Film and TV Briefing: Friday 10 September 2021

Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.

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In the news

Programme revealed for London Film Festival (Guardian)

The Emmys hit by Covid uncertainty (Variety)

8 nominations at Bafta Cymru awards for Gangs of New York (Broadcast)

Marvel epic tops box office to question release strategy (BBC)

AMC spends $25 million to encourage cinema goers to return (Variety)

Paramount Pictures sues insurers over Covid production stoppages (Guardian)

2,000 Bectu members sign open letter to PACT (Broadcast)

Matrix 4 Trailer releases at CinemaCon (Hollywood Reporter)

Never before seen negatives from Only Fools and Horses discovered (BBC)

US box office increase of 893% from 2020 (Screen Daily)

Features and commentary

Film festivals proving they can thrive in a pandemic (Variety)

Director Ana Lily Amirpour on why calling movies “female-led” is uninformed (Variety)

Industry announcements

Channel 4 evidence heard by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee (PACT)

Resources

How are European Indies handling the streaming boom? (Screen Daily)

Catch up on WFTV events (WFTV)

BFI Events (BFI)