BFI fund YACF gets cut by US$18 million
The reduction could mean 20 fewer UK kids shows get financing support in the initiative’s third year, which the CMF calls “illogical.” Source: Kidscreen » Archive » BFI fund YACF gets cut by US$18 million
Banteer native scoops US award for short film shot in Cork
BANTEER native Sean O’Deadaigh has scooped a major film award at the So-Cal Film Awards in Huntington Beach, Los Angeles. The short film entitled ‘The Greek Accusative’, directed by Sean O’Deadaigh tells the story of an ageing actor who brings … Continued
WNY Refugee Film Festival only one of its kind in the US
Western New York is home to the only Refugee Film Festival in the United States. It starts Thursday night with the premiere of ‘Memory Is Our Homeland,’ a film documenting the little-known history of WWII Polish refugees in East Africa. … Continued
US franchise plans to open its first UK cinema at the Concourse Shopping Centre in Skelmersdale this summer
A US franchise is planning to open its first UK cinema at the Concourse Shopping Centre in Skelmersdale. Star Cinemas, which operates screens in California and Arizona plan to deliver an affordable cinema on the ground floor of the centre … Continued
US factory production suffers biggest fall in a century
US factory output dropped 13.7pc in April. ‘Worse to come’ as Germany crashes into recession. First quarter decline of 2.2pc less severe than many other European countries. Eurozone economy suffers sharpest-ever contraction, with 3.8pc fall… Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/05/15/markets-live-latest-coronavirus-news-pound-euro-ftse-100/
News round-up: Sky Studios invests in Longboat Pictures; Travel Channel orders eerie doc series from Karga Seven; Love Nature lands on Xumo in US and more…
Comcast-owned Sky Studios has acquired a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, a new London-based indie prodco specialising in TV drama. Longboat was founded last year by LA-based director-producer Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. Under the deal, Sky … Continued
No reopening in sight for US cinemas after federal guidelines issued
US cinemas are no nearer reopening despite the publication of federal guidelines by Donald Trump at a coronavirus briefing on Thursday. The guidelines specifically mentioned movie theatres as among the types of venue that would be allowed to operate “under strict physical distancing … Continued
A key coronavirus model just drastically reduced its US death toll projections. It’s part of a growing trend.
An influential coronavirus model often cited by the White House coronavirus task force has significantly reduced its U.S. death toll and hospital resource usage projections. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at Washington University lowered its death toll projection … Continued
Coronavirus threatens to shrink struggling US movie theater chains
Coming to a theater near you: a marquee with no movie titles on it, but instead big letters that say “gone out of business.” With movie houses nationwide closed by the coronavirus, big cinema chains like AMC Entertainment and Regal … Continued
US head theatre lobbyist talks stimulus package, windows, CinemaCon 2021
The novel coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented period of tumult for exhibition and amid the chaos US lobby group National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) has been scrambling to secure aid for theatre companies of all sizes and their … Continued