Venice: Eight Artistic Directors Plan Opening Night Show Of Support For Festivals & Cinema

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Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon have publicly shown their support for their Britain's Got Talent co-star Ashley Banjo.On Tuesday, as it was revealed that Diversity's Black Lives Matter-inspired performance on Saturday's semi-final had received thousands of Ofcom complaints, Ashley took to Instagram to post an inspiring message. "For the people sending this: 1.

Filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó is no stranger to the film festival circuit, with his 2005 film “Johanna” screening at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, before “White God” took home the Prize Un Certain Regard later in 2014. “White God” was even selected to be Hungary’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefTwo apartments in Beijing that are home to movie star Jackie Chan are being forcibly put up for auction. The reason appears to be an ownership dispute.The adjacent apartments in a residential compound in the capital city’s Dongzhimen district are where Chan and his family have lived since 2007.

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Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorIn a sign of unity, Artistic Directors of several major European Film Festivals gathered for a press conference here in Venice this afternoon. Venice Film Festival chief Alberto Barbera and the others will appear on stage at this evening’s opening ceremony to reassert the importance of cinema and in solidarity towards the global film industry which has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic.

Geoff Keighley bookended an entire season of reveals and conferences last Thursday (August 27) with Opening Night Live, which kicked off his annual Gamescom extravaganza. After months of trailers, gameplay demos and interviews, the curtain fell with a resounding thud on a busy few months of video game news.To reward us for our diligence, Opening Night Live decided to provide its viewers with a surprising blast from the past.

Naman Ramachandran More than 40 leading film festivals, and eight film industry organizations have called on global policy makers to support the sector that has been badly affected by COVID-19.Festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, Venice, Busan and San Sebastian, and trade bodies like FIAPF (the International Federation of Film Producers Associations), FERA (the Federation of European Film Directors), FIAD (the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations) and UNIC (the

On August 31, Park Bo Gum enlisted in the military to kickstart his compulsory training. The actor, who will be seen in Record of the Youth this month, opted to enlist quietly to avoid fans crowding up and breaking the social distancing practise.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorA film festival is about more than just the films and the festival center. It is about the location, the journey, the experience.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThierry Fremaux from the Cannes Film Festival, José Luis Rebordinos from San Sebastian and Carlo Chatrian from the Berlinale are among the eight artistic directors of the main European film festivals who will be attending the opening night of Venice. The inaugural evening of the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival will take place Sept.

BEIJING – The moment the metal singer Shui Shu spread his arms, Buddhist prayer beads in hand and incense wafting from the stage, his band unleashed a wall of sound on the crowd.The rapt audience of about 200, many wearing masks, swayed gingerly.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe second night of the Republican National Convention preformed better than the first, at least according to early Nielsen numbers.After opening night drew 4.9 million total viewers across the three broadcast networks, night 2 delivered 5.2 million, with a marked bump for NBC in particular.

Like a good cheese fondue, the Swiss stick together. The Zurich Film Festival on Tuesday announced, in a sign of national solidarity, it would open up its program this year to films from other Swiss festivals forced to cancel due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe IFP Gotham Awards on Thursday opened submissions for its 30th annual awards show, which last month shifted to January 2021 because of the pandemic. Organizers also said today that they are introducing a new category, Best International Feature, a director and producers award in which the key roles of director, producer and screenwriter should be based outside the U.S.