‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Lead Canadian Screen Awards Nominations – Global Bulletin

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentOscar-nominated Danish director Thomas Vinterberg, whose latest movie “Another Round” is nominated for a pair of Oscars and just won a BAFTA award, is re-teaming with Danish production outfit Zentropa on his TV drama debut, “Families Like Ours.”The thought-provoking dystopian series has already been commissioned by Danish broadcaster TV2.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its Oscar nomination, Elvira Lind’s short film The Letter Room has been racking up the sales. The movie, which stars Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat, has sold to France and Germany (ARTE France), Spain (Telefonica), Denmark (TV2), Russia (Shot TV), Poland (New Europe Film Sales), Airlines (JetBlue) as well as an international deal with Kanopy for the educational circuit.

The market for dramas, non-fiction and comedy shows produced outside the U.S.— growing steadily for years — has gotten a super-charged kick thanks to U.S.-based streamers, which have pumped cash into new originals from Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

Greenock, said: “I was a regular blood donor so I followed the link and ­registered.”While he was not a match for the man in the appeal, in November ­JohnPaul got a call from the charity DKMS, which runs registers for stem cell and bone marrow donors, saying he was a potential match for someone else.Did you know you can keep up to date with the latest news by signing up to our daily newsletter?We send a morning and lunchtime newsletter covering the latest headlines every day.We also send

Data firm App Annie indicated in Thursday's first quarter market index report that mobile game Crash Bandicoot: On the Runlanded in second position on the list of top downloaded breakout games in the United States.

This year's SAG Awards might be quite a bit different than in years past, but the celeb fashions are as chic and stylish as ever.For the first time in the show's history, this year's ceremony was a pre-taped affair — completely virtual, with no host, and edited down to an hour-long broadcast.That doesn't mean, however, that the A-list nominees didn't get all glammed up for their brief acceptance speeches, delivered over Zoom!Despite the absence of a red carpet this year, there were plenty of red

After the sad passing of former Top Gear host, Sabine Schmitz, the team has confirmed they will honour her in a special tribute during the hit show. The German racer was known as the Queen of the Nurburgring and passed away after being diagnosed with cancer in 2017.

The Canadian Screen Awards has revealed its nominations for its upcoming virtual ceremony, and Schitt's Creek leads the film and TV field with a total of 21 mentions, including for best comedy. Schitt's Creek, originally a CBC and then a Pop TV comedy before securing cult status on Netflix, also nabbed a field-leading 26 nominations for the 2020 edition of Canada's film and TV awards last year.

The Canadian Academy has announced its nominations for the ninth annual Canadian Screen Awards, honouring the best in Canadian film and television.

The Canadian Academy has announced its nominations for the ninth annual Canadian Screen Awards, honouring the best in Canadian film and television.

The nominations have been revealed for the ninth annual Canadian Screen Awards, with the Canadian Academy honouring the best in Canadian film and television.

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced nominees for its 2021 Screen Awards today, with winners set to be crowned across a series of presentations May 17 – May 20.

Amazon is taking German coming-of-age drama We Children From Bahnhof Zoo global. The coming-of-age series, a modern-day update of the bestselling Berlin-set memoir Christiane F., is produced by Constantin Television and Amazon Studios in Germany.

Sea Shanty hitmaker Nathan Evans was over the moon today as his song reached number one in the UK charts. The Airdrie lad had been campaigning to get his track Wellerman to number one after it had been floating near the top for a few weeks.The track had made it to number one in Germany last month and now is sitting at number one in the UK.And today when it finally happened, Nathan took to Instagram to thank his fans for making it happen.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticYou’ve never seen Udo Kier like this before.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, musical “Anything Goes” sets London revival; iZen signs diversity pact with LineLight; BET launches in Brazil; MTV’s “True Life Crime” gets U.K. version; and Banijay’s refreshed “Changing Rooms” format returns to Germany and U.K.Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse’s classic musical “Anything Goes,” will open at London’s Barbican Theatre from July 23 for a 12-week summer engagement.