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11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. These Labs are at the heart of the nonprofit Institute's long-standing support for artists, and will connect curated selections of Fellows with Creative Advisors and Industry mentors across multiple disciplines.

11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab.

The Dramatists Guild of America Council has announced that Kia Corthron is the recipient of the 2020 Flora Roberts Award.

Today the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced the global launch of BAFTA Breakthrough, its flagship new talent initiative that showcases and supports the next generation of creative talent in film, games and television.

On May 18, Kairos Italy Theater and NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò held the online event KIT Intl playwrights series 2020 dedicated to Women in Comedy.

YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA introduces the 2020 Class of scenic, costume, lighting, sound, and projection designers, who matriculated this week. A showcase of these artists' work will be held in New York when conditions allow. More information will be shared online at drama.yale.edu/designshowcase2020 when possible.

The McKnight Foundation and Playwrights' Center are continuing to invest in the future of theater by supporting some of today's most promising playwrights through the McKnight National Residency and Commission and McKnight Fellowships in Playwriting. The awards are all the more pertinent as many theater-makers face unprecedented challenges during this moment of crisis.

 The Menuhin Competition, often called “The Olympics of the Violin,” was scheduled to bring the best young violinists in the world to Richmond, VA this month, but in March, organizers were forced to reschedule the international event due to COVID-19.

Kairos Italy Theater and KIT Italia together with NYU Casa Italiana announces a month of May celebration of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY. 

The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, announced the winners for the 2020 juried competition, awarding top honors from this year's program.

This afternoon, live from the living room of actor Guillaume Lambert, Québec Cinéma announced the nominees for the 2020 Iris Awards.

Glyndebourne uploaded short performance videos of the prize winners of its recent 2020 Opera Cup competition and I thought this streaming content could be of interest to you.

In light of concerns about the COVID-19 epidemic, after much deliberation, the Organisation Committee of the Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition (SISIVC) has decided to reschedule the 2020 SISIVC to 2021.

The Ottawa Arts Council announced the final recipient of the highly-anticipated annual Arts Awards today as a week-long social media campaign celebrating the exceptional artists in our community came to a close. This year's laureates included Artistic Director Pier Rodier, Singer-songwriter Rebecca Noelle and musician Asuquomo (aka Morris Ogbowu).

The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, announced plans today that select programming from the 19th annual Festival will be presented online.

MOVING BODY - MOVING IMAGE Festival, conceived and curated by the accomplished choreographer, dancer, teacher, and filmmaker Gabri Christa, is one of the cultural events that will move online as the restrictions related to COVID-19 outbreak made the planned live event at Barnard College impossible.

The Keir Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, Carriageworks and Dancehouse have announced Angela Goh as the recipient of the $50,000 Keir Choreographic Award, Australia's most prestigious choreographic award, as well as Amrita Hepi as the recipient of the $10,000 Audience Choice Award.

In response to the growing concern worldwide about the covid-19 pandemic, Cloud21 International and Kultura PR International, producers of the French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF), have announced that the second annual edition of the festival will be rescheduled to June 8 and 9, 2020 with screenings at Laemmle Film Center in Santa Monica, California and exclusive parties and award ceremony at S Bar Brentwood, California.

Actor Ariel Eliaz surfaces on screen in Universal Pictures new controversial thriller feature film, THE HUNT, releasing in theaters on Friday, March 13, 2020.

AES+F, a four-person Russian artist collective, in collaboration with ISCP, the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York City, has announced that artist Aslan Goisum will be the first recipient of the AES+F Artist Residency Award. The AES+F Artist Residency Award was created for emerging artists from the Russian Federation who are at a pivotal stage in their careers, in order to offer them career development opportunities that they would not normally have access to.

The York Theatre Company as part of its Developmental Reading Series, in association with Que Sera Sera Productions, will present a private industry reading of the new musical Come the Darkness, with book, music, and lyrics by Don Nolan at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's. Admission to the Friday, March 13 reading of Come the Darkness is by invitation only.

The 19th century wasn't the best of times for women as performing artists and composers. Women were encouraged to perform and occasionally indulged as composers. That is, until they married.

A rising star American baritone who didn't encounter opera until he was 18 won the 2020 Glyndebourne Opera Cup tonight as the major international singing competition culminated in a live broadcast on Sky Arts from the Glyndebourne stage.

The winners of the 2020 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In the Green by Grace McLean AND The Loophole by Jay Adana and Zeniba Now Each musical received a Staged Reading Award.

Québec Cinéma is proud to announce the winning duo from the 2020 cohort of LA FORGE QUEBEC CINEMA presented by Netflix. An audience of Quebec-based producers and international guests watched as the six finalist duos delivered their pitches. The jury of Emmanuel Cuénod, executive and artistic director of the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), Brigitte Léveillé, head of dramatic content and feature films at Société Radio-Canada CBC and Kathrin Kohlstedde, head of programming at Filmfest Hamburg, awarded the $5,000 grant to MIRYAM CHARLES and VALERIE BAH for their project LE MARABOUT.