Damn These Heels, the longest running LGBTQ Film Festival in the Mountain West, will run July 12 to 14, 2019 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Utah.
Film Festivals
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DAMN THESE HEELS, Utah’s LGBTQ Film Festival, Announces 2019 Lineup
Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life directed by Tomer Heymann
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World Premiere of MAGARI to Open Locarno Film Festival 2019
Magari directed by Ginevra Elkann The world premiere of Magari, the debut from Italian director Ginevra Elkann will usher in the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday August 7th. The 11-day event will close on Saturday August 17th with the awards ceremony, followed by Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) by Japanese director, screenwriter and author Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
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Julianne Moore to be Honored at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Julianne Moore in AFTER THE WEDDING Oscar-winner Julianne Moore will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 54th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Along with screenwriter/director Bart Freundlichand, Julianne Moore will also present her latest film, After the Wedding (2019), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
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THE GASOLINE THIEVES Wins Audience Award at Hola Mexico Film Festival 2019
THE GASOLINE THIEVES (HUACHICOLERO) Edgar Nito’s The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero) won the DishLATINO and Cinelatino Audience Choice award at the 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival (HMFF). The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero) tells the story of Lalo (Eduardo Banda), a teenager from a small town, who has a crush on girl at school and decides the only way to win her heart is buying her an expensive smartphone. At the same time, his mother is in need of financial support to cover medical bills. In order to help and achieve his romantic goals, Lalo gets involved with the local huachicoleros (gasoline thieves), who enlist him to illegally siphon the fuel and resell it on the black market. What first appeared like a solution to his troubles proves to be a deadly bargain. His choices could land Lalo in the hands of the authorities or in a much worse situation.
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Brooklyn Film Festival’s 2019 Awards – Andrea Cordoba’s SANCTUARY Wins Grand Chameleon Award
Sanctuary directed by Andrea Cordoba Brooklyn Film Festival’s 22nd edition: THE GATHERING, wrapped on Sunday with Sanctuary directed by Andrea Cordoba picking up the coveted best of the fest Grand Chameleon Award. Anas Tolba’s Between Two Seas won Best Narrative Feature and Andrea Cordoba’s Sanctuary took home the award for Best Feature Documentary.
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Seattle International Film Festival Announces 2019 Awards – TEL AVIV ON FIRE Wins Top Prize
Tel Aviv on Fire, directed by Sameh Zoabi, The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced the 2019 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards and the top prizes – Golden Golden Space Needle Audience Award for Best Film went to Tel Aviv on Fire, directed by Sameh Zoabi, and We Are the Radical Monarchs won the Golden Space Needle for Best Documentary.
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24th Stony Brook Film Festival to Lift Off With German Film BALLON
Balloon directed by Michael Bully Herbig Independent films from nearly twenty countries will be in the spotlight at the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival from Thursday, July 18 to Saturday, July 27. Produced by Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, the Festival lifts off with the New York premiere of Balloon, a German film based on the true story of two families who escaped East Germany on their homemade hot air balloon, and closes with another New York premiere of the French film Lola & Her Brothers.
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Durban International Film Festival Announces 2019 Jury incl. Directors Mohammed Siam and CJ Obasi
Durban International Film Festival 2019 Jury With just under two months until the start of the renowned South African film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) announced it jury members for its 40th edition.
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Dance on Camera Festival 2019 Announces Film Lineup Featuring Dance Luminaries Carlos Acosta, Merce Cunningham
From Knee to Heart directed by Susana Barranco The 47th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival returns to Film at Lincoln Center from July 12 to 15, with an inspiring selection of films that explore dance from a variety of perspectives.
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Hamptons Film Festival Selects 3 Groundbreaking Documentary Films for SummerDocs 2019
Cold Case Hammarskjöld directed by Mads Brügger This summer, Hamptons International Film Festival SummerDocs 2019 hosted by Alec Baldwin (HIFF Co-Chair) will once again lead conversations with filmmakers and guests, presenting three new and groundbreaking documentary filmmaking and thought-provoking stories to the East End at Guild Hall. Films include Maiden directed by Alex Holmes, Cold Case Hammarskjöld directed by Mads Brügger and Circus Of Books directed by Rachel Mason.
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Eunice Lau Tackles Radicalization in Documentary ACCEPT THE CALL at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Accept the Call directed by Eunice Lau In the new documentary film Accept the Call from Eunice Lau, a father seeks to understand why his son is accused of terrorism. Accept the Call will world premiere at 2019 Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York.
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Overlook Film Festival 2019 Awards – THE VAST OF NIGHT Wins Top Prize
THE VAST OF NIGHT directed by Andrew Patterson The Overlook Film Festival 2019 came to an end on Sunday, June 2nd and the Jury awarded the Overlook 2019 Jury Award to THE VAST OF NIGHT, directed by first time filmmaker Andrew Patterson, stating that the film was “An impressive work of low-budget ingenuity and watch-the-skies paranoia, as well an incredible retro riff on ‘Close Encounters’ — just a great example of how to take a genre storyline and run with it.”