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Jared Geesey - Chief Distribution Officer, Angel Studios at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

Angel Studios Lights Up the Marché du Film in Cannes

It is often remarkably easy to measure one’s artistic and/or professional success at the Cannes Film Festival. It is, after all, the event in which standing ovations after a movie’s premiere are measured by the minute in rapturous news reports. Conversely, Cannes is also where a new film…

2024 Cannes Film Festival - Kevin Costner & Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner Pay Their Own Way to Cannes

Two of the most high profile selections at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival come from filmmakers with a lengthy and acclaimed history in Hollywood. Even so, neither Francis Ford Coppola or Kevin Costner could rely upon Hollywood and its usual cast of executives and financiers to help them make the film…

Donna Langley - Chief Content Officer, NBCUniversal at 2024 Cannes Film Festival

NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley Addresses Depressed State of Theatrical Distribution During Cannes Film Festival

While Hollywood studio executives of various ilk are known to turn up at the Cannes Film Festival, it is historically rare for members of the C-suite to be spotted on the Croissette. Perhaps that’s changing. Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav made a splash by throwing a 100th anniver…

CinemaCon 2024 - Working Together To Boost Mid-Budget Films

CinemaCon 2024: Boosting Mid-Budget Films Panel

One of the first panel discussions at CinemaCon 2024 was also one of the more interesting, and perhaps, productive sessions. Titled “Strength in the Middle: Working Together To Boost Mid-Budget Films” the panel was held on the first day of the conference, which was held in Las Vegas from…

2024 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival Set for Glitzy Filmmaker-Focused 2024 Edition

The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival is set to roll out its red carpet along the French Riviera from today, May 14th, through the 25th, 2024. After official selections from last year’s festival went on to critical acclaim, with nine titles earning 26 Oscar nominations across 16 categories, cin…

Thierry Fre?maux and Iris Knobloch - Cannes Film Festival 2024

Cannes Film Festival Faces Potential Labor Strike and #MeToo Revelations

The Cannes Film Festival which officially kicks off 14 May 2024 is facing both the possibility of a strike by hundreds of the event’s freelance workers during its 77th edition, as well as the release of a report accusing high profile members of the country’s film industry of sexual misco…

Executive Roundtable panel at the 2024 UK Cinema Association Annual conference

Industry Execs Express Cautious Optimism for 2024 at UKCA Conference

One of the more informative sessions at the UK Cinema Association’s annual conference held in London at the BFI Southbank, March 5-6th, was an executive roundtable moderated by Sharon Reid of Cinema First, an industry body that promotes cinema going in the United Kingdom. It left everyone pres…

Berlinale - Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Executive Director and Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director

Berlinale 2024 Highlights the Divide Between Art and Commerce at International Film Festivals

The 74th Berlinale ended last month, and what remains is to look back and ruminate about what the future might bring. It is the first significant European festival of 2024, but this edition was the last one led by its Artistic Director, Carlo Chatrian, and Executive Director, Mariëtte Rissenbeek, th…

2023 Red Sea International Film Festival

Add These 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival Selections To Your Watchlist

If you were forced to pick one reason that the Red Sea International Film Festival has risen so quickly among the list of top global film festivals after only three years it wouldn’t necessarily be due to the Red Sea Film Festival Foundation which organizes the event and awards millions of dol…

Red Sea International Film Festival - 2023 RSIFF Yusr Award Winners

RSIFF 2023 Awards Ceremony Highlights Filmmaking Over Politics

There may have been no better example of the high-wire act organizers of the third annual Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) were forced to undertake before and during its 9 day run than the closing night awards ceremony. During its nine day run in Jedda, Saudi Arabia RSIFF strove to highli…