formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Just days before the world’s leading film festival at Cannes, scores of filmmakers and movie industry players descended on a cozy town of about 100,000 people tucked away deep in northeast Italy for an annual film festival celebrating Asian cinema. … Continued
The festival markets may be declining, but data shows festival audiences growing. For festivals ready to adapt, that’s great news for filmmakers: It’s where the real opportunity lies. Source: https://www.indiewire.com/news/analysis/film-festival-attendance-distribution-strategy-changing-1235192825/
The programme will once again spotlight Europe’s most promising emerging producers, who will participate in a tailored series of activities, including project pitchings, one-on-one meetings, curated case studies and networking events designed to foster international collaboration. Source: https://www.screenireland.ie/news/julianne-forde-is-efps-irish-producer-on-the-move-2026
The draft introduces a statutory obligation for on-demand audiovisual media service providers (“VoD platforms”) to invest in the production and distribution of European audiovisual works, with the aim of strengthening the German and European film economy. Source: https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/260508-germany-s-new-media-investment-obligation-act
What they claim is at stake is the future of Creative Europe’s MEDIA Program that has been a crucial EU film and TV industry driver for the past 35 years, having backed recent Oscar winners such as “Sentimental Value,” “Mr … Continued
World’s largest cinema operator launches partnership with Arena One to stream live performances. Source: https://www.costar.com/article/2047385464/worlds-largest-cinema-operator-to-bring-real-time-concerts-to-hundreds-of-us-locations