The Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) has announced that Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Spike Lee (Malcom X, BlacKkKlansman) will preside over the Festival’s Red Sea: Features Competition Jury this year. The fourth edition of the festival will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from December 5 to 14, in Jeddah’s Old Town of Al Balad. Spike Lee is a graduate of Morehouse College Class of 1979 with B.A. in Mass Communications. He also is graduate of the Numero Uno, NYU Graduate Film … [Read more...] about The Read Sea International Film Festival announces Spike Lee as President of Jury for 2024 edition
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The Young Pope travels to Scandinavia
London – FremantleMedia International and IMG announced the first distribution deal for the much-anticipated ten-part drama, The Young Pope. The deal will see the series premiere across Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland on the Pan-Nordic SVOD and pay-TV operator C More. As part of the deal, Sweden’s largest commercial free-to-air network, TV4 will take the right for the series after it has been seen on C More. The Young Pope comes from the Director of the Academy Award®-winning The Great … [Read more...] about The Young Pope travels to Scandinavia
Eric Close appointed President of Television Films Jury
Monaco – Hollywood actor Eric Close has taken up the role of President of the Television Films Jury for the Golden Nymph Awards at the 55th Monte-Carlo Television Festival taking place 13 – 18 June, it was announced by Laurent Puons, CEO. Close is currently playing Mayor Teddy Conrad on ABC’s hit series Nashville and can also be seen in Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award nominated American Sniper. After starring for almost a decade on … [Read more...] about Eric Close appointed President of Television Films Jury
CNN International to launch documentary on sex-trafficking
Every Day In Cambodia is a powerful CNN Freedom Project documentary which follows Academy Award-winning actress and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking Mira Sorvino on a disturbing yet ultimately hopeful journey to Cambodia, where she shines a light on modern-day slavery. Sorvino teams up with American activist Don Brewster who has made it his mission to rescue girls as young as five or six from sex trafficking in the region. … [Read more...] about CNN International to launch documentary on sex-trafficking
New CINEMAX original series to premiere in Asia
Singapore – Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Side Effects, HBO’s Behind the Candelabra) will direct the entire ten-episode season of the CINEMAX original series The Knick, which begins production in New York in September. Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming, says, “We are thrilled that Steven and Clive have chosen to bring this unique and exciting series to CINEMAX.” The Knick centres on Knickerbocker … [Read more...] about New CINEMAX original series to premiere in Asia
Sir David Attenborough given Honorary Degree
Sir David Attenborough, UK’s best known natural history film maker, was presented with an Honorary Degree by Queen’s University Belfast for his contribution to sciences and broadcasting. He was joined by Terry George who also received an Honorary Degree for distinction in Film and Drama. George is best recognised for his film The Shore which earned an Academy award in 2012. Queen's awards honorary degrees to individuals who have achieved high distinction or given … [Read more...] about Sir David Attenborough given Honorary Degree
