The 2019 Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced the complete lineup of films, as well as special tributes for writer/director/actor John Cameron Mitchell and actress/producer Jillian Bell .
Film Festivals
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LA Premiere of MIRREYES VS GODINEZ to Close Hola Mexico Film Festival
MIRREYES VS GODINEZ (MIRREYES CONTRA GODINEZ) Hola Mexico Film Festival will close with 11th edition on June 8th with the Los Angeles premiere of MIRREYES VS GODINEZ (MIRREYES CONTRA GODINEZ), a comedic social critique on Mexico’s polarized society, directed by Chava Cartas. The film stars Regina Blandón and Daniel Tovar and is produced by Francisco González Compeán and written by María Hinojos.
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Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paweł Pawlikowski Among Cannes Film Festival 2019 Jury
Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paweł Pawlikowski Actress Cannes Elle Fanning along with directors Yorgos Lanthimos and Paweł Pawlikowski are among the eight distinguished film professionals selected for 2019 Cannes Film Festival Jury presided over by director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. The jury of four women and four men, from four continents and from seven different nationalities will reveal the winners on Saturday, May 25 during the Closing Ceremony.
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SICK, SICK, SICK by Brazilian Director Alice Furtado to World Premiere at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes
Sick Sick Sick (Sem seu sangue) directed by Alice Furtado Sick Sick Sick (Sem seu sangue) by Brazilian director Alice Furtado will have its World Premiere at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) in Cannes. It is her feature debut as director.
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Watch Video Clip from MARTHA: A PICTURE STORY, Documentary on Iconic Street Art Photographer Martha Cooper
Martha Cooper in “Martha: A Picture Story” Martha: A Picture Story, is filmmaker Selina Miles’ vibrant portrait of photographer Martha Cooper, who in 1970s New York, captured the first images of graffiti appearing on the city’s subway carriages, and decades later, realizes she’s become an unusual icon of the street art world. The film, world premiering at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, released the first look – a video clip, which quickly captures the fascination behind the icon Martha Cooper.
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Watch Clip from PICTURE CHARACTER, Documentary About Emoji, at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Picture Character. Rayouf Alhumedhi, creator of the hijab emoji, in Vienna. Just before its World Premiere on Saturday April 27 at the Tribeca Film, Picture Character, a documentary about emoji released the first look – a fascinating video clip from the film. In the clip, Rayouf Alhumedhi explains why she created the hijab emoji.
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Jim Jarmusch’s THE DEAD DON’T DIE to Open The Overlook Film Festival 2019 + See Lineup
THE DEAD DON’T DIE The 2019 Overlook Film Festival will open with the US Premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s latest THE DEAD DON’T DIE starring Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton, and close with Sundance midnight breakout THE LODGE, the English-language debut of Austrian directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, directors of the acclaimed GOODNIGHT, MOMMY.
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Cannes Classics 2019 Lineup Includes 50th Anniversary Screening of EASY RIDER
Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider A Midnight Screening of The Shining presented by Alfonso Cuarón, the 50th Anniversary of Easy Rider with Peter Fonda in attendance, are among highlights of the lineup of Cannes Classics program at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Other highlights include the 25th anniversary screening of La Cité de la peur, Luis Buñuel in the spotlight with three films, the attendance of Lina Wertmüller, the Grand Prix of 1951 Vittorio De Sica’s Miracle in Milan, a final salute to Milos Forman, and the first Japanese animated film in color, the World Cinema Project.
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NY Indian Film Festival 2019 to Feature 32 Films, Special Spotlight of Gurinder Chadha’s BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
Blinded By The Light by Gurinder Chadha For their 19th year of celebrating Independent, art house, alternate, and diaspora films from the Indian subcontinent, the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will feature 32 films including 29 narrative, 3 documentary and 32 short films.
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Seattle International Film Festival 2019 Adds Indigenous Focus + Films by Indigenous Directors
Sgaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife) Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has added a comprehensive Indigenous focus to its 45th annual festival including a collection of narrative and documentary features all made by Indigenous directors; along with the fifth 4th World Indigenous Media Lab, a workshop and hands-on training for emerging and mid-career Indigenous artists; a kickoff celebration of Indigenous-made short films and filmmakers; a complimentary screening at Seattle Central Library; and a traveling shorts package themed Doing the Work!
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Mammoth Lakes Film Festival 2019 to Open with IN FABRIC + Unveils Film Lineup
In Fabric The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) returns for the fifth edition, from May 22 through 26, at venues across Mammoth Lakes.
