The 26th annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) wrapped with the award winners including the recipients of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Excellence in Filmmaking Award and of the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition.
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Nantucket Film Festival 2021 Awards. Sonia Kennebeck UNITED STATES VS REALITY WINNER Wins Filmmaking Award
United States vs. Reality Winner
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‘Toprak’ and ‘Mighty Ira’ Win Top Filmmaker Awards at Lake Travis Film Festival 2021
Toprak directed by Sevgi Hirschhäuser The 2nd Lake Travis Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards with Sevgi Hirschäuser’s Toprak taking the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature Film and the directing trio of Nico Perrino, Aaron Reese, and Chris Maltby won the Best Documentary Feature Film award for Mighty Ira.
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ANNETTE Trailer. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard Star in Musical Film
Annette by Leos Carax © CG Cinéma International Amazon released the official trailer for the musical film Annette starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. Directed by Leos Carax, in his English-language debut, the film will open in theaters on August 6 and August 20 on Prime Video, following its premiere as the opening night film of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
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NIGHT DRIVE Trailer. Charming Indie Comedy Stars AJ Bowen and Sophie Dalah
Night Drive starring AJ Bowen and Sophie Dalah Dark Sky Films will release Night Drive, a shocking ride with a wicked sense of humor from Bradford Baruh (John Dies at the End, Dead Night) and Meghan Leon (Dead Night), the filmmakers behind the cabin-in-the-woods thriller Dead Night, in theaters and digital/VOD on August 6th.
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‘The Story Won’t Die’ Documentary on Exiled Syrian Artist-refugees to Premiere at AFI Docs
Rapper Abu Hajar and Choreographer Medhat Aldaabal collaborate outside the defunct Tempelhof Airport in Berlin in The Story Won’t Die (film stills by Luise Schroeder courtesy of Caesura Media and RaeFilm Studios) The documentary film, The Story Won’t Die, which demonstrates the resilience of exiled Syrian artist-refugees who process their pain and circumstances through music, painting, dancing and other mediums will premiere at the 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival
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Showtime Docu-Series ‘UFO’ Exec Produced by J.J. Abrams Set for August
UFO executive produced by J.J. Abrams (Showtime) Showtime will air UFO, a four-part docu-series executive produced by J.J. Abrams, exploring our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas.
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Leah Purcell’s ‘The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson’ to Open Melbourne International Film Festival
The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns August 5-22, opening with the Australian premiere of Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson. A vivid reckoning with Australia’s colonial history, the revisionist outback western speaks emphatically to the realities, both past and present, of racial injustice – told through the lens of an Indigenous woman. The film completes a multi-format trilogy based on Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story, which began with Purcell’s award-winning play and subsequent novel The Drover’s Wife.
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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Trailer – President Bill Clinton, Gabby Giffords and More Examine NRA and Gun Violence Epidemic
The Price of Freedom directed by Emmy Award-Winning Director Judd Ehrlich Abramorama released the trailer for the documentary The Price of Freedom, that takes a look at the gun violence epidemic in America and the role the National Rifle Association. Directed by Judd Ehrlich, the film had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and will open in in theaters on July 7.
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North Bend Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup. SWAN SONG as Opening Night + 20th Anniversary Celebration of DONNIE DARKO
Swan Song directed by Todd Stephen The North Bend Film Festival returns this summer with a hybrid festival taking place July 15-18, 2021 with the in-person portion of the fest held at historic art deco North Bend Theatre.
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Watch Trailer for Grear Patterson’s GIANTS BEING LONELY, Starring Jack Irving, Ben Irving, and Lily Gavin at Tribeca Fest
Lily Gavin in Giants Being Lonely Giants Being Lonely, Grear Patterson’s mesmerizing film starring Jack Irving, Ben Irving, and Lily Gavin will screen at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Eliane Costar’s Award-Winning Brazilian Drama HALF BROTHER Arrives in US in June
Half Brother (Meio Irmão) directed by Eliane Costar The Brazilian award-winning drama film Half Brother (Meio Irmão) written and directed by first-time filmmaker Eliane Costar will be released on June 15 by Breaking Glass Pictures.
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‘K2: Impossible Descent’ on Andrzej Bargiel Wins Grand Prize at NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival
K2: Impossible Descent. Andrzej Bargiel seen during a training session in La Grave, France on January 28. 2018 // Kin Marcin/Red Bull Content Pool // Director Steve Robillard from Austria’s incredible film K2: Impossible Descent was awarded the Grand Prize NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival. In 2018 a Polish ski mountaineer clicked into his bindings at an altitude of 8,611m to make history. This film follows Andrzej Bargiel’s expedition as he attempts to ski the most dangerous mountain on earth; K2.