Thessaloniki’s Crossroads Co-Production Forum Bolsters Growth With Local, Female Voices

Christopher Vourlias Thessaloniki Film Festival director Orestis Andreadakis was on summer vacation last August when he got a call from Stavros Benos, the head of the newly appointed National Reconstruction Committee, which was tasked with responding to a series of devastating wildfires that had recently swept across the island of Evia.Just weeks before, Greece’s second-largest island had been a densely wooded paradise famous for its production of honey and resin. But nearly a third of Evia was reduced to ash and cinders during a scorching summer that saw an estimated 300,000 acres of forest and bushland incinerated by wildfires across Greece, as soaring temperatures hit a record high of 115.3 degrees.Benos was calling the festival topper with a plea.

For the children of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, the woman at the center of The Queen of Basketball, the prospect of the upcoming Oscar ceremony brings a feeling of joy, along with a measure of sadness.

Katie Price has slashed the price of her OnlyFans to try and tempt more people to subscribe for her saucy snaps.

Limp Bizkit have announced plans for a North American tour next month – buy your tickets here.The nu-metal icons’ ‘Still Sucks’ jaunt will take in 19 dates kicking off at the Hard Rock Live in Tampa, Florida, before making their way to Atlantic City, New York, Green Bay, Las Vegas and Reno before wrapping things up on May 31 in Ontario, Canada.They will be supported by Wargasm, $not, Scowl, Yung Gravy and Dying Wish on the dates.The new shows come after the band cancelled a series of concerts on their ‘Limited Last Minute Post Pandemic Popup Party Edition’ tour last year “out of an abundance of caution and concern for the safety of the band, crew and, most of all, the fans.”Tickets are on sale now and you can get tickets here. You can see the band’s full list of tour dates below:APRIL28 – Tampa, Hard Rock Live* 30 – Hollywood, Hard Rock Live* MAY3 – Norfolk, VA @ Chartway Arena*4 – Roanoke, VA @ Berglund Center*6 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Hard Rock Casino* (non-AEG show)7 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza*10 – Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Center*12 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena* (non-AEG show)13 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden*15 – Baltimore, MD @ Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena*18 – Youngstown, OH @ Covelli Centre^19 – Saginaw, MI @ The Dow Event Center^21 – Gary, IN @ Hard Rock Casino^ (non-AEG show)22 – Green Bay, WI @ Resch Center^24 – Kansas City, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena^26 – Loveland, CO @ Budweiser Events Center28 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas#29 – Reno, NV @ Reno Events Center#31 – Ontario, CA @ Toyota Arena#*$not, Wargasm, Scowl ^Yung Gravy, Dying Wish, Wargasm #Dying Wish, WargasmThe US tour comes ahead of their forthcoming UK tour in September.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Following the success of their collaboration on Nicolás Postiglione’s debut feature “Immersion,” production shingles Whisky Content of Mexico and Chile’s Juntos Films have forged a medium-term strategic alliance for the joint development of nine films in six years.The agreement comes just days after the premiere of “Immersion,” a thriller headlined by Chile’s most bankable star, Alfredo Castro, at the Miami Film Festival where its poster won the Best Poster Design Award. The film has already racked up top awards from the festivals of Guadalajara, Tallinn Black Nights and Punta del Este.The move also comes as further cooperation among Hispanic companies continue apace in response to the increasing challenges of local content production.

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Wilson Chapman editorAfter his memorable turn as Edward Nashton in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” Paul Dano will be delving into the iconic villain’s origins with a new comic book: “Riddler: Year One.”DC Comics announced Dano’s comic book writing debut on Friday and released a first look image to go along with it. The teaser features glasses atop scattered files and papers with the title written across in scratchy letters.

Star Trek: Discovery.The Georgia politician, who is running for governor of the state this year, made an appearance in the episode as the president of “United Earth”.Abrams appears at the end of the season four finale episode, called ‘Coming Home’.The politician spoke in the episode saying: “United Earth is ready right now to rejoin the Federation, and nothing could make me happier than to say those words.”President of United Earth, @StaceyAbrams #StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery pic.twitter.com/0FTTg7DWDz— TrekNews.net (@TrekNewsNet) March 17, 2022Oh, #StarTrekDiscovery, what brilliant casting this was.

A man has denied murdering his parents who were tragically found stabbed to death at their home.

A young thug has been warned he might be sent to jail after he robbed a man at a bank machine after smashing his face with an empty Mad Dog 20/20 bottle.

Legendary Lanarkshire music festival Stereofunk will no longer take place at Strathclyde Country Park organisers have announced.

Andy Cohen brought out the bottle for Seth Meyers, his guest on the Thursday, March 17 edition of “Watch What Happens Live”.

Michael Bublé appeared on the Friday, March 18 edition of “The View”, where he discussed his excitement about the recent announcement that he and wife Luisana Lopilato are expecting their fourth baby, joining the couple’s sons Noah, 8, and Elias, 6, and daughter Vida, 3.

After coming under fire for its handling of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Pixar is restoring a cut scene from its upcoming film “Lightyear”.

EXCLUSIVE:  WarnerMedia OneFifty has picked up this year’s Oscar-nominated live action short, The Dress from Polish filmmaker Tadeusz Lysiak.

Hilary Duff is laying into Vladimir Putin and slamming the Russian president for sending his troops to invade Ukraine. "GREED. F--king Putin.

EXCLUSIVE: Katie Findlay is set as a series regular opposite Matt Barr and Katherine McNamara in the CW’s Walker: Independence pilot, executive produced by Walker‘s Jared Padalecki.

X directed by Ti West, is a new love letter to the slasher film genre. This movie within a movie that aims to tackle the strict relationship between sex, violence, desire, and the rage that manifests when one’s life lacks all of those things. West employs all the tropes involved with pornography and horror and tries to inject personal hints of creativity and originality into the narrative. Will it age well if I watch it again in five years? Probably not. But it provides enough fun and excitement in the current moment to keep audiences engaged.

Joe Biden has nominated Entertainment One’s Michael Lombardo to serve as a member of the National Council on The Arts, which oversees the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2021-22 season will be Thursday, April 28, leaving the May opening of POTUS outside of this year’s race.

Kim Kardashian has had enough of the public feud with her ex Kanye West and is ready to put it to bed once and for all. The makeup mogul knows the best way forward is to finalize a custody arrangement between the pair. A source EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife that Kim was hoping for a “casual” agreement in co-parenting their four children — but in light of Kanye’s recent attacks against her, she’s ready to make it a “formal” one.

Harry Kane has been told he could play a similar role to Wayne Rooney if he makes a move to Manchester United this summer.

The family of a missing man from Stockport have issued a heartfelt plea - 'please come home, we miss you'.

ITV's hit mystery drama Grantchester is now into its seventh season, having first aired back in 2014. The show has proved a remarkable success, originally being adapted from the fiction novel "The Grantchester Mysteries" by James Runcie.

Lisa Armstrong has reportedly been given permission to update her home, as she uses some of her settlement from her divorce Ant McPartlin.The make up artist, 45, and ex Ant, 46, married back in 2006 but decided to call it quits in January 2018.The pair finalised their divorce two years later, and according to The Sun, Ant handed over £31million to Lisa in the settlement. Ant has since moved on and re-married as he tied the knot with Anne-Marie Corbett.

Christopher Vourlias With their Athens offices shuttered by the pandemic in the weeks leading up to this year’s Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival, industry head Yianna Sarri and her brain trust began holding weekly meetings at cafés in the Greek capital, social-distancing and trying to make the most of an increasingly fluid and unpredictable situation.Despite the uncertainty about whether or not the festival would move forward with a physical edition—a plan that was ultimately scrapped just days before the opening night on Nov.