A sensitive fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning drama Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), inspired by true events.
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Richmond International Film Festival 2019 Awards – Cuban Horror Film IS THAT YOU? Wins Best Film
Is That You? (¿Eres tu, Papá) The Cuban horror film Is That You? (¿Eres tu, Papá) directed by Rudy Riverón Sánchez was awarded the top jury prize for Best Film at the 2019 Richmond International Film Festival. Prescience starring Eric Roberts, and the psychological thriller Nesting Dolls tied to win the Audience Award for Best Feature Film.
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PLUS ONE and GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Win Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Audience Awards
Alice Mori (Maya Erskine) & Ben King (Jack Quaid) in Plus One, written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer Plus One, written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer, was honored with the Narrative Audience Award and Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, was given the Documentary Audience Award at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. The winner of each receive a cash prize of $10,000.
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Indie Comedy BEING FRANK Starring Jim Gaffigan Has New Title, Poster + Release Date
Being Frank (formerly known As You Can Choose Your Family) from director Miranda Bailey will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on June 14, 2019. The indie comedy starring Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, Danielle Campbell, Anna Gunn, Samantha Mathis and Alex Karpovsky is about a normal father’s family life turned upside down when his son discovers he has another family.
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BACK TO THE FATHERLAND, Documentary on Young Israeli Emigrants, Opens in June
BACK TO THE FATHERLAND Back to the Fatherland from filmmakers Kat Rohrer and Gil Levanon, follows the journey of three families in transition; Israeli grandchildren from the “Third Generation” and their respective grandparents. The film deals with both sides of the historic tragedy and the attempt to build their own future, without ignoring the past.
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Cinema/Chicago’s CineYouth Festival Honors 2019 Award Winners
Filmmakers and CineYouth Program Manager Ryan Saunders following the 2019 CineYouth Awards Ceremony. Photo Credit_ Dan Hannula CineYouth Festival announced award winners for the 2019 edition led by Best Overall Film winner No Such Sunrise by 22 year olds Dana Brandes-Simon, Laura Li, and Cella Wright from Oberlin, OH. The Audience Award was won by 22 year old Kylie Murphy of Shrewsberry, NJ for her short film Mad Lib Pixie Dream Girl which screened in the “She Persisted: Women in Cinema” program.
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Watch Trailer for HALLOWED GROUND, Spine-Chilling Horror Film
Hallowed Ground directed by Miles Doleac From writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons), comes Hallowed Ground, a spine-chilling new motion picture experience in the tradition of The Green Inferno and Deliverance : Hallowed Ground.
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Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2019 Announces Short Film Lineup
The Tragic Fall of Valerie Mallory Finkerstein The 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), championing innovative LGBTQ filmmakers from across the globe, revealed its short film lineup. This year’s festival will take place May 23 to June 2, 2019.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival 30th Anniversary to Showcase 13 Timely and Provocative Films
Advocate by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche The 30 Anniversary of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York City will showcase 13 timely and provocative films, from June 13 to 20, 2019. As racism and xenophobia continue to rise within the highest echelons of power, this year’s festival presents cinematic works that expose and humanize cases of legalized and legitimized oppression of the disenfranchised that demand the world’s attention.
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RUNNING WITH BETO and ‘Amazing’ Shorts Among May Slate for Rooftop Films Summer Series 2019
Running with Beto. Beto O’Rourke shakes hands with a potential voter as he departs a campaign event in Houston, TX on November 5, 2018. | Credit: Charlie Gross) Rooftop Films announced the lineup for the first three weeks of Summer Series 2019, including an outdoor sneak-preview screening of David Modigliani’s behind-the-scenes HBO documentary, Running with Beto; a special free presentation of Melvin Van Peeble’s ground-breaking classic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song in Fort Greene Park, with a live score performance by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber; and a free short film program of audacious and Dangerous Documentaries, at MetroTech Commons.
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Elton John Biopic ROCKETMAN to Open Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival + Full Film Lineup Revealed
Rocketman The highly anticipated Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, starring Taron Egerton will kick off this year’s 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), and the festival will close with the Canadian premiere of the Sundance crowd-pleaser LATE NIGHT, from director Nisha Ganatra, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTE, Documentary on Pioneering Jazz Label Opens in June
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Sophie Huber’s Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, is a revelatory journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the most ground-breaking jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The film opens June 14th in New York City, and June 28th in Los Angeles with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.