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Just before its World Premiere on Saturday April 27 at the Tribeca Film, Picture Character, a documentary about emoji released the first look – a fascinating video clip from the film. In the clip, Rayouf Alhumedhi explains why she created the hijab emoji.
Just Say Goodbye from director Matt Walting is the impactful and unforgettable story of a young woman trying to save the life of her suicidal friend. From Leomark Studios, Just Say Goodbye opens in theaters on May 10.
Filmmaker Parisa Dunn who co-produced the award-winning human rights feature DESERT DANCER, starring Freida Pinto, has teamed with NBA All-Star, author and TV personality, Caron Butler, known for his legacy with The Miami Heat and L.A. Lakers as well as his passion for U.S. justice system reform on the new documentary THE GREEN DREAM
The 2019 Overlook Film Festival will open with the US Premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s latest THE DEAD DON’T DIE starring Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton, and close with Sundance midnight breakout THE LODGE, the English-language debut of Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, directors of the acclaimed GOODNIGHT, MOMMY.
For their 19th year of celebrating Independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from the Indian subcontinent, the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will feature 32 films including 29 narrative, 3 documentary and 32 short films.
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has added a comprehensive Indigenous focus to its 45th annual festival including a collection of narrative and documentary features all made by Indigenous directors; along with the fifth 4th World Indigenous Media Lab, a workshop and hands-on training for emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists; a kickoff celebration of Indigenous-made short films and filmmakers; a complimentary screening at Seattle Central Library; and a traveling shorts package themed Doing the Work!
From director Michael Gallagher comes Funny Story a heartfelt tragicomedy you never saw coming that teaches us about the destructive power of narcissism, the healing power of forgiveness, and the dangers of doing karaoke after drinking enough tequila.
The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) returns for the fifth edition, from May 22 through 26, at venues across Mammoth Lakes.
Becoming Nobody , the quintessential portal to Ram Dass’ life and teachings, directed by Jamie Catto and produced by Raghu Markus. The documentary will open at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, as well as theaters in Bay Area, on September 6. A national release will follow, and New York City release date will be announced soon. A national release will follow, and New York City release date will be announced soon.
The Seattle International Film Festival announced the 2019 Film Teams for the four feature films – two documentary and two narratives, and Industry Mentors for the New Works-in-Progress (WIP) Forum.
Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the story of Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Dr. Jim Allison, and his journey to discover how the immune system can cure cancer. Filmed before his Nobel nomination, the documentary paints a richly entertaining portrait of an unconventional, iconoclastic scientist who for decades waged an often-lonely fight to bring his revolutionary cancer therapy to patients.
The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), the second part of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s pentalogy, has been selected as one of the feature films at the 2019 Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). Her first feature film, Wolf and Sheep, the first of a total of 5 films planned, screened at the sidebar in 2016 and was awarded with the main prize. The pentalogy is based on an unpublished autobiography by Shahrbanoo’s friend, Anwar Hashimi.