formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
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
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
Whereas the sense is last year’s Cannes market was bloated with too many packages of middling quality, the early read on the 2026 offerings is more promising. American sellers cite Germany, the UK, the Nordics and Italy as among the … Continued
The problem is that when films are planned around quotas rather than artistic questions, quality suffers—and the audience, which in recent years has stayed away from movie theaters, is sending the clearest message. Source: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/analysis-opinion/artc-the-thought-police-how-hollywood-the-industry-of-dreams-turned-into-an-economic-nightmare