The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) will celebrate its 28th anniversary virtually nationwide for the first time from November 27 to December 13 with 75 narratives and documentaries from 31 countries including 26 World, US and New York premieres.
The Hamptons Doc Fest announced the full film slate for its 13th year, expanded from 5 days to 10 days and running online December 4-13. Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI kicks off this year’s virtual festival boasting a lineup of 35 films that cover a range of topics including, politics, public health, environment, American history, and the arts.
At the award ceremony for this year’s online edition of the Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck), ten prizes were handed out, and for the first time ever, the NDR Film Prize, worth 12,500 euros went to a film from Latvia, director Dace Pūce’s feature debut “The Pit” (“Bedre”).
The 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) came to a close after 10 days of physical screenings and a range of online events. The Audience Award, selected by audiences from among 32 titles chosen for the special Tokyo Premiere 2020 section, all of which were making either their world or Asian premieres at TIFF, went to the Japanese romcom Hold Me Back by director Akiko Ohku, whose Tremble All You Want won the same coveted trophy at the 30th TIFF in 2017.
Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the lineup of 18 features and two shorts packages, for the upcoming CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place online and at Globe Cinema from November 25 – December 1, 2020.
Women filmmakers swept the Golden Apple Awards for the 17th annual event Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City with Ena Sendijarević’s “Take Me Somewhere Nice” capturing the BHFF 2020 Jury Award for Best Feature Film.
Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art announce the return of the 49th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), rescheduled from March for December 9-20. This year’s festival will introduce 24 features and 10 shorts virtually to audiences nationwide, with films scheduled over the course of 12 days and screening exclusively in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
The 32nd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which was scheduled for Thursday, February 25, 2021 through Monday, March 8, 2021, will not take place and instead shifts to 2022.
Whistler Film Festival announced the full film lineup of 89 fresh films for its 20th anniversary edition with a hybrid of online and in-theatre offerings.
Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the 2020 Film Competition Jury and Audience Award winners alongside the Script Competition winners. Following each screening, audience members cast their votes for the Audience Award, recognizing the audience’s Festival favorites among the 2020 film slate.
The Savannah College of Art and Design announces the award winners for the 23rd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival screened 153 films, including 21 narrative films, 17 documentary films, and 112 shorts with 14 world premieres. More than 1,700 films were submitted for the festival.
The short film I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face directed by Sameh Alaa was named the unanimous winner of the Palme d’or at the three-day “Cannes 2020 Special.”