Toronto International Film Festival announced the second set of films in the Gala and Special Presentations programs screening this September at the 44th edition of the Festival.
Film Festivals
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Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Adds New Gala and Special Presentation Films
American Son by Kenny Leon
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Festival of Cinema NYC 2019 Award Winners – QUEST and THE RINGMASTER Win Top Awards
LaKeith Stanfield, Gregory Kasyan, and Tobit Raphael in Quest: The Truth Always Rises Festival of Cinema NYC announce the winners of its 3rd annual event at the Awards Gala on Sunday. From a pool of nearly 450 film submissions, the festival presented 125 remarkable films from 25 countries with the top awards going to “Quest – The Truth Always Rises” directed by Santiago Rizzo for Best Feature Narrative, and “The Ringmaster” directed by Molly Dworsky and Dave Newberg for Best Documentary.
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New York Film Festival Announces 2019 Projections Section Lineup
Trouble directed by Mariah Garnett The Projections section of the 57th New York Film Festival is comprised of six features, seven shorts programs, and two videos that will be looped in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater Drawing on a broad range of innovative modes and techniques, including experimental narratives, avant-garde poetics, crossovers into documentary realms, and contemporary art practices, Projections brings together a diverse offering of short, medium, and feature-length work by some of today’s most essential and groundbreaking filmmakers and artists.
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14 Student Short Films will Compete in Nest Film Students at San Sebastian Festival 2019
I WAS STILL THERE WHEN YOU LEFT ME directed by MARIE MC COURT (BELGIUM) The XVIII edition of Nest Film Students, the international film students meeting taking place in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival’s 67th edition, has selected fourteen short films from Argentina, Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and the UK.
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11th Architecture & Design Film Festival Returns to NY in Fall Reveals Sneak Preview of Films
The New Bauhaus The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) will return to New York this fall for its 11th season. ADFF:NY is the festival’s anchor event that takes place annually during Archtober – New York City’s Architecture & Design month.
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‘M’ ‘NIGHT WALK’ Among Winners of 2019 Prague Independent Film Festival
M directed by Anna Eriksson Prague Independent Film Festival announced the winners of the 2019 edition with the experimental art-house film M by Finnish director Anna Eriksson receiving the Grand Prix and best feature film awards. The film, loosely inspired by the last days of Marilyn Monroe, initially premiered at the Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week in 2018. Anna Eriksson took upon herself multiple duties during the making of the film; she directed it, played the lead role, edited the film and composed the score.
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Venice Film Festival to Honor Cinematographer Luca Bigazzi with Passion for Film Award
Luca Bigazzi Cinematographer Luca Bigazzi (The Great Beauty, The Way We Laughed, Bread and Tulips) is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 76th Venice International Film Festival. The award, instituted last year at the 75th Venice Film Festival, seeks to highlight the remarkable contribution given by the director’s closest collaborators to the fulfillment of the artistic project that each film represents. It is not often that cinematographers, editors, composers, set or costume designers are adequately recognized for their work, which is often key to the quality of the final result. Passion for Film attributes this award to these professional figures (last year the prize was awarded to American film editor Bob Murawski), who are more than just craftsmen: they are artists and co-authors of the films to which they offer the gift of their unparalleled talent.
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Joaquin Phoenix to Receive Actor Award at TIFF Tribute Gala at Toronto Film Festival
Joaquin Phoenix Three-time Academy Award–nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix will be honored with one of two TIFF Tribute Actor Awards at this year’s TIFF Tribute Gala awards event, taking place on Monday, September 9 at Fairmont Royal York, during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Cinematheque Program to Feature Films in 35mm
No directed by Pablo Larraín In a nod to its commitment to film preservation, the Toronto International Film Festival announced today that the 2019 TIFF Cinematheque program at the Festival will feature select screenings in 35mm, with two prints coming from the TIFF Film Reference Library Screening Collection, the organization’s own film library. The narrative titles selected will be preceded by guest introductions from Festival filmmakers past and present.
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Toronto International Film Festival Showcases 10 Eclectic Films on 2019 Midnight Madness Lineup
Crazy World directed by Isaac Nabwana The Toronto International Film Festival announced the 10 eclectic films that will make up this year’s Midnight Madness lineup. Midnight Madness welcomes new genre filmmakers with remarkable debuts, including Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s dystopian sci-fi film The Platform; Rose Glass’s unnerving psychological thriller Saint Maud, starring Morfydd Clark (Love & Friendship) and Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty); Andrew Patterson’s paranormal period piece The Vast of Night, which won the audience award for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance and features breakout performances by Jake Horowitz and Sierra McCormick; and Keith Thomas’s supernatural horror film The Vigil.
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Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Women Dominated 2019 Discovery Program Lineup
Simple Women directed by Chiara Malta The revamped Discovery program at this year’s 2019 Toronto International Film Festival features a lineup of 37 films from emerging filmmakers representing 35 countries, with 54% of its selection directed by women.
