The 9th Annual Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners. The Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature went to Lucky Grandma and for Best Documentary Feature went to The Remix: Hip Hop in Fashion.
Film Festivals
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THE LAST RIGHT, THE CAVE, and SWALLOW Win at 64th Cork Film Festival
The Last Right directed by Aoife Crehan Documentary short Horse Riders won the inaugural Academy Awards qualifying Grand Prix Documentary Short Award at the 64th Cork Film Festival. The film, directed by Anna Gawlita, now joins the longlist for the Academy Awards in 2021.
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Hawai‘i International Film Festival 2019 Winners -MOLOKA‘I BOUND Wins Best Made in Hawai‘i Award
MOLOKA‘I BOUND directed by Alika Maikau The 39th edition of the Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF) announced their Jury winners with the first ever Best Made In Hawai‘i Award going to MOLOKA‘I BOUND directed by Alika Maikau. The jurors also awarded a second place award to DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK IN WAIKĪKĪ, directed by Justyn Ah Chong. The jury also awarded an Honorable Mention to Ellsha Johnston for her role of Kiana in Chelsi Johnston’s film, DRIVING.
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Brazil Oscar Contender INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO to Open 11th Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz Brazil’s official entry for Oscars 2020 Best Foreign Film, the Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão, will open the 11th annual Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival on Friday, November 15th. Directed by Karim Aïnouz and Produced by Rodrigo Teixeira (Ad Astra, Call Me By Your Name), the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year where it won the coveted Un Certain Regard Award.
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TIGHTROPE: AMERICANS REACHING FOR HOPE Featuring Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to Premiere at DOC NYC
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope directed by Viva Van Loock The new documentary Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope follows Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on a deeply personal journey examining some of the most crucial challenges facing Americans today. Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope directed by Viva Van Loock will have its World Premiere at DOC NYC.
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IT MUST BE HEAVEN and THE FACTORY Win at 1st CineCina Film Festival -THE ROAD
It Must Be Heaven directed by Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman’s IT MUST BE HEAVEN was named Best Film at the CineCina Film Festival – THE ROAD, the first edition of its world cinema film festival. At the filmmaker award ceremony Yuri Bykov won Best Director for his work on THE FACTORY, and Na Renhua won for Best Performance for her work in A DOG BARKING AT THE MOON.
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NARROWSBURG, The Story of a Tiny Town Caught in a Show Biz Con, Receives NY Premiere at DOC NYC
NARROWSBURG directed by Martha Shane Martha Shane’s Narrowsburg, a darkly comic story of a mystery couple with Hollywood dreams who turns a tiny upstate town upside down will have its New York Premiere at 2019 DOC NYC. The film is set to screen on November 10.
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FOXY, NOT YOUR DAY and SMILE Win at 1st Billy the Kid Film Festival
Billy the Kid Film-Festival 2019 – Luci Digiorgio, Philip Vazquez, Sarah Pennington, Jay Pennington, George Meyers (Photo by Wildman) Canadian filmmaker Trista Suke’s FOXY won the Best Feature Film Award at the first edition of the Texas-based Billy the Kid Film Festival. George Meyers’ NOT YOUR DAY, and Jay Pennington and Gerry Olert’s SMILE shared the Audience Choice Award.
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32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Winners – UNCLE wins Grand Prix
![Uncle [Onkel] directoed by Frelle Petersen](https://images.vimooz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/06141720/uncle-1024x578.jpg)
Uncle [Onkel] directoed by Frelle Petersen Winners of the awards at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) were announced during the Closing Ceremony. The Grand Prix went to the Danish film Uncle. Director Frelle Petersen spoke about his struggles making the film: “We felt we had already won when we found out we were selected to compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival,” he said. “We were hung over the next day, because it was such a great reason for celebrating.”
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2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival Winners – DE LO MIO and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Win Top Awards
DE LO MIO The 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival which ran from October 30th to November 4th, 2019, announced this year’s award recipients with the Narrative Competition award going to DE LO MIO by New York-based filmmaker Diana Peralta; DE LO MIO is a drama about three siblings who reunite in the Dominican Republic to face their demons.
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Virginia Film Festival 2019 Winners – JUST MERCY Wins Audience Award
JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Opening Night Film Just Mercy, with Michael B. Jordan as social justice warrior Brian Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as one of the first wrongly-convicted death row inmates he fought for, won the Virginia Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature. Earning the audience award for Best Documentary Feature was Sing You a Brand New Song, a story about how the power of love and music can transcend even tragedy.
