Narrated by Ariana DeBose, Stanley Nelson’s San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood documentary will make its World Premiere as a Special Event of the 62nd New York Film Festival, on Wednesday, October 9.
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Stanley Nelson’s ‘San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood’ Premieres at New York Film Festival
“Amsterdam and West 63rd Street, 1956” (Courtesy of New York City Parks Photo Archive)
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Angelina Jolie to Receive TIFF Tribute Award + Premiere ‘Without Blood’ at Toronto Film Festival
Angelina Jolie (Photo Credit: Alexei Hay) Angelina Jolie, the multi-hyphenate Academy Award–winning actor, Tony Award–winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian will receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival.
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European Film Academy Presents Wim Wenders with European Lifetime Achievement
Wim Wenders (Photo: Donata Wenders) In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film, the European Film Academy is presenting Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement award at the 37th European Film Awards.
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Eric Esau’s ‘Saturn’ and Heather Waters’ ‘A Mother’s Promise’ to Kickoff 13th Richmond Film Festival Lineup
Marc Rissmann and Jonathan Stoddard in Saturn (courtesy RIFF) Under the theme “Rooted RVA” the 13th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF), takes place September 24th – 29th, 2024 featuring over 170 film premieres from 25 countries.
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Yorgos Lanthimos ‘Poor Things’ Named FIPRESCI 2024 Best Film of the Year
Emma Stone in Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos (courtesy SSIFF) Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, has been chosen the film of the year 2024 by the members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics and awarded the FIPRESCI Grand Prix. The organization selected the title from among all of the films premiered after July 1, 2023.
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22nd Tallgrass Film Festival Reveals First Films – Arrive Alive, The Sunshine Dreamer
The Sunshine Dreamer by Shawn Rhodes The 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival will be held in downtown Wichita, Kansas, October 24-27, 2024 . The festival will host more than 129 films at the Orpheum Theatre, the Advanced Learning Library (all downtown on 1st Street), and a new venue with three screens inside Century II, including the Mary J. Teall Theater.
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‘Paying For It’ Sook-Yin Lee’s Adaptation of Chester Brown’s Graphic Novel Premieres at TIFF
Emily Lê and Dan Beirne in Paying For It (Photo credit: Gayle Ye) Paying For It, the live-action adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, “a comic-strip memoir about being a john”, co-written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead! Year of the Carnivore) will have its world premiere in the Platform program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language Wins Top Prize at Melbourne Film Festival
Universal Language directed by Matthew Rankin (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language walked away with the top prize, the flagship Bright Horizons Award and $140,000AUD prize at the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). In the offbeat film set in a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways.
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16th Hola México Film Festival Unveils Lineup with Luis Kuri’s ‘Todas Menos Tú (Anyone But Her)’ as Closing Night Film
Todas Menos Tú (Anyone But Her) by Luis Kuri Hola México Film Festival returns for its 16th annual edition on September 20 – 27, 2024, during Hispanic Heritage Month with a diverse lineup of exciting films, including comedy, horror, social-political interest, LGBTQ themes, and more.
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‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Documentary Gets Gala Premiere at BFI London Film Festival
Elton John: Never Too Late (credit : Sam Emerson) With Elton John and directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish in attendance, the documentary Elton John: Never Too Late will make its European Premiere as the American Express Gala of this year’s 68th BFI London Film Festival.
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12 Feature Docs Make Documentary Film Selection for European Film Awards 2024
At Averroès & Rosa Parks (TS Productions) The European Film Academy revealed the 12 feature-length documentary films chosen for the Documentary Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2024.
