The Fantasia International Film Festival unveiled a selected first wave of titles for its 27th edition running July 20 through August 9, 2023.
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Fantasia Film Festival 2023 Teases with First Wave Films Showcasing South Korean Cinema + Poster
The Roundup: No Way Out by Lee Sang-yong
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Brooklyn Film Festival 2023 Themed ‘Human Times’ Reveals Lineup, Opens with Premiere of ‘Forgive Me Father’
Forgive Me Father directed by James Biberi (screenshot) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the film lineup for its 26th edition, themed Human Times. The 2023 edition will show in competition 155 features and shorts from over 30 countries. 10 films will also play as part of one of the most successful BFF programs, now in its 19th year, kidsfilmfest.
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PRISONER’S DAUGHTER Trailer. Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox Star in the Gritty Thriller
Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox in Prisoner’s Daughter directed by by Catherine Hardwicke Vertical revealed an official trailer for Prisoner’s Daughter, the thriller film starring Brian Cox as a man released from prison, trying to to reconnect with his daughter played by Kate Beckinsale, and the grandson he’s never known.
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Alex Winter’s THE YOUTUBE EFFECT Documentary Sets July Release Date | Trailer
The Youtube Effect directed by Alex Winter Drafthouse Films is teaming up with Kanopy to release Alex Winter’s documentary The Youtube Effect, that takes a critical look at the way YouTube has grown and embedded itself into our lives.
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Natalia Almada ‘s Sundance Winning Documentary USERS and Retrospective Gets June Release Date | Trailer
Users directed by Natalia Almada Icarus Films will release Users, the most recent film by acclaimed director and recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award Natalia Almada. Winner of the Documentary Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival—a second win for Almada in the same category after her 2009 documentary El General—Users opens Friday, June 9 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City, and on Friday, June 16 at the Laemmle Glendale in Los Angeles, before expanding to other cities in North America.
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Andrew Durham’s Fairyland Launches NewFest Pride Summer Film Series Lineup of 9 LGBTQ+ Films
Cody Fern, Scoot McNairy and Nessa Dougherty in Fairyland by Andrew William Durham | photo by Kalman Muller NewFest, home to the celebrated LGBTQ+ film festival, announced the full lineup for their third annual NewFest Pride Summer Film Series. The event kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month from June 1 – 5, 2023 in New York, and will feature a mix of exclusive in-person premieres/panels, virtual screenings, and social events.
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26.2 TO LIFE and FANTASTIC NEGRITO to Open 2023 San Francisco DocFest Lineup
Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? directed by Yvan Iturriaga, Francisco Nuñez Capriles The 22nd San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) will be held June 1 – 11, 2023; and screen 39 features and 47 shorts. The festival opens with Christine Yoo’s 26.2 To Life and Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? directed by Yvan Iturriaga, Francisco Nuñez Capriles.
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‘Our Father, the Devil’, Butterfly in the Sky, ‘Dusty and Stones’, BlackBerry Win Awards at San Luis Obispo Film Festival 2023
Dusty and Stones directed by Jesse Rudoy Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, the Devil won the jury award for Best Narrative Feature and Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s Butterfly in the Sky won the jury award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
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FLAMIN’ HOT Trailer. Eva Longoria Directs Comedy Film Based on Story of Janitor who Invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
Flamin’ Hot directed by actress Eva Longoria Searchlight Pictures revealed the official trailer for Flamin’ Hot, the comedy drama film directed by actress Eva Longoria, and based on the memoir A Boy, a Burrito and a Cookie: From Janitor to Executive by Richard Montañez, the former janitor who claimed to have invented “Flamin’ Hot Cheetos”.
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Sonny Weems and Tyawanna Smith’s BALLIN ABROAD Documentary to Screen at North Carolina Black Film Festival
Ballin Abroad directed by Sonny Weems and Tyawanna Smith Ballin Abroad, a documentary that follows the journeys of five American basketball players playing in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and Euro-Leagues, is set for a Special Community Screening at the North Carolina Black Film Festival.
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WILD LIFE Documentary on Conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins Debuts on National Geographic, Disney+ and Hulu
Wild Life directed by by Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Conservationists Kris and Doug Tompkins are under the spotlight in the documentary Wild Life, as they fight to preserve one of the last truly wild places on earth.
