Captured in intimate verite by filmmaker Alix Blair, the documentary Helen and the Bear is a portrait of the complex relationship between Helen and husband, former California Congressman Pete McCloskey.
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Alix Blair’s Documentary ‘Helen and the Bear’ Captures Queer Rebel and Her Unconventional Marriage to Republican Congressman Husband
Helen and the Bear directed by Alix Blair
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‘Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted’ Music Documentary Gets A Release Date via Magnolia Pictures
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted (Magnolia Pictures) Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted, an unconventional documentary about convention-defying singer, songwriter and record producer Jerry Williams, aka Swamp Dogg, one of the great cult figures of 20th-century American music has been acquired by Magnolia Pictures.
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Paloma López Carrillo’s ‘Say Goodbye’ to World Premiere at Visions Du Réel
Say Goodbye by Paloma López Carrillo (Barlovento Cine) Say Goodbye, the debut feature film by director Paloma López Carrillo, will have its world premiere at Visions du Réel, the prestigious documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland. The festival will take place from April 4 to 13, 2025, and the film will be part of the competitive Burning Lights section, dedicated to international films that explore new and contemporary cinematographic perspectives.
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Amy Wang’s ‘Slanted’ and Benjamin Flaherty’s ‘Shuffle’ Win Top Awards at 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival
Slanted by Amy Wang (courtesy SXSW) Slanted directed by Amy Wang has won the Narrative Feature Competition and Shuffle directed by Benjamin Flaherty wins the Documentary Feature Competition at the 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival.
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Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari, Laurel Marsden Star in ‘All There Is’ Indie Drama Premiering at Beverly Hills Film Festival
Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari and Laurel Marsden star in “All There Is” by Kit Williamson (Karin Catt) Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari and Laurel Marsden star in “All There Is” the indie drama film on parent-child relationships and how the media shapes our society. Also starring in the movie are Elsie Fisher, Shiv Pai, Jack Wright, and Nick E. Tarabay.
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Grace Glowicki’s SXSW Dark Comedy ‘Dead Lover’ Acquired by Cartuna x Dweck
Dead Lover by Grace Glowicki (Cartuna x Dweck) In one of the first sales out of SXSW, Cartuna and Dweck Productions have teamed up on a new distribution venture, Cartuna x Dweck and acquired Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover which made its Texas premiere at the festival.
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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Trailer – Brilliant Documentary Captures Couple’s Life in 1970s and Only Full-Length Concert
One to One: John & Yoko (screenshot | Magnolia Pictures) Magnolia Pictures debuted the official trailer for One to One: John & Yoko, a new documentary from Executive Producers Sean Ono Lennon and Brad Pitt featuring never-before-seen footage of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s life in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, and newly restored footage of their only full-length concert.
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‘Prime Minister’ and ‘SALLY’Headline 27th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Jacinda Ardern in Prime Minister by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Radio New Zealand) The 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina has unveiled a lineup of forty-nine films from 30 countries
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‘Village Keeper’ ‘Inay (Mama)’ ‘Singing Back the Buffalo’ Win Top Awards at 20th GEMFest
Village Keeper directed by Karen Chapman The Canadian drama film Village Keeper directed by Karen Chapman has won Best Feature at Gender Equity in Media Society (GEMS)’s 20th annual GEMFest. It stars Oluniké Adeliyi (who won the award for Best Performance) as a widow living in the Lawrence Heights, Toronto, where she tries to protect her children from neighborhood violence.
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Glorimar Marrero Sánchez’s Puerto Rican Drama The Fishbowl Sets US Release Date | Trailer
The Fishbowl (La pecera) by Glorimar Marrero Sánchez (Monument Releasing) Artist Glorimar Marrero Sánchez makes her feature directorial debut with The Fishbowl (La pecera), the Puerto Rican ecofeminist drama starring Isel Rodriguez (Noelia), Modesto Lacén (Juni), Magali Carrasquillo (Flora), and Maximiliano Rivas (Jorge).
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Trailer – Camille Rutherford Stars in French Romantic Comedy Film
Camille Rutherford in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics debuted the official trailer and release date for Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, the French romantic comedy starring Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (Three Nights a Week), Charlie Anson (Downton Abbey) and Annabelle Lengronne (Mother and Son).
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‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Trailer – Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff Star in Charming Rom-Com Film
A Nice Indian Boy by Roshan Sethi (Screenshot / Wayfarer Studios) Karan Soni and Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff star in the award-winning romantic comedy A Nice Indian Boy as a newly engaged gay couple meeting Soni’s conservative Indian parents. It is based on the play by Madhuri Shekar. In an interesting twist, Groff plays a white man adopted by two Indian parents.