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Nashville Film Festival Announces Shorts, Episodics, NextGen and VR Competition Lineup

For Your Consideration directed by Poppy Gordon

The Nashville Film Festival announced its official program selections for its Shorts Programs, Episodics, NextGen and VR Competition Programs for the 51st edition of the festival, taking place virtually from October 1-7, 2020. Selections for the Shorts Programs, Episodics, NextGen and VR Competition Programs come from over 20 countries and cover diverse genres, including documentary, narrative, and animated shorts. Additional programming announcements for Nashville Film Festival’s virtual event will continue through early September.

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Inaugural Mr. HoleHead’s Warped Dimension is First Online Film Festival via Zoom Live-Streamed

The Hill and the Hole directed by Bill Darmon

Produced by members of the team that has brought SF IndieFest’s Another Hole in the Head (AHITH) to San Francisco for 16 years, Mr. HoleHead’s Warped Dimension is the first online film festival to be presented entirely through the Zoom app. Taking place from September 24^th through the 29^th, 2020, it will showcase Independent films from the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller, Dark & Off-the-Wall Comedy, Animation, and Art/Experimental–as well as Music Videos and Documentaries with related content. 13 Features and 97 Short Films will be streamed over the six days of the fest.

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CONSOLE WARS Trailer Debuts, Documentary on Iconic ’90s Battle Between Sega and Nintendo Video Game Companies

Console Wars drected by Jonah Tulis, Blake J. Harris

In honor of National Video Game Day, the documentary Console Wars debuted the official trailer, providing a nostalgia-filled first look at the iconic ’90s battle between video game companies Sega and Nintendo.

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Award Winners of 32nd Filmfest Dresden Short Film Festival – MASEL TOV COCKTAIL, ZORG 2

MASEL TOV COCKTAIL by Arkadij Khaet, Mickey Paatzsch

The 32nd Filmfest Dresden international short film festival in Dresden, Germany, announced the winners of its National and International Competitions at the awards ceremony in the Schauburg Dresden festival cinema.

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Watch Trailer for CITY HALL, Frederick Wiseman’s Kaleidoscopic Look at Boston’s City Government

CITY HALL directed by Frederick Wiseman

Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman released the new trailer for his latest film, the documentary City Hall that looks at Boston’s city government, covering racial justice, housing, climate action, and more. The film, as with all Wiseman’s films, is long, clocking in at over 4 and 1/2 hours. City Hall had its world premiere at Venice Film Festival, followed by North American Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, then US Premiere at New York Film Festival; and will be released in November, 2020.

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Watch Documentary ‘BELLY OF THE BEAST’ Trailer Featuring New Mary J. Blige Song

The new trailer debuted for the documentary feature Belly of the Beast featuring the original song ‘See What You’ve Done’ written and performed by nine-time Grammy winner and two-time Oscar nominated singer-songwriter, Mary J. Blige. Belly of the Beast exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.

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Watch DATING AMBER Trailer, LGBT Coming of Age Comedy Starring Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew

DATING AMBER

Goldwyn Films released a new trailer for the coming-out/coming-of-age comedy film Dating Amber from director David Freyne, set for digital release on November 13. Set in Ireland during the mid-’90s, Dating Amber stars Fionn O’Shea as Eddie and Lola Petticrew as Amber who decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. The film also stars Sharon Horgan, Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Evan O’Connor, Ian O’Reilly, and Emma Willis.

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Netflix to Release K-Pop Documentary ‘BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky’

BLACKPINK – Jisoo, Jennie, Rose and Lisa

Netflix will release their first K-pop documentary, BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky, which charts the meteoric rise of the South Korean four-member superstar girl group, BLACKPINK.

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Venice Film Festival 2020 Winners – NOMADLAND Wins Golden Lion for Best Film

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Zhao who was not able to travel to Europe for the festival, accepted remotely from Los Angeles. Zhao adapted Nomadland from journalist Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century and follows Fern (Frances McDormand), a woman who, after the economic collapse of her company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road to explore a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.

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Nashville Film Festival Announces Graveyard Shift + Animated Features Competition, Spotlight: Japan, US Independents and World Cinema 2020 Film Lineup

Danni and the Vampire, directed by Max Werkmeister

The Nashville Film Festival announces its official program selections for its Graveyard Shift Features & Shorts Competition, Animated Features Competition, Spotlight: Japan, US Independents and World Cinema Programs for the 51st edition of the festival, taking place virtually from October 1-7, 2020.

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THE WALL OF MEXICO Starring Esai Morales, Mariel Hemingway, Jackson Rathbone Gets Fall Release

The Wall of Mexico

Dark Star Pictures released trailer for The Wall of Mexico, the new film from filmmakers Zachary Colter and Magdalena Zyzak, starring Esai Morales and Mariel Hemingway. The Wall of Mexico will be released in Virtual Cinemas on September 18 and On Demand on October 13 by Dark Star.

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Woodstock Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup, THE FATHER, THE BROTHERS, AMMONIITE

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite

The Woodstock Film Festival announced the official lineup of more than 100 short and feature-length films for its 21st edition, taking place September 30th – October 4th, 2020.

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