After taking more than sixteen years to bring Abel Gance’s masterwork back to life, the restored Napoléon (1st period) will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere as the opening film of Cannes Classics at the 77th Festival de Cannes
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Restoration of Napoléon by Abel Gance to Open Cannes Classics at Cannes Film Festival
Napoléon by Abel Gance © La Cinémathèque française
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Sarah Polley on Board as Executive Producer of ‘Beethoven’s Nine: Ode To Humanity’ Documentary | Trailer
Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity, the new feature documentary from Emmy-winning and Oscar®-nominated Canadian filmmaker Larry Weinstein will have its World Premiere at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival on April 28.
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Queendom – Documentary on Provocative Queer Russian Artist Jenna Marvin Sets Release Date | Trailer
Queendom (Greenwich Entertainment) The award-winning documentary Queendom follows Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, who stages radical performances in public that has become a new form of art and activism, putting her life in danger.
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Yannis Veslemes’s Tribeca Bound ‘She Loved Blossoms More’ Sci Fi Drama Boarded by Yellow Veil Pictures for World Sales
She Loved Blossoms More (Yellow Veil Pictures) Ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of She Loved Blossoms More, Yannis Veslemes’ sophomore feature and surrealistic science-fiction drama, Yellow Veil Pictures has come on board for world sales.
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What You Wish For – Nick Stahl Stars in Nicholas Tomnay’s Dark Thriller Film | Trailer
What You Wish For Nicholas Tomnay (Courtesy of Magnet Releasing) Magnolia Pictures shared the official trailer for What You Wish For, the thriller film starring Nick Stahl as a chef with gambling problems who flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man’s identity.
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Daddio – Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn Star in NYC Taxicab Confessions Drama Film | Trailer
Dakota Johnson in Daddio (Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics revealed the official trailer for Daddio, the drama film starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver, and Dakota Johnson as a young woman who after landing at JFK airport in New York City, jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi driven by Penn. What begins as amusing chit chat quickly takes a turn towards mysterious and playful, then grows into viscerally honest revelations about relationships, sex and power dynamics, loss and vulnerability.
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Indonesian Horror Film ‘Dancing Village: The Curse Begins’ to Open in US Cinemas | Trailer
Dancing Village: The Curse Begins (Lionsgate) Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for Dancing Village: The Curse Begins, the Indonesian horror thriller film and prequel to KKN Di Desa Penari, which was the highest grossing Indonesian film in history when it was released in 2022.
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‘Hollywood Con Queen’ Docuseries on One of Hollywood’s Biggest Scams, to Premiere on Apple TV+
Journalist Scott Johnson in Hollywood Con Queen (Courtesy of Apple TV+) Coming soon to Apple TV+ is Hollywood Con Queen, a new three-part documentary series from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (“Tiger King,” “Fyre,” “100 Foot Wave”).
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‘Family Portrait’ Lucy Kerr’s Award-Winning Surreal Drama Film Gets Release Date | Trailer
Family Portrait Factory 25 has acquired writer/director Lucy Kerr’s award-winning feature directorial debut Family Portrait which world premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival in the Concorso Cineasti del presente section, and won the Boccalino d’Oro for Best Director for Kerr.
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James Khanlarian’s ‘The Ghost Trap’ Starring Zak Steiner World Premieres at RiverRun Film Festival
The Ghost Trap (Michael P. Tedford. Khanlarian Entertainment) The drama/thriller film The Ghost Trap, based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens, will make its world premiere on April 19, 2024 at the RiverRun Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Rowdy Girl – Cattle Rancher Turned Animal Rescuer, Renee King-Sonnen Stars in New Documentary | Trailer
Rowdy Girl (Argot Pictures) Former Texas cattle rancher turn vegan and animal rescuer, Renee King-Sonnen shares her transformational journey in the new verité style documentary Rowdy Girl.
