Director Kevin Duncan Wong’s documentary Home Is a Hotel immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room home in the heart of one of America’s richest cities.
Film Festivals
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Kevin Duncan Wong’s ‘Home Is a Hotel’ Verité Documentary on Housing Insecurity Premieres at Austin Film Festival | Trailer
Home Is a Hotel directed by Kevin Duncan Wong
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Hico, Texas’ 5th Billy the Kid Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Led by ‘Billy the Kid: The Silver City Photo’ Documentary
Billy the Kid: The Silver City Photo directed by Daniel A. Edwards (screenshot) The Hico-based Billy the Kid Film Festival announced the films and events for the 5th edition of the film festival taking place November 3-5. The annual spotlight on outlaw-themed films, as well as Texas-shot and made productions, will be led by Daniel A. Edwards’ documentary about the film festival’s namesake, Billy the Kid: The Silver City Photo, and Oscar Torre’s provocative drama A Summer Night will be the official Closing Night selection
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Cyndi Lauper’s ‘Let The Canary Sing’ Kicks off 24th Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Lineup
Cyndi Lauper. Let the Canary Sing directed by Alison Ellwood. (Photographer: Bruce Ando ) Alison Ellwood’s documentary about Cyndi Lauper, Let The Canary Sing, will kick off the 24th Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival taking place in Minneapolis November 8–12, 2023.
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Symphony, Copa 71 and Anselm Headline SFFILM Doc Stories Program
American Symphony 10 features, two shorts programs, and a very special tribute to the late filmmaker, Julia Reichert are among the program for SFFILM’s ninth annual documentary film showcase Doc Stories running November 2–5, 2023. Several films will also be available for a limited streaming window November 6–7.
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Clair Titley’s ‘The Contestant’ to Open 14th DOC NYC Documentary Festival Lineup
The Contestant Clair Titley’s The Contestant will open the 14th DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival — running in-person November 8-16 and continuing online through November 26, presenting more than 105 feature-length documentaries .
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Mauricio Calderón Rico’s ‘All the Fires’ Mexican Queer Coming of Age Drama Premieres at NewFest, OUTshine | Trailer
All the Fires (Todos los incendios) Following the world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, the Mexican coming of age drama All the Fires (Todos los incendios) will have its North American premiere at the 35th NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival, taking place in person and online, October 12-24, 2023.
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27th Urbanworld International Film Festival Unveils Official Lineup
Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story The 27th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival set to take place on November 1-5, 2023, unveiled its official 2023 slate
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NYAD Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster to Open 26th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Lineup
NYAD. Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in NYAD. Cr. Liz Parkinson/Netflix ©2023 NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, will open Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival which returns in person October 21–28, 2023.
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Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig Reveals Curated Films + ‘Lee’ Starring Kate Winslet Premieres at AFI Fest
Lee AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig has revealed the five films she has curated for this year’s 37th edition of festival taking place in Los Angeles. Films include All That Jazz, An American In Paris, A Matter Of Life And Death, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Wings of Desire. Gerwig will introduce select films including A Matter Of Life And Death, as well as Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which is set to screen in the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, October 26.
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‘Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls’ to Open Utah’s 21st HorrorFest Film Festival Lineup
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls Andrew Bowser’s Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls will kick off the 21st HorrorFest International Film Festival taking place October 18-21, 2023, in St. George, Utah, with Southern Utah’s historic Electric Theater once again serving as the primary venue for the event.
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Rosemary Rodriguez’s ‘Hail Mary’ to Open 15th DTLA Film Festival (Los Angeles) Lineup
Hail Mary directed by Rosemary Rodriguez 15 feature-length films are slated to screen alongside 15 shorts, webseries and TV pilots at the 15th annual DTLA Film Festival, set to run from November 1 through 5, 2023, at the Regal L.A. Live.
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Mexican Drama ‘Radical’ to Open, ‘The Holdovers’ to Close 10th Miami Film Festival GEMS Lineup
Radical directed by Christopher Zalla Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup of 26 films from 14 countries for its 10th Miami Film Festival (MFF) GEMS taking place from November 2 – 5, 2023.