Film Festivals

  • Adam Driver to Receive Actor Award at Palm Springs Film Festival

    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story
    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story

    Adam Driver will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor at the Film Awards Gala at the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) . The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.

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  • Watch Trailer for Eliza Hittman’s NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Premiering at Sundance

    Sidney Flanigan appears in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
    Sidney Flanigan appears in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

    Focus Features dropped the official trailer for Eliza Hittman’s latest film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, which is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten. Never Rarely Sometimes Always opens in select theaters on March 13th, 2020.

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  • HARRIET Star Cynthia Erivo to Receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs Film Festival

    Harriet directed by Kasi Lemmons
    Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet directed by Kasi Lemmons

    Cynthia Erivo who plays Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Film Awards Gala of the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.

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  • Lynne Sachs’ FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO to Open 2020 Slamdance Film Festival

    Film About a Father Who directed by Lynne Sachs w Ira Sachs Sr
    Film About a Father Who directed by Lynne Sachs w Ira Sachs Sr

    Slamdance Film Festival will open with world premiere of Lynne Sachs’ Film About a Father Who. Over a period of 35 years between 1984 and 2019, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot 8 and 16mm film, videotape and digital images of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. The 26th edition of the festival will take place January 24 to 30, 2020 in Park City, Utah.

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  • Berlin International Film Festival Unveils 70th Anniversary Poster

    Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival
    Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival

    The 2020 Berlinale which marks the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the festival poster which shines a light on the 70th anniversary. The anniversary festival which runs February 20 to March 01, 2020, will also be the first festival headed by director duo Mariette Rissenbeek (Executive Director) and Carlo Chatrian (Artistic Director).

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  • 2020 International Film Festival Rotterdam Reveals Full Film Lineup

    I Blame Society directed by Gillian Wallace Horvat
    I Blame Society directed by Gillian Wallace Horvat

    International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) revealed the full film lineup of 2020, including the 10 films selected for the Tiger Competition. Also revealed: the selections of the Big Screen Competition and the revamped Bright Future Competition, the 2020 opening and closing films, the fifth theme program Ordinary Heroes and a special screening of David Cronenberg’s Crash (1996) with a live musical score by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

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  • Berlin Film Festival 2020 Reveals First Films and Projects

    Cidade Pássaro (Shine Your Eyes) directed by Matias Mariani
    Cidade Pássaro (Shine Your Eyes) directed by Matias Mariani

    The 70th Berlin Film Festival is fast approaching and sections – Perspektive Deutsches Kino, Panorama, Generation, Forum Expanded announced the first films and projects.

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  • THE SOCIAL DILEMNA and 2 Archival Films Added to Sundance Film Festival 2020 Lineup

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    Three feature films – The Social Dilemma along with Born into Brothels and High Art from The Collection Films have been added to the 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s robust slate of independent films. Additionally the Festival announced that previously-announced Special Event, Love Fraud, will screen on Day One of the Festival. The Festival will take place in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 23 to February 2, 2020.

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  • Sony Pictures Classics to Release CHARM CITY KINGS Following Premiere at Sundance

    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings  by Angel Manuel Soto
    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings by Angel Manuel Soto, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray

    Sony Pictures Classics will release “Charm City Kings,” a new film by Angel Manuel Soto, that is set to world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Following the Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in select theaters on April 10, 2020, followed by a wide release on April 17, 2020.

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  • MOSQUITO will Open and A BEAUTIFUL DAY will Close International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020

    Mosquito directed by João Nuno Pinto
    Mosquito directed by João Nuno Pinto

    Mosquito directed by João Nuno Pinto will open the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR 2020). A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Marielle Heller will be the closing night film of IFFR 2020.

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  • TIFF Announces Top Ten Canadian Features and Shorts of 2019

    Violet Nelson in a scene from ARRAY Releasing Presents "THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN" Courtesy of Array Releasing / Photo Credit Katrin Bragadottir
    Violet Nelson in a scene from ARRAY Releasing Presents “THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN” Courtesy of Array Releasing / Photo Credit Katrin Bragadottir

    TIFF revealed its Canada’s Top Ten list of features and short films of 2019. This year’s Top Ten list features three directorial debuts and four Indigenous filmmakers. The shorts and features lineups showcase works by 12 of Canada’s most talented female filmmakers. Four directors are alumni from TIFF’s Talent Development programs: Filmmaker Lab, Writers’ Studio, and Telefilm Canada’s PITCH THIS!

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  • Brooklyn Horror Film Festival Announces 2020 Dates

    Miles Robbins & Adam Egypt Mortimer of DANIEL ISN’T REAL at 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival - Photo By Conor Scharr
    Miles Robbins & Adam Egypt Mortimer of DANIEL ISN’T REAL at 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival – Photo By Conor Scharr

    The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival will return in 2020 for its fifth edition and run for another full eight days from October 15th to the 22nd in venues in Brooklyn, NY. BHFF will once again partner with Nitehawk Cinema as a primary screening venue.

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