The insurance conference circuit is back! I’m writing this editorial on a plane from Toronto to Halifax. I’m two strong coffees in after a 5.40am start, I’ve just gone through my meeting notes for the day … and I wouldn’t have it any other way (apart from having a little more of a lie-in)....
Read MoreIn a new deal secured at this week’s San Sebastian Festival, Birgit Kemner’s Manny Films has partnered with Chile’s Storyboard Media to co-produce “Un Buen Día Para Morir” (“A Good Day to Die”), the third feature by Marcelo Ferrari (“Subterra,” “Bombal”). Inspired by the real story of pianist María Paz Santibáñez whose life took...
Read MoreThe independent film world remains male-dominated, but female filmmakers made modest improvements behind-the-scenes, at least on the movies that got screened and streamed at festivals in recent months. That’s the conclusion of a new report by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, which found...
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