American Film Institute Announces Tom Pollock Scholarship for Producers From Underrepresented Backgrounds

The White House slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for holding up coronavirus relief for millions of Americans. On Tuesday night, Pelosi accused CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer of being "an apologist ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was visibly frustrated with the line of questions from CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer about passing a coronavirus relief bill.  As negotiations between the Trump administration and House Democrats have been revived after President Trump briefly called off stimulus talks, Blitzer asked Pelosi to explain to Americans who are struggling financially amid the economic recovery why she "won't accept the president's latest stimulus offer." "I hope you'll ask the same

American Pie debuted when I was in fifth grade, and like Blink-182 and South Park before it, the high school sex comedy quickly ascended to the pantheon of raunchy, outrageous and forbidden content that was immediately gobbled up and then regurgitated ad nauseum by every tween in my elementary school.

While it may seem a bit crazy to already have a film that documents the craziness of 2020, filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi has crafted it, and “American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself” not only aims to show just how batshit bonkers this year has been for the United States but frames it around the use of our smartphones.

YouTube channel and will begin at 12:00 PM ET.“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize Broadway’s magnificent work of during the 2019-2020 season,” Heather Hitchens, president & CEO of the American Theatre Wing and Charlotte St. Martin, president of the Broadway League, said in a joint statement.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGrasshopper Film has picked up North American distribution rights to Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo’s “Slow Machine,” ahead of the film’s premiere at the 58th annual New York Film Festival this week.Set to release theatrically next year, the film is billed as a “miniature epic” of paranoia, espionage, subterfuge, music and performance on 16mm.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe American Film Market on Tuesday unveiled more details about AFM 2020 Online, its virtual edition that is set to run November 9-13.Organizers said more than 300 exhibitors have already registered for the annual market, including key sales companies from AGC Studios to XYZ Films, with Lionsgate, Highland Film Group, Protagonist Pictures, Screen Media, Sierra/Affinity, Solstice Studios, StudioCanal and The Exchange among those on the list.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Religion of Sports, the media company founded by Tom Brady, Gotham Chopra and Michael Strahan, is moving into podcasting after striking a partnership with PRX.The company, which has produced series including Showtime’s Shut Up and Dribble, is set to launch a slate of shows in 2021.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLovecraft Country actress Jamie Chung has been set at the next ambassador and spokesperson for HBO’s fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries (APAV) short film competition.  Previous ambassadors have included Executive Producer of Cinemax’s Warrior Shannon Lee, Insecure’s Sujata Day, Westworld’s Leonardo Nam and Silicon Valley’s Jimmy O. Yang.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaShowtime Documentary Films will debut Alexandra Pelosi’s “American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself” just before the presidential election.The company is also planning a major Oscar campaign for the documentary — which looks at one of the most chaotic and transformative years in American history, one marked by a once-in-a-generation pandemic, as well as a financial collapse and a galvanizing social justice movement.

health, he replied, “Well, I’m still breathing.” But sitting still is hard for someone who has averaged a movie a year for five decades. “For the first time in 55 years, I don’t have a movie to work on," he said.———AP: The communal worlds of your films — where groups of people are so often in rooms talking to one another — feels very far away right now, doesn’t it?WISEMAN: At the moment I can’t work.

The American Black Film Festival has unveiled plans for a Remembering Chadwick Boseman Film Retrospective on Oct. 3 and 4, via its newly launched streaming platform ABFF Play.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe American Black Film Festival announced today their plans to remember Chadwick Boseman. With support from three major Hollywood studios, the American Black Film Festival will be airing a Chadwick Boseman tribute on its streaming service ABFF Play.The Remembering Chadwick Boseman Film Retrospective will be available for free on October 3 and 4.

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe American Film Institute said Friday that it has established the Thomas P. Pollock Endowed Scholarship Fund in memory of Tom Pollock, the famed Hollywood attorney, Universal Pictures chairman and producer who died last month at age 77.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “My Little Sister,” a poignant drama that will represent Switzerland in the international feature film race at the Oscars. “My Little Sister,” penned and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, is handled in international markets by Beta Cinema.

The world needs something to lift its spirits. 2020 has been rough, to say the least, with a global pandemic leaving so many people tragically dead, political turmoil in governments around the world, and civil unrest as systemic racism becomes headline news.

Russia's influence over American politics is the subject of a new podcast from Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions, Leon Neyfakh's Prologue Projects and Cadence13. Whirlwind, which will look at the 75-year tensions between the U.S.