The popular nonfiction film is eligible for several Oscars. But the academy’s documentary branch may not be receptive to its unconventional approach.
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The spirit of late pop and rock icon David Bowie is set to return to Berlin, the city he called home in the mid-1970s. The Berlin Film Festival has announced it will world premiere U.S. documentarian Brett Morgen’s immersive concert experience David Bowie “Stage” during its 77th edition in the city’s 17,000-capacity Uber Arena venue. […]
EXCLUSIVE: Riley Voelkel and Shiva Negar will lend their voices to adult animated comedy series Above Average. The show, which is in late-stage development, comes from creators Andrew Deutsch and Cailin Walker-Bent at Canadian animation collective Red Pants Productions and Josh Harris at JVH Media in the UK. Above Average is billed as an irreverent […]
Tokyo Vice producer Alex Boden and Netflix’s APAC Content & Studio Production Affairs chief Debra Richards offered some thoughts on how Japan’s new IP360 incentives scheme could be improved to offer better support to international productions during an MPA seminar at the ongoing Tokyo International Film Festival. Introduced last year to replace the existing
BAFTA has a new chair. UKTV commissioning boss Hilary Rosen will succeed Sara Putt at the UK awards body after Putt’s three-year term runs down. Rosen has been Deputy Chair for the past year and will be succeeded in that role by Ade Rawcliffe and Andrew Miller. Rosen is a well-regarded TV commissioner who has […]