Film Festivals

Netflix Animated Series CITY OF GHOSTS to Open New York International Children’s Film Festival 2021

Elizabeth Ito’s Netflix animated series “City of Ghosts”

Completely virtual for the first time, the 24th edition of New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will open on March 5th with a premiere event for Elizabeth Ito’s new Netflix animated series City of Ghosts. The animated feature Nahuel and the Magic Book, directed by Germán Acuña, will make its North American premiere on March 6th as the 2021 Opening Spotlight program, and the Festival will conclude with a Closing Spotlight screening of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon with an exclusive, live conversation with the film’s directors Don Hall and Carlos López-Estrada and appearances by lead voice cast member Kelly Marie Tran.

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HAVANA LIBRE to Open, MANZANAR, DIVERTED to Close Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2021

Havana Libre directed by Corey McLean

The world premiere of Corey McLean’s Havana Libre, documenting the fight to legitimize surfing in Cuba will open the 2021 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula. The festival will close with Ann Kaneko’s Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, a documentary on a fresh interpretation of the Japanese American confinement site by examining the environmental and political history behind the World War II camp.

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71st Berlin International Film Festival Unveils Official Poster

71st Berlin International Film Festival Poster

Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the official poster for the upcoming 71st edition of the festival taking place in two stages – Industry event and the Summer Special.

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Miami Film Festival Announces 2021 Line-Up, Opens with Edson Jean’s Ludi

Ludi directed by Edson Jean

Miami Film Festival will present its 38^th annual edition from March 5 – 14, 2021 in a hybrid format, with both in-theater and virtual presentations of more than 100 feature narratives, documentaries and short films of all genres, from 40 different countries.

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Hong Kong International Film Festival Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Shochiku Cinema

Gohatto (1999)

The 45^th Hong Kong International Film Festival will mark the 100^th anniversary of Shochiku Cinema with a retrospective program, showcasing ten masterpieces from ten revered Japanese maestros, including Ozu Yasujiro, Shimizu Hiroshi, Imamura Shohei, and Oshima Nagisa.

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Questlove’s ‘Summer Of Soul’ and Siân Heder’s ‘CODA’ Win Top Sundance 2021 Awards

CODA by Siân Heder, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

At the 2021 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony tonight, hosted by actor and comedian Patton Oswalt, jurors presented 24 prizes for feature filmmaking and seven for Short Films.

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Directors of Golden Bear Winning Films to Serve as Jury of Berlin International Film Festival 2021

International Jury of the 71st Berlinale (from t. l. to b. l. clockwise): Adina Pintilie, Nadav Lapid, Mohammad Rasoulof, Jasmila Žbanić, Gianfranco Rosi, Ildikó Enyedi.

As part of the festival format in 2021, the directors of six Golden Bear winning films will decide on the prizes in the International Competition at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and will view the films on the big screen in Berlin. A jury presidency is not planned for this year.

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Clint Bentley’s JOCKEY Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance

Clifton Collins Jr. appears in Jockey by Clint Bently, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Adolpho Veloso.

Sony Pictures Classics acquired Clint Bentley’s Jockey premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section. Jockey stars Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, and Moises Arias.

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Neon Acquires AILEY, Documentary on Pioneering Dancer Alvin Ailey at Sundance

A still from Ailey by Jamila Wignot, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jack Mitchell.

Jamila Wignot’s documentary “Ailey, ” an intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey which world premiered at Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by NEON for release.

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Watch First Look Clip from REBEL HEARTS – Sundance Documentary on Pioneering Radical Nuns

Rebel Hearts by Pedro Kos, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles.

Watch the first clip from Rebel Hearts, the new documentary directed by Pedro Kos world premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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Actor Delroy Lindo to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Delroy Lindo in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods

Actor Delroy Lindo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 36th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his many attributes to the art of film over the years, and most recently, his work in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods from Netflix.

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NIGHT OF THE KINGS Trailer – Ivory Coast Oscar Submission Debuts in U.S. at Sundance

NIGHT OF THE KINGS directed by Philippe Lacôte

Neon released the trailer for Philippe Lacôte’s sophomore feature, Night of the Kings, the Ivory Coast submission for this year’s Academy Awards, set to debut in the U.S. at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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