UniFrance Panel Puts Spotlight on Post-Pandemic Animation Industry

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe DraftKings All-American Team Cup in Atlanta, GA. had a player test positive for COVID-19 after playing in the match.About 450 fans attended the exhibition, which was carried on The Tennis Channel.

lockdown that has cost the business £1.5billion.Hundreds of shoppers flocked to high streets across the country to queue in the rain from the early hours of the morning as restrictions lifted.Primark stores with outside entrances are finally being allowed to swing open their doors, while those in shopping centres with no street exits will reopen from July 13.The retail giant has taken lessons from its experiences so far, after already reopening stores in Italy, Germany, France, the US, Portugal

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop at Sea cruise is the latest venture to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.It was announced in January that the Hollywood star's lifestyle brand Goop had partnered with Celebrity Cruises and was taking to the open waters, with guests able to enjoy various classes and activities during the luxury boat ride.The maiden voyage was scheduled to set sail from Barcelona on 26 August, taking in destinations in France, the Mediterranean and the Italian Riviera, before

With more than 300 films to his name across 25 years in the business, Phil Hunt, founder and managing director of London-based financier Head Gear Films, is one of the most prolific exec producers around. But Head Gear — which he founded in 2002 and helps fund film, TV and video games, and has backed titles such as Minamata, Black Mass, Belle and X+Y — is just one of Hunt’s six businesses.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentSolveig Langeland’s Stuttgart-based sales agency Sola Media has sold CGI animated feature film “Moonbound” to multiple territories.The film, directed by Ali Samadi Ahadi on a production budget of around $9 million, will be released in Germany and Austria by Little Dreams and Warner Bros.

Anna Marie de la Fuente The Dominican Republic’s lauded film law marks its 10th year amid general elections set for July. Fortunately, the three main candidates are said to be pro-cinema.“The law is up for a review, but we don’t think there will be too many changes,” says film commissioner Yvette Marichal.As the country gears up to emerge from its COVID-19 lockdown by July 1, it is still unclear when productions will restart and shuttered cinemas reopen.

Like Bavaria's heraldic lions from which it takes its name, Leonine got off to a roaring start. The would-be German mini-major, launched last year with a nine-figure war chest from its owners, New York investment firm KKR, quickly grew from cub to king of the jungle with a series of choice acquisitions, including film and TV powerhouse Tele München Group, indie film distributor Universum, Dark producer Wiedemann & Berg and local small-screen production outfit i&u TV.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAs the Cannes online market moves forward, it’s no doubt that streamers are still the big story in the indie world — and as European producers try to restart shoots as lockdowns are lifted, their feelings towards Netflix and other streaming giants are decidedly mixed.There is no doubt that Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus and other global platforms are considered “the big winners” amid the coronavirus crisis, as Carole Scotta, founder and head of

Emiliano De Pablos As coronavirus ravaged Spain in April, the country’s central government took one significant step toward building for a post-COVID future.

Daisy Ridley and Stephen Fry have joined the voice cast of a new stop-motion animation about artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci.The Star Wars actress and beloved British funnyman have signed up to star in The Inventor, a new movie about the Renaissance era polymath, which will be written and directed by Ratatouille co-writer Jim Capobianco, according to Deadline.com.Fry will voice da Vinci, who leaves Italy to join the French court, where he has an outlet for his curiosity and genius and can

The singer-songwriter’s entrepreneurial endeavors have reportedly done well this summer. A new report from Hot New Hip Hop suggested that Post Malone, the “Circles” singer, sold 50,000 bottles of his Maison No.

Ann-Marie Corvin France Televisions has confirmed its commitment to animation spanning all ages with the Paris-based public broadcaster announcing a raft of series and putting a call out for more animated education and edutainment content.Speaking during an online press conference on the third day of this year’s Virtual Annecy animation festival, the broadcaster’s CEO Delphine Ernotte Cunci revealed the education service it launched for school children during lockdown has doubled its audience

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Star Wars star Daisy Ridley and Brit national treasure Stephen Fry have boarded the voice cast of The Inventor, a feature stop-motion animation about Leonardo da Vinci written and directed by Jim Capobianco, the Oscar-nominated scribe of Ratatouille.Fry will voice da Vinci and Ridley will be the French Princess Marguerite.

Pamela Anderson and Ashoka Paris have a brand new collaboration.

Jamie Lang On Wednesday, Les Femmes s’Animent (LFA), the French arm of Women in Animation (WIA), hosted and streamed “Confinement Votre” (Your Confinement), a global video conference, as part of this year’s WIA Summit at the virtual edition of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.LFA reached out to women working in the animation industry across Europe about how being confined to working from home affected them, and what they have learned so far from the experience.In the video,

Ben Croll The sole French animated title in this year’s Cannes Official Selection and now screened by sales agent The Party Film Sales at next week’s Marché du Film, “Josep” marks the feature debut of editorial journalist Aurélien Froment.