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Due to the pandemic of COVID-19, many films were postponed but Netflix used this chance very well and kept releasing their films back to back and they still do so. It’s hard to realize which film will be their main horse at the award season but they keep releasing exciting stuff.

“As a European filmmaker, I couldn’t be more excited and appreciative of finding my home for this film with Netflix. Their taste in independent cinema feels like the United Artists of the 1970s. The true champions of filmmakers and original voices for today,” Kornel Mundruczó said in a statement since Netflix acquired “Pieces of a Woman”.

Its star Vanessa Kirby took the Best Actress Volpi Cup at the Saturday awards ceremony for this year’s Venice Film Festival. Another release is Aaron Sorkin’s much anticipated new film “Trial of Chicago 7” starring an ensemble cast.

Timely subject and now we have a trailer for it also. Speaking of timely subjects, “Da 5 Bloods” was one of the most acclaimed films of the year and “Mank” is also on the horizon with a possible October release. So, yes, many films are postponed. European cinema is slow, American cinema is postponed, but at least Netflix delivers.

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“We made CANDYMAN to be seen in theaters. Not just for the spectacle but because the film is about community and stories–how they shape each other, how they shape us. It’s about the collective experience of trauma and joy, suffering and triumph, and the stories we tell around it.”

That’s what Nia DaCosta, director of the new reboot of “Candyman” reported on Twitter which was supposed to be released in September already, reports filmiere.com.

Co-written and produced by Jordan Peele, it was put its quality into question when it was suddenly decided to go the VOD route but now that they want to be back in theatres, it seems the distributor has faith in the movie but just waits for the right time.

The original 1992 version is a cult classic with Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd who’s expected to reprise his role. Filmiere.com will keep inform you about the new details surrounding the release of this movie and others.

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Kudos to Venice Film Festival for all things considered pulling off a great festival with a lot of acclaimed films with no screening or place problems. The event basically proved that it’s possible to have a film festival regardless of the current pandemic. Cate Blanchett and her team of juries announced winners as well.

Golden Lion went to Chloe Zhao’s much-acclaimed “Nomadland”, as was evident from the raves from critics and also festival leader Alberto Barbera’s own admiration for the movie. Michel Franco won the Grand Jury Prize and it was expected that British actress Vanessa Kirby won the actress prize for “Pieces of Woman”.

With a good campaign, her finally being an Oscar nominee is not out of question. Russian auteur Andrei Konchalovsky also makes a comeback to festivals with his win. Filmiere.com presents a full list of winners of the main competition:

Golden Lion: “Nomadland,” Chloe Zhao

Grand Jury Prize: “New Order,” Michel Franco

Silver Lion for Best Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, “Wife of a Spy”

Best Actress: Vanessa Kirby, “Pieces of a Woman”

Best Actor: Pierfrancesco Favino, “Padrenostro”

Best Screenplay: “The Disciple,” Chaitanya Tamhane

Special Jury Prize: “Dear Comrades,” Andrei Konchalovsky

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor: Rouhollah Zamani, “Sun Children”

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Bong Joon-ho’s much-acclaimed “Parasite” leads the race of this year’s Asian Film Awards, which will be hosted in his home country South Korea for the first time since 2007, reports Filmiere.com. The Oscar-winning drama picked up 10 nominations, including best film, best director, and best screenplay.

Wang Xiaoshuai’s drama “So Long, My Son” from mainland China, and Taiwan drama “A Sun” by Chung Mong-hong were not far behind They each scored seven nominations including best film and best director, organizers of the 14th Asian Film Awards announced on Wednesday.

A total of 39 films from 11 countries and regions are competing for the awards. Anubhav Sinha directed Indian film “Thappad” and Golden Bear-winning Iranian drama “There Is No Evil” are among Best Film nominees. The 14th Asian Film Awards will be the 2020 edition of the Asian Film Awards.

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony will be held online on October 14.

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Sources describe the under-$10 million-budget heist movie/romantic comedy set against the backdrop of the pandemic lockdown is going to be Doug Liman’s next movie, Filmiere.com reports. Anne Hathaway is said to be in final negotiations to star, and Cillian Murphy is rumored for another key role.

It’s good that Liman does something modest budget before getting his hands on the next “Edge of Tomorrow” film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, a close friend of Hathaway.

Hathaway has a mixed recent track record; she got Emmy buzz for “Modern Love” and was in critically acclaimed “Dark Waters” but she also had two of her worst-reviewed movies in “The Hustle” and “Serenity”, written and directed by Steven Knight.

“Serenity” was an ambitious thriller but couldn’t come alive well and the interesting thing is despite its failure, Hathaway seems too eager to collaborate with him again since it’s said that he’s going to write the screenplay.

Some of Knight’s scripts handled by others usually turn well and Doug Liman often delivers entertaining films. So it’s worth to wait. We’ll keep you updated on the news.

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This year is full of sad losses and it makes us, Filmiere.com even sadder to report them all. The loss of the weak is Ronald Harwood, South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar).

The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. One of the recurring themes in Harwood’s work was his fascination for the stage, its artists and artisans as displayed in the ‘The Dresser’, his plays ‘After the Lions’ (about Sarah Bernard),’Another time’ (about a gifted piano player),

‘Quartet’ (about aging opera singers) and his non-fiction book ‘All the world’s a stage’, a general history of theater. Harwood also has a strong interest in the WWII period, as highlighted by the films ‘Operation Daybreak’, ‘The Statement’, ‘The Pianist’, and his play turned to film ‘Taking Sides’.

He also wrote “Australia”, “Being Julia” and also adapted “Oliver Twist”.

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The Oscars just announced their watershed new diversity and inclusion standards for Best Picture. Police cars revolving light Starting with the 2024 Oscars, a film must meet 2 of the following 4 standards to be eligible for Oscar’s biggest prize, Filmiere.com reports.

And beginning in 2022, films vying for Best Picture must submit a confidential “Academy Inclusion Standards” form, though they do not need to meet the criteria in order to be eligible. The Academy said its new rules were drawn from the British Film Institute Diversity Standards and adapted to serve its specific needs, in consultation with the Producers Guild of America.

Unlike several more recent Academy decisions, it doesn’t sound like only rating-driven choice which is good. Obviously, it caused a stir on the internet but that’s because most people didn’t read the criteria carefully Yes, “The Godfather”, “Fargo”, “No Country for Old Men” – all would still be eligible.

Sure, there are others that won’t be eligible but they could easily make it happen if they’d hired a female costume designer, editor, or more Asian minority actors. That said, there are still questionable things and issues on the decision but they have nearly three years to figure it out.

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This week was also not without its trailers and teasers. Filmiere.com previously reported about the inclusion of “Nomadland” into major film festivals. Ahead of its Venice/Toronto premiere, the film got a short teaser. Frances McDormand-starring drama teaser is very short where we see only McDormand walking but it’s obvious that it’s going to have very gorgeous cinematography.

The movie is scheduled to be released on December 4, 2020, by Searchlight Pictures. “Rebecca”, a new adaptation of the famous story that already has a very famous Hitchcock version gets a new treatment from Netflix and it’s got its trailer out also.

So far, the trailer didn’t cause much spark but with Netflix’s involvement, probably more people of the new generation will get to see than the ones who had seen Hitchcock’s version. Of course, the biggest trailer of the week must be “Dune” which got the first teaser on 8 September with a followed trailer on 9 September.

Denis Villeneuve’s update on the famous, beloved novel stars an ensemble cast and is already one of the most anticipated films

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A call to boycott the film began when the lead actress of the movie “Mulan” Yifei Liu reshared an image posted by the People’s Daily, an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. She was quoted as saying “I support Hong Kong police.

You can beat me now. What a shame for Hong Kong. “This sparked international controversy, with Liu being accused of supporting police brutality. The hashtag, #BoycottMulan, has since started trending supporting a boycott of the movie.

A wave of coordinated social media activity in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand over the weekend urged for filmgoers to skip the movie because of past comments made by its star, actress Liu Yifei, supporting Hong Kong’s police force.

Another controversy The “Mulan” credits also offer a thank you to the public security bureau in the city of Turpan, which is where the detainment centers are reportedly in operation. China refers to the facilities as “voluntary education centers,” designed “to improve the region’s security and economic development.”

But as Filmere.com reports based on Hollywood Reporter about Xinjiang: “Uighur residents have reported being subjected to grueling political indoctrination regimens, forced labor, and forced sterilization.”

Certainly “Mulan” was not seemed to be a film that would find itself in the center of political controversy but the backlash is huge, and we’ll see how it’ll affect its box office results and also Disney+ viewership. Filmiere.com will keep you updated on the news.

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Penelope Cruz is set to play the lead role in Italian movie L’immensita with critically-acclaimed filmmaker Emanuele Crialese attached to direct. Cruz always prefers to collaborate with auteurs and Crialese, while hasn’t made a huge hit yet, almost all of his films were critically acclaimed to some degree.

The movie is said to be an “intimate portrayal of a family in the 1970s, depicting Italian society at a turning point.” Cruz will play Clara, a mother who is the central character of the story. She’s no stranger to play Italians as she recently pulled Donatella Versace in the second season of “American Crime Story”.

She earned an Emmy nomination for her fascinating portrayal of the character. ‘L’immensita’ is the story of a symbiotic love, the one between Clara and her children, set in Rome in the ‘70s; a world suspended between neighborhoods under construction and TV shows still in black and white.

New social achievements and old family models, said Crialese. Cruz’s choices are always interesting, so filmiere.com will be looking forward to furthering details on the film.

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