Film Festivals

Sun Valley Film Festival to Honor Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman + Announces 2020 Lineup

Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman

The 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF),announced its honorees – Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman and Druyan along with the film line-up for its ninth annual event, taking place March 18-22, 2020. The festival will open on March 18 with a special presentation of the documentary RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words with Oscar®-winning director and Sun Valley part-time resident, Freida Lee Mock attending, and close on March 22 with The Last Shift, director Andrew Cohn attending for Q&A following the screening.

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THE GREEN KNIGHT Starring Dev Patel to World Premiere at SXSW

David Lowery’s THE GREEN KNIGHT starring Dev Patel

The Green Knight, a fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, directed and adapted by David Lowery, will World Premiere at the 2020 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival on Monday, March 16.

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Iranian Film THERE IS NO EVIL Wins Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival 2020 | Complete List of Winners

There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof

The Iranian film There Is No Evil by Mohammad Rasoulof won the top prize, the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The film also won the Guild Film Prize. Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned from leaving Iran and was unable to accept the Golden Bear in person.

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SWEET THING and THE WOLVES Win Top Prizes in Generation Kplus at Berlinale 2020

Lana Rockwell, Jabari Watkins in Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell

Sweet Thing by Alexandre Rockwell won the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation Kplus at 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. Los Lobos (The Wolves) by Samuel Kishi Leopo, Mexico snagged the Grand Prix of the International Jury.

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Janna Ji Wonders’ “Walchensee Forever” Wins Best Film in Perspektive Deutsches Kino at Berlinale 2020

Compass-Perspektive-Award for the best film of the programme: Prize winner Janna Ji Wonders Prize winner Perspektive Deutsches Kino 2020

Berln Film Festival announced the prize winners of the section Perspektive Deutsches Kino, with the Compass-Perspektive-Award for the best film going to Janna Ji Wonders for the film Walchensee Forever. The prize is endowed with 5,000 Euros, and as a trophy, the director received a real compass, which is intended to serve as symbolic orientation and show her the direction to take going into the future.

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OUR LADY OF THE NILE and MY NAME IS BAGHDAD Win Top Awards in Generation 14plus at Berlinale 2020

Notre-Dame du Nil | Our Lady of the Nile by Atiq Rahimi

Our Lady of the Nile (Notre-Dame du Nil) by Atiq Rahimi was awarded the Crystal Bear for the Best Film in Generation 14plus at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. The Grand Prix of the International Jury in Generation 14plus for the Best Film, went to My Name Is Baghdad (Meu nome é Bagdá) by Caru Alves de Souza of Brazil.

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Watch Trailer for Lynn Chen’s I WILL MAKE YOU MINE Premiering at SXSW

I Will Make You Mine

Lynn Chen’s (“Saving Face”) I Will Make You Mine, part of the Surrogate Valentine trilogy, release the official trailer ahead of its world premiere at 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Following SXSW premiere, Gravitas Ventures will release the film on demand starting May 26.

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BEANPOLE, ROY COHN Doc, LIL’ BUCK Among 30 Films in Competition at Cleveland Film Festival 2020

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

The 44th Cleveland International Film Festival which runs March 25 to April 5, 2020 at Tower City Cinemas, announced its feature film juried competitions. Thirty films are included in three competitions, with $30,000 in cash prizes available.

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Hungarian Documentary Filmmaker Péter Forgács to Receive Dragon of Dragons Award at Krakow Film Festival

Péter Forgács

Hungarian documentary filmmaker and multimedia artist Péter Forgács will receive the 2020 Dragon of Dragons award at the 60th anniversary edition of Krakow Film Festival.

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Watch Trailer for Mees Peijnenburg’s Teen Drama PARADISE DRIFTERS at Berlin Film Fest

Paradise Drifters by Mees Peijnenburg

The new trailer debuted for Paradise Drifters by Mees Peijnenburg which celebrated its international premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation 14plus program. The film starring Tamar van Waning, Jonas Smulders, Bilal Wahib, Joren Seldeslachts, Camilla Siegertsz, Steef Cuijpers, and Micha Hulshof, follows the journey of three homeless young adults who are heading to Southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.

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LOS ÚLTIMOS FRIKIS, Doc on Zeus, Cuba’s Heavy Metal Band to Play at Miami and Havana NY Film Festivals

LOS ÚLTIMOS FRIKIS

Following a successful world premiere at the most recent edition of DOC NYC and a sold-out screening at the Havana Film Festival, Los Últimos Frikis, the debut documentary feature by Nicholas Brennan, has been selected to participate in the Documentary Achievement Award competition at the 37th edition of the Miami Film Festival, taking place March 6-15, and at the 21st annual Havana Film Festival New York, running April 27-May 5.

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New Directors/New Films Announces 2020 Lineup. Opens with Sundance Winner BOYS STATE

Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thorsten Thielow.

This year’s 49th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) will introduce 27 features and 10 short films to New York audiences from March 25 to April 5.

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