Film Festivals

Chicago International Film Festival Announces 2019 Audience Award Winners – JUST MERCY, AND THEN WE DANCED, READY FOR WAR

JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx,

The ballots have been tallied and the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival was awarded to Destin Daniel Cretton’s true story Just Mercy. The film chronicles young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and his history-making battles for justice in Alabama. Stevenson refuses to back down as he fights a legal system without mercy stacked against him and his clients at every turn. One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a man whose clear innocence means nothing to the corrupt and compassionless forces Stevenson doggedly takes on.

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nîpawistamâsowin Wins Audience Award at imagineNATIVE Film Festival

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up directed by Dr. Tasha Hubbard

nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up (Canada) directed by Dr. Tasha Hubbard (Cree) won the The Audience Choice Award – Feature Film, along with a $1,000 cash prize presented by Air Canada, at the 20th imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, which ran October 22 to 27, 2019 in Toronto.

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20th Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival Announces Winners

Volition directed by Tony Dean Smith

The 20th Annual Flickers’ Vortex Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Film Festival wrapped with the annual award ceremony. The Grand Prize Sci Film award went to Volition directed by Tony Dean Smith of Canada, and the Grand Prize Horror Film award went to Star Light directed by Lee Cummings and Mitchell Altieri.

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GANDEN: A JOYFUL LAND by Sundance Winner Ngawang Choephel to Premiere at DOC NYC

Ganden: A Joyful Land directed by Ngawang Choephel

Ganden: A Joyful Land directed by Sundance Jury Award Winner ,Ngawang Choephel, and with Creative Consultant – Singer Annie Lennox, will have its World Premiere at DOC NYC on Tuesday November 12th.

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Chicago International Film Festival 2019 Winners – PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Wins Gold Hugo

Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France) by director Céline Sciamma, hailed by the jury as a portrayal of the all-consuming nature of love and the beauty of women’s solidarity, took home the top prize in the International Feature Film Competition at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival.

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2019 DTLA Film Festival Winners – PUSHOUT, QT8 and AMERICAN WOMAN Win Prizes

PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS directed by Jacoba Atlas

The 11th annual DTLA Film Festival, announced its award winners for 2019, with PUSHOUT: THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK GIRLS IN SCHOOLS, directed by Jacoba Atlas winning the Audience Favorite Award. Other award winners include AMERICAN WOMAN Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress; QT8: THE FIRST EIGHT for Best Director and Best Documentary and a Special Remembrance Award for Robert Forster; JOSIE & JACK picked up Best Screenplay and Best Actor in a Supporting Role for William Fichtner; and Hong Chau has won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in AMERICAN WOMAN.

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20th imagineNATIVE Film Festival Announces Award Winners

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

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open won the award for Best Dramatic Feature on Sunday at the Awards Presentation of the 20th Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. The Alanis Obomsawin Award for Best Documentary Work Long Format went to Mothers of the Land (Sembradoras de vida).

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Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019 Winners – LOST BAYOU, ERNIE & JOE, YES GOD YES, NOTHING FANCY

Lost Bayou directed by Brian C Miller Richard

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival celebrated its 11th year showcasing some of the top American independent films and foreign films over five days in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Devour! the Food Film Fest 2019 Golden Tine Winners – FROM THE VINE and GHOST FLEET Win Awards

From the Vine directed by Sean Cisterna

Devour! the Food Film Fest honored the winning films with the 2019 Golden Tine awards with the prize for Best Feature Drama going to From the Vine directed by Sean Cisterna. The jury noted that this is a funny, touching and poignant film about doing the right thing and finding hope in unexpected places.

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Twin Cities Film Fest 2019 Winners – MARRIAGE STORY Wins Best Film

Marriage Story

Noah Baumbach’s critically-acclaimed relationship drama Marriage Story starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, was named the Best Feature Film of 2019 at the Twin Cities Film Fest.

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8th Portland Film Festival Winners – PRINCESS OF THE ROW and FIRE ON THE HILL Win Top Awards

Princess of the Row

Princess of the Row was named Best Narrative Feature and Fire on the Hill took home Best Documentary Feature at the 8th Annual Portland Film Festival. Princess of the Row is director Max Carlson’s inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to get back to the only family she knows: her homeless, mentally ill veteran father who lives on the streets of LA’s skid row.

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Byron Bay Film Festival 2019 Winners – IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS Wins Best Film

In My Blood it Runs directed by Maya Newell

The 2019 Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) came to a close with the announcement of the winners of the BBFF Best Film Awards. The winner of both Best Film and Best Documentary was the powerful and enlightening In My Blood It Runs which offers a rare and compelling insight into the life of 10-year-old Arrente and Garrawa boy, Dujuan.

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