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Musa Hadid, the middle-aged, mustachioed and overextended mayor of Ramallah is meeting with staff to discuss a Christmas tree lighting. Among the details to be ironed out: several Santas rappelling down buildings, a flash mob and zeppelins. Well, not really zeppelins. An aide suggests that this word sets up expectations that would be tough to meet. “Balloons!” he insists, “They’re all just balloons.” This scene, which arrives early in David Osit’s documentary “Mayor,” about Hadid’s daily life as a municipal leader in the major Palestinian city, sets the stage for the many up...

Vice Media Group, SBS Australia renew content partnership deal Millennial-skewing media brand Vice Media Group has extended its partnership with public broadcaster SBS Australia with a renewed content deal for SBS’s Viceland channel and digital platforms. Under terms of the ... December 15, 2020 Millennial-skewing media brand Vice Media Group has extended its partnership with public broadcaster SBS Australia with a renewed content deal...

The 25 Best Documentaries of 2020 Though the pandemic has all but murdered moviegoing in 2020, for the lowly documentary film, the distribution landscape has never looked more promising. Often relegated to festivals and then, if fortune-favored, Netflix or HBO, documentaries rarely receive the attention or the right platform to reach more than a specialized audience. If it seems like 2020 was a particularly bright year for documentaries, that might be because you could actually watch many of these at home, streaming through virtual cinemas or online festivals or via services like Mubi and Kan...

Australian fans of Shortland Street can rejoice - New Zealand's most successful long-running television soap is coming to free-to-air television in 2021, at its new home, SBS VICELAND. The hugely popular Kiwi soap is set around the goings-on at a fictional Auckland hospital, and has a reputation for dealing with complex social issues in an inclusive and engrossing way. Shortland Street will premiere on Monday 11 January, with fast-tracked episodes of season 29 airing weeknights at 5:40pm.  In advance of the FTA TV premiere episodes, the final 40 episodes of season 28 will drop at SBS On D...

Evil, upcoming Rotterdam, I Love You) plays a journalist besieged by trolls who decides to strike back. Ivo van Aart directed from a screenplay by Daan Windhoorst. Sitges selection Tailgate explores the consequences when a man on a road trip with his family angers a psychopath in a road rage incident. Lodewijk Crijns directed and wrote the screenplay. The film earned best film and director nods at Netherlands Film Festival, and won for sound design. Both films will receive a theatrical release in 2021, along with debuts on all home entertainment and digital platforms. “We’re excited to ...