The Middleburg Film Festival will launch on Thursday, October 15th with Chloé Zhao’s (“The Rider”) Nomadland starring Frances McDormand in her first role since winning the Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Film Festivals
-
Middleburg Film Festival to Open with NOMADLAND, CONCRETE COWBOY and ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI as Spotlight Films
Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved
-
Black Women Film Network to Stream 2020 Short Film Festival Online
Junebug directed by Winter Dunn Black Women Film Network (BWFN) will host its annual BWFN Short Film Festival as a virtual experience on Saturday, October 10, 2020 in partnership with black-owned streaming service KweliTV. For 24 hours, viewers will be able to watch the 2020 festival selections online at Kweli.tv or through streaming devices and smart TVs. Tickets to access the virtual festival can be purchased HERE.
-
Abel Ferrara’s SPORTIN’ LIFE Gets Surprise Screening at San Sebastian Festival
Abel Ferrara’s SPORTIN’ LIFE Filmmaker Abel Ferrara, will be in attendance tomorrow, Saturday at San Sebastian Festival to host a ‘surprise film’ screening of his latest Sportin’ Life.
-
Miami Film Festival GEMS will Open with Drive-In Premiere of HBO Bee Gees Documentary
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO) The seventh annual edition of Miami Film Festival GEMS, which will be held virtually this year from October 8-11, will open with an East Coast Premiere screening of the HBO documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart at Dezerland Park Drive-in, with a virtual introduction by the film’s director, five-time Academy Award-nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Back to the Future, Jason Bourne).
-
San Diego International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup – NOMADLAND, BLITHE SPIRIT, FAREWELL AMOR, STARDUST
NOMADLAND The re-imagined 2020 San Diego International Film Festival (October 15-18) will open with the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND. Other spotlight features include HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING, BLITHE SPIRIT, FAREWELL AMOR, STARDUST, DRUNK BUS, ONE OF THESE DAYS and HONEYMOOD.
-
Virtual ‘NIGHTSTREAM’ Genre Film Festival Announces Lineup – Opening with Hulu’s RUN, Closing with MANDIBLES
Kiera Allen as ‘Daughter / Chloe’ and Sarah Paulson as ‘Mother / Diane’ in RUN. Photo Credit: Allen Fraser. NIGHTSTREAM – formed as a banner uniting five US genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights — who have all been affected by COVID-19, unveiled its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month.
-
Aspen Filmfest Announces 2020 Lineup with In Person Screenings of NOMADLAND, TRUFFLE HUNTERS, AMMONITE
The Truffle Hunters Normally held in late September, Aspen Filmfest moves to October with some of the most buzzed films of the season, including the Frances McDormand “Nomadland,” the new documentary from Oscar-winning Colorado filmmaker Bryan Fogel “The Dissident” and a drive-in screening of the Spike Lee/David Byrne concert film “American Utopia.”
-
Iranian Film CARELESS CRIME to Premiere at Chicago Film Festival
Careless Crime (Jenayat-e bi deghat) by Shahram Mokri The Iranian film Careless Crime (Jenayat-e bi deghat) by Shahram Mokri will have its North American Premiere at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival in the International Feature Film competition after its World Premiere in the Orizzonti competition in Venice, where it was awarded the Bisato d’Oro award.
-
Ashmita Guha’s CATDOG Wins Orona – Nest Award at San Sebastian Film Festival
CatDog directed by Ashmita Guha The Indian short film CatDog directed by Ashmita Guha wins the Orona – Nest Award at the 2020 San Sebastian International Film Festival. The award which comes with 10,000 euros is given to a film “for its bold but intimate storytelling capable of suggesting the depth of fictional and also real power games”. The Speech directed by Haohao Yan received a Special Mention.
-
NewFest, NY LGBTQ Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup, Closes with NO HARD FEELINGS
No Hard Feelings NewFest, the New York LGBTQ Film Festival, finally unveiled the complete lineup for this year’s 32nd edition of the festival. The festival will kick off with the New York City premiere of Francis Lee’s Ammonite starring Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan. and will close with the virtual New York premiere of Faraz Shariat’s Teddy Award-winner No Hard Feelings.
-
Miami Film Festival GEMS 2020 Goes Virtual, Announces First Films on Line-Up
Rosa’s Wedding Miami Film Festival unveiled the first titles in its line-up for the seventh annual edition of its acclaimed Miami Film Festival GEMS, which will be held virtually this year from October 8-11.
-
Olivia Colman Receives Golden Eye Award and Premieres THE FATHER at Zurich Film Festival
Olivia Colman Olivia Colman, currently starring alongside Anthony Hopkins in the drama The Father, will be honored with the Golden Eye award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.