The 29th Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) which will run from June 19 – 24, 2024, unveiled its lineup, honorees, and Signature Programs.
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29th Nantucket Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Thelma, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and More
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (Photo by Herb Ritts / AUGUST.)
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11th Sundance Film Festival London Unveils Lineup – Sasquatch Sunset, My Old Ass, Girls Will Be Girls
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in My Old Ass (Photo Marni Grossman © Amazon Content Services LLC) The 11th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London 2024, taking place from 6 to 9 June at Picturehouse Central announced the lineup of 11 feature fiction and documentary films, a specially curated program of UK short films and a strand of repertory titles to celebrate the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S.
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Art College 1994 – Liu Jian’s 2D Animated Film Revisits College Experiences of 1990s China | Trailer
Art College 1994 (Dekanalog) Set in the early 1990s, Liu Jian’s latest animated feature film Art College 1994 is based on his own experiences on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts. It returns to the meticulous hand-drawn 2D animation style of predecessor Have a Nice Day.
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New Films by Oliver Stone, Michel Hazanavicius, Rúnar Rúnarsson Added to Cannes Film Festival
(© Shochiku Co., Ltd. – Rhapsody in August by Akira Kurosawa (1991) / Graphic creation © Hartland Villa) The 77th Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Poster featuring a scene from the film Rhapsody in August, directed by the great Japanese master Akira Kurosawa, 81 at the time.
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Finding The Money – Economists Upend Theories on National Debt in Maren Poitras’ Controversial Documentary | Trailer
Finding The Money (Giant Pictures / screenshot) Finding The Money is a new documentary on deficit spending, the national debt and the controversial Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) featuring economist, NY Times Bestselling author, Professor Dr. Stephanie Kelto.
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Three Promises – Palestinian Filmmaker Yousef Srouji Shares His Mother’s Secret Recording of Second Intifada in Emotional Documentary | Trailer
Three Promises (Tikkun Olam Productions / screenshot) A mother films her family’s life while sheltering from Israel’s attacks during the Second Intifada in the West Bank in the documentary Three Promises. In 2017, almost 20 years later, her son filmmaker Yousef Srouji discovered her archive of home footage.
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‘New Life’ – Hayley Erin and Sonya Walger Star in Dark Horror Thriller Film | Trailer
New Life (Brainstorm Media) Brainstorm Media shared the trailer for New Life, the horror thriller starring Hayley Erin as a mysterious woman on the run, and Sonya Walger as the fixer assigned to bring her in.
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Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Woods Star in ‘Backspot’ Queer Cheerleader Drama | Trailer
Backspot (XYZ Films / screenshot) XYZ Films shared the official trailer for Backspot, the drama film starring Devery Jacob as a queer cheerleader navigating the world of professional cheerleading.
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Flipside – Filmmaker Chris Wilcha Reflects on Disappointments and Failures in Inpsiring Documentary | Trailer
Flipside (Oscilloscope) Oscilloscope Laboratories debuted the official trailer for Flipside, the documentary follows filmmaker Chris Wilcha as he reflects on opportunities lost and gained while trying to save the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teenage clerk.
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First Look Images – ‘Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge’ Hulu Documentary Film
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge (Hulu) Hulu shared the first look images from “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” the new documentary on the iconic fashion designer set to world premiere as the opening night selection at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, and launches on June 25 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
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Banel & Adama – Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Senegalese Love Story and Oscar Entry Opens in US Cinemas | Trailer
Banel & Adama (courtesy IFFR) Kino Lorber shared the official trailer for Banel & Adama, the Senegalese romantic drama film starring Khady Mane as Banel and Mamadou Diallo as Adama, young adults who fall in love and decide to live separately from their families in a remote village in northern Senegal, and find their relationship tested by pressures from the community.
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İlker Çatak’s ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Wins LUX European Audience Film Award 2024
The Teachers’ Lounge co-writer Johannes Duncker with European Parliament Vice-President Evelyn Regner (left) and MEP Sabine Verheyen. (© European Union 2024, Photo: Philippe Buissin) The Teachers’ Lounge by German director İlker Çatak is the winner of the LUX European Audience Film Award voted on by the European public and the members of the European Parliament. Johannes Duncker who co-wrote the screenplay with İlker Çatak, accepted the Award at a ceremony in the European Parliament in Brussels.