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Rotterdam Industry Heads Talk Backing Displaced Filmmakers When "World Is on Fire," Renewed Focus on U. S. Indies, Shrinking European Funds
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (464+ words) Head of IFFR Pro Marten Rabarts and head of the Hubert Bals Fund Tamara Tatishvili have deepened their collaboration to ensure Rotterdam is supporting filmmakers at risk, while keeping a close eye on the U. S. , Latin America and Asia This year…...
African Screenwriters Unveil Genre Shows at Series Mania (EXCLUSIVE)
3+ week, 5+ day ago (356+ words) Four African screenwriters will be pitching their original TV projects to industry guests on Tuesday at the 17th Series Mania in Lille, France. The quartet are the latest participants in the Realness Institute's Authentic A Series Lab, an episodic screenwriting program…...
Canal+ Axes Multi Choice Streamer Showmax (EXCLUSIVE)
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (780+ words) Canal+, busy with aggressive cost-cutting since it recently acquired Africa's Multi Choice pay-TV group, is shuttering its loss-making and money-guzzling video streaming service Showmax that Multi Choice ran in partnership with NBCUniversal. Variety has reliably learnt that Showmax will definitely…...
After Canal+ Shutters Showmax, Is the Dream for Cutting-Edge African Content Over?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (932+ words) Africa's creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the continent's film and TV sector after Canal+s announcement that it's pulling the plug on Multi Choice's video streaming service…...
How the African Screen Industries Are Turning to Tech " and Each Other " to Adapt to Market Turbulence: "Every Fight Is a New Fight
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (564+ words) As South African film and TV industry workers continued to grapple with the fallout from Canal+s abrupt decision to shutter homegrown streaming service Showmax this week, one question seemed to be on the lips of every attendee at the…...
American Pie" Star Shannon Elizabeth Joins Only Fans After Hollywood Controlled the Outcome of My Career": This Is About Changing That"
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (269+ words) Shannon Elizabeth, who was one of Hollywood's biggest sex symbols in the early 2000s thanks to her roles in the "American Pie" film franchise and the original "Scary Movie," is joining Only Fans, with her account officially going live on the…...
Cannes" Nepalese Thriller "Elephants in the Fog" Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (414+ words) Variety Cannes" Nepalese Thriller "Elephants in the Fog" Boarded by Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE) "Elephants in the Fog," a Nepalese thriller set to bow at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, has been boarded by Brussels-based…...
WIF Los Angeles and WIFT Africa Unite to Bring Delegation of Women Creatives to Cannes Film Festival
1+ week, 2+ day ago (209+ words) Women in Film Los Angeles has united with Women in Film and TV Africa to bring creatives from 10 African countries to the fest as the organization expands WIF Los Angeles (WIF LA) and WIFT Africa (Women in Film and TV…...
The Lion King" Singer Sues Comedian for Mistranslating Circle of Life" Chant and Seeks More Than $20 Million in Damages
3+ week, 2+ day ago (808+ words) Variety The Lion King" Singer Sues Comedian for Mistranslating Circle of Life" Chant and Seeks More Than $20 Million in Damages Lebohang Morake, the Grammy-winning South African composer who performed the iconic opening chant in "Circle of Life" at the start…...
Dreamworks Animation's "Forgotten Island' Adds Jo Koy, Dolly de Leon, Ronny Chieng and Amielynn Abellera (EXCLUSIVE)
4+ week, 1+ day ago (126+ words) Jo Koy, Dolly de Leon, Ronny Chieng and Amielynn Abellera are set to join the cast of Dream Works Animation's upcoming animated feature "Forgotten Island." They join H. E. R. , Liza Soberano, Lea Salonga, Dave Franco, Manny Jacinto and Jenny Slate. The film…...