Film Festivals

Alice Gu’s THE DONUT KING will Kick Off Naples International Film Festival 2020 Lineup

THE DONUT KING

Artis – Naples announced the complete program lineup for the 12th Annual Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) to be held October 22-25, 2020 featuring both virtual and in-person events. NIFF’s in-person screenings will include two documentaries, opening on October 22 with Alice Gu’s award-winning documentary The Donut King, and closing on October 25 with Aurélia Rouvier and Seamus Haley’s festival favorite Banksy Most Wanted. Both screenings will be outdoors on a large screen in the Norris Garden on the Artis – Naples Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus.

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Maïwenn Receives A Tribute To… Award at Zurich Film Festival and Premieres her Film “DNA”

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – OCTOBER 01: Maïwenn receives the Golden Eye Award during the 16th Zurich Film Festival at Arthouse Le Paris on October 01, 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images for ZFF)

French filmmaker Maïwenn accepted the A Tribute To… Award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival. The festival’s most prestigious accolade for auteur filmmakers was presented to Maïwenn at the premiere of her most recent film ADN (DNA) at the Arthouse Le Paris cinema.

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Harlem International Film Festival Announces 2020 Filmmaker Awards, HAINGOSOA Wins Best Film

HAINGOSOA directed by Edouard Joubeaud

Edouard Joubeaud’s Haingosoa was named Best Narrative Feature, with George King’s Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley taking the award for Best Documentary Feature at the virtual edition of the 2020 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi). Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er’s Omar and Us was cited as Best World Film (Narrative) and Cam Cowan’s Opeka took the prize for Best World Documentary.

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Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup and US Premiere of DAVE NOT COMING BACK

Dave Not Coming Back

Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF) announced today the full schedule of films and panels for the 27th annual Festival, this October 22-29, to be held exclusively online.

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Juliana Fanjul’s RADIO SILENCE and Roberto Escamilla’s CHANCES Win Hola Mexico Film Festival’s 2020 Awards

(l to r) Juliana Fanjul and Roberto Escamilla Win Hola Mexico Film Festival’s 2020 Awards

Filmmaker Juliana Fanjul recipient of the most audience votes for her film Silencio Radio ‘Radio Silence,’ won the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Audience Choice Award at 2020 Hola Mexico Film Festival (HMFF).

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I’M YOUR WOMAN to Open, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI to Close Savannah Film Festival 2020 Lineup

Rachel Brosnahan and Arinzé Kene star in I’M YOUR WOMAN Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios

This year 23rd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival running as an all-virtual experience October 24 – 31, will screen 148 films, including 20 narrative films, 17 documentary films and 111 shorts, with 14 world premieres, four U.S. premieres and four North American premieres.

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Documentary LOS HERMANOS / THE BROTHERS to Premiere at Top Film Festivals in Fall

Los Hermanos/The Brothers co-directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider

The new documentary Los Hermanos/The Brothers co-directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider World Premiere as the opening night film of Woodstock Film Festival. The film looks at Cuban-born brothers – Ilmar Gavilan the violinist, and Aldo López-Gavilán the pianist – who live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half century wide. Linked by music and dreams, their unfolding story offers a nuanced, often startling view of nations long estranged, and a vision of what can happen when borders can be crossed.

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Juliette Binoche Receives Golden Icon Award at Zurich Film Festival

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – SEPTEMBER 30: Juliette Binoche poses with her ZFF Golden Icon Award ahead of the “La Bonne Epouse” premiere during the 16th Zurich Film Festival at Kino Corso on September 30, 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for ZFF)

Actress Juliette Binoche received the Golden Icon Award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival, becoming the first time in its history, the festival presented its most prestigious accolade for an actress to a star from France.

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Nino Aldi’s TRIBES, Starring Destorm Power, Adam Waheed and Jake Hunter, Competes at Oscar Qualifying LA Shorts Fest

Tribes starring Destorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Jake Hunter

Nino Aldi’s role-reversal comedy Tribes, starring Internet celebrities Destorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Daytime Emmy-winning producer/actor Jake Hunter (Class Act), from an award-winning screenplay by Andy Marlatt, will be presented online at the Oscar qualifying LA Shorts Fest.

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BFI London Film Festival Unveils 2020 Industry Program Featuring Ava DuVernay, Rufus Norris, Tabitha Jackson, Ted Hope and More

Ava DuVernay, Rufus Norris, Tabitha Jackson, Ted Hope

The 64th BFI London Film Festival unveiled an industry program that probes key learnings and experiences that have emerged during a tumultuous and historical 2020.

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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Rachel Brosnahan, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Hudson Among Honorees for 23rd SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Rachel Brosnahan, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Hudson Among Honorees for 23rd SCAD Savannah Film Festival

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Rachel Brosnahan, Millie Bobby Brown, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Hudson, Glen Keane and Delroy Lindo will be honored at this year’s 23rd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place as a virtual experience October 24 – October 31.

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Berlin Film Festival Confirms Founding Director Alfred Bauer DID Play a Role in Nazi Regime

Alfred Bauer with Sophia Loren

Berlin Film Festival today confirmed that founding director Alfred Bauer, after whom the Silver Bear – Alfred Bauer Prize award was named, did play a role in the Reichsfilmintendanz which was more significant than previously known and was systematically covered up by him after 1945. Reichsfilmintendanz was the central institution for controlling film production in the Nazi regime.

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