Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Cinéastes), an independent selection running parallel to Cannes Film Festival, revealed the official selection of 20 feature and 10 short films for its 55th edition taking place May 17 to 26, 2023.
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THE STARLING GIRL Trailer. Eliza Scanlen Stars in Laurel Parmet’s Sundance Indie Drama
The Starling Girl by Laurel Parmet Bleecker Street unveiled the official trailer for The Starling Girl, the independent film drama starring Eliza Scanlen as a 17-year-old girl raised in a fundamentalist Christian community in Kentucky who is trying to figure out her place in the world. Also starring in the film are Lewis Pullman, Wrenn Schmidt, Austin Abrams, and Jimmi Simpson.
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BlackBerry and Theater Camp Headline Chicago Critics Film Festival 2023 Lineup
BlackBerry directed by Matthew Johnson The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced the complete lineup for the tenth annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, taking place May 5-11 at the city’s historic Music Box Theatre.
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Cannes Critics’ Week 2023 Reveals Lineup, Opens with Marie Amachoukeli’s ‘Ama Gloria’
Ama Gloria directed by Marie Amachoukeli 11 films have been selected for this year’s 2023 Cannes International Critics’ Week (Semaine de la critique), with 7 first films and 6 directed by women. To kick off this 62nd edition, Ama Gloria, first solo film by French director Marie Amachoukeli – winner of the Caméra d’Or for Party Girl that she co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis. She delivers a delicate, intimate film about the deep connection between 6- year-old Cléo and Gloria, her nanny. Gloria must suddenly leave Cléo and return to Cape Verde. Marie Amachoukeli conveys with incredible grace cruel, heartbreaking farewells, awash in the summer sunlight.
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Rama Rau’s COVEN Documentary on Witches, Priestesses, Obeah, Premieres at Hot Docs | Trailer
Coven directed by Rama Rau In Coven, the new documentary by Rama Rau premiering at Hot Docs film festival, three millennial women who identify as witches seek guidance and travel to explore their past lives and lost traditions.
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PEDRO, Liora Spilk’s Documentary on Plastic Artist Pedro Friedeberg at Mexico City’s FICUNAM Film Festival
Pedro directed by by Liora Spilk Directed by Liora Spilk Bialostozky, Pedro, a documentary on plastic artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg will feature in Mexico City’s National Autonomous University of Mexico International Film Festival (FICUNAM) as part of the “AHORA MEXICO” competition, which awards the best in contemporary Mexican cinema. FICUNAM will hold its thirteenth edition from June 1st to June 11th, 2023.
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Award-winning Documentary FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK on 1970s Female Rock Group to Debut on PBS
Fanny: The Right to Rock Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart, the award-winning documentary film Fanny: The Right To Rock chronicles the life and revival of this groundbreaking all-female rock group in 1970s America, revealing the fascinating untold story of a phenomenal band that were dubbed the “female Beatles”.
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CAAMFest 2023 Unveils Lineup, Opens with Adele Lim’s JOY RIDE at Castro Theatre
Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced the fully in-person program lineup for CAAMFest 2023, taking place May 11-21, 2023 in San Francisco. Opening Night of this year’s festival is headlined by the film Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim at the Castro Theatre.
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Brenda Akele Jorde’s THE HOMES WE CARRY Documents An Afro-German Family Torn Apart by World History
The Homes We Carry directed by Brenda Akele Jorde Directed by Brenda Akele Jorde, the documentary film The Homes We Carry will make its North American premiere at Hot Docs 2023 on April 28 in the festival program “The Changing Face of Europe”.
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YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER Trailer. Anwen O’Driscoll Stars in Mark Slutsky and Sarah Watts’ Queer Coming-of-Age Drama
You Can Live Forever directed by Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky Inspired in part by filmmaker Sarah Watts’ own upbringing in a Jehovah’s Witness community, the Canadian drama film You Can Live Forever stars Anwen O’Driscoll as a teenager sent to live with her aunt in a devoutly religious Jehovah’s Witness, and develops a relationship with another young woman in the community.
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THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER Official Trailer. Laya DeLeon Hayes Stars in Bomani J. Story’s Frankenstein Inspired Horror Flick
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster directed by by Bomani J. Story RLJE Films revealed the official trailer for The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Bomani J. Story’s horror film inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and starring Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, along with Keith Holliday.
