Films

IDFA Unveils Main Competition Lineup, + World Premiere of SUNLESS SHADOWS

Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei)

The world premiere of Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) will kick off the 32nd edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Filmed in a small juvenile detention center, Sunless Shadows steps into the enclosed world of five young Iranian women, all accomplices in the murder of their abusive husbands, fathers, or brothers-in-law. Through breathtaking monologues and whip-smart interactions, the beauty, humor, and tragedy of the characters’ daily lives confirms that a murder story is never simple.

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Laura Naylor’s Winemaking Vérité Documentary VAS-Y COUPE! to World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019

Film subjects picking grapes in Vas-y Coupe!, directed by Laura Naylor. Courtesy of By and By Productions

New York filmmaker Laura Naylor’s VAS-Y COUPE!, a beautifully observed portrait of seasonal labor at a family-owned vineyard in France’s Champagne region, will World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019.

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29th IFP Gotham Awards Nominations – THE FAREWEll, UNCUT GEMS and More

The Farewell directed by Lulu Wang

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced the thirty-three films and series receiving nominations for the 29th Annual IFP Gotham Awards along with Gotham Tributes for actors Laura Dern and Sam Rockwell, director Ava DuVernay, and the Gotham Industry Tribute to Glen Basner.

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Cinema Guild to Release Kazik Radwanski’s ANNE AT 13,000 FT

ANNE AT 13,000 FT directed by Kazik Radwanski

Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft., which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received an honorable mention from the Platform Prize jury, was acquired by Cinema Guild for release in the U.S. in 2020.

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Watch New Trailer for THE AERONAUTS Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones

THE AERONAUTS directed by Tom Harper

Amazon Studios release a new trailer for The Aeronauts directed by Tom Harper, and starring Eddie Redmayne along with Felicity Jones. The Aeronauts opens in Theaters on December 6, and on Prime Video on December 20.

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Eerie And Mystical Short Film THE CUNNING MAN Gets Latin American Premiere

The Cunning Man directed by Zoë Dobson

The mystical award-winning short film The Cunning Man, created, written and produced by Ali Cook and directed by Zoë Dobson will celebrate its Latin-American premiere at the renowned genre film festival Morbido. The award-winning film stars Simon Armstrong and Ali Cook.

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Film at Lincoln Center to Spotlight Films of Director Patricia Mazuy

Paul Sanchez Is Back! (Paul Sanchez est revenu!) directed by Patricia Mazuy

Film at Lincoln Center will present Rebel Spirit: The Films of Patricia Mazuy, the first American retrospective of the versatile French filmmaker’s work, November 15–17.

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35th IDA Documentary Awards Nominees Announced, FOR SAMA, LEAVING NEVERLAND and More

FOR SAMA. Sama pictured in September 2016, in the bombarded east of the city with a placard in response to US presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s infamous gaffe “What’s Aleppo” – Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab.

The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Nominees along with the Courage Under Fire Award honoree Waad Al-Kataeb, director and producer of For Sama. For the first time, the IDA will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films have female directors.

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HBO Picks Up Lisa Ling’s Documentary Series “Birth, Wedding, Funeral”

HBO Max has greenlit travel docuseries Birth, Wedding, Funeral as part of an overall deal with Lisa Ling. Each episode of the series will immerse viewers in a different country to reveal their cultures through the lens of the three universal rituals – births, weddings, and funerals. In a quest to understand what connects us and celebrate the diversity of deeply rooted customs around the world, each episode is a riveting investigation of the human experience in a specific region, and a dramatic dive into an intimate moment in the lives of the people who live there.

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Kim Longinotto’s Portrait of Photojournalist Letizia Battaglia – SHOOTING THE MAFIA Opens in November

Film subject Letizia Battaglia’s photo Palermo, 1982. Vicino alla Chiesa di Santa Chiara. Il gioco del killer. (“Palermo, 1982. Near the Church of Santa Chiara. The game of the killer.”) in Shooting the Mafia, directed by Kim Longinotto . Courtesy of Cohen Media Group.

Veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia is a portrait of fearless photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, who spent her career documenting the life and crimes of the Sicilian Mafia. Featured at the 2019 Sundance and Berlin film festivals and soon to be seen at DOC NYC, Shooting The Mafia will open at the Quad Cinema on Friday, November 22 with a national rollout to follow.

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Showtime Releases Trailer for READY FOR WAR -Documentary on Deported US Military Veterans

READY FOR WAR directed by Andrew Renzi

The documentary film Ready for War, which explores the phenomenon of deported United States military veterans, will premiere on the Showtime network on Sunday, November 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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5 Short Films Nominated for European Film Academy Short Film 2019 Award

DOGS BARKING AT BIRDS (CÃES QUE LADRAM AOS PÁSSAROS)

The European Film Academy announced the five short films nominated for the award category European Short Film 2019.

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