Locarno: Amy Schumer on 'Trainwreck,' Sex and Gun Control

TOP STORIES: Locarno: Film Movement Takes North America on 'Hockney' (EXCLUSIVE); Locarno: Andy ...

Festival del film Locarno eSHOW DAILY Number Three 08.10.15

TOP STORIES Locarno: Amy Schumer on 'Trainwreck,' Sex and Gun Control By John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga LOCARNO – "Hello, everybody!" gushed Amy Schumer. bursting into Saturday's press conference room at Switzerland's Locarno and applauding herself. "Well, thank you!" And for the next 27 minutes, sitting beside her sister Kim Cara ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Film Movement Takes North America on 'Hockney' (EXCLUSIVE) By John Hopewell LOCARNO – New York-based Film Movement has acquired all North American rights to the HanWay Select-sold "Hockney," Randall Wright's vision of the famed painter. Revealed at Locarno by Film Movement president Michael E. Rosenberg ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Andy Garcia on Hemingway, Family, Directing and Cuba By John Hopewell LOCARNO –What should be the policy of Switzerland towards Cuba now that the political situation in Cuba has turned? a Swiss journalist asked Andy Garcia at the beginning of a journalists' group interview in Locarno, where Garcia ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Canada's Simard Calls For Internet Service Provider Levy To Finance Content By John Hopewell LOCARNO – Locarno's StepIn, the biggest discussion forum at August's biggest European film event, launched a call for a Internet Service Provider tax via Monique Simard, CEO of Quebec's Sodec cultural industry investment fund, w ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Bridging the Dragon Initiative to Forge Europe/China Ties Gains Traction By Nick Vivarelli LOCARNO -- One year after Bridging the Dragon launched at Locarno, the groundbreaking initiative to forge closer ties between the European and Chinese film industries is back at the fest with directors and producer delegations from bo ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: 10 Power Players of Israel's Film Industry By Elsa Keslassy Through its top-notch film schools and pair of movies boards, Israel Film Fund and Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation, Israel has bred a diverse generation of filmmakers and producers who have gained international recognition through ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Director Avishai Sivan on 'Tikkun' By Seth Kelley Taking top honors at the 32nd Jerusalem Fest last month, "Tikkun" (pictured) is a film written and directed by Avishai Sivan that tells the story of Haim-Aaron, an Jewish Orthodox religious scholar. When Haim-Aaron faces a ne ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Two Tunisian Projects Pulled From Locarno Fest's Open Doors Lab In Protest Against Israeli Showcase By Nick Vivarelli LOCARNO — The strained mix of art and politics was in the air Friday at the Locarno Film Festival, which stood firm on its policy of being a forum devoted to freedom of expression when two Tunisian filmmakers withdrew their proj ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Sarah Calderon On New Distrib Models By Emilio Mayorga LOCARNO – Worldwide day-and-date releases surged from 60 in 2012 to 233 in 2013, The Film Agency CEO Sarah Calderon said in a Locarno Fest master class, Classic & Alternative Distribution, citing a E.U. Media Program re ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: Spanish VOD Service Filmin Bows In Mexico, Now Portugal By Emilio Mayorga Spanish indie VOD platform will open a new branch in Portugal in December, Jaume Ripoll, Filmin's head of contents, unveiled at this week's Locarno Festival, where the Spanish VOD platform was chosen as a case study at the round table ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Locarno: 'Siembra,' a New Take on Urban Immigration in Colombia By John Hopewell LOCARNO: Welcome to one face of new Latin America cinema. The latest film from Colombia's Contravia Films- an arthouse powerhouse credits include Oscar Ruiz Navia's "Crab Trab" and "Los Hongos" and William Vega's "La Sirga," and co-pr ... Read Full Story at Variety.com → Forward this

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