Film News Roundup: Hot Docs Festival Postponed Due to Coronavirus
In immediately’s movie information roundup, movie festivals in San Franciso and Toronto are being canceled or postponed, the American Cinematheque stops screenings and veteran government Jon Berg lands a brand new gig.
FESTIVALS
Two outstanding mid-size movie festivals in San Francisco and Toronto have joined the avalanche of cancellations and postponements because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The San Francisco Worldwide Movie Competition, which had introduced on March 6 that it was going forward, mentioned Friday that it had opted out of what would have been its 63rd iteration.
“We’re deeply saddened and disillusioned to announce that we’re canceling the 63rd San Francisco Worldwide Movie Competition,” it mentioned. “Because the state of affairs with COVID-19 evolves and issues round public security develop, SFFILM is dedicated to being part of the answer to maintain our neighborhood, audiences, and artists secure and is abiding by the present suggestions from state and metropolis well being officers.”
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Scorching Docs, North America’s largest documentary competition, is suspending the 2020 version of the occasion, which was scheduled to unfold April 30 to Might 10 in Toronto. Final yr’s occasion drew greater than 220,000 attendees.
This resolution by the group follows the province of Ontario’s chief medical officer calling for the rapid suspension of gatherings with greater than 250 folks, whereas many corporations are putting restrictions on their staff’ attendance at massive occasions.
“We stay dedicated to bringing these excellent documentary movies to our audiences and are at present investigating ways in which we will achieve this at a later date,” the group mentioned in its official assertion.
SCREENINGS
American Cinematheque has suspended all screenings and public occasions on the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica till additional discover.
“That is in response to the Governor of California’s suggestions that giant gatherings of over 250 folks ought to be postponed or canceled and that smaller gatherings in venues that don’t enable for social distancing of six toes per individual ought to be postponed or canceled,” the group mentioned. “Our prime precedence is the security of our patrons, members, employees and volunteers, and we are going to proceed to watch this well being disaster, significantly because it impacts the movie exhibition business and town of Los Angeles.”
Netflix has been in negotiations since final yr to purchase the historic Egyptian Theatre.
HIRING
Jonathan Berg has joined Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures as president of manufacturing to supervise the day-to-day improvement and manufacturing of the corporate’s movie slate.
Berg, the previous Warner Bros. co-president of manufacturing, not too long ago departed from Roy Lee’s Vertigo. Berg produced “Elf” and his DC credit embrace “Physician Sleep,” “Justice League,” “Surprise Lady,” “The Darkish Knight Rises” and “Aquaman.” He additionally oversaw “The Blind Aspect,” “Argo” and “American Sniper.”
Silverman launched Stampede Ventures after departing from Warner Bros. Footage in 2016. Stampede’s newest undertaking is “Pink Skies Forward,” which stars Jessica Barden, Marcia Homosexual Harden, Michael McKean and Henry Winkler and had been slated to debut Friday at SXSW earlier than the competition was referred to as off.
Stampede’s lead investor and co-chairman is Gideon Yu, former CFO of Fb and YouTube, and co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers.
