The next generation of filmmakers converged at the Tabakalera – International Center for Contemporary Culture in San Sebastian for the three-day Nest Film Student program (Sept. 20-22). Three…
Tag: Diversity
Animation in Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup Including ‘Summit of the Gods,’ ‘Belle,’ ‘Flee’
Animation is Film announced the competition lineup and other special events for the fourth edition of the festival, which will take place from Oct. 22-24 at the TCL…
George Clooney’s ‘The Tender Bar,’ Jane Campion, Asghar Farhadi Talks Added to London Film Festival – Global Bulletin
FESTIVAL The 65th BFI London Film Festival (Oct. 6 – 17) has added George Clooney’s “The Tender Bar,” starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe, to the…
NBCUniversal, BBC in Groundbreaking Unscripted Formats Partnership
BBC and NBCUniversal have joined forces in the hope of discovering a new wave of translatlantic unscripted formats. The two companies have previously shared formats, with NBCUniversal remaking…
Latin America LGBTQI+ Panel at San Sebastian: Trends, Hurdles
Taking place inside a cool, concrete extension of the San Telmo Museum, a dedicated Basque cultural hub, the challenges facing LGBTQI+ cinema in Latin America was the subject…
Baratunde Thurston’s Animated ‘How to Be Black’ Project in Development at ABC
Baratunde Thurston’s animated project “How to Be Black” has been put into development at ABC, hailing from 20th Television Animation and ABC Signature. Thurston, author of the memoir…
‘Dune’: Watch Denis Villeneuve Reveal Why He Chose Abu Dhabi’s Liwa Desert as a Double for Arrakis (EXCLUSIVE)
The Abu Dhabi Film Commission is understandably proud that Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures filmed at the Liwa desert, the large oasis area in the Western Region…
‘The Wonder Years’ reboot: Same year, worlds apart from the original
ABC’s reboot of “The Wonder Years” offers an interesting, though not groundbreaking, alternative to its forerunner. It’s been 28 years since we watched Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) come of age as a suburban, middle-class, whitebread teenager starting in 1968: love, loss, discovery, life lessons, the works — aided by his goofy best friend, Paul Pfeiffer…
How stars like J.Lo craft their personas — and what they’re really like
“She knows exactly who she is and gets back up when she stumbles,” J.Lo’s former publicist Rob Shuter told The Post.
‘No Formal Accountability’ for Racism in U.K. Film and TV Industry, Landmark Studies Find (EXCLUSIVE)
The U.K. film and TV industry has made headline-grabbing commitments to improving diversity in recent years, but two landmark studies have found that the sector is falling dangerously…
European Film Forum: Going Green, Big Data
A fast-changing audiovisual ecosystem in Europe has spawned new initiatives in a bid to level the playing field among established media companies and streaming platforms. The European Union…
Sony Pictures Television, EbonyLife Set African Writers Initiative Alo
Nigerian media conglomerate EbonyLife Media and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have set Alo, an initiative offering a platform for writers of African heritage. The word Alo is from…