Women In Film Launch ‘Hire Her Back’ Initiative to Urge Equality in Hiring Post-Pandemic

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThere’s a new publicity firm in town.A group of former BWR senior publicists has launched The Initiative Group, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.

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.

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.

In his 2013 documentary Seduced and Abandoned, Alec Baldwin — together with writer/director James Toback — served up something of an homage to both the Cannes Film Festival and the film industry, marvelling at the cinematic allure of the event itself while also lifting a comedic lid on the less-romantic wheeler-dealings of the market.

Drake took to social media to show off a new pic of his son, Adonis and it looks like he’s done a lot of growing up ever since the rapper last shared something featuring the adorable boy. In fact, his curly golden hair has done a lot of growing as well during this quarantine! The image was shared online as a way for Drake to mark Father’s Day and his followers could not be any happier about the update as well.

hereIt's a world away from the 2019 flying experience, but the resumption of flights by the airline giant - to be followed on Monday by a raft of other returns including Ryanair's - could mark a crucial turning point for Manchester Airport, with passenger numbers having spiralled from 80,000 to an estimated average of 700 a day in recent months.Meanwhile, more than 75 per cent of the hub's staff have been furloughed with a 10pc pay cut for the entire work force in place until March 2021.So the

Christopher Vourlias The worldwide disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic is creating both massive challenges and unprecedented opportunities for the animation industry, according to a panel presented Tuesday as part of a weekly discussion series hosted by UniFrance.The session, “Successful Strategies to Promote French Animation Worldwide,” included Benoit Berthe Siward, of the curated screening event The Animation Showcase (U.K.); Charlotte Boucon, of sales agent SND Films (France);

Nadiya Hussain is speaking out about her own painful experience with racism. The Great British Bake Off champion, who won the sixth season of the popular reality competition series, took to Instagram recently to share a personal anecdote in light of Black Lives Matter protests going on around the globe.“I was responding to an ad in the paper, back in the day when we looked for jobs in the paper,” the 35-year-old wrote in the lengthy caption, which was shared on Saturday, June 13.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorWomen in Film Los Angeles on Wednesday launched Hire Her Back, an initiative to call on entertainment companies to continue to seek gender and racial equality in their hiring as the the industry looks to return to film and TV production after the COVID-19 shutdown.Key to the initiative is the Hire Her Back Fund, a partnership among WIF, New York Women in Film & Television and Women In Film and Television Atlanta to provide grants to women in the industry

Women in Film, Los Angeles has announced the launch of Hire Her Back, a multimedia campaign that calls upon entertainment industry employers to hire women and people of color as the town shifts back into production mode following an extended shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Per the organization, the initiative will be rolled out in coming weeks in partnership with industry leaders.

Juanes was in Colombia, ready to perform for his fans at a sold-out Bogota show when the coronavirus outbreak caused businesses to close, concerts to cancel and airports to stop operating. Since March 13, he’s been hunkered down in Miami with his family, reorganizing and trying to understand the new reality.

Dwayne Johnson has shared his best workout tips for fans wanting to get back into training as soon as gyms begin to reopen.The Jumanji: The Next Level star, who has been exercising daily in his state-of-the-art gym at his sprawling home during the Covid-19 lockdown, recently took to Instagram to give his followers some valuable advice.Johnson began the video with words of encouragement, before insisting people need to have a clear workout plan in mind before they start exercise sessions once

Councillors in South Lanarkshire are backing a new initiative aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus lockdown.Social enterprise Hey Girls, who work with South Lanarkshire Council to tackle period poverty, are getting behind the UK government’s #YouAreNotAlone campaign with financial support for women’s crisis shelters.Charities and domestic abuse campaigners have reported an increase in calls and outreach from those living in abusive households while lockdown has