“My So-Called Life” creator and “Wicked” writer Winnie Holzman has been chosen to receive Humanitas’ Kieser Award, while writer and comedian Ashley Nicole Black has been named host of this year’s Humanitas Awards Show & Toast, the organization announced Monday. Also on Monday, Humanitas announced the nominees for this year’s ten Humanitas Awards and revealed
Tye Blue, director and co-creator of the Tony-winning “Titanique,” has joined the creative team of “The Pyramid: An Unauthorized ‘Dance Moms’ Musical,” a new parody written by longtime “Dance Moms” fans James Stryska, Isabel Grace, Erica Molfetto and Molly Russo. The original musical is directed by lead producer Logan Clark, whose career spans more than
Natalia Solórzano Vásquez’s next film, “Spells to Revive a Witch,” has found new partners in the Spanish company Testaferro and the Uruguayan Guay Films. The hybrid documentary, aimed at the Costa Rica Media Market, is produced by Costa Rican company Sputnik Films. Mariana Murillo’s label has already produced “Tierra de ashes” by Sofía Quirós Úbeda,
Heretic has acquired the worldwide sales rights to “Nobody’s Violence,” the 17th feature film by prolific Canadian auteur Denis Côté, which has its world premiere in the main competition at the Locarno Film Festival. In the director’s latest, he reunites with actress Larissa Corriveau, star of previous features such as “Social Hygiene,” “That Kind of
Indian auteurs Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane have joined forces again to highlight writer-director Ravi Muppa’s short film “Incognito,” the debut release on the shorts-only YouTube channel titled Oh Flip Shorts launching on July 15. The channel comes courtesy of producer Ranjan Singh, with Kashyap as the curator. The plan calls for a new short
TIS Studios inaugurated Stage 7, a new 18,300-square-foot soundstage at its Bogotá production complex, increasing its capacity to host large-scale international film and television productions in Colombia. Standing 40 feet tall, the installation is described as the largest sound stage in Colombia and one of the largest in Latin America. The launch marks the latest