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Italian Film & TV Orgs Say Production Is Grinding To Halt Due To Uncertainty Over State Funding & Tax Credits
Italian film and TV orgs will hold an emergency press conference in Rome next week to discuss the damage being done to their sectors by uncertainty over the future of direct funding and tax credits. The meeting on April 5 in Rome’s Cinema Adriano will gather the members of 14 professional bodies including filmmakers’ org …
5-min read - CelebrityThe Guardian
John Boyega tells of ‘life-changing’ friendship with Damilola Taylor
Actor speaks for first time about how 10-year-old’s death in 2000 spurred him and others to ‘aim further’
3-min read - EntertainmentVariety
Sheyi Cole Talks Netflix’s ‘The Beautiful Game’ and Breaking Through With Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ (EXCLUSIVE)
British actor Sheyi Cole has a prominent role in Thea Sharrock’s Netflix original film “The Beautiful Game.” The film revolves around the Homeless World Cup, an annual soccer tournament bringing together displaced or dispossessed players from nearly 50 countries, playing not merely for a trophy but for a second shot at life. Cole plays Jason, a …
5-min read - EntertainmentVariety
‘Witness 36,’ From The Mediapro Studio’s Oficina Burman, Wins Series Mania Award at Berlin’s Co-Pro Series
Argentina’s Daniel Burman’s international spy thriller “Witness 36” has won the coveted Series Mania Award at Co-Pro Series, the Berlinale Series Market’s annual project pitching event. The prize consists of an invitation to the production’s team to present again at the industry centrepiece at next month’s Lille-based get-together, the Series Mania Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions. …
4-min read - BusinessVariety
Beyond Borders: How The Mediapro Studio CEO Laura Fernández Espeso has Helped Transform Spain’s TV and Film Industry
Last year, actress Penélope Cruz set up a joint production venture, Moonlyon, with Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio at the urging of its CEO, Laura Fernández Espeso, a rising star in Spain’s fast-expanding media sector. “It’s been an amazing connection from the first,” Cruz says, about her working relationship with Fernández Espeso, Variety’s International Media Woman …
8-min read - EntertainmentEvening Standard
Mother’s Instinct movie review: Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain can't save us from a dodgy plot
2/5 There are plenty of secrets hidden away behind these suburban curtains, but it all feels dashed off and underexplored
2-min read - NewsThe Hollywood Reporter
‘Oppenheimer’ Finally Premieres In Japan to Mixed Reactions and High Emotions
Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented by the American scientist who was the subject of the Oscar-winning film. Japanese filmgoers’ reactions understandably were mixed and highly emotional. Toshiyuki Mimaki, who survived the bombing of Hiroshima when he was 3, said he …
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