Horrible Imaginings Film Festival revealed the second wave of their 2021 lineup featuring five more films and five more short film blocks.
Film Festivals
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Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Reveals Second Wave of 2021 Films – Hunger, Trans, Followers
Hunger directed by Manu Herrera
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick…BOOM! to Open AFI FEST 2021
TICK, TICK…BOOM! (L-R) Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson, Alexandra Shipp as Susan in TICK, TICK…BOOM! Photo Credit: Macall Polay/NETFLIX ©2021 AFI FEST 2021 will open with the World Premiere of Netflix’s tick, tick…BOOM! directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 unveils Shorts + Platform Lineup with Riz Ahmed as Jury President
Montana Story directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel Toronto International Film Festival 2021 announced the full Platform competition lineup with Academy Award–nominated actor Riz Ahmed as head of the jury.
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New York Film Festival 2021 Unveils Main Slate – Titane, Knee, Memoria, The Worst Person in the World
The Worst Person in The World 32 film including Cannes prizewinners Julia Ducournau’s Titane, Nadav Lapid’s Ahed’s Knee, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, and Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World comprise the Main Slate of the 59th New York Film Festival (NYFF).
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Karlovy Vary IFF to Honor Sir Michael Caine, Johnny Depp and Jan Svěrák + Closes with The Nest Starring Jude Law
The Nest starring Jude Law British actor Sir Michael Caine will be the special guest of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the opening ceremony.
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Giuseppe Tornatore’s Documentary on Prolific Musician Ennio Morricone Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Ennio Morricone in “Ennio” by Giuseppe Tornatore The documentary Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore, described as “a comprehensive portrait of Ennio Morricone, well-known and beloved all over the world, among the most influential and prolific musicians of the twentieth century, the winner of two Academy Awards® and composer of over 500 unforgettable movie soundtracks” has been added to the line-up, Out of Competition, of the 78th Venice International Film Festival 2021.
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The Velvet Underground Doc to Close Perlak Lineup of 2021 San Sebastian Festival
The Velvet Underground directed by Todd Haynes The Perlak program of the 69th edition of San Sebastian Festival will showcase a total of 15 films from filmmakers like Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Todd Haynes, François Ozon and Paul Verhoeven, joined by important contemporary filmmakers, such as the last Golden Palm-winner Julia Ducournau, Céline Sciamma, Sean Baker and Joachim Lafosse. The writer Emmanuel Carrère will present her second fiction as a director, while the debuts by Shipei Wen and Charlotte Gainsbourg will also screen.
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Atlanta’s BronzeLens Film Festival Reveals 2021 Nominated Films
Queen of the Morning Calm directed by Gloria Ui Young Kim The BronzeLens Film Festival set to run from August 17-22 in Atlanta, Georgia unveiled its 2021 nominated film selections. Winners will be announced during the annual BronzeLens Awards Show on Sunday, August 22.
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Johnny Depp to Receive San Sebastian Festival’s Donostia Award
Johnny Depp (dp) San Sebastian Festival will honor actor Johnny Depp with the Donostia Award, the festival’s highest honorary award in recognition of his career.
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Ridley Scott to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Prize at Venice Film Festival
Ridley Scott at the 69th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA Awards) (dp) British director and producer Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker award of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
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Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Awards – KILI BIG and 7 DAYS Win Top Jury Prizes
Kili Big directed by Ida Joglar Kili Big directed by Ida Joglar which world premiered at the 2021 Bentonville Film Festival was awarded Best Documentary at the festival. The film follows a group of plus-sized women from around the world as they attempt to climb the tallest peak in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, about an Indian couple on an arranged marriage date forced to quarantine together, took home the jury award for Best Narrative Feature and Americanized, by Erica Eng, was selected for Best Short Film.
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Fantastic Fest 2021 Unleashes First Wave of Films – TITANE, LAMB, BINGO HELL, THE TRIP
Titane directed by Julia Ducournau The 2021 Palme D’Or winner Titane directed by Julia Ducournau headlines the first wave of films for 2021 Fantastic Fest. Described as “a poignant study on loneliness, isolation and gender identity wrapped in a constantly surprising world of body horror, muscle cars, violence, and disco-dancing firemen,” Titane opens in US cinemas on October 1.