EXCLUSIVE: Following its well-received debut in Cannes Film Festival’s inaugural Premieres section, Andrea Arnold’s latest feature, Cow, is recording brisk business for Paris-based Mk2 Films.
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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Italian film industry, which did not pause during the pandemic, is clearly a top priority within the country’s post COVID-19 recovery plan.
The plan sees Rome’s Cinecittà Studios set for a €300 million ($358 million) cash injection earmarked by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund for a radical overhaul of the famed facilities.In June European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Italian premier Mario Draghi jointly visited the
.EXCLUSIVE: Following its well-received debut in Cannes Film Festival’s inaugural Premieres section, Andrea Arnold’s latest feature, Cow, is recording brisk business for Paris-based Mk2 Films.
Cannes Film Festival beat the odds by delivering two weeks of nonstop movies — and major stars such as Matt Damon, Regina King and Timothée Chalamet — in the middle of a global pandemic.It wasn’t an easy task. Variety has learned that the festival fronted more than $1 million to cover the costs of regular, free COVID testing to approximately 28,000 attendees.
EXCLUSIVE: Oscilloscope Laboratories has picked up North American rights to Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’s first fiction feature film The Tale Of King Crab.
Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for its tenth day with the premiere of Bruno Dumont's 'On a Half Clear Morning', a drama about a celebrity TV journalist whose life is overturned by a freak car accident.
Brandon Flynn‘s time at the gym has been paying off!
EXCLUSIVE: Indie distributor and SVOD service MUBI is continuing its remarkable buying spree at Cannes 2021. The growing player has now taken rights from The Match Factory to Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cannes Competition drama Memoria for Germany, Italy, Latin America (excluding Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) and India.
A coming-of-age summer romance yarn, “Mi Iubita, Mon Amour” succeeds in shifting the power dynamic within the classic genre archetype, albeit in a way that increases the creep factor.
Lise Pedersen The four Palestinian docs-in-progress showcased as part of the Marché’s Cannes Docs forum bear testimony to the diversity and creativity of a nouvelle vague of Palestinian filmmakers.Covering a broad range of topics – ranging from the plight of refugees crossing the Alps from Italy to France, a family of Bedouins forced to leave their dwelling, a mother’s painful decision to leave her country at war or the story of Jenin’s last projectionist – the films selected “are
Naman Ramachandran Two days after Italy defeated England on penalties in the Euro 2020 soccer championship final, followed by England fans heaping racist online abuse on Black players from the team, the topic continues to reverberate at the Cannes Film Festival.Cannes virtually shut down on Sunday evening while the final was on, with even Spike Lee getting in on the action at the Kering Women in Motion dinner.
Kelly Ripa has recently returned to the US after enjoying a two-week vacation in Italy with her family.MORE: Kelly Ripa addresses bizarre rumours during vacationThe Live with Kelly and Ryan star shared some incredible photos from the trip on social media, and in a new picture posted on Mark Consuelos' account, the star is sporting a new look.While Kelly usually wears her blonde hair down, in the image, the mother-of-three opted for a chic up-do with a centre parting, which framed her face
Premiering in competition at this year’s Festival de Cannes, Nanni Moretti’s wild melodrama “Three Floors” is based on a 2017 Israeli novel called “Shalosh Qomot” from writer Eshkol Nevo and begins with an undeniably tragic event. One dark night on a quiet street of Rome, a drunk driver runs over a lady crossing the road, narrowly avoids hitting a pregnant woman, then finally crashes into a building, landing straight into a family’s living room.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrance president Emmanuel Macron has announced new health rules to contain the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrance president Emmanuel Macron has announced new health rules to contain the spread of the Delta variant in the country which is currently hosted the Cannes Film Festival which brings together several thousands of guests from all around the world.The key measure announced by Macron will make the EU Digital Covid Certificate — commonly called “health pass” — mandatory in all cultural venues, including cinemas, theaters and concert halls starting on July
Helen Mirren looked stunning as she stepped out on the red carpet at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival. The star, 75, looked chic and elegant as she smiled for cameras during the evening, posing both by herself and with other celebrities as part of the event.
Manori Ravindran International EditorCannes Film Festival delegates attending a dinner hosted by luxury goods firm Kering kept their eye on the ball during one of the annual bash’s most memorable editions to date.The late-evening Women in Motion event on Sunday (July 11) at the impeccably decorated Le Place de la Castre coincided with the UEFA Euro Championship final between Italy and England, posing the ultimate “Sophie’s Choice”-style scenario for die-hard sports fans like director Spike Lee,
Cannes Film Festival has introduced a mid-event change to its Covid protocols, with non-EU visitors now able to collect a ‘health pass’ that allows them to avoid renewing negative Covid tests every 48 hours.
Jamie Lang Leading Italian sales agent and production company The Open Reel is at the Cannes Marché du Film selling its newly-acquired Spanish feature “Mía and Moi” (“Mia y Moi”) from director Borja de la Vega.
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Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDespite Italy having been among countries hardest hit by the pandemic, film production almost never stopped.