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The European Film Academy has unveiled a new public-facing event called the Month of European Film. The initiative consists of a showcase of European cinema taking place in arthouse theatres and other venues in 35 countries across Europe. It will kick off on November 13 and run across the four…

Women represent only a quarter of all film directors working in the European film industry, according to a new study by the Strasbourg-based European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO). The report coincides with the fifth anniversary this month of the launch of the #MeToo movement in 2017, which at the…

Cast and crews shooting in Europe are gearing up for searing temperatures across the region over the coming 10 days as it experiences its second major heat wave this summer, with the mercury set to hit as high as 116F (47C) in places such as Spain. In the UK, where the Met Office issued an extreme weather warning on…

EXCLUSIVE: The Europe-based Pop Up Film Residency mentorship program has unveiled the filmmakers and mentors who will participate in its summer 2022 edition. The program, which is among a number of feature development initiatives spearheaded by former TorinoFilmLab artistic director Matthieu Darras, consists of…

Los Angeles County Public Health officials announced today that the county of 10 million people had finally begun to experience a trend that has already hit many parts of the United States: a rapid rise in the number of Covid cases attributed to the more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant. Per L.A. County: Although…

New restrictions on access for the unvaccinated and increasing mandates to be inoculated are sending protesters to the streets in Europe, Australia and other countries. Authorities in Rotterdam opened fire Friday on protesters during a demonstration against new restrictions on unvaccinated access to public…

WarnerMedia will launch HBO Max on October 26 in six European territories, including Spain and the Nordics. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain and Andorra will be the first markets to get the service, the company said. HBO Max will be available to new customers as well as existing customers of HBO España, HBO…

Liberty Global said Monday it has extended its European partnership with Netflix in a multi-year deal to continue offering Liberty’s 11 million video subscribers access to the streaming service. It didn’t give a time-frame for the deal. The partnership is Liberty Global leveraging its next-generation high-speed…

Netflix and Telefónica announced a global partnership that will bring the Internet video service to Telefonica’s TV and video platforms in Europe and Latin America, confirming speculation about a potential deal. Telefónica Executive Chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete announced the partnership by tweeting a campy…