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Beginning by Dea Kolumbegashvili TBILISI: Georgia was strongly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, which shut down cinemas and film production for most of 2020, but Georgian films received new awards at international festivals. Georgian cinema days and retrospectives were held in Brussels, Tallinn, Split and Lisbon, and Georgia was the Focus Country at the 2020 Trento Film Festival. Hundreds of films made from 1921 to 1991 are to be returned to Georgia under a deal signed with the...

Georgian/French Coproduction Beginning Acquired by MUBI TBILISI: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film Beginning has been acquired by the streaming platform Mubi for the USA and UK (Svod Release). This Georgian/French coproduction was selected for Cannes 2020 Official Selection. Paris-based Wild Bunch International is handling the sales. The release date is 29 January 2021. In a sleepy provincial town, a Jehovah’s Witness community is attacked by an extremist group. In the midst of this conflict, ...

Cannes 2021 Postponed Until July The French film festival that traditionally takes place in May was canceled last year due to the pandemicBrian Welk | January 27, 2021 @ 8:39 AM Last Updated: January 27, 2021 @ 8:58 AM Getty Images This year’s Cannes Film Festival has been delayed to July from its scheduled time in May after last year’s festival was canceled altogether due to the coronavirus pandemic, the festival announced in a tweet. The festival, now in its 74th year, will ...

Produced by Oakland director Ryan Coogler, Judas and the Black Messiah is the story of an FBI informant tasked with keeping tabs on the charismatic Black Panther leader Chairman Fred Hampton. The movie makes its virtual world premiere at Sundance Film Festival on February 1st. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute) Local talent shines in the virtual 2021 Sundance Film Festival By Jan 25, 2021 Theres no doubt that our arts world has become smaller in the last year, but online an...

film profile], adding yet another trophy to an already impressive collection which began with the 2020 Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection label and the 2020 European Film Award for Best Animated Film, and continued with the 2021 Lumières award in the same category. Interestingly, this is the first time an animated feature has been singled out for this award (the genre having only ever been honoured by the main jury in 1979, courtesy of Paul Grimault’s The King and the Mockingbird...

15 Top Contenders for the Best International Feature Film Oscar Shortlist IndieWire 1/25/2021 Over the last five years, the Academy has made it increasingly easier for more voters to participate in the phase-one Best International Feature Film Oscar nominating committee, never more than during this pandemic year, when online viewing made it possible for all members to watch the movies, as long as they notched the minimum number of 12 assigned features. With Oscar deadlines pushed back by two ...

Vivienne Rutherford Kacey Musgraves is also performing the English version of the films theme song “Dont Disturb Me.” Sherina Munaf is performing the theme song in Japanese. Jones published the novel in 2011, and publisher HarperCollins describes the story: Not every orphan would love living at St. Morwalds Home for Children, but Earwig does. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and its been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. But all that chan...

Up-and-coming young directors selected for Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival move to an online showcase Digger by Georgis Grigorakis Health-related restrictions and cinema closures in France have left the 33rd edition of Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival (steered by General Delegate and Artistic Director Claude-Éric Poiroux) with no option but to unfold virtually between 25 and 31 January 2021. Consequently, thanks to a partnership with La Vingt-Cinquième Heure, viewers wi...

Las jóvenes promesas del Premiers Plans se pasan a internet Digger, de Georgis Grigorakis Este artículo está disponible en inglés. Health-related restrictions and cinema closures in France have left the 33rd edition of Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival (steered by General Delegate and Artistic Director Claude-Éric Poiroux) with no option but to unfold virtually between 25 and 31 January 2021. Consequently, thanks to a partnership with La Vingt-Cinquième Heure, viewers will be able to...

Le giovani promesse di Premiers Plans si smaterializzano Digger di Georgis Grigorakis Questo articolo è disponibile in inglese. Health-related restrictions and cinema closures in France have left the 33rd edition of Angers’ Premiers Plans Film Festival (steered by General Delegate and Artistic Director Claude-Éric Poiroux) with no option but to unfold virtually between 25 and 31 January 2021. Consequently, thanks to a partnership with La Vingt-Cinquième Heure, viewers will be able to enjoy...