Women in Film and TV U.K. Appoints Producer Katie Bailiff as CEO

down from 118 in 2020 — as it made plans for a nearly all-virtual event from Jan. 28 to Feb.

The fact there are even 72 selections for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival is something of a miracle. The fall festivals had the benefit of movies that mostly shot before the pandemic hit in March.

The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is going to be different than any other previous version of the event. Due to its winter schedule, this year, the American festival was able to come in right before COVID-19 took hold in the US and canceled a bunch of other film events in 2020.

Bayside High alumni Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, and Mario Lopez are getting down with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots for a remix of the “Saved By The Bell” theme song.

Gal Gadot is getting a new taste of America.

Cassidy Lange will be joining Netflix in January as Director, Original Studio Films, the streamer said Monday. She will report to Tendo Nagenda, VP Original Studio Films.

In a tight Oscar race in the International Film category, Thomas Vinterberg‘s celebrated “Another Round” is increasingly looking like an easy bet for a nomination. The Venice Film Festival drama swept the major honors at the 2020 European Film Awards including European Film, Director (Vinterberg), Actor (Mads Mikkelsen) and Screenplay.

Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their

Kaleem Aftab British film “Limbo,” a wry refugee drama, directed by Edinburgh-born director Ben Sharrock and produced by Spain’s Irune Gurtubai, won the Golden Pyramid for best film at the Cairo Film Festival on Thursday.Told in a pleasing deadpan style, “Limbo” recounts the story of a Syrian musician, played by the BIFA nominated rising star Amir El-Masry, who is placed on a Scottish island when awaiting his request for asylum to be processed.

Ann-Marie Corvin With the success of Netflix’s Egyptian horror series “Paranormal” and a slew of streamers such as Viu and OSN seeking locally produced originals, the TV market in Egypt is set to undergo rapid change.In response, Cairo International Film Festival’s TV Pitch Market, part of the festival’s Industry Days program and now in its second year, joined forces with Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) to shape 11 TV projects into a “pitchable” form this week.MEMI, a University of Southern

Katy Wallin and Stephanie Bloch Chambers, who run unscripted producer Wallin Chambers Entertainment, have extended their overall deal with Lionsgate.

Jimmy Fallon and Andrew Rannells are saying “Good riddance” to 2020 with an epic musical.

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The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy has revealed she can make her nose bleed on cue.The actress, discussing her titular role in Autumn de Wilde’s Jane Austen adaptation Emma, detailed the scene in which her character gets a nosebleed during a scene with Johnny Flynn’s Mr Knightley.“I didn’t know I had that talent until that scene,” Taylor-Joy told The Guardian.

We all know the story: Girl walks into a bar. Boy sees girl. Girl sees boy. Boy goes to talk to her. Girl notices his date?

Jimmy Fallon’s Jason Bateman impersonation could use some work.

The cinemas are finally reopening and we cannot wait to include some activity in our ventures outside.

Natalie Oganesyan editorOutfest’s holiday fundraiser “’Twas the Night Before Give-Mas” on Monday night featured appearances by prominent LGBTQIA+ leaders and creatives, including Wilson Cruz, Margaret Cho, Charlie Carver, Candis Cayne, Alexandra Billings and “Veneno” star Jedet.The evening helped raise funds for Outfest initiatives, including OutSet, a joint collaboration with the Los Angeles LGBT Center that empowers queer youth to share stories through film; the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project,

Johnny Flynn says some David Bowie fans think the idea of his new biopic of the star is “offensive”.Flynn stars as the Thin White Duke in Stardust, and recently admitted that the film is “potentially going to get a lot of flak”.Asked if there had been any negative feedback so far by Exclaim, Flynn said: “It’s pretty much as I as I expected. I mean, there’s the Bowie fans, who don’t want you to fuck with their idea of David.

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