Matías Bize boards Chilean family drama ‘The Stolen Kids’ Chile’s Matías Bize, the multi-prized director of “In the Bed,” “The Life of Fish” and “The Memory of Water,” is attached to direct “The Stolen Kids,” a family drama straddling Chile and Europe set up at María Wood Producciones and MegaMedia, the latter part-owned by Discovery Networks Latin America. Third season of ‘Scissor Seven’ to air on Netflix The third season of the original Chinese animated series “Scissor Seven” will start to air globally on Netflix on October 3. ‘Happening’ wins Golden Lion In a move that could be seen as a strong message for women’s rights, and for the right of female filmmakers to be celebrated, the 2021 Venice Film Festival gave its top honor, the Golden Lion for best film, to Audrey Diwan’s French abortion drama “Happening.” Affleck, Lopez make romance official in Venice After weeks of smooching on yachts and holding hands on intimate walks, Jennifer Lopez and old flame turned new again Ben Affleck made it official on Friday night on the red carpet for the premiere of Affleck’s “The Last Duel” at the Venice International Film Festival. Beijing Film Festival to come back soon The Beijing International Film Festival, twice postponed, has settled on new dates later this month. Owen Wilson to star in ‘Haunted Mansion’ Owen Wilson has joined the cast of “Haunted Mansion,” Disney’s family adventure spookfest based on one of the company’s signature theme park rides. Classic animated characters suit up for Winter Olympics An animated video promoting the 150-day countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has brought back many Chinese netizens’ childhood memories as it stars a number of classic Chinese cartoon characters. Singer Stefanie Sun makes fun of herself in Douyin debut Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun has joined Douyin with a couple of quirky posts. Saying that singing is too ordinary, she proceeds to show off her cooking skills by burning a frying pan of food, works out by doing fake push-ups, falls asleep while reading “The Art of War.” (SD-Agencies) | 