The Western ‘Outlaw Posse’ directed by and starring Mario Van Peebles featuring Whoopi Goldberg and Cedric The Entertainer, will premiere as the closing night feature at the 2024 Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles on February 18th.
Film Festivals
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Mario Van Peebles ‘Outlaw Posse’ Film to Close Pan African Film Festival | Trailer
Outlaw Posse (Quiver Distribution / screenshot)
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Rei and ‘The Old Bachelor’ Win Top International Film Festival Rotterdam Awards
(IFFR) Rei the directorial debut of Japanese filmmaker Tanaka Toshihiko won the Tiger Award at the 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The drama follows thirtysomething Matsushita Hikari who on a trip into the mountains of Hokkaido encounters a Deaf landscape photographer, Masato, who takes her on a journey that will transform her sense of being and connectedness with the world.
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Music History Meets Family Legacy in Alison Tavel’s ‘Resynator’ Docu Premiering at SXSW
Resynator by Alison Tavel Alison Tavel was just ten weeks old when her father, inventor Don Tavel died, and now in her new documentary Resynator, she unearths the Resynator, the revolutionary synthesizer he invented in the 1970s.
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Berlin Film Festival Unveils Jury – Brady Corbet, Eliza Hittman, Brady Corbet, Christian Petzold and More
courtesy Berlinale Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the 2024 jury who decides who will take home the Golden and the Silver Bears. The International Jury presided over by actor, director, producer and writer Lupita Nyong’o includes actor and director Brady Corbet (USA), director Ann Hui (Hong Kong, China), director Christian Petzold (Germany), director Albert Serra (Spain), actor and director Jasmine Trinca (Italy) and writer Oksana Zabuzhko (Ukraine). 20 films are competing for the awards in this year’s Competition.
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Amrou Al-Kadhi’s ‘Layla’ to Open and Luke Willis’ ‘Lady Like’ will Close BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Layla by Rob Baker Ashton (Courtesy Independent Entertainment) Fresh from its world premiere at Sundance, Amrou Al-Kadhi’s debut feature film Layla will make its European Premiere as the opening film of the 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 13th – 24th, 2024.
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Actress Annette Bening to Receive Inaugural Arlington Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in NYAD. (Liz Parkinson/Netflix) Actress Annette Bening will be honored with the inaugural Arlington Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Bening will receive the award on Friday, February 16th, 2024 at an in-person conversation about her career leading up to her acclaimed performance in this year’s Nyad, directed by Oscar winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
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Michael Showalter’s ‘The Idea of You’ Starring Anne Hathaway to Close SXSW
Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine in The Idea of You (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios) The World Premiere of two-time SXSW Audience Award winning director Michael Showalter’s The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine will close this year’s South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals taking place March 8-16, 2024.
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The Holdovers’ Paul Giamatti to be Honored at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers (Seacia Pavao | Focus Features) Paul Giamatti will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his moving portrayal of curmudgeonly prep school teacher Paul Hunham in Focus Features’ The Holdovers.
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Karena Lam Named Ambassador of 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Actress and singer Karena Lam has been named the ambassador for the 48th edition of Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF48), set to take place from March 28 to April 8, 2024.
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‘Inheritance’ Wins 2024 Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature | Complete List of Winners
Inheritance director/producer Matt Moyer, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature and Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter (photos by: David Roberson | Courtesy of: Roberson PR) Inheritance by husband and wife filmmaking team Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing won the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature last night at the film festival’s 30th annual film festival.
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Sundance Awards – ‘In The Summers,’ ‘Porcelain War,’ Sujo Win Grand Jury Prizes
In The Summers by Alessandra Lacorazza. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. In The Summers directed by Alessandra Lacorazza won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In the film two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Elizabeth Leiter’s ‘399: Queen of the Tetons’ to Open 21st Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
399: Queen of the Tetons (Elizabeth Leiter / screenshot) Filmmaker Elizabeth Leiter’s captivating documentary 399: Queen of the Tetons will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night selection at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.