Oscars: Academy Delays April Board Meeting; Key Fall Film Festivals Hope To Keep Lights On For Movie Awards Season

The Big Apple has already lost multiple film festivals this year due to the pandemic. The New York Film Festival is optimistic it won’t suffer the same fate, however, and is still very much planning to go ahead in September.

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The Coronavirus outbreak has put a halt to almost everything around the world. As countries have resorted to stricter rules for curbing the entire situation and combating the deadly virus, multiple events and occasions have been cancelled to date.

The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as planned in September, with organizers promising to defy the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

Various filmmakers across the world look forward to showcasing their content at the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival every year. This year too, the things were going as planned till the organisers decided to delay the event amid the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic.

Cannes Film Festival bosses are committed to staging an event to mark 2020 once the coronavirus restrictions have been relaxed, but they insist any gathering will not look like the typical South of France celebration.

«What are next year's Oscars going to look like?» It's a question the industry, awards forecasters and armchair pundits alike have been wondering as release schedules are scuttled and film festivals are canned amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

«What are next year's Oscars going to look like?» It's a question the industry, awards forecasters and armchair pundits alike have been wondering as release schedules are scuttled and film festivals are canned amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

PARIS — The Cannes Film Festival will not take place this year in “its original form” due to the coronavirus pandemic but organizers said they continued to review options for the event.

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Amazon Prime Video announced that it will host a handful of titles that were set to screen at this year’s SXSW film festival. The SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection will be open to all users with an Amazon login in the United States, not just those with a Prime subscription, for ten days. A launch date for the online festival has yet to be announced. See more details about the program here.

David Spade was already working furiously on his Comedy Central late-night program, “Lights Out.” But nothing like this.

Sam Smith has had to postpone their upcoming record.

Sam Smith has had to postpone their upcoming record.

The Palais des Festivals, the main complex used for the Cannes Film Festival each year has been repurposed to shelter the homeless during the coronavirus outbreak that has taken hold of most countries around the globe. The huge centre has reportedly opened its doors to around 50-70 homeless people per night in the coastal city in the south of France. It reportedly opened its doors last Friday.

In today’s film news roundup, Canada’s largest LGBTQ film festival gets postponed, the commercial industry’s health plan addresses the coronavirus pandemic and Margaret Qualley’s “A Head Full of Ghosts” finds a home.

The 28th edition of the Raindance Film Festival will take place in London from Oct. 28 through Nov. 7. this year.