Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse, that follows a gay transgender man who decides to carry his own baby, released the first trailer ahead of its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 27th.
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Watch First SEAHORSE Trailer on Transgender Dad Who Decides to Carry His Own Baby
STILL FROM SEAHORSE. A British trans man, pregnant with his son walks on the beach.
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A FIRST FAREWELL and YOU HAVE THE NIGHT are Big Winners of 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival Awards
Winners of 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival Awards Wang Lina’s A First Farewell and Ivan Salatić’s You Have the Night are the big winners at the Firebird Awards of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF43). A First Farewell won the first-ever Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) Firebird Award, and You Have the Night took home the prestigious award in the Young Cinema Competition (World).
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LITTLE MONSTERS Starring Lupita Nyong’o to Open 2019 Calgary Underground Film Festival
LITTLE MONSTERS The 16th edition of Western Canada’s biggest genre film festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival will open with the Canadian Premiere of the Australian zombie horror rom-com LITTLE MONSTERS.
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WOMAN AT WAR, OUR BODIES OUR DOCTORS Win Audience Awards at 42nd Portland International Film Festival
Woman at War Throughout the 42nd Portland International Film Festival, attendees were given the opportunity to register their opinions on each of the 90 features and 55 shorts. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is Woman at War (Iceland/France/Ukraine) by director Benedikt Erlingsson. Our Bodies Our Doctors (United States) by director Jan Haaken took the Best Documentary Feature award. Director Lila Avilés is the winner of this year’s Best New Director award for her debut feature, The Chambermaid (Mexico). The Wolf House (Chile/Germany) director Joaquín Cociña & Christóbal León takes home the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature. Fish Out of Water (United States) by director Josh Brine is the recipient of the Best Oregon Short Film Award.
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Polish Premiere of THE WIND. A DOCUMENTARY THRILLER to Open Krakow Film Festival
The wind. A documentary thriller The Polish premiere of “The wind. A documentary thriller,” an emotional story about the “halny” wind – one of the most unpredictable winds in the Polish mountains, directed by Michał Bielawski, will open the 59th Krakow Film Festival on May 26th. The film will be showcased as a part of the international documentary competition and the Polish competition.
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First 10 Films Revealed for 12th Las Vegas Film Festival
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House The 12th Annual Las Vegas Film Festival will spotlight a mix of feature films and documentaries that have been favorites on the international festival circuit, as well as films with Las Vegas ties, including a documentary about The Amazing Johnathan, and Robin Greenspun’s personal portrait of local businesswoman Amy Ayoub. Additionally, one of the documentaries, Knock Down the House, follows the campaigns of four progressive women who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, including Amy Vilela who ran for Congress in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House.
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Zack Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein’s FREAKS Wins Audience Award at 2019 What The Fest!?
Lexy Kolker and Emile Hirsch in FREAKS The second annual What The Fest!? is over, and Zack Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein’s FREAKS, which made its New York Premiere at the festival was voted winner of the Audience Award. FREAKS tells the warped tale of Chloe (Lexy Kolker), a young girl sheltered by her father (Emile Hirsch) from the world outside their door… until an ice cream man (Bruce Dern) tries to lure her out of her safe haven.
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Cult Legend, Director Jeff Lieberman is Guest of Honor at Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival
Jeff Lieberman Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival, returns to Filmhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, for it’s 26th Edition, April 18 to 21 with cult favorite, director Jeff Lieberman as the Guest of Honor. Jeff will host a retrospective of his films Blue Sunshine, Remote Control, Just Before Dawn, Squirm and Satan’s Little Helper.
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World Premiere of RUNNER to Open, THE WEIGHT OF WATER to Close 2019 DocLands Documentary Film Festival
Runner directed by Bill Gallagher Now in its third year, the 2019 edition of DocLands Documentary Film Festival kicks off Thursday, May 2 with the World Premiere of RUNNER; director Bill Gallagher and film subject Guor Marial will be in attendance. The four-day festival will showcase 44 films from 14 countries, with 36 filmmakers in attendance. The Closing Night Film will be the Bay Area Premiere of THE WEIGHT OF WATER with Emmy Award winning director Michael Brown and film subject Erik Weihenmayer attending.
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Ashland Independent Film Festival Unveils Complete 2019 Lineup of Over 150 Films
Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements by Irene Taylor Brodsky The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced its lineup of over 150 films for the eighteenth annual festival, April 11-15, 2019, in Ashland, Oregon.
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2019 Florida Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with WOMAN IN MOTION
WOMAN IN MOTION, Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise The Florida Film Festival will screen 184 films representing 41 countries for the 28th Annual Festival, April 12-21, 2019, in Maitland and Winter Park, Florida. The festival will open with Woman in Motion, directed by Todd Thompson, a fasciniation documentary on Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise
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Martin Scorsese-Produced, Tribeca Winner DIANE Opens March 29th
Tribeca Film Festival award-winner Diane, directed by Kent Jones, and exec-produced by Martin Scorsese will open in theaters on March 29. Diane starring Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O’Connell, Phyllis Somerville, Glynis O’Connor, and Joyce Van Patten won the awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography and Best Screenplay at Tribeca Film Festival.