To help celebrate Pride Month, the 13th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) — will take place from June 19-28. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, CSL will offer all programs virtually, protecting the health of patrons.
Film Festivals
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QFest St. Louis to Run Virtually in June to Celebrate Pride Month
The Capote Tapes
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Stony Brook Film Festival 2020 Postponed Due to COVID19
2019 Stony Brook Film Festival Grand Prize Winner Priya Ramasubban, Director, Chuskit with Stony Brook Film Festival and Staller Center for the Arts Director, Alan Inkles. (photo: Nick Koridis) Over continued concerns surrounding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), the Staller Center for the Arts has postponed the Stony Brook Film Festival which was initially scheduled for July 16-25, 2020.
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Anchorage International Film Festival will Screen THE WILD Documentary
The Wild directed by Mark Titus Anchorage International Film Festival (AFF) will host the screening of the award-winning documentary The Wild directed by Mark Titus, as a “Live” Virtual Screening on Friday, June 5th at 6 pm AKDT.
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We Are One: A Global Film Festival Unveils Lineup Co-Curated by 21 International Film Festivals
Ricky Powell: The Individualist The We Are One: A Global Film Festival, co-curated by 21 prolific festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival, will feature over 100 films, in addition to talks, VR content and musical performances. The festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube, will run exclusively May 29 – June 7 on YouTube.
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RiverRun Film Festival 2020 Announces Winners, DE LO MIO Wins Best Film
DE LO MIO The RiverRun International Film Festival which was held virtually this year in light of COVID-19 and the cancellation of the festival announced its 2020 Jury Award Winners. The top prizes went to De Lo Mio directed by Diana Peralta for Best Film; and I Am Not Alone directed by Garin Hovannisian won Best Documentary Feature.
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Cinema St. Louis Moves St. Louis International Film Festival and All 2020 Events Online
28th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival Awards Winners: Leon Award for Best Documentary Film: “Objector” directed by Molly Stuart; TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film: “Balloon” directed by Michael Herbig; Best Documentary Short: “Charon” directed by Cullen Parr; Best Film: “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Because of the ongoing world health crisis, Cinema St. Louis (CSL) will move all of the organization’s 2020 film festivals and events online including CSL’s signature event in November, the 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival.
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The Archaeology Channel Film Festival 2020 Announces Awards Winners
Neandertal: The Mystery of the Bruniquel Cave directed by Luc-Henri Fage The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2020 which screened the films online after plans for all public Festival gatherings were dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic announced the winners.
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Brooklyn Film Festival Reveals 2020 Opening Night Program + Shorts, Animation, Experimental and kidsfilmfest Lineup
Brooklyn Film Festival’s 23rd Edition: TURNING POINT- Short Narratives As the Brooklyn Film Festival’s (BFF) 23rd edition: TURNING POINT, approaches, the festival unveiled the lineup of Narrative Shorts, Documentary Shorts, Animation and Experimental Films; along with its plans for its opening night program..
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Miami Film Festival to Present Online Delayed World Premiere of A Mother (Una madre) by Diógenes Cuevas
A Mother (Una madre) directed by Diógenes Cuevas Miami Film Festival will world premiere online A Mother (Una madre), directed by emerging Colombian filmmaker Diógenes Cuevas, after the Festival’s intended world premiere at its 37th edition in March was cancelled due to a mid-festival termination caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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CHANGING THE GAME and GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Bookend Inaugural LGBTQIA+ OUTstream Film Fest Virtual Lineup
Changing the Game – Mack Beggs wrestling for the Texas girls State Championship. Photographer: Turner Jumonville The LGBTQIA+ focused OUTstream Film Fest, which will make its debut June 1-7, 2020 – timed to kick off Pride month – announced its lineup of titles. Two festival-favorite documentaries will open and close the brand new film festival, with Michael Barnett’s CHANGING THE GAME opening OUTstream Film Fest and David Charles Rodrigues’ GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH taking the Closing Night slot.
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HOT DOCS 2020: Watch Trailers for Docs ‘FINDING SALLY’, ‘FIRST WE EAT’ and ‘MEAT THE FUTURE’
First We Eat directed by Suzanne Crocker Over 140 documentary films will be showcased as part of 2020 Hot Docs Festival Online, which starts May 28. Among the documentaries featured at the festival include Finding Sally, directed by Tamara Mariam Dawit; and the World Premiere of First We Eat directed by Suzanne Crocker; and Meat the Future directed by Liz Marshall.
