Good afternoon, Insiders, Max Goldbart here penning the newsletter as we peer gravely across the pond to what many would term a free speech crisis. Read on or sign up here (preferably both). Jimmy Kimmel Off Air But World Switches On Randy Holmes/ABC “Anything but one of them”: Jimmy Kimmel may have been taken off…
The Iranian Independent Filmmakers Association (IIFMA) has stepped-up calls for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to reappraise its relationship with Iran’s government-controlled Farabi cinema body. Up until now, AMPAS has accepted Farabi as the official organization overseeing Iran’s entry to the Best International Feature Film category. Dissident Iranian cinema body IIFMA,…
There are just over two weeks to go until the deadline for submission to the Best International Feature Film category of the 98th Academy Awards but the contest is already heating up. As of today, Deadline has logged 48 entries with around 80 to 90 submissions expected to roll in overall by the October 1….
It has been a whirlwind four months for Taiwanese American director Shih-Ching Tsou, whose debut feature Left-Handed Girl makes its North American premiere at TIFF this weekend. The emotional family drama revolves around a single mother and her two daughters who are coming to terms with city life in Taipei after several years of living…