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The organisers of the Berlin International Film Festival say they will stop awarding separate acting prizes to women and men beginning next year.

Rebecca Davis editorCambodian director Rithy Panh survived the brutal Khmer Rouge regime that took the lives of many of his friends and family.

As we start to look past the nightmare that has been 2020 and look forward to a (slightly) more hopeful 2021, we’ll start hearing of the winter film festivals’ plans soon. First, it was Sundance announcing plans for a shorter edition of the festival, still taking place in person.

Also Read: Berlinale Renames Silver Bear Prize After Festival's First Director Alfred Bauer Accused of Nazi TiesThat’s not the only change made to the awards. One of the festival’s top prizes has been renamed to the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize after it was reported back in February that the award’s namesake, Alfred Bauer, the festival’s first director, was found to have Nazi ties.

coronavirus pandemic, the two directors stressed the need for a “lively relationship with the audience.” "In times of the corona pandemic, it has become even clearer that we still require analogue experience spaces in the cultural realm,” they said, noting that other festivals have also resumed holding physical rather than virtual events. The 2021 festival is scheduled for Feb.

The Berlin International Film Festival, the last of the big A-list festivals to be held in Europe before the coronavirus lockdown, has committed to holding a physical event next year. The 2021 Berlinale is set to run February 11-18.

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Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Berlin International Film Festival has opted to make its acting awards gender-neutral, meaning the prizes for Best Actor and Best Actress will be condensed into a Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.

The Venice Film Festival, the first major in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era, is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are arriving from outside Europe. According to guidelines published Thursday, fans and the general public will be kept away from the red carpet during the Sept.

Also Read: '-Ship: A Visual Poem,' 'No More Wings' Take Top Prizes at TheWrap's ShortList Film Festival 2020Seeing personal issues reflected in their subjects also affected Terrance Daye, who directed “-Ship: A Visual Poem,” a story about a family mourning an unimaginable loss and mental illness in the Black community. “It was important that I didn’t shy away from some things that I’d prefer not to look at myself,” Daye explained.

Yesterday, the New York Film Festival made another 2020 announcement, this one looking back on the past a bit. Yes, longtime festival goers know that NYFF each year has a robust Revivals lineup, and this year will be no exception.

Keanu Reeves is back to the sets of his highly anticipated film The Matrix 4 in Berlin. The 55-year-old actor dished on the production of his upcoming movie, praising protocols that have been put in place to keep everyone safe amid the pandemic.

Keanu Reeves is hard at work filming The Matrix 4 in Berlin!

Naman Ramachandran Keanu Reeves has praised the safety protocols in place after Lana Wachowski’s “The Matrix 4” resumed filming in Berlin.“There’s some really thoughtful, effective protocols in place, and the rhythm of filmmaking has not been really impacted or interrupted, in the sense of filming,” Reeves told the Associated Press.

Keanu Reeves opens up about COVID-19 precautions on set of “The Matrix 4” in Berlin, after production was shut down due to the pandemic

Christopher Vourlias For many of the visitors who descended on the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, packing their day planners with meetings at the Gropius Bau and red-carpet premieres at the Berlinale Palast, there was a surreal sense of business as usual.

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

Ever since its announcement as part of this year’s Cannes Film Festival Official Selections, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology series from Amazon has been positioned as one of the 2020 fall festival darlings. And it appears that is playing out at this year’s New York Film Festival, which will not only debut a feature-length episode of the anthology as its Opening Night film but will also showcase two additional episodes as part of the main slate.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentVenice main competition contender “Dear Comrades,” the latest feature from legendary Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky, has been snapped up for world sales by Berlin-based Films Boutique, in what looks like one of the biggest sales agents deals on a title vying for the Golden Lion at 2020’s 77th Venice Intl.