The award-winning documentary DON’T BE NICE directed by Max Powers chronicles the upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets in their 20s, preparing for the national championships.
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DON’T BE NICE, Documentary on Bowery Slam Poetry Team Heads to Theaters in September
DON’T BE NICE directed by Max Powers
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New Films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Yona Rozenkier, Teemu Nikki Among Toronto Film Festival 2019 Short Cuts Lineup
Nimic by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Matt Dillon The Toronto International Film Festival celebrates diversity with 35 international short films rounding out its Short Cuts lineup. Program highlights include the North American premiere of Nimic, a drama by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Matt Dillon as a professional cellist whose life takes a very strange turn. Two more films by celebrated directors — whose recent features have also played the Festival — are Yona Rozenkier’s Butterflies, a warm and moving snapshot of one family’s encounter with the natural world, and Teemu Nikki’s All Inclusive, the story of a bullied man who gets a mysterious chance to even the score.
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46 Feature Films Selected for European Film Awards 2019
BAD POEMS (ROSSZ VERSEK) DIRECTED BY Gábor Reisz The European Film Academy announced the 46 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2019. With 31 European countries represented, the list illustrates the great diversity in European cinema.
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FLC’s Retrospective of Agnès Varda to Showcase Over 30 Films from 60-plus-Year Career
Varda by Agnès Film at Lincoln Center announced its holiday series, a career-spanning retrospective of Agnès Varda, the most comprehensive survey to date of the late filmmaker’s vast canon, opening December 20 and presented in partnership with Janus Films.
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First Look – See Images from Miles Doleac’s Horrific DINNER PARTY
THE DINNER PARTY Writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons, Hallowed Ground) is in production on his latest film, The Dinner Party, described as a wickedly delish slice of horror that’s part Guto Parente’s The Cannibal Club, part Mother, and all scares!
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Aaron Schimberg’s CHAINED FOR LIFE Inspired by His Experience, Gets a September Release Date
Chained for Life Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg’s Chained For Life which World Premiere at BAM cinemaFEST 2018 will open in theaters in New York on September 11 at IFC Center and in Los Angeles, September 13 at Landmark Nuart, followed by national rollout. Chained For Life stars Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Charlie Korsmo, Sari Lennick and Stephen Plunkett
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2019 HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Awards Winners
Jonah Beres in Balloon HollyShorts Film Festival announced their top prizes for their landmark 15th year with “Balloon,” starring PEN15’s Jonah Beres and The League’s Paul Scheer, taking home the Best Short Film Grand Prix.
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Venezuelan Horror Thriller THE WHISTLER Opens in US Theaters in September
The Whistler by Gisberg Bermúdez The horror thriller The Whistler (El silbón: orígenes) by Gisberg Bermúdez, based on a popular South American folk tale, will open in the US on Friday, September 6 at the Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, followed by other U.S. cities., and a VOD release in the fall.
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2019 Reeling LGBTQ Film Festival Announces Line Up, Opens with THE SHINY SHRIMPS
‘The Shiny Shrimps’ (‘Les Crevettes pailletees’) Reeling, the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world and a beloved Chicago cultural institution for more than 35 years, kicks off the 37th edition in the Fall with an exciting slate of 35 features and 13 shorts programs, nearly all of them Chicago premieres.
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Jacqueline Olive’s Sundance Award Winning Film ALWAYS IN SEASON Gets September Release
ALWAYS IN SEASON Directed by Jacqueline Olive With support from Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship, Tell It Media, Multitude Films and Fourth Act will distribute Jacqueline Olive’s award winning documentary Always in Season, winner of a Special Jury Prize for Moral Urgency at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary film will open in New York City on Friday, September 20th at The Metrograph, followed by runs in Los Angeles and select American Multi-Cinema Inc (AMC) theaters across the country. The broadcast premiere will air and stream on Independent Lens on PBS Winter 2020.
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6 Latin American Films Selected for San Sebastian’s Films in Progress 36
Nudo Mixteco by Ángeles Cruz Six debut films, have been selected for Films in Progress 36, a professional initiative called twice yearly by the San Sebastian Festival and Cinélatino, Rencontres de Toulouse with the purpose of supporting Latin American cinema.
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Watch New Trailer for Action Thriller ETERNAL CODE Starring Scout-Taylor Compton
ETERNAL CODE Starring Scout-Taylor Compton Painted Creek Productions (“Painted Creek) and Vision Films Inc. (“Vision) released the new trailer for Harley Wallen’s action thriller feature film Eternal Code.