In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate - including a new “Matrix” movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong” and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation “In the Heights” - will stream on HBO Max at the same time the films play in theaters.

On the occasion of its 15th anniversary, the State Institute for Culture under the Minister of Foreign Affairs presents more than 20 Bulgarian film productions which are available for online watching outside the territory of Bulgaria. The initiative will continue until 6 December. The virtual film festival BG Screen Online presents a diverse selection of contemporary feature, short, documentary and animated films.

The Bulgarian film Sister of director Svetla Tsotsorkova has won awards at two international film festivals, the Art Fest production and distribution company said Thursday.

The Cannes 2020 film festival was cancelled this May due to the coronavirus lockdown, but the spirit is alive and it took the form of a mini event, which started on Tuesday evening. Over three days, the public can see four films from the official selection, as well as the short films selected for the competition along with school films from the Cinefondation.

Jean-Jacques Annaud, a legend of European cinematography, will sit as the honorary chairman of the jury at this year's edition of CineLibri, the organisers of the film festival for literary adaptations announced. The renowned French director, screenwriter and producer is expected to personally reveal the Grand Prix winner as part of an award ceremony to be held on 24 October. The event will be accompanied by the press launch of Annaud's book Une Vie pour Le Cinema, which is making its Bulgarian debut, and a screening of his film The Lover, based on the Marguerite Duras's novel.

The LUX prize will be seriously revamped in order to become a truly pan-European cinema award, the EP press service reported. From now on it will be called “LUX - the European Audience Film Award”, and will be jointly awarded by the European Parliament together with the European Film Academy. In the new format five nominees will be competing for the award each year.

The 46th Deauville American Film Festival opened on Friday, with jury president Vanessa Paradis among the stars on the red carpet. But amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and with many American filmmakers and actors unable to attend, this year's is perhaps the most unique edition of the festival in its long history, FRANCE 24 reported.

The Venice Film Festival, to be held from 2 to 12 September, issued virus safety guidelines on, as organisers hope the oldest such event in the world can maintain its international swing while remaining infection-free. The 10-day festival in the legendary Venice Lido is likely to be one of the festival's most atypical, given the masks and social distancing necessitated by the lingering threat of coronavirus, the AFP reported.

The American frontier drama “The World to Come,” the Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren comedy-drama “The Duke,” Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream,” and the Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby drama “Pieces of a Woman” are among the films set to premiere at the 77th edition of Venice International Film Festival, organizers said on Tuesday.

While the cinema drive-in may have gotten a boost as lockdowns gradually come to an end amid the COVID-19 outbreak, in Paris film fans can now munch on their popcorn watching a movie from a boat on the river Seine.