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Annecy Animation Film Festival Creates Non-Competitive Gala Section and New Market Section for Extended Reality Gaming Formats The Annecy Animation Film Festival is expanding its official line-up with a new non-competitive section called Annecy Présente. This section provides the opportunity to organize gala premieres of high-quality films.

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Tanaka Toshihiko's “Rei” wins Rotterdam Tiger Award, “Flathead” and “Kiss Wagon” win jury prizes Director Tanaka Toshihiko's film "Rei" has won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Toshihiko's debut tells the story of a woman who meets a deaf landscape photographer.

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Netflix is turning into cable TV Netflix is becoming more and more like cable TV. The streaming service recently announced that it will be the new home of WWE Monday Night Raw and has also said goodbye to Scott Stuber, who was responsible for the many Oscar nominations of Netflix films.

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Anatomy of a fall: a look inside France's dysfunctional Oscar committee The French Oscar committee has failed to select the right film to give France its first Oscar win in more than 30 years. Instead of Tran Anh Hung's "The Taste of Things," Justine Triet's "Anatomy of a Fall" could have been the film that won the award.

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SAG Awards 2024: See the full list of nominees The nominees for the 30th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards have been announced. The series "Succession" has received the most television nominations, while the films "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" have received four nominations each.

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Oscar nominations 2024: See the full list of nominees The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have been announced. Director Christopher Nolan's film "Oppenheimer" scored big, followed by "Killers of the Flower Moon", "Barbie" and "Poor Things".

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Anatomy of a Fall triumphs at the Lumières Awards Director Justine Triet's film Anatomy of a Fall has won three awards, including Best Film, at the Lumières Awards. Thomas Cailley was awarded Best Director for The Animal Kingdom and Sandra Hüller and Arieh Worthalter won in the acting categories.

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Intimacy coordinators: useful or essential? During the first ANICA Talk of 2024, the role of intimacy coordinators in the Italian audiovisual industry was discussed. The panelists, including director Edoardo De Angelis and actress Vittoria Puccini, reflected on the potential of this emerging feature.

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The European Commission labels the Audiovisual Media Services Directive an “essential instrument” The European Commission calls the Audiovisual Media Services Directive an "essential instrument to harmonize rules across the EU". The report also examines other aspects of the directive, such as the protection of minors and the independence of media regulators.

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The Berlinale has announced the full Forum line-up The Berlinale has announced the full Forum line-up. The program consists of 30 films from 30 different countries and focuses on unknown parts of the world. The Forum, led by Barbara Wurm, is known for its unconventional and large-scale film forms.

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Berlin unveils the full Generation line-up The Berlin International Film Festival's Generation program has been announced. The competition kicks off with the world premiere of Last Swim, the debut of director Sasha Nathwani. Winners, a film by Soleen Yusef, opens in the Generation Kplus competition.

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Technology Oscars for Christie, IMAX and Barco The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present sixteen technical awards next month to individuals and companies that have contributed to cinema innovations. The awards will be presented on February 23 in Los Angeles.

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