The annual Annecy International Animation Film Festival, originally scheduled for June 15-20, has cancelled its 2020 edition given the current coronavirus pandemic. The event, which takes place each summer in the south east of France, will instead operate an online version with the lineup due to be announced April 15…
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Monday emailed Deadline that this month’s planned Board of Governors meeting, originally set for April 14, has now been delayed two weeks to Tuesday, April 28. Normally the April meeting is one that discusses the past Oscar show and analyzes it in detail with the…
FilmFest Munchen, the second-largest film festival in Germany behind the Berlinale, has decided to cancel its 2020 edition due to the coronavirus pandemic. It had been due to take place June 25 – July 4.
In a statement, festival organizers said they had considered numerous possibilities including shortening the event…
As COVID-19 continues to delay events, premieres and festivals, the ATX Television Festival isn’t going to let it deter them from bringing the annual fest to TV fans all over the country. Co-founders of the fest Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson announced today that instead of people flocking to Texas for the fest…
Montreal’s annual Just for Laughs festival has been postponed as the world grapples with the coronavirus outbreak. The 38th edition of the comedy confab now is set for September 29-October 11, pushed from its planned July 15-26 run.
More details will be revealed about the world’s biggest comedy fest during the summer…
The postponed Tribeca Film Festival will roll out elements online this month with films, juries, awards and a virtual hub to streamline it all, trying to keep the filmmaking community connected in the midst of a global pandemic that's halted most of the entertainment industry.
The 19th annual festival, a sprawling…
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that already has claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
Sheffield Doc/Fest is the latest film festival to feel the coronavirus disruption, with organizers announcing today that the UK event's industry activity will take place entirely online this year.
The program of film screenings talks, panels, artists' events and community engagement activities will all be pushed to…
Editors' Note:Â With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
In the wake of the canceled 2020 SXSW Film Festival edition, Mailchimp has teamed with Oscilloscope and SXSW to launch Support the Shorts, a streaming event to view select short films from the fest for free on the Mailchimp Presents platform starting today. This will include over 70 short films, including the four…
Inside Out has postponed the 30th anniversary of their annual LGTBQ film festival due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Canada-based fest was originally set for May 21-31 but on Wednesday Andria Wilson, Executive Director of Inside Out, announced that they have moved the date to October 1-11.
“In looking back over our…
The Sundance Institute has postponed its annual festivals in both London and Hong Kong, with new dates still pending. The news, sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, comes as Sundance said it has made the decision to “reimagine the 58 live programs we had planned through August 2020.”
Sundance London is the UK spinoff…
