HollyShorts Film Festival announced the 2020 winners of their “Sweet 16” year. 1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME from director Emil Gallardo went home with the Oscar-Qualifying Grand Prix award which comes with a $15,000 Camera Package from Panavision.
Film Festivals
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HollyShorts Film Festival 2020 Award Winners – Emil Gallardo’s “1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME” Wins Grand Prix
Emil Gallardo’s “1, 2, 3, ALL EYES ON ME” Wins Grand Prix at 2020 HollyShorts Film Festival
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DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces 2021 Dates
AY MARIPOSA Director Krista Schlyer on stage with Environmental Activists/Film Subjects Zulema Hernandez, Juventina Herrera and Marianna Trevino Wright for their #DocLands Q+A with Senior Programmer Kelly Clement. Photo by Tommy Lau Photography. via Facebook The 5th annual DocLands Documentary Film Festival will be held virtually Friday, May 7 – Sunday, May 16, 2021. The announcement was made by Mark Fishkin, Founder/Executive Director of the California Film Institute and Founder/Director of the internationally known Mill Valley Film Festival.
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African Diaspora International Film Festival 2020 Opens with “St. Louis Blues” and Closes with “Lil’ Buck, Real Swan”
Lil’ Buck, Real Swan by Louis Wallecan 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.
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Sam Pollard’s MLK/FBI Kicks off Hampton’s Doc Fest 2020 Film Lineup
MLK/FBI, directed by Sam Pollard 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.
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62nd Nordic Film Days Winners – Latvian Film THE PIT Wins Best Film
Winners of 2020 Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) © Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, O. Malzahn 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”).
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Akiko Ohku’s HOLD ME BACK Wins Audience Award at 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival
HOLD ME BACK Director Akiko OHKU and Actress Non, Audience Award winner of 33rd TIFF (c) 2020 TIFF 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.
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ZAPPA to Kick Off CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival 2020 Lineup
Zappa, directed by Alex Winter 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.
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Women Filmmakers Win Top Awards at 17th Bosnian Herzegovinian Film Festival, TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE Wins Best Feature Film
Ena Sendijarević’s “Take Me Somewhere Nice” 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.
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Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA Announce Return of Rescheduled 49th New Directors/New Films
The Cloud in Her Room directed by Zheng Lu Xinyuan 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.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Cancels 2021 Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival 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.
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Whistler Film Festival Rolls Out 2020 Film Lineup. Opens with World Premieres of SUGAR DADDY and IN HER CITY
SUGAR DADDY, written by and starring Kelly McCormack and directed by Wendy Morgan 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.
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Austin Film Festival 2020 Announces Winners – DAVE NOT COMING BACK, THE BADGER, THE BOOK KEEPERS Win Prizes
Dave Not Coming Back 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.