Tokyo Film Market to Move Entirely Online

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Asia TV Forum, the annual TV convention and market held in Singapore, will this year shift entirely online, as a response to the continuing effects of the coronavirus pandemic. It will retain the same Dec.

Endless drunken sex in exotic locales is no kind of fun for the star of William Olsson's Lost Girls & Love Hotels, a sober adaptation of Catherine Hanrahan's novel of the same name. Running away from herself —assuming she has a coherent self to run from —a young American woman remains just employed enough to pay rent in Tokyo while spending the rest of her time drunk and/or in bed with strangers at the quirky pay-by-the-hour destinations that hold such appeal for tourists.

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui, one of Venice’s two Career Golden Lion recipients this year alongside Tilda Swinton, brings prewar Hong Kong to exquisite if restrained life in her latest historical drama, Love After Love (Di Yu Lu Xiang).

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Anika Noni Rose (Power) is set as a lead opposite Margaret Qualley and Nick Robinson in Maid, Netflix’s dramedy series from writer Molly Smith Metzler, John Wells Productions, Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.Written by Metzler, Maid is inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.

The Suicide Squad features “one of the most difficult things” she’s ever filmed.The actor will reprise her role as Harley Quinn in the upcoming movie, which will be directed by James Gunn.Appearing during a DC FanDome Q&A, the star was asked what the toughest scene to film in The Suicide Squad was. “I don’t want to give it away,” she replied.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterMIPCOM organizer Reed MIDEM has cancelled the physical edition of its TV market, which was due to take place next month in Cannes, due to ongoing coronavirus-related uncertainty.Instead, it will take place entirely online as MIPCOM ONLINE+, a digital platform that will host various events October 12-16.MIPCOM was facing an uphill battle after several key companies dropped out of its physical event this year including Banijay, Fremantle and ITV.

Set in 1940 in Kobe, Japan, with an epilogue during the bombing of the city in 1945, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s intriguingly titled Wife of a Spy (Spy no Tsuma) bookends the Second World War in an absorbing, exotic, well-paced thriller with moments of disconcerting realism and horror. Its spot in Venice competition is a well-earned promotion for the director after his many accolades for films like Kairo, Tokyo Sonata and Before We Vanish.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes) and rising Brit actor Johnny Flynn (Emma) are attached to star in One Life, a feature drama based on the true story of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton who helped save hundreds of children from the Nazis on the eve of World War Two.Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) and Nick Drake (Romulus) have co-written the screenplay based on the extraordinary story of Nicholas ‘Nicky’ Winton who, when just 29 years

Dennis Ruh will take over as the new boss of Berlin's European Film Market, replacing Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is leaving to join the European Film Academy. Ruh, currently an executive at film promotion body German Films, will take over his new job on Nov.

Naman Ramachandran Dennis Ruh will take charge director of the European Film Market (EFM) at the Berlinale from Nov. 1.The EFM is set to go hybrid for its 2021 edition that will take place Feb.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The Berlin International Film Festival is set to announce the new chief of the European Film Market. I hear that name will be Dennis Ruh, who is joining from German Films.He takes over from the long-serving Matthijs Wouter Knol, who is leaving to join the European Film Academy.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Nick Robinson is set as the male lead opposite Margaret Qualley in Maid, Netflix’s dramedy series from writer Molly Smith Metzler; John Wells Productions, Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.Written by Metzler, Maid is inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.

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Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSwitzerland has selected “My Little Sister,” starring Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger and Marthe Keller, as its entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards.

Margot Robbie says she is planning to invite  Prince Harry  and  Meghan Markle  around to her Los Angeles home for dinner. The 30-year-old actress confirmed she previously met Harry at social gatherings, and thinks of him as an entertaining guest.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Margaret Qualley is set as the lead in Maid, Netflix’s dramedy series from writer Molly Smith Metzler; John Wells Productions, Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Metzler, Maid is inspired by Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive.

Margot Robbie has come a long way since leaving her role as Donna Freedman on Australian soap Neighbours nine years ago. She’s starred in blockbuster The Wolf Of Wall Street, taken on the title role in Harley Quinn: Birds Of Prey and has been nominated for two Academy Awards – all before turning 30.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Tokyo International Film Festival will shine a spotlight on the work of internationally-acclaimed Japanese director Koji Fukada during its 33rd edition. The festival will be held in front of live audiences Oct.