Calgary Underground Film Festival has revealed the 16 features and nine shorts selected for the 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place from November 20-24, 2024 at Globe Cinema.
Film Festivals
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ Headlines 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
The Donn of Tiki by Alex Lamb and Max Well (courtesy CUFF.DOCS)
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Emilia Pérez to Receive Vanguard Award at Palm Springs International Film Awards
Emilia Pérez (Credit: Courtesy of Netflix) Emilia Pérez’s director Jacques Audiard and cast – Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez will receive the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025.
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‘Color Book’ and ‘Desert Angel’ Win Top Film Competition Awards at 31st Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference
Color Book directed by David Fortune (courtesy Tribeca Festival) Color Book directed by David Fortune won the award for Narrative Feature and Desert Angel directed by Vincent DeLuca won for Documentary Feature at the 31st Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference in Austin, Texas.
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AFI FEST 2024 Announces Academy Award Qualifying Grand Jury Award Winners
Two People Exchanging Saliva (courtesy AFI Fest) AFI FEST 2024 announced the Grand Jury Award short film winners and Special Mentions. The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short will be eligible for the 2024 Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short Academy Awards.
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‘Los Frikis’ ‘The World According to Allee Willis’ ‘To Kill a Wolf’ Win Top Jury Awards at 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival
Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz won Best Narrative Feature and The World According to Allee Willis directed by Alexis Manya Spraic won Best Documentary Feature at the 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival.
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Conclave, Magpie, Blitz, A Real Pain, Nickel Boys Among 15th Twin Cities Film Festival Award Finalists
Queen of the Ring directed by Ash Avildsen The Edward Berger drama Conclave alongside other acclaimed titles Sam Yates’ feature debut, Magpie, Steve McQueens’ WWII drama Blitz, A Real Pain directed by Jesse Eisenberg, Ash Avildsen directed Queen of the Ring, and Nickel Boys directed by RaMell Ross, are the finalists for the Best Feature Film Award at the 15th Twin Cities Film Festival (TCFF).
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‘All We Imagine As Light’ ‘Bhangaar’ ‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Win at 19th Tasveer Film Festival
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia The 2024 Audience Choice Awards, and Juried Competition Award winners were presented at the conclusion of the 19th annual Oscar-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival in Seattle, Washington.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Film Awards at 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) Bob Trevino Likes It directed by Tracie Laymon took both the Best Narrative Feature award and the Audience Choice Award, Narrative at the 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF). The film stars Barbie Ferreira as a young woman who searches for her estranged father, Bob Trevino, online and forms a bond with a different man of the same name played by John Leguizamo.
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ ‘Porcelain War’ ‘Brooklyn, Minnesota’ Are Big Winners at 25th Woodstock Film Festival
My Dead Friend Zoe (Briarcliff Entertainment) Wrapping up on October 20th, the 25th edition of the Woodstock Film Festival announced the winners for this year’s jury award. My Dead Friend Zoe, directed by Kyle Hausmann Stokes won the Gigantic Pictures Award For Best Feature Narrative, along with the Haskell Wexler Award For Best Cinematography, and an Honorable Mention for the Best Narrative Editing Award.
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‘Armand’ and ‘Viktor’ Take Top Prizes at 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival
Armand (Cannes Film Festival) Armand directed by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel won the Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival. Viktor, directed by Olivier Sarbil, received the Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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‘Dead Talents Society’ and ‘Dead Mail’ Win Best Film Awards at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Dead Talents Society directed by John Hsu (courtesy BHFF) John Hsu’s Dead Talents Society dominated the 2024 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (BHFF) winning Dark Matter Jury Awards for Best Film and Best Ensemble; along with the Audience Award.
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Vermiglio, ‘The Village Next to Paradise’ ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Win Gold Hugos at 60th Chicago Film Festival
Vermiglio (Fabrizio De Blasio) Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio won the Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival. Set in the final days of WWII, the period drama chronicles a harrowing year in the life of three sisters, the daughters of a schoolteacher in a remote mountain village.