Pre-Cannes Screenings Sees Indie Business Back on Track

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annual event on the Riviera will file past a pair of sniffer dogs posted at the entrance to the Palais where screenings are held, Cannes town hall has said. The hounds handled by the local Municipal Police have been trained to detect Covid-19 through human sweat as part of a prevention program trialled in France.

Katie Price revealed her latest bout of cosmetic surgery on Good Morning Britain on Friday after jetting to Turkey to go under the knife.The mum-of-five underwent a full body overhaul with liposuction, eye and lip lifts, liposuction under her chin, and a Brazilian bum enhancement.The former glamour model, 43, flew to red-list country Turkey to the procedures and she was left fearing that fiancé Carl Woods, 31, would leave her.Katie says the surgery left her looking like a 'monster' and she

He shocked the Netherlands in the ’70s and ’80s and scandalized Hollywood in the ’90s. Now Paul Verhoeven is bringing his lesbian nun saga to Cannes. What could go wrong?

 Katy Perry and  Orlando Bloom couldn’t look more in love as they enjoy a romantic getaway.While spending time over seas, the “Firework” singer shared a pair of photos over the weekend, which show her loving up on her fiancé with an absolutely gorgeous backdrop.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSony Pictures Television has announced a first-run feature film slate deal with Turkish pay TV operator Sinema TV that expands the two companies’ existing library content deal.Under this new agreement, Sinema TV will now get first pay-TV window rights to fresh Sony Pictures theatrical titles such as “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” “Uncharted,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania.”In April SPT and Sinema TV signed a three-year

Mubi has taken all rights for the UK, Ireland and Turkey to American Honey filmmaker Andrea Arnold’s next picture Cow, which is set to premiere at Cannes this month.

Pre-Cannes Screenings whose pre-sales market says a lot about the resilient vitality and ever greater complexity of the international film business.Budgeted at a reported $60 million, which would make it the biggest project at the Screenings, “Muscle” moved waves when Leonine paid a reported high seven-figure pre-sale figure for Germany.In an out-of-the-box move, Miramax announced Monday that it had secured worldwide rights to “The Holdovers,” reuniting Payne with “Sideways” star Paul Giamatti.

The Real Deal. Spanning a massive 13,000 square feet, the estate is made up of six bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Located in the Old Palm Golf Club community, the property is privately gated, and is situated on the Raymond Floyd signature golf course.Schwartzel bought the one acre property in 2012 for $1.1 million.

Sarah Buick who lost her life on Ben Nevis by performing at the summit of a Munro. Grant MacLeod filmed himself atop Stob Bàn in the Mamores mountain range in Lochaber on Sunday as he commemorated Sarah’s passing.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefInternational distributors will get a first look at action thriller “Gasoline Alley” at the upcoming Cannes Market. The film, which stars Bruce Willis, Luke Wilson and Devon Sawa, is represented by Highland Film Group.The project was first announced at the European Film Market in Berlin, around the time that it was moving into production.