Cannes Film Festival Delayed Until June!

John Carpenter has been known for speaking his mind and no pulling punches when talking about the film industry and his career. This attitude is refreshing to hear from a legendary filmmaker and definitely can be attributed to his status as one of the best American filmmakers of all time.

Frank Moreno, who was known for screening films at Cannes for Roger Corman’s New World Pictures to purchase and distribute in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, died Wednesday in Florida. He was 82 and died after a brief battle with cancer, according to his daughter.

The Berlin Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the titles that will compete in the 2021 Berlinale as well as the high-profile features screening out of competition in Berlin's Berlinale Specials section.

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The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the titles that will screen in its Panorama, Encounters, andPerspektive Deutsches Kino sidebars. The art-house heavy selection for the 2021 Panorama includes several directorial debuts, including British drama Censorby Prano Bailey-Bond,Danis Goulet's Canadian/New Zealand co-production Night Raiders, andThe World After Us, the first feature from French filmmakerLouda Ben Salah-Cazanas, which will have its world premiere in Berlin.

coronavirus concerns.Though featuring a shortened list of 72 films, the festival garnered a viewership 2.7 times larger than the regular festival, which is held in Utah, according to the Sundance Institute.

Haley Bosselman editorDuring Variety’s “Directors on Directors” interview with Spike Lee, Oliver Stone revealed his documentary about President John F. Kennedy will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year.“It’s not for the American side of it,” Stone said.

Jordan Moreau Despite taking place virtually and over a shorter duration, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival nabbed its largest audience ever this year, the Sundance Institute announced Monday.The 2021 festival took place from Jan. 28-Feb.

Gravitas Ventures has picked up the North American rights for a day-and-date release of Insight, an action film produced and directed by Livi Zheng. Ken Zheng wrote the screenplay and stars alongside Madeline Zima, Sean Patrick Flanery, John Savage, Adam Huss, Tony Todd, and Keith David.

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Soko stars in the upcoming fantastical feminist war film Mayday, which just premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Normally, this takes place in Park City, Utah, but the French singer/actress made numerous virtual appearances to promote the movie. Seven outfit changes for all of her interviews, in fact!

Alice Glass If the Sundance Film Festival loves a success story, the fest is likely to fall head over heels for director Kate Tsang.Her coming-of-age adventure “Marvelous and the Black Hole,” which premieres Jan.

The Santa Barbara Film Festival said Friday that Delroy Lindo will receive the American Riviera Award during the 36th annual festival, which is set to run March 31-April 10. Lindo, part of the ensemble cast of Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, will be feted April 8.

coronavirus recedes enough by summertime.  "As announced last autumn, the Festival de Cannes reserved the right to change its dates depending on how the global health situation developed," the organisers said in a statement.

announced Wednesday that the 2021 edition will move from its regular late-May spot to early July, when the seaside Côte d’Azur averages a balmy 86 degrees.The summery change-up comes days after the French government announced plans to vaccinate its entire population against the coronavirus by August. Cinemas there remain closed through at least the end of January.Last year’s festival was canceled outright due to the pandemic, though cases at the time had subsided in France.

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC celebrated its 86th annual awards ceremony to celebrate this year’s winners and for the first time, it was virtual.

Shane Filan is making sure to look at all the positives over the last week as he had plenty to celebrate alongside his family.

The Cannes Film Festival is continuing to weigh up a postponement of its traditional May kickoff until a date between late June and late July, organizers have told us.