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.
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Spain’s Francisco Alvarado is the current titleholder
The president of Mr Gay World and the South African organisers of the event have again opted to postpone the competition from March 2021 to 18 to 26 September 2021. They said the decision was taken due to the ongoing global spikes in Covid-19 cases, continued global travel restrictions and the implementation of social distancing restrictions.The 2020 event, which was set to take place in South Africa early next year together with the 2021.
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.
The European Film Academy will celebrate the nominees and winners of this year's European Film Awards (EFA) with a week of virtual events leading up to an online-only EFA ceremony on December 12. The coronavirus pandemic forced the EFAs to go virtual this year.
South Africa-based director Akin Omotoso has been hired to direct Greek Freak, a live-action feature centered on NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo being developed by Disney+. Arash Amel, who has written biopics A Private War and Grace of Monaco, penned the script for Freak, which tells the true story of Antetokounmpo, who was born in Greece to Nigerian parents and currently plays for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Animated features from Spain to Russia, France to Catalan have made this year's nominations list for the 2020 European Film Awards (EFA) in the animated feature category. Klaus, a holiday fairytale from Spanish directors Sergio Pablos and Carlos Martínez López, is the clear frontrunner in what is always a hotly contested award.
Janey Godley had a go at people who refuse to wear face masks in her latest hilarious take on the First Minister's most recent coronavirus update. The comedian referenced a Scots woman who was removed from an EasyJet flight from Belfast to Edinburgh on Sunday for not pulling on a covering.
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Enrique Iglesias is earning top honours at the upcoming 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards.
offered praise for the Anti-Mask League from the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic and expressed a wish that the U.S had a similar organization for the current pandemic. On Tuesday, Tucker spent a lengthy segment misleading his audience about masks, claiming that masks don’t prevent COVID infections — which isn’t true.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAMC Theatres is in danger of running out of cash by the end of the year or by early 2021 if moviegoers don’t return to cinemas in greater numbers, the world’s largest exhibitor warned in public filings on Tuesday.The theater chain noted that attendance at the 494 of its 598 U.S. locations that it has opened in recent weeks is down approximately 85%.
Jet2.com and Jet2 Holidays have announced all their flights and breaks to Spain and Portugal will now be axed until next year. The travel firm has confirmed that trips to the popular holiday destinations will now be scrapped for 2020 due to the ongoing uncertainty over travel during the coronavirus pandemic - and the current government guidelines advising against non-essential travel to the two countries.
Strictly Come Dancing has had its live tour pushed back to 2022, as bosses take the Covid disruption into consideration.