Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival is set to run its third edition from 30 November to 9 December in Jeddah. Announcing today the majority of it lineup, the festival will feature a slew of projects from the MENA region, including 11 feature films from Saudi Arabia itself. Themed as Your Story, Your Festival, this […]
On 2 October, the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) announced that multi-hyphenated talent Issa Rae would lead as creative director for the 2024 edition of their annual celebration. The newly created role will see Rae working with ABFF co-founders and producers Nicole and Jeff Friday during the Miami Beach Florida held event from 12-16 June […]
For another inspiring year, the Gerety Awards returned to celebrate an impressive slate of creatives for their 5th annual celebration. Tackling conversations around climate change, refugees, immigration, diversity, all the while making space for humourous projects to thrive, 4 entries came out on top winning the Grand Prix with a combined total of 161 winning […]
BFI’s London Film Festival 2023 launched the official lineup, including titles such as thé much anticipated Bradley Cooper directorial The Maestro and festival closer The Kitchen from Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya. With over 12 screening locations across London, the festival will be held from 4-15 October, offering the return of the BFI Expanded project […]
Supporting early career Black-identifying artist animators living in the UK in their journey to producing new work, Film London’s FLAMIN Animations has returned for its third year. In the latest round, four animators have been chosen to receive GBP 3,000 to cerate a new 2-3 minute animation, including bespoke mentoring, development, support and advice.
The 2023 Breaking the Glass Ceiling programme was announced today in association with Bectu and support form the Mayor of London. Film London’s Equal Access Network (EAN) led programme will be spearheaded by co-founder and executive coach Jill Tandy along with head of Film London’s EAN Rebecca Baker. The programme will provide a group of […]
On Friday 23 June, the 70th edition of Cannes Lions came to a close with a night of celebrations and the daily announcement of the final winners for the celebration. Across the Palais and spreading to the beach, this year’s celebration spotlighted the importance of conversation and the value of diversity and inclusivity in the […]
The 2023 instalment of the Young Director’s Awards celebrated an array of globally diverse entries today in Cannes. As the Lions occupied the Palais, emerging creatives displayed the utmost imagination across 16 categories including documentary, animation and the newly instated series section. With representations from 46 countries, winners were spread Europe, North America and Asia […]
As befits a champion of creative excellence and progress, the Cannes Lions Awards have evolved to include gaming, the metaverse, a greater focus on effectiveness and with sustainability and diversity running throughout its core.
Over the weekend, the 2023 Cannes Film Festival drew to a close after another eventful gathering of the international film industry. After 11 days of premieres and general screenings in between, jury president Ruben Östlund along with jury members Maryam Touzani, Denis Ménochet, Rungano Nyoni, BrieLarson, Paul Dano, Atiq Rahimi, Damián Szifron and Julia Ducournau […]