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ROMA Wins FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2019 for Best Film of the Year

Roma

The International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI picked ROMA as best film of 2019. The organization considers all films released after 1 July 2018. The other finalists were Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory), by Pedro Almodóvar, for which Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at Cannes, Gisaenchung / Parasite, by Bong Joon-ho, Golden Palm at the Cannes Festival, which will participate in Perlak, and The Favourite, by Yorgos Lanthimos, winner of an award at Venice 2018 and for which Olivia Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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Watch New Trailer for I’M LEAVING NOW Engaging Documentary of an Undocumented Worker

I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy) directed by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda

Cinema Guild released the Trailer for the documentary I’m Leaving Now (Ya me voy), by Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda, an intimate portrait of an undocumented worker.

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AN UNEXPECTED LOVE and World Premiere of DAYS OF LIGHT Bookend 2019 AFI Latin American Film Festival Lineup

AN UNEXPECTED LOVE, directed by Juan Vera

The 2019 AFI Latin American Film Festival will take place September 12–October 2 at the historic AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD. Celebrating its 30th edition this year, the festival honors Ibero-American cultural connections during National Hispanic Heritage Month. This year’s festival will showcase 53 films, nearly 40% of the films are directed by women.

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16 Spanish Films Showcased in Made in Spain Program of San Sebastian Film Festival 2019

STAFF ONLY (EL VIATGE DE LA MARTA)

Sixteen Spanish films including a number of debut films and works by directors with an extensive career, such as Pedro Almodóvar and David Trueba will be showcased in Made in Spain program at the 2019 San Sebastian Festival.

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STOLEN SON: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary on Rohingya Crisis Debuts August 31

Khurshida tells the story of her missing son in Stolen Son: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary

Persecuted in Myanmar, forced to seek refuge in neighboring Bangladesh and then exploited and trafficked to places unknown. That’s the reality for many Rohingya Muslims living in Cox’s Bazar – now the world’s largest refugee camp accommodating nearly one million people – as they are targeted by human traffickers and lured from the refugee camp with false promises of employment and better living conditions.

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Documentary PARKLAND RISING to World Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival

PARKLAND RISING. Artist and activist Manuel Oliver with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High student Tyra Hemans

Timely and vital, the documentary Parkland Rising directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Cheryl Horner McDonough, follows the high-school students and families who became fierce leaders of the national movement for gun reform after the February 2018 shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. The documentary film, executive produced by Katie Couric and will.i.am, will World Premiere at the upcoming 20th anniversary Woodstock Film Festival, taking place October 2 to 6, 2019.

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Romania Picks Mafia Drama THE WHISTLERS for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

The Whistlers (La Gomera) directed by Corneliu Porumboiu

The Whistlers (La Gomera) directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, that premiered at 2019 Cannes Film Festival is Romania’s pick for submission in the Best International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars.

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Japan Picks Animated Film WEATHERING WITH YOU for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Weathering With You (Tenki no ko)

The animated film Weathering With You (Tenki no ko) directed by Makoto Shinkai has been selected by Japan Motion Picture Producers Association (Eiren) to represent Japan in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2020 Oscars.

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Turkey Selects Semih Kaplanoğlu’s COMMITMENT-ASH for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Commitment – Ash (Bağlılık – Aslı)

Commitment – Ash (Bağlılık – Aslı) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu has been selected as Turkey’s candidate for the 92nd Academy Awards in the category of Best International Film.

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Melina Matsoukas’ QUEEN & SLIM to Open AFI FEST 2019

QUEEN & SLIM (Photo credit: Campbell Addy/Universal Pictures)

The 33rd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Makeready and Universal Pictures’ QUEEN & SLIM directed by two-time Grammy winner Melina Matsoukas (AFI Class of 2005) and written by Emmy winner Lena Waithe from a story by Waithe and James Frey. The film is a consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence.

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12 Documentaries Selected for European Film Awards 2019

AQUARELA directed by Victor Kossakovsky

The European Film Academy announced the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 12 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards. There are 12 European countries represented in this year’s EFA Documentary Selection.

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3 Modern Film Classics incl. Paul Schrader’s MISHIMA in Featured in Klasikoak Section of San Sebastian Festival 2019

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), by Paul Schrader

Three modern classics, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), by Paul Schrader; Dao ma zei / The Horse Thief (1986), by Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Sátántangó (1994), by Béla Tarr, are the films featuring in this year’s Klasikoak section of the 2019 San Sebastian International Film Festival. Following last year’s screening of Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948), the section increases from one to three films programmed for screening in their restored versions in the Tabakalera cinema.

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