In 2016 a fire nearly destroyed the only arthouse cinema on the East End of Long Island. Five years and $18 million dollars later, the iconic, century-old Sag Harbor Cinema is once again open for business. Source: https://variety.com/ … [Read more...]
British Animation Industry to Benefit From U.K. Global Screen Fund
Supporting the U.K. animation industry is one of the key priorities for the recently launched £7 million ($9.77 million) U.K. Global Screen Fund (UKGSF), which is being administered by the British Film Institute. Each of the three key funding strands of the UKGSF – international business development, co-production investment, and international … [Read more...]
BFI London Film Festival Set to Vacate Long-Time Hub of Odeon Leicester Square
In recent years, the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival has become synonymous with the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, with many of the two-week festival’s screenings taking place in and around the central London venue. This year, however, Variety can reveal that the festival will take place on the opposite side of the Thames river, … [Read more...]
China Orders New Cinema Closures Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases
China has shuttered a portion of cinemas in top movie-going province Guangdong after what reports said may be the country’s first community outbreak of the Indian COVID-19 variant. Reports did not state exactly how many cinemas have been affected. The theater closures come days after U.S. cinema chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark … [Read more...]
Cannes Film Festival: How It Could Resuscitate World Cinema
Cannes is back — or so the festival organizers are insisting, announcing an official selection that’s bigger and more bullish than the (pre-pandemic) 2019 edition, boasting new films from Wes Anderson (“The French Dispatch”), Sean Penn (“Black Flag”) and Oliver Stone (“JFK: Through the Looking Glass”), to name three Americans from among a host of … [Read more...]
Italy’s David di Donatello Awards Set to Celebrate Resilience and Renewal of Cinema Italiano
Italy’s 66th David di Donatello Awards are set to celebrate on May 11 a year of resilience for Cinema Italiano that also looks likely to germinate some creative renewal, just as Italian movie theaters start to reopen and production is booming. Giorgio Diritti’s biopic “Hidden Away,” about crazed primitivist painter Antonio Ligabue, Gianni … [Read more...]
