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The virtual SXSW is over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get in on some of the movie action. The folks at Oscilloscope Laboratories and Mailchimp have once again put together a program to #SupportTheShorts, allowing viewers to watch a bunch of SXSW 2021 short films online for free. The shorts include titles like Chuj Boys of Summer (directed by Max Walker-Silverman) and Malignant (directed by Morgan Bond). Check the complete listing at Slashfilm.com

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday the launch of a Spain Audiovisual Hub plan to offer a total €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) over 2021-25 to power up Spanish film and TV production, and encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in Spain. One early beneficiary of the scheme, according to Spanish press reports, will be Disney, which on March 26 bows romantic comedy “Besos Al Aire,“ its first Disney Plus Spanish original – although a pick-up from Spanish broadcast network Mediaset España. Addressing Spanish industry representatives on Wednesday in Madrid, Sánchez also stressed that the Spain Audiovisual Hub initiated was designed to convert Spain into a talent hub...

A study involving 2,000 adults was recently conducted in the UK with the goal of determining which celebrities and public figures would be best equipped to fight off an alien attack. Per Daily Express, Arnold Schwarzenegger was the top choice, followed closely by Will Smith. Other names on the star-studded list include the likes of Tom Cruise Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford...

Regal Theaters' parent company Cineworld Group announced Tuesday that will reopen its U.S. sites this April and also that it had reached a deal with Warner Bros. over theatrical window exclusivity for the studio's films from 2022. Cineworld plans to do a phased reopening of Regal's U.S. cinemas and will begin with a limited number of theaters opening for Godzilla vs. Kong on April 2 and going wider with Mortal Kombat on April 16. Regal has 7,076 screens in 536 theatres in the U.S...

American singer, songwriter David Byrne and Serbian conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramovic will be among the speakers taking part in live digital events at documentary film festival CPH:DOX. The Danish event has announced that it will extend its run by 10 days after the Danish government ruled that movie theaters could open on May 6. The main festival will now run April 21-May 12, with industry activities taking place April 23-30. Byrne and Abramovic will appear as part of the discussion series “An Evening With.” Byrne stars in Spike Lee’s “American Utopia,” which screens during the festival’s program, and Abramovic’s film “512 Hours” will have its world premiere at CPH:DOX...

The film academy announced it will not hold any in-person events, including nominations screenings, the annual nominees luncheon or other programming. In addition, the only people who will be allowed to attend the Oscars will be the nominees themselves, their guests and the ceremony’s presenters...