‘Funny Boy’ Review: Canada’s Engaging Oscar Submission Chronicles Gay Self-Discovery Amid Political Upheaval

TikTok influencers Charli and Dixie D’Amelio are facing backlash after travelling to the Bahamas during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chelsea Handler has never been afraid to speak her mind — and she did just that after receiving criticism for traveling to Canada amid the country’s COVID-19 travel restrictions.“Getting a lot of very violent messages, and I would like everyone to know that I am indeed quarantining for the full 14 days and happy to do it,” the comedian, 45, said in an Instagram Stories video on Tuesday, December 22. “So don’t think I’m bending rules.

Chelsea Handler is not here for people shaming her travels.

Guy Lodge Film CriticYou can take the girl out of the woods, but you can’t take the woods out of the girl — unless, of course, you take the woods away altogether. Such are the tough lessons learned in “Toorbos,” a satisfying marriage of folky period romance and environmental parable from the misty, mossy depths of South Africa’s Knysna forest region: a national beauty spot much enshrined in local literature and lore, but rarely given this kind of grand-scale screen showcase.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has disqualified Deepa Mehta's Funny Boy, Canada's entry for best international feature Oscar consideration, for having too much dialogue in English. "Although we were disappointed when informed by the Academy, we are excited to extend our ongoing support for Funny Boy as the journey to the Oscars continues,” Christa Dickenson, executive director of Telefilm Canada, said in a statement on Friday.

Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy, which Canada submitted as its entry for the International Oscar race this year, has been rejected by AMPAS on the grounds it contains too much English dialogue.

The creators of “Funny Boy” have been forced change the film’s submission for the 2021 Oscars after it did not meet the Academy’s eligibility requirements for the International Feature category due to the amount of English dialogue which it contains.

Naman Ramachandran Deepa Mehta’s “Funny Boy” will no longer compete in the Academy Awards’ international feature film category and will instead be submitted for consideration in the best picture and general entry categories.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has informed “Funny Boy” producer Telefilm Canada that the film does not meet the Academy’s eligibility requirements for the international feature film category due to the amount of English dialogue in the film.“Although we

Samuel Goldwyn Films has obtained U.S. rights to Peter Bebjak’s historical drama The Auschwitz Report, which was selected as Slovakia’s contender for Best International Feature Film for the 93rd annual Oscars. The company is planning a release for sometime next year.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up U.S. rights to Lili Horvát’s Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time, which is this year’s Oscar submission for Hungary.

Gay Men’s Chorus artistic director, Tim Seelig, never imagined he’d be returning to the south where he was banished from the church due to his sexuality, but when the opportunity rose to dissipate misconceptions in a documentary, he knew he had to participate.

Telefilm Canada, the country's top film financier, has vowed to fix a two-tiered industry where privileged producers receive generous and automatic funding long kept out of reach of Canadian filmmakers from BIPOC communities.

Also Read: 'Notturno' Film Review: Middle East Doc Finds Poetry in 'Rubble and Darkness'Rosi’s “Notturno” was filmed along the rattled borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon.

Neon’s boutique label Super Ltd has acquired North American distribution rights to Notturno, the feature documentary from Gianfranco Rosi that recently was submitted by Italy to be that country’s submission to the 2021 International Oscar race. No word yet on a release plan for the pic, which bowed at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Tayshia Adams just spoil her season of? The 30-year-old had interesting answers when grilled by Ellen DeGeneres on Wednesday about the apparent engagement ring she wore on social media earlier this month — and which man she considers to be «future husband material.» Tayshia surprised fans when she sported a ring on finger on her Instagram Story on Dec. 1.

Kelly Ripa can now cosy up to her husband, Mark Consuelos, wherever and whenever she wishes!The couple were recently reunited after several months apart while Mark, 49, filmed Riverdale in Canada and Kelly, 50, stayed in New York. MORE: Kelly Ripa's bikini photo divides fansNow though, she never has to worry about being away from him again because she has had a photo of him made into a pillow! WATCH: Kelly Ripa shares sneak peek inside surprisingly minimalist bedroom The Live with Kelly and Ryan

Mere hours before this interview, Benjamin Hollingsworth posted a special video message on his Instagram account.

If there is a moral in Deepa Mehta’s tale of gay teenage love,Funny Boy, it is how small individual drama looks when set against the bloodshed and injustice of history. Based on Shyam Selvadurai’s well-known novel, the story centers around a large, wealthy, traditional Tamil family running an upscale resort in Sri Lanka.

Dave McNary Film ReporterNeill Blomkamp shot an entire movie during the coronavirus pandemic.The “District 9” and “Elysium” director made a supernatural horror movie over the summer in Canada’s British Columbia. Blomkamp also wrote the script for the movie, which has a cast consisting mostly of Canadian actors.The film, Blomkamp’s first since the 2015 sci-fier “Chappie,” is backed by Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios.Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Naman Ramachandran Canadian production house Frantic Films has scored several sales deals on factual series “High Maintenance” and “Killer In Plain Sight,” via deals brokered by U.K.-based distributor Abacus Media Rights.Hulu has taken U.S. rights to true crime series “Killer in Plain Sight,” originally commissioned by Investigation Discovery.