Two-part documentary “I Love You, Now Die,” that premiered at this year’s 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, takes a deeper look at the texting suicide case that made national headlines.
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I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE Documentary on Michelle Carter Texting Suicide Case Sets HBO Air Date
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter directed by Erin Lee Carr
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Dances With Films 2019 Winners – GUTTERBUG Wins Grand Jury Award
GUTTERBUG directed By Andrew Gibson The 22nd edition of the fiercely independent film festival, Dances With Films (DWF) concluded with the awards ceremony at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters and awarded the Grand Jury Award to Gutterbug directed by Andrew Gibson. The Audience Awards went to Wade In The Water directed by Mark Wilson for feature film and to The Earthing Movie directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell for feature documentary film.
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14 German Films to Compete for New German Cinema New Talent Award at Munich Film Festival 2019
ALL I NEVER WANTED The renowned New German Cinema New Talent Award goes to eligible up-and-comers in the New German Cinema section at Munich International Film festival (Filmfest München) and carries a purse of €70,000, making it one of the most lucrative newcomer awards in the German film industry. Writers, directors, and actors in the sidebar who have not made more than three feature films have a shot at the prize, as well as producers who have not made more than six feature films. Candidates from fourteen films qualify this year. All are world premieres at the festival.
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IN REALITY and SUMMER NIGHT Win Top Awards at Inaugural Rom Com Fest
IN REALITY directed by Ann Lupo Following a special 20th anniversary screening of the classic rom com 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOUT, the inaugural Rom Com Fest announced the winners, with top jury honors going to Ann Lupo for IN REALITY (Jury Prize for Best Feature Film) and Erin Brown Thomas for REKINDLED (Jury Prize for Best Short Film).
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THE SWEET REQUIEM, Film on Tibetan Refugees Living in India, Will Open July 12
The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo) The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo), the award-winning film by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin (a husband and wife filmmaking team) which had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will open theatrically at IFC Center in New York on July 12. Other cities will follow.
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Rome Film Fest 2019 – Bill Murray to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Murray at the screening of Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on March 20, 2018. Artistic Director Antonio Monda today made several announcements on the fourteenth Rome Film Fest, which will take place from October 17th to 27th 2019.
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ZAMA Director Lucrecia Martel to Chair Venice Intl Film Festival 2019 Jury
Lucrecia Martel Director Lucrecia Martel (Zama, La mujer sin cabeza) will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2019), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
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IFC Midnight Releases Trailer for TRESPASSERS Starring Janel Parrish
Trespassers directed by Orsin Oblowitz IFC Midnight released the trailer for Trespassers directed by Orson Oblowitz which opens in theaters starting Friday July, 12 in New York at the IFC Center and Los Angeles at the Arena Hollywood, and On Demand.
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Tilman Singer’s Horror Masterpiece LUZ Opens in Theaters on July 19
LUZ directed by Tilman Singer Tilman Singer’s LUZ, starring Luana Velis and Jan Bluthardt, which played at the prestigious Fantasia Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Berlin International Film Festival, and Sitges Film Festival, will open in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, July 19 with a national release to follow.
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Emmy-winning Director Carlos Puga’s FULL DRESS will World Premiere at Dances With Films Film Festival
FULL DRESS directed by Carlos Puga Emmy-winning director Carlos Puga “Full-Dress,” an experimental feature film that keeps its audience guessing at every turn, will World Premiere as an Official Selection at 2019 Dances With Films film festival.
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Jahmil X. T. Qubeka’s KNUCKLE CITY will Open Durban International Film Festival 2019
Knuckle City directed by Jahmil X. T. Qubeka Jahmil X. T. Qubeka’s Knuckle City much anticipated fourth feature film will be the opening film for the 40th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). Dissecting notions of inherited toxic masculinity and the underbelly of the fighting world, Knuckle City is a riveting exploration of the psychology of a fighter from the Mdantsane township known as the boxing mecca of South Africa.
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Urban Movie Channel Acquires Romantic Comedy HIS, HERS AND THE TRUTH
His, Hers and the Truth Following its world premiere at the 23rd annual American Black Film Festival in Miami, Florida, UMC (Urban Movie Channel) acquired the romantic comedy film His, Hers and the Truth. Written and directed by Coke Daniels, the film will premiere on UMC in December of this year.