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).
Film Festivals
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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
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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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BFI London Film Fest: Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award
Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award Three British filmmakers – Cathy Brady, writer/director of her debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer/ director of his debut feature After Love and Francis Lee, writer/director of his sophomore feature Ammonite – are shortlisted for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award which will be announced at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.
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imagineNATIVE Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup – Inconvenient Indian, Monkey Beach, Love and Fury, and more
Inconvenient Indian, directed by Michelle Latimer The 21st Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, running online October 20 – 25, 2020, today announced the lineup of feature length films, short programs, the recipient of the 2020 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence, and more.
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AGT Trans Comedian Julia Scotti Tells Her Comeback Story in JULIA SCOTTI: FUNNY THAT WAY
Julia Scotti: Funny That Way Since 1980, Julia Scotti has been performing in clubs and theaters throughout the United States and Canada, performing for the first 20 years as Rick Scotti and appearing on bills with Jerry Seinfeld and Chris Rock. Now, after a long hiatus, the trans comedian returns to the stage as “the crazy old lady of comedy,” all documented in the new film Julia Scotti: Funny That Way.
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Steve Mc Queen’s LOVERS ROCK Added to BFI London Film Festival Lineup
Steve McQueen’s LOVERS ROCK Lovers Rock directed by BFI Fellow Steve Mc Queen, has been added to the lineup of this year’s BFI London Film Festival. Lovers Rock is one of five films from Steve Mc Queen’s Small Axe anthology alongside the festival’s Opening film Mangrove. The film will screen on Sunday October 18th across two screenings at BFI Southbank as part of the LFF’s Love strand.