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.
Film Festivals
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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)
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32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Winners – UNCLE wins Grand Prix
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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.
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San Diego Intl Film Festival 2019 Award Winners – STEED Wins Best Film
The Steed directed by Erdenebileg Ganbold Steed directed by Erdenebileg Ganbold won the award for Best Feature Film at the 18th San Diego International Film Festival. 15 films received awards from the festival at the Filmmaker Awards night including Breaking Their Silence, Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War directed by Kerry David win Best Documentary, and 100 Days to Live directed by Ravin Gandhi winning for Best World Premiere.
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LOST TRANSMISSIONS and THE TONY ALVA STORY Bookend Whistler Film Festival 2019 Lineup
LOST TRANSMISSIONS, directed by Katharine O’Brien Returning for its 19th edition from December 4 to 8, the Whistler Film Festival (WFF) will showcase 86 fresh films, comprising of 43 features and 43 shorts from 15 countries.
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AFI FEST to Honor Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese AFI FEST 2019 will honor Martin Scorsese with a tribute on Friday, November 15 at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The evening will celebrate the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award® winner’s indelible impact on culture as one cinema’s most acclaimed filmmakers.
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ALICE AND THE MAYOR Headlines 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase Lineup
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ALICE AND THE MAYOR [ALICE ET LE MAIRE] Now in its 32nd year, the 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 4 to 22 at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, MD, highlights 46 films representing all 28 EU member states. Films include award winners, regional box-office hits, debut works by up-and-coming talents and new works by leading auteurs, plus 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film and 10 U.S. and North American premieres.
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28th Philadelphia Film Festival Winners – KNIVES OUT and COME AS YOU ARE Tie to Win Audience Award
Knives Out, written and directed by Rian Johnson, and starring Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana De Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Colette, Katherine Langford and Christopher Plummer Knives Out, the star-studded whodunit from director Rian Johnson and Come As You Are Richard Wong’s reimagining of the classic buddy road trip comedy tied to win the coveted Audience Award at the 28th Philadelphia Film Festival.
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Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2019 Winners – A WHITE, WHITE DAY Wins NDR Film Prize
Winners of 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) The NDR Film Prize of the 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck), endowed with € 12,500, went to an Icelandic film, “A White, White Day” (“Hvítur, hvítur dagur”), directed by Hlynur Pálmason, with lead actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson in attendance to accept the award. The distributor Arsenal will release the film theatrically in German beginning February 13, 2020.
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International Film Festival Rotterdam Reveals First Films of 2020 Edition
Babai directed by Artem Aisagaliev International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) revealed the first confirmed films of the 2020 edition, including the world premiere of Artem Aisagaliev’s Babai, the international premiere of Oda Kaori’s Cenote, and the European premiere of Nigina Sayfullaeva’s Fidelity.
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Watch Trailer for Surfing Doc THE LONGEST WAVE + ‘Making of’ Clip with Joe Berlinger
Robbie Naish and Joe Berlinger talking behinbd the scenes on beach at Skeleton Bay, Namibia on May 07, 2017 (THE LONGEST WAVE directed by Joe Berlinger) Oscar nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s released the trailer and ‘making of’ clip for his feature documentary The Longest Wave which will have its World Premiere at the upcoming DOC NYC 2019.