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Raindance Icon Award Recipients; MultiChoice Posts Loss; Netflix’s ‘My Melody & Kuromi’ Release Date & Trailer – Global Briefs


Celia Imrie and Jason Isaacs are the latest stars to receive the Raindance Icon Award.

Both will attend the world premiere of Christopher Anthony feature Heavyweight at the Raindance Film Festival opening night in London gala to receive their awards. “Both are the epitome of our industry with careers that include iconic film and television roles – and both remain champions of independent cinema here in the UK and internationally.” Imrie will next be seen in Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club film adaptation and in the BBC’s celebrty version of The Traitors and is known for roles in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Diplomat and Calendar Girls among others, while Isaacs is starring this year in The Salt Path and Heavyweight among others. South Africa-based MultiChoice Group posted an underlying adjusted loss of 800M rand ($45M), but managed to speed up cost savings for the year ended March 31.

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