Organizers of the New Zealand International Film Festival have stated that the event, running July 24 – August 2, will move online due to the ongoing pandemic. The country has been one of the…
have stated that the event, running July 24 – August 2, will move online due to the ongoing pandemic. The country has been one of the most successful combating the virus, and has begun a gradual exit from its lockdown, but restrictions will remain in place for some time yet. As a result, the fest said it was unable to present its 2020 edition as originally planned.
The British Independent Film Awards and ScreenSkills are bringing back their Unconscious Bias Training program for a new online session, offering it for free to all UK industry professionals during the COVID-19 crisis. The initiative, first trialled in 2018, was initially designed to help BIFA voters recognize and mitigate against potential subliminal biases, including genre, budget, commerciality, reputation or the gender and race of key creatives or lead actors.
Disney is offering free access to Disney+ Hotstar, the recently launched streamer which combines the biggest existing VOD in India and Disney’s own platform, to South Asian migrant workers in Singapore. The studio said it would give access to the service, which has 85,000 hours of content across film, TV and sports, free of charge until July 21 during the coronavirus crisis.
The South Australian Film Corporation has named VFX specialist Mark Thorley as Chief Operating Officer. The former Managing Director of Mill Film Adelaide has also had posts at Lucasfilm, Singapore, and Animal Logic in both Los Angeles and Sydney. His credits includeThe Australian company has also permanently appointed Beth Neate as its Head of Production and Development, after five months in an acting position in the role.
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