NIGHTSTREAM, formed as a banner uniting five US genre festivals – Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights – came to a close with Adam Rehmeier’s DINNER IN AMERICA winning the festival’s Audience Award.
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Adam Rehmeier’s DINNER IN AMERICA Wins Audience Award + Winning Shorts Announced at NIGHTSTREAM Film Festival
Dinner in America
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Rama Rau’s Human Trafficking Thriller HONEY BEE Opens on VOD in November
Honey Bee directed by Rama Rau Honey Bee is a dramatic thriller that shines light on marginalized young girls lured into human trafficking rings. The film directed by award-winning documentarian-turned-narrative filmmaker Rama Rau (“League of Exotique Dancers,” “No Place to Hide,” “The Market”) and starring Julia Sarah Stone (“Allure,” “Wet Bum,” “Weirdos,” “The Killing”) in the title role of “Honey Bee,” for which she won a Leo Award, will be released on all major VOD platforms starting November 10 via Syndicado.
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DOC NYC 2020 Goes Online, Announces Lineup of 200+ Films and Events
ACASA, MY HOME DOC NYC announced the lineup of over 200 films for its eleventh edition, running online from November 11-19 and available to viewers across the US. Fifty-seven features (53% of the lineup) are directed or co-directed by women and 36 by BIPOC directors (34% of the feature program).
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SYLVIE’S LOVE Trailer: Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha Star in Romance Drama Set in 1950’s Jazz Era
Sylvie’s Love directed by Eugene Ashe Amazon released the trailer for Sylvie’s Love, starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, that premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
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Documentary THE SOUL OF AMERICA, Based On Jon Meacham’s Best-Selling Book, Drops Trailer and HBO Premiere Date
The Soul of America directed by KD Davison The Soul of America directed by KD Davison follows writer, journalist, historian and prolific presidential biographer Jon Meacham as he offers his timely and invaluable insights into the United States’ current political and historical moment by examining its past.
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Canadian Premiere of “Compañía,” Tantoo Cardinal among imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2020 Lineup
Compañía directed by Miguel Hilari The 21st Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will take place online October 20 – 25, 2020, showcasing work by Indigenous artists. imagineNATIVE will open the Festival with the shorts program YELLOW, composed of works created by artists from seven different nations. imagineNATIVE will close October 25 with the Canadian premiere of Compañía by Bolivian director Miguel Hilari.
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Neon to Release Justin Simien’s Sundance Hit BAD HAIR in Drive-In Theaters
Bad Hair directed by Justin Simien Neon will handle theatrical release for Justin Simien’s horror satire Bad Hair, which premiered earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival. The film has since been featured in Essence Festival, CurlFest, UrbanWorld, where Simien (Dear White People) received the 2020 Festival Ambassador Award, Chicago Film Festival, New York Comic Con, Beyond Fest and One Music Festival.
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Conversation with Dave Chappelle and Screening of “8:46” Kicks off Virtual 29th St. Louis International Film Festival
Dave Chappelle “8:46” Because of the Covid-19 health crisis, the 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), will be presented virtually and extending by a week to now run 18 days from November 5-22.
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418 Short Films to Screen at Virtual Oscar-qualifying 2020 HollyShorts Film Festival
FREEZE starring Nora Zehetner and Adrian Grenier 418 short films, including 128 international short films from 36 countries, have been selected to screen at the upcoming 16th edition of the Oscar®-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival.
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South Korean Crime Thriller “Beasts Clawing at Straws” Opens in Theaters on October 21
Beasts Clawing at Straws The South Korean horror thriller “Beasts Clawing at Straws” directed by Kim Yong-hoon opens in numerous theaters nationwide on October 21 from Kino Marquee. VOD release follows on December 15.
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Yi Chen’s FIRST VOTE, Eye-Opening Film About Voting in the Growing Chinese American Communities, Premieres October 20
FIRST VOTE directed by by Yi Chen First Vote, Yi Chen’s documentary on the Asian American experience at the voting polls will have its World Broadcast Premiere on October 20, 2020.
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Cevin Soling’s “Tiffany Brittany Brooke” Debuts at Oscar Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival
Tiffany Brittany Brooke Writer-Director Cevin Soling’s animated short “Tiffany Brittany Brooke” will make its festival debut at the 16th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, November 9th–15th on the Bitpix platform.