Alfonso Cuarón’s Mexican drama Roma was named Film of the Year, while Cuarón also won Director of the Year at the 39th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards ceremony on Sunday night.
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Aretha Franklin’s AMAZING GRACE to Open 2019 Pan African Film & Arts Festival
Amazing Grace Aretha Franklin’s spine-tingling and uplifting Amazing Grace, a rare gem in the crown of the late musical genius, will open this year’s 27th Pan African Film & Arts Festival. The documentary film was originally directed by Sydney Pollack in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California but remained unreleased due to technical and rights issues.
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Music Docu Series WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN to World Premiere at Sundance and Debut on Showtime
Method Man, RZA, and The GZA in WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN is a four-part limited docuseries from filmmaker Sacha Jenkins (BURN MOTHERF*CKER, BURN!) that transcends the music documentary genre by creating a new lane that merges music, socio-cultural commentary and intimate family portrait. The first two episodes of the series will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, January 28, and the full series will air on Showtime later this spring.
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GREEN BOOK, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Win Producers Guild Awards
Green Book “Green Book won the top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture, at last night’s 30th Producers Guild Awards. The PGA awards has matched the Academy Award for best picture in 20 of its 29 year history, making Green Book the favorite for this year’s award.
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Filmfest Dresden Offers 2019 Sneak Preview – Focus on Cuba, Tribute to Derek Jarman, Christian Borchert Retrospective
CAPITAL CUBA by Johann Lurf (2015) The 31st edition of Filmfest Dresden lures film-loving audiences to the capital of Saxony, Germany from April 9 to 14, 2019. Filmfest Dresden is already proving a foretaste of several of this year’s special programs.
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Danger, Desire, and Despair – 2019 Noir City Announces Lineup of Classic Films, Opens with TRAPPED Starring Lloyd Bridges
Trapped (1949) Noir City, the world’s most popular Film Noir festival, returns to the legendary Egyptian theater in Seattle, Washington, from February 15 through 21, 2019 for a week-long indulgence of danger, desire, and despair. The 2019 festival presents 20 classic films covering the years 1949 to 1959, as they were experienced on their original releases, pairing a top-tier studio “A” with a shorter, low-budget second feature, or “B” film. Many of the films will be presented in glorious 35mm. Czar of Noir and host of TCM’s “Noir Alley,” Eddie Muller, will host the week-long Festival.
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Ronny Sen’s CAT STICKS to World Premiere at Slamdance, Drops Trailer + Poster
Ronny Sen’s Cat Sticks Ronny Sen’s Cat Sticks, captured in amazing black and white visuals, about junkies in Kolkata, released the official poster and trailer. The film which is set to world premiere at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival, stars Tanmay Dhanania, Sumeet Thakur, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Rahul Dutta, Saurabh Saraswat, Sreejita Mitra, Raja Chakravorty, and Kalpan Mitra
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BLACK MOTHER, Khalik Allah’s Gorgeous Portrait of Jamaica, Opens in NY on March 8 at Metrograph
BLACK MOTHER Described as part film, part baptism, Khalik Allah’s Black Mother brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Beginning Friday March 8, Black Mother will begin its exclusive NY theatrical run at Metrograph.
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4th Neighboring Scenes, Festival of Contemporary Latin American Cinema Returns to Film Society of Lincoln Center, Announces Lineup
Belmonte, directed by Federico Veiroj Neighboring Scenes, the annual festival of contemporary Latin American cinema organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical, returns for the 4th edition in New York City with 13 features and 10 shorts with seven filmmakers in person, from February 22 to 26.
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Risk Before Perfection – Berlin Film Festival Announces 2019 Forum Lineup
Deragh Campbell. MS Slavic 7. Directors: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell. © Lisa Pictures The 49th edition of Forum as part of the Berlin International Film Festival will consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. The festival notes, that the Forum 2019 main program doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things out, take a stance and refuse to compromise.
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Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion Among 2019 Sundance Film Festival Jury
Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion 20 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science will award feature-length and short films shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with 12 prizes, announced at a ceremony on February 2. Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 29; both award ceremonies will be livestreamed. The Festival takes place January 24 through February 3 in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah.
