Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the 10 World Premiere features that comprise the 2023 Platform program, opening with Kristoffer Borgli’s satire-comedy film Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage.
Film Festivals
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‘Dream Scenario’ Starring Nicolas Cage to Open Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform Program Lineup
Nicolas Cage in Kristoffer Borgli’s “Dream Scenario” (courtesy of TIFF)
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Tom Schulman’s ‘Double Down South’ to Open 12th Richmond International Film Festival Lineup
Double Down South by Tom Schulman (© Double Down South Film) Under the theme “Togetherness,” the 12th annual Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) takes place September 26 – October 1, 2023, showcasing 195 award-winning film premieres from the U.S. and 20 countries – from Spain to Israel, Germany to Japan – plus 30 national and international bands, the first annual Global Visionary Summit Cinema & Panel Series, signature community events, and the red carpet at various venues across Richmond.
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Garin Hovannisian’s ‘Nowhere’ Wins Top Prize at LA Shorts Oscar-Qualifying Film Festival
Nowhere directed by Garin Hovannisian Los Angeles-based filmmaker Garin Hovannisian took the Best of Fest award at the 2023 LA Shorts Film Festival for his film Nowhere, and punched his ticket for the Oscar race. Set in the city called Nowhere, shadows dream of a life without their human masters.
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Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon’s ‘Sound of the Police’ Documentary Examines Relationship Between African Americans and Police | Trailer
Sound of the Police directed by Stanley Nelson and Valerie Scoon The new Hulu Original documentary Sound of the Police, examines the “fraught relationship” between African Americans and the police from slavery to the present.
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23rd St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Announces Award Winners, Bring Dat Mono Back and Captcha Win Best of Fest Essy Awards
Bring Dat Mono Back directed by Edward T Thornton The 2023 Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase announced the winners of the nearly two dozen Showcase jury awards — including two $500 prizes to the overall Best Documentary and Narrative Showcase film. Fourteen films were also selected to move on to the 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival in November.
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Michael Moshe Dahan’s YES REPEAT NO Wins Top Award at 2023 Stony Brook Film Festival
Michael Moshe Dahan’s Yes Repeat No, a challenging and engaging meta masterpiece film, won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the 28th Stony Brook Film Festival. “Thank you to all of the people who believe in human rights and democracy all over the world … and to all the people who want to make difficult material all over the world because finding the questions to ask is sometimes harder than getting the answers,” Dahan said in his acceptance speech.
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Sebastien Tobler’s Romantic Drama ‘This Time’ at Asian American Film Festival | Trailer
This Time directed by Sebastien Tobler Directed by Sebastien Tobler, the romantic drama This Time will screen at the 46th Asian American International Film Festival on Saturday July 29 in New York City.
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Actors Riz Ahmed, Ben Platt Not Attending Locarno Film Festival Due to Actors’ Strike
Riz Ahmed in Mughal Mowgli Actor, Riz Ahmed who was set to receive the Davide Campari Excellence Award at the upcoming Locarno Film Festival will no longer be in attendance. His world premiere of Dammi (Yann Mounir Demange, 2023) will still take place on Opening Night in Piazza Grande and the screening of Mughal Mowgli (Mogul Mowgli, Bassam Tariq, 2020) in the Histoire(s) du cinéma section is also confirmed.
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‘Disfluency’ and ‘Into The Spotlight’ Take Top Awards at Waco’s Deep in the Heart Film Festival
Disfluency directed by Anna Baumgarten Anna Baumgarten’s Disfluency won Best Narrative Feature and Thaddeus D. Matula’s Into The Spotlight won Best Documentary Feature at Waco’s Deep in the Heart Film Festival 7th edition.
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Michael Mann’s Ferrari is Closing Night Film of 61st New York Film Festival
Ferrari directed by Michael Mann Michael Mann’s Ferrari will make its North American premiere as the Closing Night film of the 61st New York Film Festival, making its North American premiere on October 13 at Alice Tully Hall.
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Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron to Open Toronto Film Festival
The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki The fantastical epic animated feature film, The Boy and the Heron, from Academy Award–winning visionary director Hayao Miyazaki, will be the Opening Night Gala Presentation for the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 7, at Roy Thomson Hall. The original story was written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker and produced by Oscar®-winning Studio Ghibli, which Miyazaki co-founded.
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11 Films to Compete for Kutxabank-New Directors Award at San Sebastian Festival
Gamma Rays (Les Rayons Gamma) directed by Henry Bernadet Eleven films – seven first works and four second films – from nineteen countries will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 71st San Sebastian Festival running from September 22 to 30, 2023.