The 23rd New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) unveiled the eight titles nominated for this year’s Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition, which shines a spotlight on filmmakers whose singular visions deserve to be internationally heralded
Film Festivals
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23rd New York Asian Film Festival Unveils Uncaged Competition Lineup, ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ as Closing Night Film
Twilights of the Warriors: Walled in
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Amy Adams and David Cronenberg to Receive TIFF Tribute Awards, Sandra Oh Set as Honorary Chair
Amy Adams, David Cronenberg, Sandra Oh (photo courtesy tiFF) With the festival fast approaching, Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF, announced the first honorees of this year’s Tribute Awards: Oscar-nominated actor Amy Adams, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award; and iconic Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter David Cronenberg, who will be recognized with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award. Sandra Oh, the award-winning Korean Canadian actor and producer, will serve as the inaugural Tribute Awards Honorary Chair.
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Actress Irène Jacob to Receive Leopard Club Award at Locarno Film Festival
Irène Jacob (Photo by Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) French-Swiss actress Irène Jacob, known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, will receive the Leopard Club Award at the Locarno Film Festival.
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James Khanlarian’s ‘The Ghost Trap’ Set as Centerpiece Film of Maine International Film Festival
The Ghost Trap The drama thriller movie The Ghost Trap, which is based on the lobstering novel of the same name by Maine author and screenwriter, K. Stephens, makes its Maine premiere as the Centerpiece Film for the 2024 Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), set to take place July 12-21, 2024.
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Ana Fahr’s ‘Valley of Exile’ and Asley Malcolm Morrison’s ‘Back To Your Corner’ Win 19th Harlem International Film Festival Top Awards
Valley of Exile directed (Morning Bird Pictures) Ana Fahr’s Valley of Exile was named Best Film (Narrative Feature), and Asley Malcolm Morrison’s Back To Your Corner won the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 19th Harlem International Film Festival (Hi).
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Toronto Film Festival Reveals First Films incl. World Premiere of ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’
Elton John (depositphotos) The Toronto International Film Festival returns from September 5–15, 2024 and revealed six highly-anticipated titles from the Gala program, and Special Presentation program from internationally acclaimed filmmakers making their World Premieres at the 49th edition of the world’s leading public film festival.
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‘Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.’ Jeremy O. Harris Directs HBO Documentary on His Controversial Broadway Play | Trailer
Jeremy O. Harris at Tribeca Festival (Photo Credit: Dia Dipasupil, Getty Images) Playwright Jeremy O. Harris attended the Tribeca Festival for the world premiere of his documentary Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play., where he deconstructs his controversial Broadway play titled Slave Play.
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‘In the Arena: Serena Williams’ ESPN+ Docuseries Premieres at Tribeca Festival | Trailer
Serena Williams at Tribeca Festival (Photo Credit Michael Loccisano, Getty Images) Serena Williams attended Tribeca Festival for the world premiere of her documentary series In the Arena: Serena Williams from co-directors Gotham Chopra and Lauren Fisher.
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‘Following Harry’ Documentary Premieres at Tribeca – Rosario Dawson, Jesse Williams Receive Harry Belafonte Voices For Social Justice Award
Rosario Dawson, Jesse Williams (Photo Credit: Roy Rochlin, Getty Images) Directed by filmmaker Susanne Rostock, Following Harry, the documentary portrait of Harry Belafonte made its World Premiere to a packed house at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.
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‘Suze’ and ‘Daughters’ Win Top Competition Awards at 10th Bentonville Film Festival Led By Geena Davis
Michaela Watkins (Suze) at the Bentonville Film Festival Awards Ceremony (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for Bentonville Film Festival) The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival announced the winners of their narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic competition program for the 10th anniversary of the festival which ran from June 10-16 in Bentonville, AR.
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World Premiere of Ant Timpson’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open 28th Fantasia Film Festival
‘Bookworm directed by Ant Timpson Fantasia International Film Festival’s 28th edition running from July 18th through August 4th, 2024, will open with the World Premiere of Ant Timpson’s Bookworm. Reuniting the New Zealand filmmaker with his Come To Daddy star Elijah Wood (Showtime’s Yellowjackets) – who matches through-the-roof comic chemistry of gifted his young co-star Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise) – Bookworm is as entertaining as it is richly cinematic. Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a long-dreamed quest to capture proof of a mythological beast known as The Canterbury Panther. When an unusual accident occurs, Mildred’s long absent father Strawn Wise (Wood), a washed-up illusionist, flies to New Zealand to look after a daughter he’s never met. When they agree to go camping despite neither being the outdoorsy type, this ultimate test in family bonding leads the duo on a string of increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ and ‘Art for Everybody’ Win 23rd San Francisco Documentary Festival (SF DocFest) Awards
The Donn of Tiki The 23rd San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest)which ran from May 30th to June 9th announced the winning documentary films with The Donn of Tiki directed by Alex Lamb, Max Wel winning Audience Award for Best Feature, and Art for Everybody directed by Miranda Yousef winning Jury Prize for Best Feature.