The Overlook Film Festival has added seven films, as well as new immersive events, presentations and special guests to the full schedule for its 2024 edition, taking place April 4 – April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres.
Film Festivals
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Nicolas Cage’s Arcadian Among New Films Added to 2024 Overlook Film Festival
Arcadian (credit Patrick Redmond | RLJE)
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Lynn Dow’s ‘Bull Street’ Starring Loretta Devine Opens 26th Sarasota Film Festival Lineup
Loretta Devine in Lynn Dow’s “Bull Street” The East Coast Premiere of Lynn Dow’s Bull Street starring Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan opens the 26th Sarasota Film Festival taking place across Sarasota April 5 through April 14, 2024. The festival will close with a special presentation of Steve Buscemi’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson.
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Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and Director Michael Showalter to be Honored at Miami Film Festival
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michael Showalter (photo courtesy Miami Film Festival) Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and director Michael Showalter will be honored at the 2024 Miami Film Festival taking place from April 5-14.
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‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth to World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Nine years after Mad Max: Fury Road, the Australian director, screenwriter and producer George Miller’s famous saga’s is back on the Croisette! The highly anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga will be revealed in the presence of the director and the cast, led by Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke, on the occasion of an Out of Competition gala screening at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Palais des Festivals on Wednesday May 15.
Mad Max (1979), Mad Max II: The Challenge (1981), Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024): in 5 episodes and in almost 5 decades, George Miller has created a cathartic myth, even a cathartic mythology. Mad Max is a chronicle of societal and environmental collapse, playing with genre codes to question these themes, initially visionary and now cruelly topical. Originally filmed in the Australian Outback, this revisited “Western on wheels” describes a dystopian world where speed and movement are just as synonymous with life energy as with death as a result of resource depletion, offering the viewer a dose of adrenaline rarely equalled on the big screen.
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First Look Trailer – ‘Of Caravan and the Dogs’ – Askold Kurov’s Film Investigates Russia’s War on Media
Of Caravan and the Dogs (Rise And Shine World Sales / screenshot) Rise and Shine World Sales shared the first look trailer for Of Caravan and the Dogs, Askold Kurov’s investigative documentary film making its Nordic premiere at CPH:DOX 2024 (March 13-24, 2024) in Copenhagen as part of the Urgent Matters program.
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First Look – Trailer for ‘E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea’ Stylish Documentary on Iconic Artist | Trailer
E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea (Rise And Shine World Sales) Germany based Rise And Shine World Sales debuted the first look trailer for E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea which world premieres at CPH:DOX 2024 (March 13-24, 2024) in Copenhagen as part of the International Competition program.
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Sundance Film Festival Announces 2025 Dates
(Sundance Institute) Sundance Institute announced the dates for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival taking place on January 23–February 2, 2025 in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Monkey Man, Bob Trevino Likes, Resynator Win 31st SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners
Monkey Man (Universal)) Dev Patel’s Monkey Man is the winner of the Audience Award in the star-studded Headliners at the 31st South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Film & TV Festival.
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‘It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This’, ‘He Never Left’ Win 16th A Night of Horror Intl Film Festival Top Awards
It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This captured the Independent Spirit Award at the16th A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The film, a unique found footage offering, deftly blurs the line between documentary and narrative filmmaking, utilizing 20 years of real archival footage, and starring the filmmakers themselves.
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Tom Hiddleston to Receive Variety Virtuoso Award at Miami Film Festival
Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams in I Saw the Light. (Sam Emerson / Sony Pictures Classics) Tom Hiddleston will be honored with the Variety Virtuoso Award at the Miami Film Festival on Tuesday, April 9. The award will be for his career achievements across film, theater and television.
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‘Girls State’ and ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Headline 26th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Luther: Never Too Much | (photo by Matthew Rolston) Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced the lineup of 50 titles including 35 features and 15 short films from 22 countries, for the the 26th edition of the festival taking place April 4–7, 2024 in historic downtown Durham, N.C.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ and ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Win 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival Top Jury Awards
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 the Grand Jury Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Grand Theft Hamlet co-directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane took the top prize in the Documentary Feature Competition at the 31st South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival.