There is no question that performers and entertainers have been hard hit by the pandemic. Stage productions, concerts and other shows were postponed or cancelled last year, leaving a void in the arts.

El programa ‘Días de Cine’ de La 2 de TVE celebró la octava edición de sus premios de cine nacional e internacional. El ministro de Cultura y Deporte José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes acudió a esta cita con el sector audiovisual y, una vez más, quiso mostrar su apoyo al cine español.

The COVID 2020 artistic innovation award aims to reward an initiative of an innovative project carried out within the framework of the restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, between March 15 and December 15, 2020 by a professional artist or collective of artists or by a cultural structure or association in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) chairman and Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) president Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso received the Fernando Poe Lifetime Achievement Award on the 38th Annual Film Academy Awards spearheaded by Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) headed by Director General Vivian Velez on December 7, 2020.

This year the Award will celebrate the challenge and commitment of the cultural and creative sectors during the COVID-19 spread.

Emily Crockford, Gaelle Mellis and Abbie Madden have been named recipients of the 2020 National Arts and Disability Awards, presented by the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Access Australia. On the International Day of People with Disability, the national awards recognise artists who have made an outstanding contribution to the artistic and cultural life of the nation.