The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced its lineup of over 150 films for the eighteenth annual festival, April 11-15, 2019, in Ashland, Oregon.
Film Festivals
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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
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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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South African Documentary BUDDHA IN AFRICA to World Premiere at Hot Docs
Buddha in Africa The documentary, Buddha in Africa by South African filmmaker, Nicole Schafer, will World Premiere at the 2019 Hot Docs Canadian International Festival taking place April 25 to May 5. The film will be presented in competition in the International Spectrum program. The winner of the Hot Docs Best International Feature Documentary Award will qualify for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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LA Premiere of THE GOOD GIRLS to Open 11th Hola Mexico Film Festival
The Good Girls ( Las niñas bien) The 11th edition of Hola Mexico Film Festival will open with the Los Angeles premiere of The Good Girls ( Las niñas bien) on Friday, May 31, 2019 at the Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood. The film, directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella, is a satirical critique of Mexico’s bourgeoisie class. Inspired by María Guadalupe Loaeza’s book by the same name, the film stars Ilse Salas, Flavio Medina, Cassandra Ciangherotti, and Paulina Gaitan and is produced by Gabriela Maire and Rodrigo S. González.
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Tribeca Film Festival Announces 2019 Tribeca TV lineup + Anniversary Tributes for ‘In Living Color’ and ‘The Simpsons’
In Living Color The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival will debut highly-anticipated new and returning TV series and spotlight creative online storytelling work. The Tribeca TV lineup will include 16 shows made up of eight series premieres, two season premieres, one feature documentary, and five indie pilots. The N.O.W. (New Online Work) section, sponsored by HBO, will showcase 12 projects from creators using digital platforms to tell original stories in addition to special spotlight programs. The N.O.W. Creators Market will return to connect online creators with industry professionals. Building on the Festival’s successful film reunions, for the first time this year, Tribeca TV will celebrate anniversaries of acclaimed series In Living Color and The Simpsons, the longest-running American sitcom, marking its milestone 30th anniversary. The hit series Mr. Robot will return to Tribeca after its first episode screened at the Festival in 2015 to celebrate the final season with a special Tribeca Talk conversation with stars Rami Malek, fresh off his Oscar win, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, and creator Sam Esmail. The 18th Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24 – May 5.
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World Premiere of YELLOW ROSE to Open 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Still from Diane Paragas’s “Yellow Rose” with Eva Noblezada and Dale Watson – Photo by August Thurmer This year’s 35th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) returns May 2-10, and will kick off with the World Premiere of Yellow Rose, written and directed by first time feature female filmmaker Diane Paragas. The film stars Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada, Tony Award winning actress and Grammy nominee Lea Salonga, country music star Dale Watson, Liam Booth, Gustavo Gomez (“The Walking Dead”), Libby Villari (“Boyhood”), and Princess Punzalan (“Mula Sa Puso”), and features original songs written by Watson, Paragas, Noblezada and cast.
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2019 Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces Lineup
The Chaotic Life of Nada Kadić (Kaoticni život Nade Kadić) The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City announced the lineup of 13 films for its 2019 edition, which also includes a series of Q&A and discussion panels with filmmakers, running from Wednesday, April 10 through Saturday, April 13 at SVA Theatre, in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.
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American Documentary Film Festival 2019 Announces Lineup, Closes with RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen The 2019 American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs) in Palm Springs announced a slate of approximately 200 documentary and animated works from around the world. Among the works being exhibited are films focused on indigenous people’s rights, women’s equity in society, environmental trends, celebrity and historical biopics, cutting edge and socially relevant topics.
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SXSW Film Announces 2019 Audience Awards Winners
Saint Frances directed by Alex Thompson The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals today announced the 2019 Audience Award winners from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic Premieres, Global, Festival Favorites and Design Award categories. Also announced were the 2019 Virtual Cinema Jury Award Winners.
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Josephine Mackeras’ ALICE Wins First CherryPicks Female First Feature Award at 2019 SXSW
Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras ALICE, a story about a woman who finds the strength within herself despite all odds to save herself and her child, directed and produced by Josephine Mackeras, is the first winner of the CherryPicks Female First Feature Award, announced Tuesday at the 2019 SXSW Awards Ceremony. The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Film Festival and CherryPicks,® the newly launched digital brand dedicated to the female critical voice, inaugural honor and monetary prize, is presented to a 2019 film helmed by a first-time narrative feature female director and producer, also must have screened during this year’s festival.
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Gavin Hood’s OFFICIAL SECRETS to Close 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival
OFFICIAL SECRETS directed by Gavin Hood Official Secrets, Gavin Hood’s gripping retelling of the story of Katharine Gun, a British intelligence officer who leaked a confidential memo sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq, will screen as the Closing Night of the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival at the historic Castro Theatre on Sunday, April 21.