The first trailer is here for the new documentary Gay Chorus Deep South chronicling The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ life-changing Lavender Pen Tour through five southern states in the fall of 2017.
Film Festivals
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Watch Powerful Trailer for GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Documentary World Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival
Gay Chorus Deep South
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Geena Davis’ 5th Bentonville Film Festival Reveals Competition Feature Film Lineup
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, Geena Davis The 5th Annual Bentonville Film Festival will open on Wednesday, May 8, with Tom Donahue’s documentary THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, executive produced by Geena Davis, and featuring her, along with Meryl Streep, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman, Zoe Saldana, Rosario Dawson, Cate Blanchett, and many others as it takes an incisive look into the history, empirical evidence, and systemic forces that foster gender discrimination and thus reinforce disparity in our culture.
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Emoji Documentary PICTURE CHARACTER to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.
Picture Character. The inventor of emoji, Shigetaka Kurita, draws his original smiley face emoji. Picture Character, a documentary about emojis, will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Directors Martha Shane and Ian Cheney take us deep into the world of Emojis (Japanese for “picture character”), from the private non-profit international consortium that standardized emoji offerings and decides on the introduction of new ones, to the campaigns for new emojis such as those depicting menstruation and Argentinian mate, and to the very beginnings of emojis in Japan.
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Documentary Filmmaker Marshall Curry’s First Narrative Film THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW. Kiana (Maria Dizzia) and Jacob (Greg Keller). Photographer: Wolfgang Held. Marshall Curry is a three-time Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. His documentary feature Street Fight followed Cory Booker’s first run for mayor of Newark, N.J., and was nominated for an Oscar® and an Emmy®. This year, Curry was nominated for an Academy Award® for his short documentary A Night at The Garden, about a Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939.
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Claire Denis Named President of Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury at 72nd Cannes Film Festival
Claire Denis French filmmaker and screenwriter Claire Denis will lead the Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Claire Denis will succeed Abderrahmane Sissako, Naomi Kawase, Cristian Mungiu and Bertrand Bonello.
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Teen Filmmaker Phillip Youmans’ BURNING CANE, Starring Wendell Pierce, to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Burning Cane Burning Cane, the feature debut of 19-year-old New Orleans filmmaker Phillip Youmans, will World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 25 in the Narrative Competition section.
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First 10 Films Announced for 2019 Maryland Film Festival
Frances Ferguson directed by Bob Byington The Maryland Film Festival has announced the first 10 narrative films selected for the 21st edition taking place from Wednesday, May 8 through Sunday, May 12 in Baltimore’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District. Also included in these 10: John Waters’ annual pick.
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Hola Mexico Film Festival Adds New Section – The Other Mexico/El Otro México – Highlighting Underrepresented Mexicans in Films
BLACK MEXICANS (LA NEGRADA) directed by Jorge Pérez Solano Hola Mexico Film Festival has added a new section, The Other Mexico/El Otro México, highlighting experiences of Mexicans rarely portrayed on screen. The 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival takes place May 31 to June 8, 2019 in Los Angeles
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Lynn Shelton’s SWORD OF TRUST to Open 45th Seattle International Film Festival
Sword of Trust Sword of Trust, the latest work by Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton, will be the Opening Night film of the 45th annual Seattle International Film Festival on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Both Shelton and Marc Maron, star of the film, are scheduled to attend.
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Watch First SEAHORSE Trailer on Transgender Dad Who Decides to Carry His Own Baby
STILL FROM SEAHORSE. A British trans man, pregnant with his son walks on the beach. Jeanie Finlay’s Seahorse, that follows a gay transgender man who decides to carry his own baby, released the first trailer ahead of its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 27th.
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Ximan Li’s IN A NEW YORK MINUTE to World Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
IN A NEW YORK MINUTE IN A NEW YORK MINUTE from first time writer/director Ximan Li will have its World Premiere at the 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival on Sunday, April 28, 2019.
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A FIRST FAREWELL and YOU HAVE THE NIGHT are Big Winners of 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival Awards
Winners of 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival Awards Wang Lina’s A First Farewell and Ivan Salatić’s You Have the Night are the big winners at the Firebird Awards of the 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF43). A First Farewell won the first-ever Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) Firebird Award, and You Have the Night took home the prestigious award in the Young Cinema Competition (World).