Reed Midem head of television Laurine Garaude joined presenter Justin Crosby on TV industry news review podcast TellyCast where the two discussed the current state of Mipcom, set to be one of the first major global marketplaces to return to an in-person format when it kicks off in Cannes this October.
Predictably, much of the conversation focused on health and safety concerns, and Garaude outlined some ways Mipcom is adapting, while acknowledging that other changes are likely to come in the intervening months.
Traffic flow in the exhibition hall will be regulated and additional entrances and exits added. Conference halls will be limited to 50% capacity and cleaned and sterilized for 45 minutes between presentations. Facemasks will be mandatory and hand sanitizer will be widely available. Face-to-face meetings are being redesigned to allow for one-meter social distancing, as are all areas where queuing may be necessary.
Garaude also said there won’t be any major social events,...
Predictably, much of the conversation focused on health and safety concerns, and Garaude outlined some ways Mipcom is adapting, while acknowledging that other changes are likely to come in the intervening months.
Traffic flow in the exhibition hall will be regulated and additional entrances and exits added. Conference halls will be limited to 50% capacity and cleaned and sterilized for 45 minutes between presentations. Facemasks will be mandatory and hand sanitizer will be widely available. Face-to-face meetings are being redesigned to allow for one-meter social distancing, as are all areas where queuing may be necessary.
Garaude also said there won’t be any major social events,...
- 7/2/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Work is underway on “Band of Spies,” an international coproduction that will tell the stories of the Israeli Mossad agents responsible for hunting down members of the Palestinian terror group Black September, following the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack.
The series comes from Amir Mann, head writer on the second season of Yes and Netflix’s Israeli drama “Fauda,” and director of two seasons of Netflix’s “Greenhouse Academy.”
Reel One Entertainment and Capa Drama have teamed with Israeli media group Ananey Communications and its subsidiary prodco Nutz to develop and co-produce the show, which is being worked up as an eight-parter.
“Band of Spies” will balance the viewpoints of the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Set against the backdrop of a fast-changing 1970s Europe, it will focus on the Mossad agents and their targets, as they unknowingly change the face of global politics.
“In today’s television market there is hunger for real-world stuff,...
The series comes from Amir Mann, head writer on the second season of Yes and Netflix’s Israeli drama “Fauda,” and director of two seasons of Netflix’s “Greenhouse Academy.”
Reel One Entertainment and Capa Drama have teamed with Israeli media group Ananey Communications and its subsidiary prodco Nutz to develop and co-produce the show, which is being worked up as an eight-parter.
“Band of Spies” will balance the viewpoints of the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Set against the backdrop of a fast-changing 1970s Europe, it will focus on the Mossad agents and their targets, as they unknowingly change the face of global politics.
“In today’s television market there is hunger for real-world stuff,...
- 1/21/2020
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
CineVegas
Shoreline Entertainment
LAS VEGAS -- Taking a page out of The Bourne Identity misplaced memory book, The Fifth Patient, is, for its first hour, at least, a taut, claustrophobic mystery about a man who wakes up in a run-down African hospital with no idea of how he got there.
A first feature by writer-director Amir Mann, the film, which received its world premiere at CineVegas, the drama remains compelling right until the point at which it finally ventures out of its closed quarters and twists its way into murkier, more convoluted territory.
While the big reveal proves disappointing once the confusion clears, solid performances and atmospheric cinematography effectively set the alienating scene.
Nick Chinlund is the John Doe in question, a Westerner who regains consciousness in a fly-ridden ward, with only fragments of his memory intact.
He's encouraged to remedy that situation pronto by an unsympathetic officer of the current political regime (commandingly played by Isaach De Bankole), who suspects him of being a U.S. government agent.
As Mann gradually peels back the layers of fog, it only becomes clearer that nobody is quite who they profess to be in this puzzle of shifting loyalties.
It's not surprising that Mann's previous writing credits include an episode of one of the Twilight Zone revivals since "The Fifth Patient's" big payoff brings to mind "Where Is Everybody?" an early installment of the original classic series.
But here, the third-act rush to set up the surprise ending comes at the expense of the neatly gauged tension that came before it, making it all feel like a bit of a cheat.
Before things unravel, the cosmopolitan cast, which also includes director Bogdanovich as an enigmatic Middle Eastern businessman, help keep it intriguing.
Shoreline Entertainment
LAS VEGAS -- Taking a page out of The Bourne Identity misplaced memory book, The Fifth Patient, is, for its first hour, at least, a taut, claustrophobic mystery about a man who wakes up in a run-down African hospital with no idea of how he got there.
A first feature by writer-director Amir Mann, the film, which received its world premiere at CineVegas, the drama remains compelling right until the point at which it finally ventures out of its closed quarters and twists its way into murkier, more convoluted territory.
While the big reveal proves disappointing once the confusion clears, solid performances and atmospheric cinematography effectively set the alienating scene.
Nick Chinlund is the John Doe in question, a Westerner who regains consciousness in a fly-ridden ward, with only fragments of his memory intact.
He's encouraged to remedy that situation pronto by an unsympathetic officer of the current political regime (commandingly played by Isaach De Bankole), who suspects him of being a U.S. government agent.
As Mann gradually peels back the layers of fog, it only becomes clearer that nobody is quite who they profess to be in this puzzle of shifting loyalties.
It's not surprising that Mann's previous writing credits include an episode of one of the Twilight Zone revivals since "The Fifth Patient's" big payoff brings to mind "Where Is Everybody?" an early installment of the original classic series.
But here, the third-act rush to set up the surprise ending comes at the expense of the neatly gauged tension that came before it, making it all feel like a bit of a cheat.
Before things unravel, the cosmopolitan cast, which also includes director Bogdanovich as an enigmatic Middle Eastern businessman, help keep it intriguing.
- 6/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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