The international jury of the 59th Krakow Film Festival awarded prizes to the best documentary, short and animated films with “Advocate”, “Portrait of Suzanne”, “My Country So Beautiful” and “Once Aurora” winning the top awards.
Film Festivals
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ROCKABUL Documentary on Metal Band in War Torn Afghanistan, to NY Premiere at Brooklyn Film Festival
District Unknown in RocKabul directed by Travis Beard RocKabul directed by Australian filmmaker Travis Beard examines the counter culture campaign that the US government waged in Afghanistan, told through the eyes of a young band in the war torn capital of Kabul, where rock music is forbidden.
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10th SOHO International Film Fest Returns in June, Opens with EMPTY BY DESIGN
Empty By Design starring Chris Pang, Osric Chau, Dante Basco, Madeline Humphries and Rhian Ramos. For the tenth year, the SOHO International Film Festival #SOHO10 returns to NYC at Village East Cinemas (189 2nd Avenue on 12th Street) for an entire seven days of “cinematic magic,” June 20 to 27, 2019.
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BEI BEI, MOPE, SAKAWA Among 2nd Toronto True Crime Film Festival Lineup
BEI BEI directed by Rose Rosenblatt and Marion Lipschutz The Toronto True Crime Film Festival billed as the only festival completely devoted to the true crime genre of film, unveiled the films selected for its second annual edition this June 14th to 15th, 2018 at their new location, The Revue Cinema in Toronto. The 2019 lineup includes four feature films, seven short films, and three speaking events, with 15% of all pass and ticket sales being donated to charity.
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Actress Judith Light to Receive Excellence in Acting Award from Provincetown International Film Festival
Judith Light in BEFORE YOU KNOW IT Two-time Tony Award winner, actress Judith Light will receive the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival on Saturday, June 15 in conversation at Provincetown Town Hall.
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APPLE SEED Kicks Off Lineup for 2019 Dances With Films Festival
Rance Howard and Jennifer Kamstock in Apple Seed The “vibrantly” independent film festival Dances With Films announced its 2019 lineup of narrative and documentary features and short films for its 22nd annual edition.
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NY Premiere of Shaina Feinberg’s SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE to Kick off Lower East Side Film Festival
SENIOR ESCORT SERVICE The 9th Lower East Side Film Festival will open on June 6th with the New York Premiere of Shaina Feinberg’s Senior Escort Service written & directed by Shaina Feinberg and starring Chris Manley, Shaina Feinberg, Chris Roberti (High Maintenance, Broad City), Jeff Seal, Mona Chalabi, and Drae Campbell. “After the sudden death of her father, filmmaker Shaina Feinberg goes on a tour of grief in this genre-bending feature film. Blending archival footage with a series of journeys – both real and imagined – Senior Escort Service is a funny and sad meditation on loss.”
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Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals 2019 First Glance and Gala Films
The Australian Dream Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will open its 2019 festival with the world premiere of the documentary The Australian Dream – written by Walkley award-winning Australian journalist Stan Grant. Grant’s moving work is a powerful exploration of race, identity and belonging as told from the perspective of champion AFL footballer and Indigenous rights activist, Adam Goodes.
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Fantasia 2019 Unveils First Wave of Programming with Liam Hemsworth, Richard Dreyfuss and More
KILLERMAN The Fantasia International Film Festival, celebrating its 23rd Anniversary, today revealed a select first wave of titles. After stunning audiences with his acclaimed 2015 sleeper hit CASH ONLY (a World Premiere breakout at Fantasia), Malik Bader returns to Montreal with the World Premiere of KILLERMAN. A full-throttle knockout crime thriller about dirty cops and dirtier mobsters starring Liam Hemsworth (THE HUNGER GAMES series), Emory Cohen (LORDS OF CHAOS), Diane Guerrero (Orange is the New Black), Nickola Shreli (CASH ONLY), and the great Zlatco Buric (Refn’s PUSHER trilogy), produced by Myles Nestel (WHEELMAN), KILLERMAN is an absorbing, gripping, and exciting look at the underworld, standing as further proof that Bader is one of modern crime cinema’s most ferocious rising talents.
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AGA’S HOUSE TO Open Karlovy Vary IFF 2019 East of the West Competition
AGA’S HOUSE This year’s 54th Karlovy Vary IFF East of the West competition is showing eight world, three international, and one European premiere, with eight of the competing films being debuts. The opening film is Aga’s House, the feature-length debut by Kosovo director Lendita Zeqiraj, who authentically re-creates the vibrant world of the energetic female protagonists.
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Munich Film Festival to Honor Cannes Winner Bong Joon-ho and Documentary Filmmaker Mads Brügger with Retrospectives
“The Ambassador” directed by and starring Mads Brügger This year, Munich Film Festival will recognize the work of Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger and world-renowned Cannes 2019 Palme d’Or winner South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho with two separate retrospectives. The two filmmakers will be bringing along their latest work: both Brügger’s true crime documentary “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” and Bong’s celebrated Cannes winner “Parasite” will have their German premiere in the CineMasters competition.
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Diana Peralta’s Dominican-set Family Drama, DE LO MIO, to World Premiere at BAMcinemaFest
DE LO MIO New York filmmaker Diana Peralta’s vibrant feature film debut, DE LO MIO, will World Premiere as the Closing Night film of BAMcinemaFest which runs June 12 to 23. A bittersweet family drama set in the Dominican Republic, DE LO MIO will screen at BAMcinematek on Saturday, June 22 at 7:30 pm.