Film Festivals

OUR TIME MACHINE Docu on Chinese Artist Maleonn to World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

OUR TIME MACHINE. Maleonn working on bird sculpture. Courtesy Maleonn Studio.

Yang Sun and S. Leo Chiang’s OUR TIME MACHINE is an intimate look at Chinese artist Maleonn(Ma Liang) as he sets out to stage an ambitious performance piece about time and memory when his father, the former artistic director of the Shanghai Chinese Opera Theater, is diagnosed with dementia. Maleonn hopes the work will bring the them together artistically and personally but as time goes on, and his father’s condition deteriorates, he is torn between the original goal to honor his father and the pressure of finding commercial success.

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Polish Premiere of THE WIND. A DOCUMENTARY THRILLER to Open Krakow Film Festival

The wind. A documentary thriller

The Polish premiere of “The wind. A documentary thriller,” an emotional story about the “halny” wind – one of the most unpredictable winds in the Polish mountains, directed by Michał Bielawski, will open the 59th Krakow Film Festival on May 26th. The film will be showcased as a part of the international documentary competition and the Polish competition.

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First 10 Films Revealed for 12th Las Vegas Film Festival

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House

The 12th Annual Las Vegas Film Festival will spotlight a mix of feature films and documentaries that have been favorites on the international festival circuit, as well as films with Las Vegas ties, including a documentary about The Amazing Johnathan, and Robin Greenspun’s personal portrait of local businesswoman Amy Ayoub. Additionally, one of the documentaries, Knock Down the House, follows the campaigns of four progressive women who ran against incumbents in the elections last fall, including Amy Vilela who ran for Congress in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House.

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Zack Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein’s FREAKS Wins Audience Award at 2019 What The Fest!?

Lexy Kolker and Emile Hirsch in FREAKS

The second annual What The Fest!? is over, and Zack Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein’s FREAKS, which made its New York Premiere at the festival was voted winner of the Audience Award. FREAKS tells the warped tale of Chloe (Lexy Kolker), a young girl sheltered by her father (Emile Hirsch) from the world outside their door… until an ice cream man (Bruce Dern) tries to lure her out of her safe haven.

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CAPERNAUM Director Nadine Labaki Named President of the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard Jury 2019

Nadine Labaki

Lebanese director Nadine Labaki of the Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated Capernaum, which won the Jury Prize in Cannes, will be taking over from actor Benicio Del Toro as President of the Un Certain Regard Jury for the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

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Cult Legend, Director Jeff Lieberman is Guest of Honor at Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival

Jeff Lieberman

Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival, returns to Filmhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, for it’s 26th Edition, April 18 to 21 with cult favorite, director Jeff Lieberman as the Guest of Honor. Jeff will host a retrospective of his films Blue Sunshine, Remote Control, Just Before Dawn, Squirm and Satan’s Little Helper.

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Watch Trailer for FRAMING JOHN DELOREAN Starring Alec Baldwin, Premiering at Tribeca Film Festival

Framing John Delorean

Sundance Selects debuted the trailer for Framing John Delorean directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce; and starring Alec Baldwin, Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Gotham). Framing John Delorean will World Premiere at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on April 30, 2019, and released in select theaters and VOD on June 7th, 2019.

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Lulu Wang’s THE FAREWELL Starring Awkwafina is Centerpiece of 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival

The Farewell directed by Lulu Wang

The Farewell, directed by Lulu Wang will screen at the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival as a special Centerpiece event on Thursday, April 18 at the historic Castro Theatre. A crowd favorite during its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the film is based on an “actual lie,” as labeled by director and screenwriter Lulu Wang.

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World Premiere of RUNNER to Open, THE WEIGHT OF WATER to Close 2019 DocLands Documentary Film Festival

Runner directed by Bill Gallagher

Now in its third year, the 2019 edition of DocLands Documentary Film Festival kicks off Thursday, May 2 with the World Premiere of RUNNER; director Bill Gallagher and film subject Guor Marial will be in attendance. The four-day festival will showcase 44 films from 14 countries, with 36 filmmakers in attendance. The Closing Night Film will be the Bay Area Premiere of THE WEIGHT OF WATER with Emmy Award winning director Michael Brown and film subject Erik Weihenmayer attending.

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Ashland Independent Film Festival Unveils Complete 2019 Lineup of Over 150 Films

Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements by Irene Taylor Brodsky

The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced its lineup of over 150 films for the eighteenth annual festival, April 11-15, 2019, in Ashland, Oregon.

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2019 Florida Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with WOMAN IN MOTION

WOMAN IN MOTION, Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise

The Florida Film Festival will screen 184 films representing 41 countries for the 28th Annual Festival, April 12-21, 2019, in Maitland and Winter Park, Florida. The festival will open with Woman in Motion, directed by Todd Thompson, a fasciniation documentary on Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer aboard the Starship Enterprise

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Documentary AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY to World Premiere at San Francisco International Film Festival

“AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY” director Cheryl Haines talking to Ai Weiwei about the exhibit in Alcatraz.

The feature length documentary film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, directed by Cheryl Haines, has its World Premiere special Marquee Presentation screening during the San Francisco International Film Festival 2019, on Sunday, April 14th at the Castro Theatre.

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