The British Film Institute has revealed the list of TV, film, and animation companies that have won funding from its latest £3.3M ($4.2M) Global Screen Fund payout. Thirty cash awards have been allocated this round, including seven new international co-productions and what the BFI has described as 23 UK screen…

Zendaya has been named as the recipient of CinemaCon 2023’s Star of the Year Award. The history-making actress will “receive the honor at the movie theater owners convention’s Big Screen Achievement Awards ceremony, which is taking place at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 27,” per…

“Black Candle Women” is heading to the small screen. A series adaptation of Diane Marie Brown’s debut novel is being developed by Universal Television with “Bel-Air” showrunner Carla Banks Waddles writing the script, per Deadline. Released last month, “Black Candle Women” follows “generations of Montrose women—Augusta, Victoria, Willow—who have lived…

By Brent Lang  “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson’s blistering satire of race and media, captured the Toronto International Film Festival’s people’s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances. TIFF’s people’s choice award is considered to be among the best predictors of eventual awards success, though the 2023 festival hosted a weaker lineup than…