Chile’s Film and TV Production Biz Revs Up Its Engines

J. Kim Murphy On Monday evening, late night television dug into Will Smith’s controversial night at the Academy Awards, discussing the moment when the actor walked onto the ceremony stage to slap Chris Rock after the comedian made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.The incident between Smith and Rock stunned audiences, both inside the Dolby Theatre and watching from home, as it was not immediately clear whether the interaction was a staged part of the show or a genuine byproduct of a disagreement between the two.“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, which airs on ABC, the same network that broadcasts the Oscars, wasted no time before diving into the event that cast a shadow over the evening, beginning Kimmel’s monologue by showing footage of Smith slapping Rock. The program also used broadcast footage of Smith’s subsequent acceptance speech for best actor and a video of the actor celebrating his win at an afterparty later during the evening.

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Oscars 2022.Ranvir, 44, aired her concerns about the on-screen altercation and raised that she was worried about the impact it could have on young boys in the future.During the ITV morning show, a short interview with Liam, 28, declared that the physical confrontation should "never have happened".Mum-of-one Ranvir praised the singer after he shared his thoughts on the topic and said, "I thought what Liam Payne said was really interesting."He's a young lad who cries when Will Smith cries, laughs when Will laughs, he's watched every film."Ranvir spoke openly about how she would approach the conversation about what happened with her nine-year-old son Tushaan, who is a fan of MMA Fighting.She explained: "I would say, 'Listen you've got to control your emotions, if somebody makes a joke you've got to walk away or you go and tell someone'."The ITV presenter admitted it was "kind of crazy" that young boys may now think that if someone makes a cruel joke, the response would be to "throw the first punch".She continued: "We need to teach boys to manage their emotions around violence."Ranvir also suggested that if the circumstances were different, the outcome might have been very different for Oscar winner Will.She explained: "If that happened in a school playground, Will Smith would have been suspended and would have been expelled from school.

Sky Sports, even slipping in a cheeky joke at Paul Merson's expense.Football fans rejoiced on Monday when it emerged that the popular presenter would be staying on another season. Last October, Stelling announced that he would step down from his role.The Hartlepool supporter has spent the last 30 years with Sky but several departures from the Soccer Saturday panel appeared to signal a clean sweep of changes.

Just a day after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars in front of the crowd at the Dolby Theater and millions watchin gat home, one of his directors is speaking out, Michael Bay.The 57-year-old filmmaker made his feature film debut with the 1995 action-thriller Bad Boys, which helped launch Smith's film career, and they reunited in the 2003 sequel Bad Boys II.Bay was hitting the beach in Miami on Monday with a mystery lady, when he was asked about the controversial slap, as the director defended his friend. Speaking out:Just a day after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 94th Oscars in front of the crowd at the Dolby Theater and millions watchin gat home, one of his directors is speaking out, Michael Bay The slap: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock on stage at the 94th Oscars on Sunday night Slap:Bay was hitting the beach in Miami on Monday with a mystery lady, when he was asked about the controversial slap, as the director defended his friendThe filmmaker was asked if he thought The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should strip Smith of his first Oscar, due to his behavior Sunday night.'I don't know the rules.

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mea culpa statement to the comic late in the day Monday.“I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris,” the rapper-turned-movie star wrote in a statement posted to Instagram.“I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of the man I want to be,” he said.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to intervene in the attack or sanction Smith during the ceremony, but it denounced his actions in a statement and said a “formal review” of the incident was underway Monday.Whoopi Goldberg, a governor on AMPAS’s board, said Monday that Smith would not lose his trophy but was excepted to face punishment.“We’re not going to take it.

An 83-year-old man goes undercover in a nursing home in The Mole Agent, Chilean director Maite Alberdi’s Oscar hopeful that’s been shortlisted for both International Feature and Documentary.

Jamie Lang Nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa one said that in Latin America, poverty, injustice and other social problems are too prominent to be ignored. So, the question: Can cinema change the world? has a special importance.

Anna Marie de la Fuente With a new memoir out and three-part miniseries ‘Isabel’ poised to launch March 12 on HBO Max, celebrated Chilean author Isabel Allende is back in the spotlight.  Having been in quarantine the past year has made her even more productive, with her memoir “The Soul of a Woman,” on sale since March 2, and a new novel set to drop by the end of the year.On Jan. 8, as she is renowned to do, Allende started work on another book.

Anna Marie de la Fuente A chess champion in his youth, Brandon Burrows, principal and founder of shingle Firebrand, approaches producing like a chess game. His love for film sparked at an early age when his father owned a video store.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Since Kirsty Bell founded Goldfinch Entertainment in 2016, the company has funded over 200 film and TV projects over the past five years, including the acclaimed “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” Amazon’s “Le Mans: Racing Is Everything” and “Killers Anonymous” with Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba. She has also launched an online art gallery as well as a physical one in her hometown of Newcastle, England.It was during the first week of the pandemic lockdown that Bell conceived her debut feature, “A Bird Flew In.” MSR Media Intl. is handling worldwide rights to the film at EFM.You have proven to be a talented and multifaceted producer, artist and now a filmmaker with your directorial debut, “A Bird Flew In.” Tell us what

Anna Marie de la Fuente After scouring a handful of locations, U.K.-based MSR Media producer Philippe Martinez has landed on the Caribbean island of Nevis to shoot six films back-to-back. With the pandemic still wreaking havoc in many countries, Nevis Island ticked all the boxes where stringent protocols have rendered few cases and no deaths.

Anna Marie de la Fuente By forging key partnerships with filmmakers, financiers and distributors through the years, The Exchange, founded by veteran sales executive and CEO Brian O’Shea, has grown to become a leading worldwide sales and finance company.

There isn't a single talking head across the collective four and half hours of screen time among the films The Mole Agent, Dick Johnson Is Dead and The Truffle Hunters. The feature documentaries, among the 15 on the Oscar shortlist, all center on subjects over 80 years old and deftly avoid onscreen cliches about the elderly by letting the characters craft their own stories while living their colorful lives.

Anna Marie de la Fuente As the only Brazilian film selected in Berlinale’s Panorama sidebar, documentary “The Last Forest” by Luis Bolognesi hopes to shine a blazing light on the grave issues affecting the Amazon and its indigenous inhabitants.Since taking office in 2019, populist president Jair Bolsonaro has allowed gold prospectors to exploit these lands despite a law meant to protect them. Deforestation of the Amazon has more than doubled during his tenure.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Multi-hyphenate Roselyn Sanchez (“Grand Hotel,” “Devious Maids”) is set to film her directorial feature debut, “Diario: Mujer y Cafe,” in Puerto Rico this summer, said producer Jolene Rodriguez, president of Broken English Prods.

Anna Marie de la Fuente As the only Latin American film to participate in the European Film Market’s Co-Production Market, Chilean filmmaker Fernando Guzzoni’s “Land of Savages” (“La Tierra de los Salvajes”) is a breed apart.“With this new genre film, we seek to connect with a wider global audience,” said producer Rocio Jadue of Fábula (“A Fantastic Woman”), who describes the film as a cross between a Western and a thriller.“Fernando is a director who, since his debut [“Dog Flesh,” which snagged San Sebastian’s New Directors Prize in 2012], has managed to win over audiences at the most prestigious film festivals; he’s an interesting talent for Fábula and with this new project, we plan to take the next step in his career with him,” she

Anna Marie de la Fuente Three of Spain’s most prominent international sales agencies have banded together to form a new association, VICA.Filmax, Film Factory and Latido, who together represent the largest volume of cinematic content produced in Spain, point to key factors that propelled them to form the new alliance.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Chile scored twice at this year’s Oscars derby with Maite Alberdi’s genre-bending documentary “The Mole Agent.” For a Chilean film to be shortlisted for both the International Feature Film and Documentary categories is unprecedented. That it is by a female director – only the second time in Chile’s history a film by a woman was submitted – is also cause for celebration.“The Mole Agent” follows octogenarian Sergio as he is outfitted with James Bond-type gadgets to spy on a possible case of abuse at a nursing home.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In a concerted bid to train the next generation of film and media industry professionals, a new training center, the International Screen Institute, has launched in Europe.The new non-profit org, founded by Vienna-based Terra Mater Factual Studios, producer of “The Ivory Game” (pictured), and Satel Film, bows March 2 at the European Film Market. ISI is also supported by partnerships with the Austrian Film Institute and Unverzagt Rechtsanwälte, based in Hamburg and Berlin.The official launch kicks off with a special online event at the EFM on March 2.