American Cinematheque announced the lineup of 46 official selections, filmmaking labs and panels for the 2nd Annual PROOF Film Festival, taking place October 18-20 at the Culver Theater (9500 Culver Blvd.).
Film Festivals
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American Cinematheque Unveils 2nd PROOF Film Festival Lineup of 46 Proof-of-Concept Shorts
Rat! directed by Neal Suresh Mulani
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Pharrell Williams’ “Piece by Piece” is Closing Night Gala of BFI London Film Festival
Piece by Piece by Morgan Neville (Courtesy of Focus Features) The UK Premiere of the animated film Piece by Piece by director Morgan Neville is the Closing Night Gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival taking place October 9-20, 2024. Piece by Piece follows the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams, all told through the lens of LEGO animation.
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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Set as Centerpiece Film for 62nd New York Film Festival
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door (© El Deseo, photo by Iglesias Más.) Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will make its U.S. premiere as the Centerpiece selection for the 62nd New York Film Festival.
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Claude Lelouch to Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice Film Festival
Claude Lelouch (courtesy Venice Film Festival) French director, writer and producer Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman, Happy New Year, The Beautiful Story) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The award is dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
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Tilda Swinton Narrates ‘Impulse: Playing With Reality’ Mixed Reality Experience Documentary Premiering at Venice Fest
Tilda Swinton, Impulse: Playing With Reality (Credits LtoR: Anagram, Tilda Swinton by Brigitte Lacombe) Academy Award-winning Actor Tilda Swinton will narrate Impulse: Playing with Reality, the interactive mixed reality documentary and second installment in the Playing With Reality collection, Impulse.
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Kota Nakano’s ‘Retake’ Wins Obayashi Prize at Japan Cuts
Retake by Kota Nakano Retake directed by Kota Nakano is the winner of the fourth Obayashi Prize at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film.
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter Two’ World Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga -Chapter Two Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter Two, directed by and starring the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner, and also starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston, will world premiere in the out-of-competition section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28th – September 7th 2024. Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter One will also be screened on the same day, Saturday 7 September, at the 81st VFF.
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Martha Stewart Documentary to Open 32nd Hamptons Film Festival
Martha. Martha Stewart in Martha. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 The East Coast Premiere of R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature Martha, profiling American businesswoman and lifestyle personality Martha Stewart will open the 32nd annual edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF). The 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival will run as an expanded, eleven-day event from October 4 through October 14.
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Mike Leigh, Durga Chew-Bose Among New Honorees for TIFF Tribute Awards at Toronto Film Festival
Mike Leigh, Durga Chew-Bose (courtesy TIFF) Mike Leigh, Durga Chew-Bose, Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol will honored at the TIFF Tribute Awards gala at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, joining perviously announced honorees Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, and David Cronenbergh.
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Films by Gia Coppola, Edward Berger, Joshua Oppenheimer, Among 72nd Sebastian Festival Official Selections
The End by Joshua Oppenheimer (courtesy SSIFF) The latest films from Edward Berger, Gia Coppola, Costa-Gavras, Mike Leigh, Diego Lerman, Joshua Oppenheimer and François Ozon will compete for the Golden Shell alongside the debuts from Laura Carreira and Xin Huo, in the Official Selection of 72nd San Sebastian Festival to take place September 20-28, 2024.
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‘Breakup Season’ and ‘The Cigarette Surfboard’ Win Top Prizes at Waco Indie Film Festival
2024 Waco Indie Film Festival award winners (Photo by Rachel Neckar) The Waco Indie Film Festival announced the award winners for the 8th edition of the film festival (It’s first as Waco Indie following 7 years as the Deep in the Heart FF) and H. Nelson Tracey’s Breakup Season won Best Narrative Feature and Be Judkins’ The Cigarette Surfboard won Best Documentary Feature. Breakup Season’s Chandler Riggs also took home Best Performance, and Vivian Kerr won Best Director for her film Scrap.
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‘Crust’ ‘Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way’ and ‘The Brown Dog’ Win 7th Indy Shorts Film Festival Oscar-Qualifying Grand Prizes
(courtesy Indy Shorts) The 7th Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) presented over $35,000 in cash prizes at the Awards Ceremony with the three Academy Awards® qualifying Grand Prizes going to “Crust” by Jens Kevin Georg, Germany for Narrative Short; “Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way” by Hao Zhou, United States) for Documentary Short; and “The Brown Dog” by Jamie-James Medina & Nadia Hallgren, United States for Animated Short.