The 7th MidWest WeirdFest wrapped last week and announced the winning films, with the chilling techno-thriller Murmur from director Mark Polish (Twin Falls Idaho, The Astronaut Farmer) awarded the festival’s prestigious “Best Film” award.
Film Festivals
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Mark Polish’s MURMUR Wins Best Film at MidWest WeirdFest, Melissa Tittl’s CODE 12 Wins Palmer d’Or
Melissa Tittl was awarded the Palmer d’Or for Code 12 at 7th MidWest WeirdFest
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Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s THE BEASTS Wins 3 Awards at 40th Miami Film Festival
The Beasts directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen The Goya Award-winning film The Beasts, directed by Goya Award-winner and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen, took the top jury prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award, at the 40th Miami Film Festival. The thriller about a French couple starting a new life in rural Galicia, Spain, also received the Rene Rodriguez Critics Award, and “The Beasts” composer Oliver Arson earned the Alacran Music in Film Award. The award highlights the power of music and film and celebrates the role of the film composer and was selected by the Art of Light (Composer) Award honoree Nicholas Britell.
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SXSW 2023 Award Winners – RAGING GRACE and ANGEL APPLICANT Win Grand Jury Prizes
Raging Grace directed by Paris Zarcilla Raging Grace directed by Paris Zarcilla is the winner of the Grand Jury Award in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 30th SXSW Film & TV Festival. The jury commented, “The story of a Filipina house cleaner and her young daughter confronting Britain’s racial and class divides, Raging Grace is both frank and elusive, a film that subverts expectations on its way to a stirring conclusion.”
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Lauren Greenhall’s Erotic Thriller PERFECTLY GOOD MOMENT Premieres at Sarasota Film Festival | Trailer
Perfectly Good Moment directed by Lauren Greenhall Directed by Lauren Greenhall, the erotic thriller Perfectly Good Moment will have its world premiere at the 25th Sarasota Film Festival on March 29, 2023. This psychosexual thriller asks the question: what happens when the things that make your relationship passionate and exciting are the same things that make it toxic?
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Ben Affleck’s AIR to Make Surprise Debut as Closing Night Film of SXSW
Ben Affleck as Phil Knight in AIR (Amazon Studio) Ben Affleck’s AIR will make its surprise debut as this year’s Closing Night Film of South by Southwest® (SXSW®) film festival on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at the Paramount Theatre.
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STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED Documentary to Open San Francisco Film Festival
Stephen Curry: Underrated (Photo Courtesy Apple Original Films via SFFILM) Emmy award-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks’ Stephen Curry: Underrated will open the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) on Thursday, April 13th. Returning to the Festival for the fourth time, Nicks’ latest film is an intimate documentary of the celebrated and iconic NBA superstar Stephen Curry.
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Hundreds of Beavers and Show Business Is My Life Win Top Awards at Oxford Film Festival 2023
Hundreds of Beavers directed byMike Cheslik G.B. Shannon’s Show Business Is My Life (But I Can’t Prove It) won Best Documentary Feature and Mike Cheslik’s Hundreds of Beavers was named Best Narrative Feature at the 2023 Oxford Film Festival.
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Noir Thriller MAD FATE and Documentary ELEGIES to Open Hong Kong Film Festival
Mad Fate directed by Soi Cheang The Asian premiere of Soi Cheang’s noir thriller, Mad Fate, starring Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung, and the world premiere of Elegies, Ann Hui’s lyrical documentary portrayal of the topography of contemporary local poetry, will open the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF47) on March 30, 2023.
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First Look: SATAN WANTS YOU Teaser. SXSW Documentary Explores 1980s Satanic Panic
Michelle Smith, the author of Michelle Remembers, during a television appearance on To Tell The Truth in 1980. | Credit: Fremantle | Satan Wants You directed by Sean Horlor, Steve J. Adams. Cargo revealed the first look – teaser trailer for Satan Wants You, a documentary on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s ignited by the bestselling book Michelle Remembers.
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25th Sarasota Film Festival Reveals First Films, to Close with On A Wing And A Prayer
On A Wing And A Prayer directed by Sean McNamara Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced the initial slate of programming for the milestone 25th anniversary event, taking place across Sarasota March 25 through April 2, 2023. The complementary virtual platform will launch on Friday, March 24 offering exclusive, pre-opening access to select titles.
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SCRAMBLED Clip. Leah McKendrick’s Comedy Directorial Debut to World Premiere at SXSW
Scrambled by Leah McKendrick Here is a first look – clip from Scrambled, a hilarious millennial-comedy, and the feature directorial debut from Leah McKendrick set to world premiere at SXSW film festival, based on Leah’s real journey through egg freezing and 30-something singledom.
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World Premiere of THE UNHEARD to Open Boston Underground Film Festival 2023 Lineup
The Unheard directed by Jeffrey A. Brown (Shudder) The 23nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square’s arthouse hub The Brattle Theatre from March 22nd through the 26th, featuring a lineup stacked with “fearsome folk horror, mendacious miscreants, harrowing horrors and hero/es/ines, godless god-complexes, eco-thrillers and chillers, sensational sci-fi, and all manner of midnight madness.”