Cannes Film Festival announced the Un Certain Regard jury chaired by Lebanese director and actress Nadine Labaki; and the short films and Cinéfondation jury chaired by Claire Denis, French director and screenwriter.
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Cannes Film Festival 2019 Names Un Certain Regard + Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury
Nadine Labaki and Claire Denis
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Cinema/Chicago’s CineYouth Festival Honors 2019 Award Winners
Filmmakers and CineYouth Program Manager Ryan Saunders following the 2019 CineYouth Awards Ceremony. Photo Credit_ Dan Hannula CineYouth Festival announced award winners for the 2019 edition led by Best Overall Film winner No Such Sunrise by 22 year olds Dana Brandes-Simon, Laura Li, and Cella Wright from Oberlin, OH. The Audience Award was won by 22 year old Kylie Murphy of Shrewsberry, NJ for her short film Mad Lib Pixie Dream Girl which screened in the “She Persisted: Women in Cinema” program.
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Watch Trailer for HALLOWED GROUND, Spine-Chilling Horror Film
Hallowed Ground directed by Miles Doleac From writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons), comes Hallowed Ground, a spine-chilling new motion picture experience in the tradition of The Green Inferno and Deliverance : Hallowed Ground.
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Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2019 Announces Short Film Lineup
The Tragic Fall of Valerie Mallory Finkerstein The 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), championing innovative LGBTQ filmmakers from across the globe, revealed its short film lineup. This year’s festival will take place May 23 to June 2, 2019.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival 30th Anniversary to Showcase 13 Timely and Provocative Films
Advocate by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche The 30 Anniversary of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York City will showcase 13 timely and provocative films, from June 13 to 20, 2019. As racism and xenophobia continue to rise within the highest echelons of power, this year’s festival presents cinematic works that expose and humanize cases of legalized and legitimized oppression of the disenfranchised that demand the world’s attention.
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RUNNING WITH BETO and ‘Amazing’ Shorts Among May Slate for Rooftop Films Summer Series 2019
Running with Beto. Beto O’Rourke shakes hands with a potential voter as he departs a campaign event in Houston, TX on November 5, 2018. | Credit: Charlie Gross) Rooftop Films announced the lineup for the first three weeks of Summer Series 2019, including an outdoor sneak-preview screening of David Modigliani’s behind-the-scenes HBO documentary, Running with Beto; a special free presentation of Melvin Van Peeble’s ground-breaking classic Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song in Fort Greene Park, with a live score performance by Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber; and a free short film program of audacious and Dangerous Documentaries, at MetroTech Commons.
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Elton John Biopic ROCKETMAN to Open Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival + Full Film Lineup Revealed
Rocketman The highly anticipated Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, starring Taron Egerton will kick off this year’s 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), and the festival will close with the Canadian premiere of the Sundance crowd-pleaser LATE NIGHT, from director Nisha Ganatra, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.
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BLUE NOTE RECORDS: BEYOND THE NOTE, Documentary on Pioneering Jazz Label Opens in June
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Sophie Huber’s Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, is a revelatory journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the most ground-breaking jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The film opens June 14th in New York City, and June 28th in Los Angeles with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.
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BURNING CANE, HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD and SCHEME BIRDS Win Top Awards at Tribeca Film Festival 2019
House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) (South Korea, USA) directed and written by Bora Kim. Burning Cane, directed and written by teen filmmaker Phillip Youmans won the top honor at the 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival – the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature. The film also won the prizes for Best Cinematography and Best Actor for Wendell Pierce. Other top awards went to House of Hummingbird (Beol-sae) for Best International Narrative Feature, and Scheme Birds for Best Documentary Feature.
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Watch EXCLUSIVE Clip from Indie Film IN A NEW YORK MINUTE at LA Asian Pacific Film Festival
Here is an exclusive clip from IN A NEW YORK MINUTE from first time writer/director Ximan Li. IN A NEW YORK MINUTE stars Celia Au, Amy Chang, Yi Liu, with Ludi Lin, along with Cheng Pei Pei, and will be in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
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Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD Among New Films Added to Cannes Film Festival 2019
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino is finally ready to go, and will World Premiere in Competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
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Watch New Trailer for LATE NIGHT Starring Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling in Late Night Amazon Studios released the trailer for Late Night directed by Nisha Ganatra (Chutney Popcorn, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) from a screenplay by Mindy Kaling (“The Mindy Project,” “The Office”). Late Night world premiered earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters on June 7th.