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    At the Berlinale Talents programme as part of the prestigious film festival, India sees sizable representation

    • 19.02.2020
    • Firstpost

    Of the 255 up and coming international film industry talents selected to participate in an intense six-day programme called Berlinale Talents, India gets a sizable representation of seven this year.

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    Amid economic slowdown, movie business is rare exception; how ‘Lipstick effect’ is boosting growth

    • 19.02.2020
    • Financial Express

    While many sectors are reeling under an economic slowdown in India, the film industry is an outlier and has been witnessing a healthy growth with increased footfall.

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    Lip-syncing, dancing, acting & lots of fame: Decoding TikTok’s meteoric rise in India

    • 17.02.2020
    • The Economic Times

    The rise of the app in India did not go unnoticed by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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    Oklahoma quickly becoming big player in film, entertainment industries

    • 17.02.2020
    • Koko News

    The Sooner State is rapidly becoming a player in the entertainment industry.

    "Last year, we had a total of 39 films or TV productions," said Tava Maloy Sofsky, director of the Oklahoma Film and Music Office.

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    Netflix’s disappointing Oscar night has some questioning its film strategy

    • 17.02.2020
    • CNBC

    Netflix’s films had no trouble winning nominations during this year’s awards season — it just had a hard time turning nominations into trophies.

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    IMAX bullish on India despite slow growth, sees potential for 100 screens.

    • 17.02.2020
    • The Economic Times

    Canada's IMAX Corp, best known for its immersive cinema technology, is bullish on India and sees a potential for close to 100 screens in the country, despite very slow growth here in the last 20 years, a top company executive said.

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    Opinion | Female-led production companies are changing Hollywood for the better

    • 17.02.2020
    • The Pitt News

    Despite the lack of diversity in awards show nominees that sparked controversy earlier this year, the entertainment industry is actually moving in a positive, more representative direction. Things have changed a lot in the past four years as a result of the Me Too Movement.

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    ‘Museums Can Learn From the Entertainment Industry’: Why the Van Gogh Museum Is Launching an Experiential Pop-Up in London

    • 17.02.2020
    • Artnet

    To gain new audiences (and cash), the Amsterdam museum is experimenting with its own brand of populist info-tainment.

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    Parasite should embarrass Bollywood: The truth is that India is not making world class movies, and has not for some time

    • 17.02.2020
    • Times Of India

    Hollywood can’t seem to stop talking about how a South Korean film, Parasite, defied the ‘one-inch barrier’ of subtitles to become the first foreign film ever to win the top prize at the Oscars. To me, a movie buff from India, Parasite brings new urgency to an old question: Why can’t India, the world’s most prolific producer of films, make even one good enough for an Academy award?

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    Sun Valley Film Festival Teams With Ford to Launch Producing Pitch Fest

    • 16.02.2020
    • Variety

    The Sun Valley Film Festival and Ford, a three-time partner of the five-day event, have announced the Ford Pitch Fest, a new initiative where producers will have a chance to pitch their project to receive a $25,000 producers grant.

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