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.
Film Festivals
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Monkey Man, Bob Trevino Likes, Resynator Win 31st SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners
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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.
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Molly Ringwald to Receive Variety Creative Vanguard Award at Miami Film Festival
Molly Ringwald in Bad Things (Courtesy of Shudder) Variety will honor Molly Ringwald with the Variety Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Film Festival on Saturday, April 6. Ringwald will also participate in a Q&A about her extensive work in film and TV with Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis.
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Filmmakers Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit Curate Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s Thematic Program
Gary Hustwit and Jessica Edwards (Credit: Ebru Yildiz) Titled “In Process: Documenting Creativity,” award-winning filmmakers Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit has curated the 2024 Thematic Program of the 26th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 4–7, 2024
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Jethro Waters’ ‘Gunfighter Paradise’ Wins Best Film Prize at 8th MidWest WeirdFest
Gunfighter Paradise filmmakers L to R Kyle Lewis, Jethro Waters, Sara Ayele, Rob Hinkle (courtesy Midwest Weirdfest) Jethro Waters’ Gunfighter Paradise captured the prestigious “Best Film” award at the 8th annual MidWest WeirdFest in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The film is a dark comedic examination of the contemporary South. It is as hilarious as it is horrific, and resonates with a genuine understanding of human nature, particularly our violent and religious drives and impulses.
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‘I Have Electric Dreams’ and ‘Blue Id’ Win Top Prizes at 19th GEMFest
I Have Electric Dreams (courtesy GEMS) I Have Electric Dreams directed by Valentina Maurel won the award for Best Feature Film at Gender Equity in Media Society (GEMS)’s 2024 GEMFest in Vancouver, Canada. The film also won Best Performance in a Feature for Daniela Marín Navarro, and Best Feature Screenplay for Valentina Maurel.
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Nuked, ‘Demon Mineral’ Among Winners of 13th International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 2024 Jury Awards
Demon Mineral The 13th International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) Rio de Janeiro 2024, to be held May 25th to June 1st at Rio’s Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio) Cinematheque, has announced its Jury award winners.
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A Young Colombian Woman Grapples With Adulthood in Natalia Santa’s ‘Malta’ at SXSW Film Fest | Trailer
Malta (Credit: Andrés Rios) Colombian writer-director Natalia Santa (The Dragon Defense, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2017) debuted the first look trailer for Malta, her second feature film set to world premiere in the Global section at the 2024 edition of the SXSW Film Festival, taking place March 8-16, in Austin, Texas.
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Rosario Dawson Narrates ‘Soul Paint’ Extended Reality Experience at SXSW
Soul Paint (Courtesy Soul Paint, Rosario Dawson image credit: Lan Bui) Rosario Dawson narrates Soul Paint, the extended reality project from Hatsumi and Monobanda studios premiering as part of the XR Experience Competition at the 2024 SXSW festival. Debuting on Quest 2, the experience merges art and science to illustrate the infinite and complex networks of emotion and experience that live within all of us.