, this morning saw the first major movie event return as Venice staged its first press screenings for opening film Lacci and Greek drama Apples.What a difference a year makes. Last year’s screenings of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth were largely full.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEmmy and Oscar-winning actress Regina King is in uncharted waters.“I am so excited and anxious – all the different forms of that word,” King tells us about unveiling her feature directorial debut One Night In Miami.“Pull up a thesaurus and look up the word anxious and I am all of those things.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the piss-poor American response to the virus has really hurt movies in 2020. Not just the industry, but film festivals where everyone gathers in close quarters.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorA film festival is about more than just the films and the festival center. It is about the location, the journey, the experience.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Hamptons Film Festival will open its virtual and drive-in edition with the world premiere of With Drawn Arms, the documentary about the legacy of Olympian Tommie Smith’s fist-raising moment at the 1968 Olympics.The film will also be awarded HIFF’s Film of Conflict & Resolution Award, given to a project that deals with the complex issues and societal effects of war and violence, and the attendant human dramas, in creative ways.

Ben Croll Nineteen French feature films, including minority coproductions, will screen at the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which runs Sept. 2-12.

Janet W. Lee American Black Film Festival creators Jeff and Nicole Friday will launch Social Justice Now Film Festival, which will run from Oct.

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.