Secrets, carnality, violence, revenge and the merciless spell of the natural world all hover over an ostensibly carefree family get-together in Violation, part of the Midnight Madness program at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s VIOLATION to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
VIOLATION directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
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Martha Elcan’s Emotional Short Film LADIES MOST DEJECT Competes at Richmond International Film Festival
Ladies Most Deject The award-winning dramatic short film “Ladies Most Deject,” directed by Martha Elcan, will compete at the upcoming Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) which will run September 8 – 13, 2020. It will be part of the festival’s Narrative Shorts Block II and will be virtually screened beginning on September 8.
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28th Hamptons International Film Festival to Open with WITH DRAWN ARMS
WITH DRAWN ARMS directed by Glenn Kaino and Afshin Shahidi Just six weeks until opening night of the expanded virtual edition of the 28th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, the festival announced the first five films in the lineup with Glenn Kaino and Afshin Shahidi’s With Drawn Arms as Opening Night Film.
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Juliette Binoche to Receive Golden Icon Award at Zurich Film Festival
Juliette Binoche After working in French cinema for the past 30 years, for such masters as Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Abbas Kiarostami, Claire Denis and Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche will be the first French actress to receive the Golden Icon Award for her acting career at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.
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Tayler Montague’s IN SUDDEN DARKNESS Set During 2003 NYC Blackout Receives NY Premiere at New York Film Festival
In Sudden Darkness Tayler Montague’s debut short film In Sudden Darkness, set during 2003 NYC blackout, will receive its NY premiere at the 2020 New York Film Festival, in the Currents section (Program #8: New York Stories). The film will also receive its international premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and had its world premiere at the 2020 Blackstar Film Festival.
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Bettina Oberli’s Tragicomedy MY WONDERFUL WANDA Opens 16th Zurich Film Festival
My Wonderful Wanda (Wanda, Mein Wunder) For the first time, the Zurich Film Festival opens with a movie directed by a female director. The world-premiere of the Swiss tragicomedy My Wonderful Wanda (Wanda, Mein Wunder) by Bettina Oberli opens the 16th Zurich Film Festival on September 24.
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Austin Film Festival Reveals First Wave of 2020 Films
Death of a Telemarketer Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the first wave of screenings to be included in their 2020 film slate, taking place virtually October 22-29.
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Watch First Trailer for Christos Nikou’s APPLES Premiering at Venice Film Festival
Christos Nikou’s APPLES (MILA) Ahead of the world premiere as the opening film of the Orizzonti (Horizons) section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer is released via Hollywood Reporter for Apples (Mila), the feature debut of Greek director Christos Nikou.
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SURVIVING THE SILENCE and ELLIE AND ABBIE Bookend Out on Film LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2020 Lineup
SURVIVING THE SILENCE. Colonel Pat Thompson and Barbara Brass Out on Film announced the lineup of films and events for the 33rd edition of the Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival, its first as an Oscar qualifying film festival. This year’s film festival will be a virtual edition taking place September 24-October 4.
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New York Film Festival Unveils Spotlight Films – ‘Hopper/Welles’ ‘On the Rocks’ ‘The Human Voice’
The Human Voice (photo credit: El Deseo / Iglesias Más) Film at Lincoln Center announced Spotlight films for the 58th New York Film Festival (September 17 – October 11) featuring new films from Pedro Almodóvar, Sofia Coppola, David Dufresne, Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, Spike Lee, and Orson Welles.
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Director Gianfranco Rosi is the Guest of Honor at IDFA 2020
Gianfranco Rosi Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, the only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with documentary films, the Golden Lion at Venice with Sacro GRA in 2013 and the Golden Bear at the Berlinale with Fire at Sea in 2016 will be the Guest of Honor for the 2020 edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).
