The 6th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) which was originally scheduled to take place over the Memorial Day weekend, but postponed amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will take place online from September 16-20, 2020.
Film Festivals
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6th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Moves Online + New Dates + Announces Lineup
Residue, directed by Merawi Gerima
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44th Hong Kong International Film Festival Announces Competition Winners
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection Despite the cancellation of the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF44) last month due to an upsurge in COVID-19 pandemic, HKIFF44’s Firebird competitions continued with online judging.
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Calgary International Film Festival Reveals 10 Films in Alberta Spotlight
Events Transpiring Before, During, and After a High School Basketball Game Calgary International Film Festival announced this year’s new Alberta Spotlight Section includes 10 features and the return of the Alberta Spirit Shorts Package for the 21st Annual Festival, taking place September 24 to October 4, 2020 online across the entire province of Alberta and in-cinema in downtown Calgary.
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BlacKkKlansman Composer Terence Blanchard to Receive TIFF Variety Artisan Award at Toronto Film Festival
Terence Blanchard (credit: Henry Adebonojo) Academy Award–nominated and six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard will be honored with the TIFF Variety Artisan Award at this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards during the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The award recognizes a distinguished creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. Last year’s Variety Artisan Award was given to Academy Award–winning cinematographer Roger Deakins.
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MY HEART GOES BOOM! and THE PEOPLE UPSTAIRS to Premiere at San Sebastian Festival
Explota explota / My Heart Goes Boom!, by Nacho Álvarez San Sebastian Festival, will present at its 68th edition the feature films Sentimental/The People Upstairs, by Cesc Gay, and Explota explota/My Heart Goes Boom!, by Nacho Álvarez, as well as the series Inés del alma mía, based on the book of the same name by Isabel Allende.
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New York Film Festival Reveals Restored Films in Revivals Lineup
In the Mood for Love (courtesy Janus Films) Film at Lincoln Center unveiled the eclectic assortment of new restorations in the lineup of Revivals for the 58th New York Film Festival (September 17 – October 11).
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2020 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Goes All-Virtual
The Savannah College of Art and Design today announced the return of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival as an all-virtual presentation, from October 24 to 31, 2020. Audiences can connect with cinephiles worldwide as they experience live film premieres and unique, interactive programming from the comfort and safety of their homes.
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Utopia to Release MINOR PREMISE, Eric Schultz’s Fantasia-bound Sci-Fi Thriller
Sathya Sridharan as Ethan in MINOR PREMISE Utopia Distribution is emerging as a leader in independent film acquisition and distribution. Utopia’s latest acquisition, sci-fi thriller Minor Premise, will have its world premiere at the renowned Fantasia Festival in Montreal, which kicks off the genre film festival season, and will take place virtually from August 20 to September 2, 2020.
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TRANSFORMISTAS, Undercover Documentary on LBGTQ Community in Cuba, to Premiere at OUTshine
Transformistas From director Chad Hahne and producer Chris Panizzon, the documentary feature film, Transformistas set in Cuba about the queer and trans community will premiere at the OUTshine festival in Miami on August 25, 2020.
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Watch Frighteningly Funny HAWK AND REV : VAMPIRE SLAYERS Trailer
Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers The new trailer debuted for Ryan Barton Grimley’s frighteningly funny Hawk and Rev: Vampire Slayers set to play at the Dances with Films film festival in Los Angeles later this month.
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Sidewalk Film Festival Announces Lineup of 163 Films for This Year’s Special Drive-in Edition
BANKSY MOST WANTED Sidewalk Film Festival announced the complete film lineup of official selections for the 22nd edition of the Birmingham-based film festival which will take place August 24-30. All 163 films (41 features, 122 shorts) and 23 music videos, will be screened at The Grand River Drive-In at The Backyard in Leeds.
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LINGUA FRANCA and THE DONUT KING Win Top Jury Prizes at Bentonville Film Festival
Lingua Franca Bentonville Film Festival announced the jury prize winners for their sixth annual festival, with Isabel Sandoval’s Lingua Franca winning the jury award for Best Narrative Feature. In this beguiling drama, an undocumented Filipina immigrant paranoid about deportation works as a caregiver to a Russian-Jewish grandmother in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When the American man she’s secretly paying for a green card marriage backs out, she becomes involved with a slaughterhouse worker who is unaware that she’s transgender.