The Locarno Film Festival will present the 2019 Leopard Club Award to two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank.
Film Festivals
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Hilary Swank to Receive Locarno Film Festival’s Leopard Club Award
Hilary Swank in ‘Million Dollar Baby’
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Tokyo Film Festival to Spotlight Director Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nobuhiko Obayashi The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will highlight the work of legendary director Nobuhiko Obayashi at the 32nd edition of the festival, taking place October 28 to November 5, 2019.
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Horror Film ARTIK Releases Gruesome First-Look Images
ARTIK directed by Tom Botchii Award-winning filmmaker Tom Botchii released exclusive images from his horror-thriller film, ARTIK, just weeks away from the World Premiere at Popcorn Frights.
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HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Star Studded 15th Anniversary Opening Night Lineup
2019 HollyShorts Film Festival Opening Night Will Feature Lena Headey, Debra Messing, Dane Cook, Aisha Tyler, Brittany Snow, Matthew Modine, Anthony and Ann Russo, among others. The Oscar-QualifyingHollyShorts Film Festival announced their star-studded opening night lineup for the festival’s landmark 15th Anniversary. HollyShorts’ Opening Night festivities will be on Thursday, August 8th at the iconic TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, CA.
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North Bend Film Festival 2019 Announces Lineup, Opens with US Premiere of THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WKND
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WKND The North Bend Film Festival returns once again to the historic town of North Bend, WA, – the destination of the original shooting location for cult sensation Twin Peaks, for the second edition from August 15th to the 18th, 2019.
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PARASITE, AMAZING GRACE, LES MISÉRABLES Among 8 Films Competing for Audience Award at San Sebastian Film Fest
Amazing Grace Parasite by Bong Joon Ho which won the Golden Palm in Cannes, Les Misérables, the first feature film by Ladj Ly and Amazing Grace, the Aretha Franklin gospel concert documentary, are among eight films that will compete for the City of Donostia / San Sebastian Audience Award decided by the audience at the 2019 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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Film at Lincoln Center Announces Scary Movies XII Lineup, VILLAINS to Kick Off Fest
Villains directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen Scary Movies XII, the 12th edition of New York City’s top horror festival returns this Summer to Film at Lincoln Center from August 16 to 21.The festival kicks off with the New York premiere of Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s darkly funny home invasion thriller Villains, a twist on the genre that stars Maika Monroe and Bill Skarsgård as outlaw lovers seeking refuge in a seemingly isolated house that turns out to be anything but deserted.
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The Personal History of David Copperfield to Open BFI London Film Festival
The Personal History of David Copperfield The Personal History of David Copperfield, directed by the multi-award-winning writer, filmmaker and broadcaster Armando Iannucci and starring BAFTA Award winner Dev Patel as David Copperfield will open the 63rd BFI London Film Festival. This fresh take on Charles Dickens’ classic novel, boasts a stellar British cast, led by Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw, Paul Whitehouse and Gwendoline Christie.
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NY Premiere of PRINCESS OF THE ROW will Open 2019 NY Latino Film Festival
Princess of the Row The 2019 New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) kicks off on Monday, August 12th with the New York premiere of the film Princess of the Row from director Van Maximilian Carlson and starring Martin Sheen, Edi Gathegi, Ana Ortiz, Tayler Buck, Jacob Vargas, among others. Unflinching and emotional, Princess of the Row is the inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her father… a homeless, mentally ill-veteran fighting to survive on the streets of LA’s skid row.
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Director Brian De Palma to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Hamptons Film Festival
Brian De Palma Hamptons International Film Festival will honor legendary director Brian De Palma with a Lifetime Achievement Award, along with a special screening of one of his many award-winning films at the upcoming 27th edition of the festival. De Palma will also participate in a A Conversation With… at the festival with Festival co-chair Alec Baldwin.
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Galway Film Fleadh 2019 Winners – A BREAD FACTORY and STAGE Win Top Prizes
A Bread Factory After another outstanding festival of Irish and international film premieres, screenings, workshops and discussions the 31st Galway Film Fleadh came to a close on Sunday July 14, 2019. The annual awards ceremony took place before the screening of the closing film Never Grow Old with the top awards going to A Bread Factory directed by Patrick Wang for Best International Film; Stage: The Culinary Internship directed by Abbie Ainsworth for Best International Documentary, and The Best of Dorien B. directed by Anke Blonde for Best International First Feature.
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Mike Doyle’s Gay RomCom SELL BY to Premiere in LA at Outfest
Augustus Prew and Scott Evans in SELL BY directed by Mike Doyle Mike Doyle’s new romantic comedy Sell By starring Scott Evans, Kate Walsh, Augustus Prew, Zoe Chao, Michelle Buteau, Christopher Gray, Colin Donnell and Patricia Clarkson will screen at the Outfest 2019 film festival on Saturday, July 20th, 2019 and Sunday, July 21st, 2019.