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  • Apple and Netflix Cancel on SXSW as Coronavirus No-Shows Grow

    Apple and Netflix Cancel on SXSW as Coronavirus No-Shows Grow

    Coronavirus fears have impacted SXSW Film with Apple’s decision to pull out of SXSW entirely, a move that will preclude the premieres of the Spike Jonze’s documentary “Beastie Boys Story” as well as screenings of “Central Park” from “Bob’s Burgers” creator Loren Bouchard and the docuseries “Home.” Sources close to the situation said that the…

  • Ursula Meier To Head Cannes Film Festival Camera D’Or Jury

    Ursula Meier To Head Cannes Film Festival Camera D’Or Jury

    Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier has been set as president of this year’s Caméra d’or Jury for best first feature at the Cannes Film Festival. The prize goes to the debut effort presented across the Official Selection as well as Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight. Sister director Meier will be joined by six fellow panelists. Meier’s…

  • Cannes 2018: Ursula Meier named Caméra d’or jury president

    Cannes 2018: Ursula Meier named Caméra d’or jury president

    Last year’s winner was Léonor Serraille’s Montparnasse Bienvenüe.Swiss filmmaker Ursula Meier has been named president of the Caméra d’or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival (May 8-19).Meier and the jury will award a prize to a director’s first work from the Official Selection, the Directors’ Fortnight or Critics’ Week.Her work includes Home (2008), Sister (2012),…