The war epic film Devotion directed by JD Dillard, and starring Jonathan Majors opens this year’s 26th Urbanworld Film Festival, boasting a strong film slate. Majors will also serve as the festival’s official ambassador.
Film Festivals
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DEVOTION Starring Jonathan Majors Opens Urbanworld Film Festival 2022 Slate of Films
Jonathan Majors in Devotion directed by JD Dillard
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Romantic Comedy LOVE SICK (Enfermo Amor) to Close 14th Hola Mexico Film Festival
Enfermo Amor (Love Sick) The 14th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival will close with the film Enfermo Amor (Love Sick) directed by Marco Polo Constandse and Rodrigo Nava; starring Camila Sodi, Mónica Huarte, Andrés Palacios, Fernanda Castillo, Adriana Louvier, Maya Zapata and Juan Pablo Medina. and an exciting musical performance by Mexican cumbia star Amandititita.
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MARS ONE, RELATIVE and AND STILL I SING Win Top Prizes at 2022 Nashville Film Festival
Cícero Lucas in Marte Um (Mars One) by Gabriel Martins | photo by Leonardo Feliciano. The Brazilian film Mars One, written and directed by Gabriel Martins, was named Best Narrative Feature, and Tracey Arcabasso Smith’s Relative earned the Best Documentary Feature award at the 53rd Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm).
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AFI Fest 2022 Announces Film Lineup incl. BONES AND ALL, WOMEN TALKING, NANNY, LE PUPILLE
Le Pupille directed by Alice Rohrwacher AFI Fest Film Festival 2022 today unveiled the full lineup of 125 films including Bones and All directed by Luca Guadagnino, Le Pupille directed by Alice Rohrwacher, Nanny directed by Nikyatu Jusu, SR. directed by Chris Smith, and Women Talking by writer and director Sarah Polley, which will all screen in the Special Screenings section. Of the official selections, 53% are directed by women, 32% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers and 11% are directed by LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.
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Gary Farmer to be Honored at imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Gary Farmer Actor and musician Gary Farmer will receive the 2022 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence, at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
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THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Kicks of 2022 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Lineup
The Banshees of Inisherin directed by Martin McDonagh The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts this year’s 25th anniversary edition of SCAD Savannah Film Festival in person, October 22–29, 2022. The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will screen 143 films, including 53 narrative feature films, 20 documentary feature films, and 79 shorts, with eight world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
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FINDING HER BEAT Clip: Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett’s Documentary Spotlights Women in Taiko Drumming
Finding Her Beat directed by Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett Here is a first look exclusive clip for Finding Her Beat, the new documentary on women in Taiko drumming directed by Dawn Mikkelson (Risking Light, The Red Tail), and Keri Pickett (First Daughter and the Black Snake, The Fabulous Ice Age) world premiering at 2022 Mill Valley Film Festival .
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13th San Francisco Dance Film Festival Announces Complete Program
Victor Amaya, formerly of New York Theatre Ballet’s LIFT program, leaps in the air, as seen in LIFT, directed by David Petersen. Photo credit: Fyodor Shiryaev. Courtesy of Beaufort 9 Films The 13th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) showcases international and locally produced dance films from October 28 to November 7, 2022, in various San Francisco theaters and streamed online.
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2022 Zurich Film Festival Award: STUNTWOMEN, LOS REYES DEL MUNDO and SAM NOW Win Golden Eye Prizes
Cascadeuses (Stuntwomen) by Elena Avdija The 18th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) presented the main Golden Eye prizes in the three competition categories to Cascadeuses by Elena Avdija, Los Reyes del Mundo by Laura Mora Ortega and Sam Now by Reed Harkness.
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Ava DuVernay Named Guest Artistic Director at AFI Fest 2022
Ava DuVernay – Courtesy of ARRAY Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will serve as Guest Artistic Director at AFI Fest 2022 and has selected three independent films amplifying the voices and vision of women directors to showcase: Hellion (2014), directed by Kat Candler and starring Juliette Lewis and Aaron Paul; Mosquita y Mari (2012), directed by Aurora Guerrero; and Yelling to the Sky (2011), directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Gabourey Sidibe and Zoë Kravitz. In addition to the screenings, Ava DuVernay will moderate a special panel with the directors, who are part of the historic all-women directorial roster for the acclaimed drama series Queen Sugar.
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2022 Montclair Film Festival Unveils Lineup, SHE SAID to Receive David Carr Award
She Said directed by Maria Schrader The 2022 Montclair Film Festival unveiled its program featuring over 130 films, events, parties, and conversations for the festival’s 11th edition.
