Film at Lincoln Center announced its holiday series, a career-spanning retrospective of Agnès Varda, the most comprehensive survey to date of the late filmmaker’s vast canon, opening December 20 and presented in partnership with Janus Films.
Film Festivals
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FLC’s Retrospective of Agnès Varda to Showcase Over 30 Films from 60-plus-Year Career
Varda by Agnès
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San Sebastian Festival Honors Director Costa-Gavras for ‘militant cinema’ with Donostia Award
Director Costa Gavras Costa-Gavras, a French filmmaker of Greek origin, will receive the second Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival which, with this distinction, applauds the militant cinema of the author of movies including Z, Missing and Capital, with which he competed for the Golden Shell in 2012.
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Camden International Film Festival Announces 2019 Features and Storyforms (VR) Lineup
THE HOTTEST AUGUST directed by Brett Story For its 15th edition, the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) which will take place September 12-15, 2019 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine, will present 38 features, 50 short films, and 16 virtual reality and immersive experiences from over 35 countries. More than half of the feature films are presented as major premieres, including the US Premiere of Alex Gibney’s Citizen K.
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Regina Hall, David Oyelowo and Yvette Nicole Brown Headline 10th BronzeLens Film Festival
Regina Hall Actors Regina Hall, David Oyelowo and Yvette Nicole Brown will share their creative journeys as they headline the 10th BronzeLens Film Festival (BronzeLens), taking placeAugust 21 to 25, 2019.
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2019 HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Awards Winners
Jonah Beres in Balloon HollyShorts Film Festival announced their top prizes for their landmark 15th year with “Balloon,” starring PEN15’s Jonah Beres and The League’s Paul Scheer, taking home the Best Short Film Grand Prix.
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2019 Reeling LGBTQ Film Festival Announces Line Up, Opens with THE SHINY SHRIMPS
‘The Shiny Shrimps’ (‘Les Crevettes pailletees’) Reeling, the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world and a beloved Chicago cultural institution for more than 35 years, kicks off the 37th edition in the Fall with an exciting slate of 35 features and 13 shorts programs, nearly all of them Chicago premieres.
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Locarno Film Festival 2019 Winners – VITALINA VARELA Wins Pardo d’oro
VITALINA VARELA The 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival closed with the award ceremony, and VITALINA VARELA by Pedro Costa was awarded the top prize, the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard), Grand Prize of the City of Locarno. The film follows Vitalina Varela, a 55-year-old woman from Cape Verde, who arrives in Lisbon three days after her husband’s funeral. She’s been waiting for her plane ticket for more than 25 years. For her performance Vitalina Varela was awarded the Leopard for Best Actress.
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6 Latin American Films Selected for San Sebastian’s Films in Progress 36
Nudo Mixteco by Ángeles Cruz Six debut films, have been selected for Films in Progress 36, a professional initiative called twice yearly by the San Sebastian Festival and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse with the purpose of supporting Latin American cinema.
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57th New York Film Festival Announces Convergence Lineup of VR, AR, 360 Degree Films
Holy Night created by: Casey Stein and Bernard Zeiger This year’s Convergence section of the 57th New York Film Festival features three VR programs as well as special events to showcase today’s wide-ranging landscape of immersive storytelling, featuring virtual reality and 360-degree filmmaking from around the globe.
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Ja’Tovia M. Gary’s THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT(Single Channel)Wins Moving Ahead Award for the Best Film at Locarno Film Festival
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) by Ja’Tovia M. Gary The Giverny Document (Single Channel) by Ja’Tovia M. Gary is the winner of 2019 Locarno Film Festival’s Moving Ahead Award for the Best Film. Filmed on location in Harlem and in Monet’s historic gardens in Giverny, this multi-textured cinematic poem meditates on the bodily integrity and creative virtuosity of black women.
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2019 Rhode Island International Film Festival Announces Winners
“A SON OF MAN” directed by: Jaimaica Noproblem After screening screening 321 films, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the Award Winners for its 37th Anniversary edition.
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2019 Nashville Film Festival Announces U.S. Independents Films Lineup
BABYSPLITTERS, directed by Sam Friedlander The darkly humorous International Falls, the world premiere of the civil rights era coming-of-age story Tuscaloosa, and Speed of Life, a leap 20 years into the future through a wormhole created by David Bowie’s death are among the films showcased in the U.S. Independents Program of the 50th Nashville Film Festival, taking place October 3 to 12, 2019.