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Don’t You Let Me Go (Agarrame fuerte), the most recent feature film by the Uruguayan directorial duo of Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge (So Much Water), will make its world premiere in the International Narrative Competition at the 23rd edition of the Tribeca Festival.
Hugh Bonneville is an accomplished actor best known for his role as Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the popular drama series Downton Abbey. He will be honored for his 35-year vibrant and eclectic career at the Mostly British Film Festival at the Vogue Theatre in San Francisco, California.
Anora directed by Sean Baker won the Palme d’or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The jury led by Greta Gerwig selected the comedy drama film of Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, who gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Fantasia International Film Festival revealed its first seventeen titles and a first look at its 2024 poster art for its upcoming 28th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 18 through August 4, 2024,
Shot on 35mm, Ken Wardrop’s So This Is Christmas is a thought-provoking and emotional journey of five characters as they navigate a complicated lead-up to Christmas.
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) honored the winning films and filmmakers of the Golden Apple Awards for the 20th annual event with Kiss the Future directed by Nenad Čičin-Šain winning the the Audience Award and Una Gunjak’s Excursion captured the Jury Award for Best Feature Film.
The German film Sensitive Content by Narges Kalhor walked away with the €20,000 Saxon Film Promotion Prize at the 36th Filmfest Dresden international short film festival in Dresden, Germany. The jury commented, “The winning film interweaves found footage, animation and sound in a skillful and precise way, taking the viewer to the scene of the action. Who is allowed to show themselves, who can act and who is denied the opportunity to look and participate? The film powerfully denounces patriarchal structures and shows the fearless struggle of women. In terms of the form and content, the jury was completely captivated from the very first second.”
Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz won the top jury prize, the $20,000 MARIMBAS Award, at the 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival.
Hollywoodgate by Egyptian filmmaker Ibrahim Nash’at took the Grand Jury Award at the 2024 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. With an interpreter by his side Nash’at documents a Taliban group taking control of a former CIA base nicknamed “Hollywoodgate” just days after the U.S. Army’s controversial withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
After showcasing over 190 films, the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF48) announced the winners of the 15 Firebird Awards and FIPRESCI Prize, with A Journey in Spring, Snow in Midsummer and Sons taking the top prizes.
Goodbye Julia directed by Mohamed Kordofani walked away with the Grand Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature at the 27th Sonoma International Film Festival. The film follows the story of Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder.
Ahead of the world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival, a first-look clip is released for Things Will Be Different, Michael Felker’s twisting science fiction thriller film.