International Documentary Association Unveils Enterprise Production Grants (EXCLUSIVE)

Bill Gosden, who served as director of the New Zealand International Film Festival for nearly 40 years, died Friday after a battle with bowel cancer. He was 66.

Jamie Lang Ventana Sur’s Blood Window Works in Progress Screenings and Spotlight on International Projects sections have become standout events on the global genre films calendar.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Christine Langan, the CEO of Steve Coogan’s film and TV production company Baby Cow, has stepped down after four years to launch her own production venture.Deadline can reveal that the former BBC Films chief has set up Bonnie Productions, through which she will continue to develop film and TV projects.During her time at Baby Cow, she oversaw features including Stan and Ollie and The Lost King, the Stephen Frears-directed project announced on Friday.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorWelcome to International Insider, I’m Jake Kanter. In the week in which the world tried to get its head around the contortions of the U.S.

Christopher Vourlias Christos Nikou’s “Apples” will represent Greece in the best international feature film race at the 2021 Oscars, Variety has learned.Nikou’s directorial debut, which opened the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival and was also a selection in Telluride and Toronto, is the story of a man struggling to recover his memory in the midst of a pandemic that causes widespread amnesia.

Leo Barraclough Senior International Correspondent“Buladó,” the second feature of director Eché Janga, who also penned the screenplay alongside Esther Duysker, has been selected to represent the Netherlands in the International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards. Picture Tree International will launch its international sales push at the virtual AFM.“Buladó” opened the Netherlands Film Festival in September and was awarded best film, the Golden Calf, at the National Film Awards.

Peter White Television EditorNetflix has ordered a darkly comic thriller starring and exec produced by The Good Place’s Kristen Bell.Limited series The Woman In The House comes from Will Ferrell’s production company Gloria Sanchez Productions. It was created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson and Larry Dorf, the creators of TV Land comedy Nobodies.

trailer released Tuesday, the Canadian singer, 22, strips down and soaps up in the shower as he reveals how he started out as a performer.“Is it hard to protect that pure thing that started it all?” a voice off-camera asks, as Mendes sullenly nods.“You first get on the stage and ego comes rushing in,” he explains. “I’m just a guy and I love music.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticThe Right Girl, a new musical based on (and co-written by) the real-life story of former screenwriter Louisette Geiss and the sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein she says ended her film career, will be presented in a film version to a live audience for the first time next month.

Christopher Vourlias ViacomCBS International Studios is setting its sights on Southern Europe, with company execs outlining their plans for the region at Rome’s MIA market on Saturday.“South Europe is a focus for us right now.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“Mama Weed,” Jean-Paul Salomé’s comedy starring Oscar-nominated actor Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”) as a French-Arabic translator working for the anti-drug squad in Paris, has been thriving at the box office in France, Germany and Austria. “Mama Weed,” based on Hannelore Cayre’s popular novel, follows the story of Patience Portefeux (Huppert), who gets embroiled in a failed drug deal, inheriting a pile of marijuana.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“In Wonder,” a new documentary about singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes, is coming to Netflix on November 23, just days ahead of his fourth studio album, “Wonder,” which arrives on Dec. 4.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMTV International is rebooting iconic format “MTV Cribs,” with guests including Caitlyn Jenner, Nickelodeon personality and singer JoJo Siwa, former “Glee” star Kevin McHale and British singer Stefflon Don.The global launch follows something of a warm-up for “Cribs” in the last year. The show received a U.K.

Given the near-apocalyptic state of the world right now, the international television executives preparing for the global TV market MIPCOM Online+ are remarkably bullish. Ahead of MIPCOM 2020 —an all-virtual event this year, due to COVID-19, which runs Oct.

Ann-Marie Corvin High-end international co-production, a growth area over the last few years, has seen a significant downturn during the pandemic, but how soon will it return?Recent data from Ampere Analysis shows that two years ago, in the last quarter of 2018, a boom time for international drama, 8% of scripted commissions were co-productions, with 64 recorded during this period.By the second quarter of 2020, as the pandemic took hold, this number plunged to 26 – with co-pros falling to

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Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSimon Hewlett, Universal Pictures’ president of international marketing, will be leaving the company in 2021, Variety has learned. His impending exit comes after Universal began assessing its marketing and distribution structures this year with a goal of integrating its domestic and international teams into one global organization based out of its Los Angeles headquarters.

The European Film Academy (EFA) has unveiled the five nominees for this year's European Discovery award, the best first-film prize presented as part of the Academy's European Film Awards.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticUPDATED: The MDA Kevin Hart Kids Telethon, a reboot of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s longtime signature event the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, will stream live on Hart’s Laugh Out Loud (LOL) Network, organizers said Thursday.The news comes as the event added to its roster of guests who are participating in the live two-hour telethon October 24, with Garcelle Beauvais, Aloe Blacc, Bryan Cranston, Adam Devine, Fat Joe, Liz Gillies, Aldis Hodge, Edwin

Jamie Lang This week, Barcelona-based filmmaker Kike Maíllo’s “A Perfect Enemy” will world premiere at Catalonia’s Sitges Film Festival, playing in the event’s Official Fantastic Competition. Ahead of its Oct.