French media conglomerate Mediawan is to adapt Leonine Studios’ digital event show “YouTopia” for the French market. The deal is an early example of a pan-European collaboration between the two companies, who recently set up a European studio that united 61 production companies from France, Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain and the U.K.
“YouTopia” is an innovative format, developed by i&u TV – a Leonine Studios company. It was awarded the Nrw Media Prize for Development Policy Commitment on Wednesday. The award honors audiovisual online content on the topics of development cooperation and global goals that succeeds in reaching new target groups via digital content and social media in an innovative way.
On Nov. 5, the French version of “YouTopia” will be livestreamed on YouTube for the first time, for a full day. Numerous leading YouTube creators will move into a glass dome and welcome high-profile guests. Together they will create a “colorful program of challenges,...
“YouTopia” is an innovative format, developed by i&u TV – a Leonine Studios company. It was awarded the Nrw Media Prize for Development Policy Commitment on Wednesday. The award honors audiovisual online content on the topics of development cooperation and global goals that succeeds in reaching new target groups via digital content and social media in an innovative way.
On Nov. 5, the French version of “YouTopia” will be livestreamed on YouTube for the first time, for a full day. Numerous leading YouTube creators will move into a glass dome and welcome high-profile guests. Together they will create a “colorful program of challenges,...
- 10/28/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Despite opening Online Billie with a glimpse of the titular camgirl (Valentine Payen-Wicaksono’s Esther/”Billie”) engaged in a chat room session, she’s not the lead character. Director Lou Assous and co-writer Xavier Bazoge have very clearly created her as a hypothetical instead—a test with which their surrogate in the story (Baptiste Lorber’s Jules) can confront his biases and wrap his head around the revelation that the woman he’s falling for is a sex worker. This isn’t inherently a problem for the whole considering his journey towards acceptance or rejection of this fact can allow the room for her to defend it, but that’s not what happens here. No, Jules is very clearly safe within the film’s male gaze to earn sympathy and force Esther into shame.
Can she be afraid to open up about this part of her life? Sure. It’s...
Can she be afraid to open up about this part of her life? Sure. It’s...
- 10/21/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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