Calgary Underground Film Festival has revealed the 16 features and nine shorts selected for the 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place from November 20-24, 2024 at Globe Cinema.
Robert Maina
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ Headlines 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
The Donn of Tiki by Alex Lamb and Max Well (courtesy CUFF.DOCS)
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Rory Kennedy to Receive Pennebaker Award at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Rory Kennedy (Critics Choice Documentary Awards) Documentarian Rory Kennedy will receive the Pennebaker Award at the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Sunday, November 10, 2024. The late Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award winner D. A. Pennebaker inspired the name of the award, and Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s producing partner and widow, will present it.
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‘Los Frikis’ ‘The World According to Allee Willis’ ‘To Kill a Wolf’ Win Top Jury Awards at 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival
Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz won Best Narrative Feature and The World According to Allee Willis directed by Alexis Manya Spraic won Best Documentary Feature at the 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival.
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Conclave, Magpie, Blitz, A Real Pain, Nickel Boys Among 15th Twin Cities Film Festival Award Finalists
Queen of the Ring directed by Ash Avildsen The Edward Berger drama Conclave alongside other acclaimed titles Sam Yates’ feature debut, Magpie, Steve McQueens’ WWII drama Blitz, A Real Pain directed by Jesse Eisenberg, Ash Avildsen directed Queen of the Ring, and Nickel Boys directed by RaMell Ross, are the finalists for the Best Feature Film Award at the 15th Twin Cities Film Festival (TCFF).
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‘All We Imagine As Light’ ‘Bhangaar’ ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Win at 19th Tasveer Film Festival
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia The 2024 Audience Choice Awards, and Juried Competition Award winners were presented at the conclusion of the 19th annual Oscar-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle, Washington.
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‘Dead Talents Society’ and ‘Dead Mail’ Win Best Film Awards at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Dead Talents Society directed by John Hsu (courtesy BHFF) John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society dominated the 2024 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) winning Dark Matter Jury Awards for Best Film and Best Ensemble; along with the Audience Award.
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Vermiglio, ‘The Village Next to Paradise’ ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Win Gold Hugos at 60th Chicago Film Festival
Vermiglio (Fabrizio De Blasio) Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio won the Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival. Set in the final days of WWII, the period drama chronicles a harrowing year in the life of three sisters, the daughters of a schoolteacher in a remote mountain village.
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Liz Sargent’s ‘Take Me Home’ and Giselle Bonilla’s ‘The Musical’ Win Top Prizes at 2nd PROOF Film Festival
Anna Sargent in Take Me Home by Liz Sargent ‘Courtesy of Sundance Institute.’ Liz Sargent’s Take Me Home received the Grand Jury Prize and Giselle Bonilla’s The Musical received the Audience Choice Award at the 2nd edition of American Cinematheque’s PROOF Film Festival held at the Culver Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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54th International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveils First Films Premiering in Bright Future and Harbour Program
Primitive Diversity directed by Alexander Kluge (courtesy IFFR) The 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) set to run from January 30 to February 9, 2025, unveiled the thirteen titles spanning the Bright Future and Harbour programming strands having their world premiere at the festival.
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‘The Ghost Trap Trailer ‘ – James Khanlarian’s Maine Set Thriller Starring Zak Steiner Gets Limited Theatrical Release
The Ghost Trap (Michael P. Tedford. Khanlarian Entertainment) The Ghost Trap, the drama/thriller film starring Zak Steiner, Greer Grammer, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Steven Ogg will be available to rent or purchase on digital and DVD, along with a limited theatrical release in select U.S. theaters starting Friday, November 1, 2024.
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‘Waltzing Matilda’ and ‘The Strike’ Win Top Jury Prizes at Santa Fe International Film Festival
Waltzing Matilda directed by Petr Slavík Waltzing Matilda, directed by Petr Slavík won the Best Narrative Feature Jury Award and The Strike, directed by Joe Bill Muñoz and Lucas Guilkey won Best Documentary Feature Jury Award at the 2024 Santa Fe International Film Festival.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ to Open 24th Anchorage International Film Festival Lineup of 100+ Films
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) The Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) unveiled the official program for its 24th edition, set to take place from December 6th to December 15th across venues in Anchorage, Alaska.