The 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF43) will open on March 18 with the world premiere of Bodies at Rest, Renny Harlin’s Chinese language crime thriller starring Nick Cheung and Richie Jen.
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43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival to Open with BODIES AT REST and Close with BY THE GRACE OF GOD
Bodies at Rest directed by Renny Harlin
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GREEN BOOK, ROMA, and FREE SOLO Win Oscars at 91st Academy Awards
“Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly Green Book took home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 91st Oscars. Regina King, Mahershala Ali, Rami Malek and Olivia Colman won in the acting categories and Spike Lee brought home Oscar for the very first time for Adapted Screenplay as a co-writer of BlacKkKlansman, and Free Solo won for best documentary. Roma won three including, best foreign language and another directing Oscar for Alfonso Cuarón.
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2019 Spirit Awards – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Wins Best Film
If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Suspiria, Eighth Grade, First Reformed, Sorry To Bother You, The Wife and You Were Never Really Here. En El Séptimo Día, Won’t You Be My Neighbor and Roma received awards at Film Independent’s 34th Spirit Awards ceremony.
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Ralph Fiennes to Receive Prestigious Volta Award at Dublin International Film Festival
THE WHITE CROW directed by RALPH FIENNES Ralph Fiennes will be presented with the Volta Award, the most prestigious award at the 2019 Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival, by Irish actor John Kavanagh who Fiennes directed in The Invisible Woman after a screening of The White Crow. The film tells the story of ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s defection to the West and which Fiennes both directed and stars in. Alongside Carlos Acosta’s Yuli it is one of two ballet themed films at this year’s festival.
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Rashid Johnson’s Sundance Debut NATIVE SON Sets HBO Premiere Date
Ashton Sanders appears in Native Son by Rashid Johnson Native Son, directed by first-time director and renowned visual artist Rashid Johnson, that world premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival, will debut Saturday, April 6 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on HBO. The film is based on the classic novel by Richard Wright and from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (“Topdog/Underdog”).
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17 Indie Films Awarded Rooftop Films 2018-19 Filmmakers Fund Grants
Dandelion Seed, courtesy of Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter Rooftop Films awarded seventeen cash and service grants to alumni filmmakers, including the Rooftop Films Water Tower Feature Film Grant, which was presented to director Anastasia Kirillova and co-directors Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter. Kirillova will receive $20,000 to help finish her film In the Shadows of Love, and Kuwahata & Porter will receive $10,000 to support their film Dandelion Seed.
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Yoga Doc IYENGAR: THE MAN, YOGA, THE STUDENT’S JOURNEY Sets April 19 Release Date
Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student’s Journey Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student’s Journey, directed by award-winning filmmaker Jake Clennell, focuses on the life and teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar, widely considered to have been instrumental in popularizing yoga in the Western world. An Official Selection of the Vancouver International Film Festival, this illuminating documentary was made with the support and cooperation of B.K.S. Iyengar and the Iyengar family, the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States, and students and supporters worldwide.
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BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival Unveils 2019 Lineup, Closes with JEREMIAH TERMINATOR LEROY Starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart
Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy From March 21st to 31st , the 33rd edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival will showcase the best in contemporary global LGBTQ+ films, over 50 features, more than 80 shorts and a wide range of special events, guest appearances, club nights and much more.
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Jan Haaken’s OUR BODIES OUR DOCTORS to Premiere at Portland International Film Festival on International Women’s Day
Our Bodies, Our Doctors Jan Haaken’s latest documentary feature, Our Bodies, Our Doctors will premiere at the 42nd Annual Portland International Film Festival on International Women’s Day – Friday March 8, 2019.
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2019 New Directors/New Films Announces Lineup, Opens with CLEMENCY Starring Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard and Alex Castillo appear in Clemency by Chinonye Chokwu This year’s lineup for the 48th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), March 27 to April 7, will introduce 24 features and 11 short films to New York audiences, with 15 films directed or co-directed by women, and 11 works by first-time feature filmmakers.
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Cleveland International Film Festival to Open with THE ETRUSCAN SMILE, Close with THE PUBLIC
The Etruscan Smile The 43rd Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF43) will kick-off its 12-day run on Wednesday, March 27 with THE ETRUSCAN SMILE, a story of love and forgiveness. Produced by multiple Academy Award winner Arthur Cohn and co-directed by Mihal Brezis & Oded Binnun, thefilm follows the story of Rory MacNeil, an old-fashioned Scottish man who travels from his beloved and beautifully slow-paced home on Hebridean Island to seek medical treatment in fast-paced, high-tech San Francisco. Rory finds himself and his world transformed when he moves in with his estranged son and forms an unbreakable bond with his grandson. The film, based on the bestselling book, La Sonrisa Etrusca, by Jose Louis Sampedro, stars a bevy of acclaimed and talented actors including Brian Cox, Rosanna Arquette, Thora Birch, JJ Feild, Peter Coyote, and Treat Williams.
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42nd Portland International Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with AMATEURS
Amateurs (Amatörer) directed by Gabriela Pichler The Northwest Film Center revealed the 42nd Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 42) lineup. This year’s Festival begins on Thursday, March 7th and will run through Thursday, March 21st.