Arcade Fire Party reopens KOKO, the famous London music venue

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prom Arcade Fire It will headline the reopening of popular London music venue KOKO on April 29. Arcade Fire was last played in London in 2018 and Coco The show will celebrate the release of their sixth studio album “We” on May 6. The historic live music venue, which first opened as the Camden Theater in 1900, closed in January 2020 due to a fire and resulting water damage. After three years of reconstruction and a $96 million redevelopment, KOKO will reopen as a 50,000-square-foot live music venue, recording studio, broadcast center, and members club.

KOKO’s opening weekend also features Ibiza’s iconic Deep House Techno Luciano For an extended group on April 30, while the rap star was in the UK Central C It plays two shows in one day on May 1. Confirmed for KOKO’s upcoming season of live shows: Chase & Status, Flume, Gabriels, King Promise, Patrice Rushen, PC Music, Lets Eat Grandma, Dylan, Moses Sumney, Jorja Smith, Lianne La Havas, Honey Dijon, Todd Terry and Mulatu Astatke.

festival

Sophie BourdonDeputy Director Locarno Film FestivalThe industry division will join Locarno Pro Visions du Real Film Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, on July 1 as President of VdR-Industry, its program for film professionals. you succses Madeleine RobertWho will stay with the festival in another role.

Emily Bugisand technical director Martin Challferrat“Year after year, VdR-Industry paves the way for the success of film projects, discusses the film industry’s most pressing concerns, and facilitates important communications,” said Visions du Réel, Managing Director and Operational. Sophie Bourdon comes with the qualities and network to lead VdR-Industry into the future. “

Bourdon, a French national living in Switzerland, presides over Locarno open doors Programs, which include a co-production platform, talent development initiatives, training and online networking programs. Bourdon also works as an independent consultant with the San Sebastian Film Festival, Cannes Film Market and FOCAL on training programmes. In 2020, she was appointed Deputy Director of Locarno Pro.

Prior to joining Locarno in 2011, Bourdon managed Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE) for 10 years, and also worked as a sales representative at MK2. – Leo Barclau

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while, European film promotion (EFP) has revealed the fifth version of The changing face of Europe event in collaboration with Hot Docs – Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (April 28 – May 8) in mixed format. This year’s selection includes nine feature films and one short film that explores themes of environmental activism, the plight of refugees, the destructive forces of war, and more. The festival’s 10 new European documentaries have been selected from over 60 screenings submitted by EFP member organizations, and the National Film Institutes. In addition to festival screenings and access to a comprehensive industry programme, film directors and producers will be matched with top distributors, buyers and festival programmers via one-on-one virtual meetings organized by EFP. The initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Program of the European Union and member organizations participating in the EFP.

Market

Gaia Trident Appointed as Director of MIA Film and Television Market, whose eighth edition will be held in Rome from October 11-15. you succses Lucia Milazotowho left in October to head up a newly created sales and marketing unit at Italian studios Cinecittà.

Tridente held the position of MIA President for the Written Department from 2017-2021. She spent 10 years as a board member of RomaFictionFest, and worked as Head of International Programming until 2016. She was Director of European Relations at Fondazione Rossellini per l’Audiovisivo from 2010 to 2011, and collaborated on the programming of the Taormina European Film and Film Festival until 2007.

Trident will assist as Deputy Director: Francesca Paleschi, As chief of film content, the Marco Spagnolias head of document/factual content.

Trident said: “Over the years, the Museum of Islamic Art has established itself as the most important Italian market in terms of attendance and results of activities and has contributed to increasing and facilitating co-production, distribution and trade relations at the international level. My ambition is to produce a new high-quality edition of MIA, representing a turning point that meets the needs of the global industry ecosystem and brings content in all its formats and genres to the heart of the market.”

MIA is a joint venture between ANICA, the trade association representing the Italian film and television industry, headed by Francesco Rutelli, and APA, the Italian Producers’ Union, led by Giancarlo Leone. It is supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Italian Trade Agency. – Leo Barclau

Grant

Netflix has partnered with Arab Fund for Culture and Arts To provide a one-time grant of $250,000 to five women producers and directors in the Arab world through Netflix Creative Property Fund. The selected participants include Manager namesa director and producer from Morocco, whose film “Mother of All Lies” was nominated for the non-fiction category. Diala Kashmir (“from the other shore”), Jana Wehbe (“The Day Vladimir died”) and Tania Khoury (“Manity”), a producer from Lebanon, leads three novel projects, while Sarah Abedi – Director and producer from Tunisia – working on the development of “My Name is Clara”.

Trailer for a movie

India Yash Raj Films Unveiled Trailer for Women Empowerment Comedy Drama ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’ starring Ranveer SinghAnd Shalini Pandey And Iranian BomanDirected by the debutante Diviang Thakar. The film releases theatrically all over the world on May 13.