Jordan Noel’s THIS WORLD ALONE won the top Hoka award for Best Narrative Feature, and Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer’s WRESTLE won for Best Documentary Feature at the 2019 Oxford Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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THIS WORLD ALONE, WRESTLE, THE GOSPEL OF EUREKA Win at 2019 Oxford Film Festival
This World Alone by Jordan Noel
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2019 Tribeca Film Festival to Open with World Premiere of Documentary THE APOLLO
The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, will open with the world premiere of director Roger Ross Williams and HBO’s new documentary film The Apollo. Helmed by the Oscar and Emmy-winning Williams (Music by Prudence; Life, Animated), The Apollo chronicles the unique history and contemporary legacy of the New York City landmark, the Apollo Theater.
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World Premiere of Netflix’s ‘Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City’ to Open 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival The 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival will kick off with the World Premiere of Netflix’s new original series Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, on Wednesday, April 10, 7:00 pm at the Castro Theatre. Showrunner, writer, and executive producer Lauren Morelli; director and executive producer Alan Poul; author and executive producer Armistead Maupin; and star and executive producer Laura Linney are expected to attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
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Las Vegas Film Festival Announces 2019 Dates + New Sponsor
The 2019 Las Vegas Film Festival is scheduled to take place April 28 through May 5, with the majority of the Festival taking place in venues around Downtown Las Vegas, and some events held at the Brenden Theatres and Palms Casino Resort, which has served as home to the Festival for the past two years. Additionally, Zappos has signed on as a presenting sponsor of the eight-day Festival.
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BFI London Film Festival Announces 2019 Dates
LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 05: (L-R) Actors Jack Davenport, Laura Carmichael, Tom Felton, Rosamund Pike, director Amma Asante and actors David Oyelowo and Jessica Oyelowo attend the ‘A United Kingdom’ photocall during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at The Mayfair Hotel on October 5, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Jack Davenport; Laura Carmichael; Tom Felton; Rosamund Pike; Amma Asante; David Oyelowo; Jessica Oyelowo The BFI London Film Festival today confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 63rd edition which will take place from October 2nd to 13th, 2019, led by Festival Director Tricia Tuttle in her second year leading the team after serving as Artistic Director in 2018.
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Berlin Film Festival Pulls Zhang Yimou’s ONE SECOND, and Announces 2020 Dates
Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou In a statement released today, the Berlin International Film Festival announced that due to technical difficulties encountered during post-production, Yi miao zhong (One Second) by Zhang Yimou unfortunately will not be presented on February 15 in the scope of the Competition section of the Berlinale. The competition will thus feature a total of 16 films vying for the coveted Bear awards.
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2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival Awards: IN LOVE AND WAR Wins Audience Award
IN LOVE AND WAR (krig & kærlighed) Kasper Torsting’s In Love and War (I krig & kærlighed) was voted winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2019 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film also won the Valhalla Award for Best Nordic Film. 1917: A Danish soldier fighting under the German regime fakes his own death to escape the horrors in the trenches and return to his wife and son-only to find that everything has changed.
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EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE Starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy to Premiere at Mammoth Film Festival
Zac Efron and Lily Collins appear in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile directed by Joe Berlinger After making a splash at Sundance, EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, along with Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, and Jim Parsons, will have its California premiere at the 2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival.
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55 Films Announced for 2019 Boulder International Film Festival
The Hummingbird Project The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) unveiled its 2019 program lineup of 55 films, including six films straight from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and six music documentaries, two of which will be the feature films on Opening and Closing nights.
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Virginia Woolf Love Story VITA & VIRGINIA to Open BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival
VITA & VIRGINIA The 33rd edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival taking place March 21st to 31st, will open with the UK premiere of Chanya Button’s VITA & VIRGINIA at BFI Southbank.
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Athena Film Festival to Honor Time’s Up Nina Shaw, Director Desiree Akhavan and TIFF’s Cameron Bailey
Nina Shaw, Desiree Akhavan, Cameron Bailey Nina Shaw, one of the founding members of Time’s Up, will be honored at the 2019 Athena Film Festival, along with writer, director, and actress Desiree Akhavan and Cameron Bailey, co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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76 Short Films to Compete at 2019 Filmfest Dresden
AZUL VAZANTE by Julia Alquéres This year, the competition program of the 31st Filmfest Dresden (April 9 to 14, 2019) will consists of 76 films from 38 countries.