After directing two of the highest grossing Bollywood movies of all-time (3 Idiots and P.K.), award-winning filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani returns with the epic biopic SANJU staring Ranbir Kapoor as cinema legend Sanjay Dutt (nicknamed “Sanju” by his legions of fans). The theatrical trailer has made its world premiere and has already been viewed nearly 30 million times on YouTube and Facebook after only one day. SANJU opens day and date worldwide on June 29.
SYNOPSIS: Few lives in our times are as dramatic and enigmatic as the saga of Sanjay Dutt. Coming from a family of cinema legends, he himself became a film star, and then saw dizzying heights and darkest depths: adulation of diehard fans, unending battles with various addictions, brushes with the underworld, prison terms, loss of loved ones, and the haunting speculation that he might or might not be a terrorist. Sanju is in turns a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of one man’s battle against his own wild self and the formidable external forces trying to crush him. It depicts the journey of a man through everything that life can throw at him. Some true stories leave you thinking “did this really happen?” This is one such unbelievable story that happens to be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J76wN0TPI4Films
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Watch New Trailer for Bollywood Biopic SANJU staring Ranbir Kapoor, Opens on June 29
After directing two of the highest grossing Bollywood movies of all-time (3 Idiots and P.K.), award-winning filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani returns with the epic biopic SANJU staring Ranbir Kapoor as cinema legend Sanjay Dutt (nicknamed “Sanju” by his legions of fans). The theatrical trailer has made its world premiere and has already been viewed nearly 30 million times on YouTube and Facebook after only one day. SANJU opens day and date worldwide on June 29.
SYNOPSIS: Few lives in our times are as dramatic and enigmatic as the saga of Sanjay Dutt. Coming from a family of cinema legends, he himself became a film star, and then saw dizzying heights and darkest depths: adulation of diehard fans, unending battles with various addictions, brushes with the underworld, prison terms, loss of loved ones, and the haunting speculation that he might or might not be a terrorist. Sanju is in turns a hilarious and heartbreaking exploration of one man’s battle against his own wild self and the formidable external forces trying to crush him. It depicts the journey of a man through everything that life can throw at him. Some true stories leave you thinking “did this really happen?” This is one such unbelievable story that happens to be true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J76wN0TPI4
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Aaron Schimberg’s Oddball Comedy CHAINED FOR LIFE to World Premiere at BAMcinemaFest
The oddball comedy Chained for Life directed by Aaron Schimberg and starring Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson and Stephen Plunkett will World Premiere on Sunday, June 24th at BAMcinemaFest.
Building on the promise of his hallucinogenic debut Go Down Death, Brooklyn filmmaker Aaron Schimberg delivers another brilliantly oddball, acerbically funny foray into gonzo surrealism. In a deft tragicomic performance, Jess Weixler (Teeth) plays Mabel, a movie star “slumming it” in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital. Cast opposite her is Rosenthal ( Under the Skin’s Adam Pearson), a gentle-natured young man with a severe facial deformity. As their relationship evolves both on and offscreen, Schimberg raises provocative questions about cinematic notions of beauty, representation, and exploitation. Tod Browning crossed with Robert Altman crossed with David Lynch only begins to describe something this startlingly original and deeply felt.
World Premiere: Sunday, June 24th at 6:30pm (Peter Jay Sharp Building BAM Rose Cinemas)
Aaron Schimberg:
Aaron Schimberg is a filmmaker living in New York. He is an alumnus of the 2017 New York Film Festival Artist Academy. His debut feature GO DOWN DEATH was called “an astonishing out-of-nowhere film” by Filmmaker Magazine and “a stunning midnight movie in the tradition of Jodorowsky and The Saragossa Manuscript” by The Dissolve. It was selected for inclusion in the IFP Narrative Lab. Aaron is a programmer at Brooklyn’s Spectacle Theater where he has curated dozens of programs including a series of North Korean films and a Tatsumi Kumashiro retrospective. He is the co-founder of Grand Motel Films, which, in 2016, rediscovered and restored the lost 1966 film WHO’S CRAZY?, featuring an original soundtrack by Ornette Coleman.
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Doppelgänger Releasing Partners with Bloody Disgusting, will Release Black Metal Comedy HEAVY TRIP
Doppelgänger Releasing announced a new distribution relationship with horror genre website Bloody Disgusting, and will kick things off with the release of Finnish black metal comedy Heavy Trip, which had its world premiere at SXSW. Doppelgänger (the genre label of arthouse distributor Music Box Films) is planning a limited theatrical run along with a home entertainment release in late 2018, and will screen the film at the upcoming Cinepocalypse Genre Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre in late June.
When Turo and his undiscovered heavy metal band—eventually named Impaled Rektum—get their first chance in 12 years to leave the basement and play at Norway’s biggest heavy metal music festival, they steal a van, a corpse, a coffin, and a drummer from the local mental hospital and hit the road.
“We’ve admired Bloody Disgusting’s ability to create and grow the most actively engaged online horror communities out there, and we’re looking forward to working with them on identifying and releasing exciting new content that pushes the boundaries of genre filmmaking,” said Lisa Holmes, Director of Sales at Music Box Films/ Doppelgänger Releasing. “Heavy Trip has a perfect combination of humor, heart, and heavy metal, and we’re excited to work with Bloody Disgusting to bring it to American audiences.”
“Heavy Trip is destined for cult classic status and we know horror and music fans will unite in celebration of this heartwarming, but totally metal comedy,” said Brad Miska of Bloody Disgusting. “We’re extremely proud of our Chicago roots and working with the prestigious Music Box is a dream come true. This is just the opening act! “
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COMING SOON: Anne Hathaway to Star in Dee Rees’ Next Film THE LAST THING HE WANTED
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Netflix is re-teaming with Academy Award nominee Dee Rees (Mudbound) for her next film “The Last Thing He Wanted” starring Academy Award Winner Anne Hathaway.
The film is written by Marco Villalobos and Dee Rees based on Joan Didion’s book of the same title.
The story is based on the 1996 novel by Joan Didion and centers on hardscrabble journalist Elena McMahon who finds herself on dangerous ground as the Iran Contra Affair’s arms for drugs plot reaches its tipping point.
Scott Stuber, head of Netflix’s film group commented: “Dee Rees is an incredibly talented filmmaker, who continues to make provocative and entertaining films. We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Dee and proud to have her part of the Netflix family.”
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Allison Volk’s Dark Rom-Com DEANY BEAN IS DEAD to World Premiere At Dances With Films [Trailer]
Writer/Producer/Actress Allison Volk’s new dark romantic-comedy feature film, Deany Bean is Dead will make its World Premiere at the 2018 Dances With Films festival at the famed TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood on June 16th.
DEANY BEAN IN DEAD follows Deany (Volk), a 30-something hopelessly hung-up on her ex-boyfriend who accidentally ends up at his house during his engagement party. Out to sabotage everything and win him back, Deany’s plan is hampered by the fact that she has the dead body of her abusive boss hidden in her car out front. Just as her strategy starts to work, the evening unravels and forces Deany to confront her own self-worth.
The 84-minute film evolved from Volk working on a series of short film projects with Mikael Kreuzriegler, a Director/Cinematographer, current Chair of Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television and previous Dances With Films festival winner. Armed with an idea, Volk penned the script for Kreuzriegler to direct; and together they produced the picture along with Associate Producer Christiana Santos (Executive Director of Distribution at Orion Pictures at MGM). To help bring the characters to life alongside Volk, the team cast several rising actors, including Sarah Siadat (Veep, Grimm), Paul Tigue (20th Century Women) and Paulina Bugembe (Scandal).
Since starting the creative project nearly 2 years ago, Volk is excited to now share the film with audiences at Dances With Films and beyond. Volk adds, “It is such a thrill to watch a project evolve from script to screen; every individual contribution is important and makes the project better. We’re really honored to be part of Dances with Film and looking forward to celebrating the success with everyone involved.”
Originally from Boulder, Colorado, Volk has been building a solid reputation in Hollywood as an award-winning writer, film producer and actress. Most recently, Volk won ‘Best Screenplay’ at the 2018 Utah Film Awards for her dark action comedy feature script, Tiger Woman. She wrote, produced and starred in her First feature film, Innocent Sleep, earning ‘Best Lead Actress’ at the 2017 Utah Film Awards for this modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In addition, Volk has written and produced two award-winning shorts and written several plays which have enjoyed production in Los Angeles and New York, one of which took the Denise Regan Wisenmeyer Award. She co-founded The City Shakespeare Company in Santa Monica, serving as co-artistic director for three years. She proudly made her feature ?lm debut as ‘Jane’ in Disney’s 2013 western-action film, The Lone Ranger.
Currently, Volk is in pre-production on the short fantasy/drama film, What Katie Did, which is slated to shoot in Colorado this August.
https://vimeo.com/247749747
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Adam Sobel’s THE WORKERS CUP Opens in New York and Los Angeles on June 8 [Trailer]
In 2022 Qatar will host the biggest sporting event in the world – the FIFA World Cup. But right now, far away from the bright lights, star athletes and adoring fans, migrant workers from Africa and Asia toil exceedingly long hours for scant salaries, and live isolated in labor camps which are by law kept outside city limits. By day they sweat to build the World Cup, but at night they compete in the “workers welfare” football tournament, playing in the same stadiums that will one day host the world’s greatest players.
The film follows one team of men from Nepal, India, Ghana, and Kenya whose only common ground is their love for football. Each match offers them a momentary escape from the homesickness and isolation they endure as the lowest class in the world’s richest country. Over the course of the tournament the men alternate between two startling extremes: they play heroes on the football pitch – but are the lowest members of society off the field. The Workers Cup explores universal themes of ambition, aspiration and masculinity, as we see the men wrangle hope, meaning, and opportunity out of dismal circumstances.
The Workers Cup, an Opening Night Selection of Sundance Film Festival; and an official selection of Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, and Human Rights Watch Film Festival, opens in New York and Los Angeles Friday, June 8th.
The film is Adam Sobel’s feature film directorial debut and is produced by Ramzy Haddad and Rosie Garthwaite, with Dennis Paul and Paul R. Miller serving as executive producers. Editing is by Lauren Wellbrock, Anne Jünemann, and Adam Sobel and edit consultants are Anne Fabini and Francois Sculier. Cinematography is by Nazim Aggoune and Joe Saade and original music is by Nathan Halpern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNOfalJj9UU
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Jeremy Guy’s Directorial Debut PURDAH (VEIL) to LA Premiere at Dances With Films
Director and cinematographer Jeremy Guy presents his feature documentary directorial debut with “Purdah” (“Veil”) – the inspiring story of a young Indian woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women’s Cricket Team and how the harsh realities for women in her country creates an unexpected outcome for her own family, ultimately shattering and fueling aspirations. The film is an Official Selection in competition at the internationally renowned Dances With Films festival, featuring its Los Angeles Premiere Screening at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. The film recently held its World Premiere at Cinequest Film Festival where it was called a “a real life Bend It Like Beckham” by KQED-FM (NPR).
Director Jeremy Guy says, “I was working on another film in India when I met Kaikasha Mirza. Her pursuit of a career in cricket as a woman, which is frowned upon by her Muslim community, was a fascinating story in itself. And then, as I began shooting, the story took a surprising turn, and an even bigger story began to unravel about the challenges that Kaikasha, her two sisters and their mother faced amidst societal oppression.”
The three independent-minded Mirza sisters have ambitious dreams for their lives and careers. Despite their earnestness, they face an uphill battle coming from a conservative Muslim family in Mumbai, India.
Kaikasha Mirza became enamored with cricket as a young woman, yet she was forbidden to play and forced to be a spectator in her burka, but she eventually persuades her father to allow her to remove her burka to become one of only a few Muslim women cricketers in all of Mumbai. She chases her dream of playing for the prestigious Mumbai Senior Women’s Cricket Team, but her parents give her the ultimatum that she will have two years to become a professional cricketer—or they will arrange her marriage.
Kaikasha’s eldest sister, Saba, has her own dreams for her career and yearns to become a model, and Heena, the youngest sister, wants to be a fashion designer or a singer, but poverty may impede their pursuits. All three girls and their mother must contend with the wishes of their father who does not believe women should work, but rather, stay home to cook, clean and raise a family.
As the women pursue their dreams, a series of shocking and tragic circumstances befall the Mirza family, and the film continues to follow each of them as they battle through family crises, poverty, and intense societal pressures.
This cinematic journey highlights how dreaming the impossible dream and having a passionate purpose can potentially save us. This story of perseverance lands on the message that even if things don’t turn out as we had hoped or planned, it’s about how we react to overcome life’s biggest challenges that makes all the difference.
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SingularDTV to Release Eddie Alcazar’s Sci-Fi Thriller PERFECT
The sci-fi thriller Perfect, Eddie Alcazar’s feature directorial debut that had its world premiere in the Vision section at the recent SXSW Film Festival has been acquired by the blockchain entertainment studio SingularDTV. SingularDTV will release the film theatrically in the US later this year, with worldwide event-driven screenings to follow. Perfect will become available on SingularDTV’s global digital platform in early 2019.
Alcazar was one of Filmmaker magazine’s 25 New Faces, when he shot and created the short FUCKKKYOUUU, which was selected for Sundance in 2016. Multi-hyphenate Flying Lotus is executive producer on Perfect and composed the score for the film. This marks the second feature collaboration for Alcazar and Flying Lotus from their Brainfeeder Films banner. Flying Lotus’ directorial debut KUSO premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section.
Alcazar brings his trademark atmospheric intensity to Perfect, with Steven Soderbergh on board as executive producer. In Perfect, a young man with a violent past enters a mysterious clinic where the patients transform themselves using genetic engineering. The film stars Garrett Wareing, Courtney Eaton, and Abbie Cornish.
Other executive producers include Marco Vicini, Phil Hoelting, Matthias Koenigwieser, Rooter Wareing, Nikki Pederson, and Adam Silvestri. XYZ Films and CAA Media Finance negotiated the deal on behalf of filmmakers.
“SingularDTV’s approach to distribution is as bold as the film itself–I feel I’m getting a front-row view of the future,” said Soderbergh.
As SingularDTV’s President of Entertainment Kim Jackson comments, “This is exactly the kind of bold filmmaking that SingularDTV stands for. By bringing blockchain technology into the film industry, we are forging ahead with creating an environment where forward-thinking artists and filmmakers can thrive.”
“Not only is this an innovative, boundary-breaking film we are thrilled to be working with, but it also provides SingularDTV with an opportunity to innovate in our approach to sharing Perfect and its universe of thought-provoking stories with the global audience,” says Jason Tyrrell, SingularDTV’s VP of Content.
Tyrell continued, “Eddie and his team have created something we feel will stand the test of time, and we look forward to collaborating with Brainfeeder Films on a special release that’s in line with the audacity of this project, and our goal to create a more sustainable industry for the independent arts.”
SingularDTV helps filmmakers fundraise, develop and distribute using blockchain technology. The company acquires and creates original content. Alex Winter’s feature-length doc TRUST MACHINE: THE STORY OF BLOCKCHAIN is currently in post-production. THE HAPPY WORKER by director Duwayne Dunham (HOMEWARD BOUND: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, LITTLE GIANTS) and executive-produced by David Lynch, is in pre-production. Follow us on @SingularDTV.
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Rooftop Films Presents the NY Premiere of ‘WRESTLE’ – FREE in Downtown Brooklyn
On Friday, June 8th, Rooftop Films will present the New York Premiere of Wrestle outdoors in MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn. The screening is free with an RSVP and will include a live musical performance. Director Suzannah Herbert and co-director Lauren Belfer will attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
Wrestle is an intimate and nuanced documentary that follows the wrestling team at JO Johnson High School in Huntsville, which has been on Alabama’s failing schools list for many years. As they fight their way towards the State Championship and the doors they hope it will open, wrestlers Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face injustices and challenges on and off the mat. Together they grapple with obstacles that jeopardize their success, and their coach – coming to terms with his own past conflicts – pushes them forward while unwittingly wading into the complexities of class and race in the South. Through it all, the young heroes of Wrestle – with humor and grit – strive towards their goals, making Wrestle an inspiring coming of age journey and an impassioned depiction of growing up disadvantaged in America today.
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The Orchard to Release Jazz-Inspired Drama THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE [Trailer]
The jazz-inspired drama The Song of Sway Lake, directed by Ari Gold (Adventures of Power), who co-wrote the film with Elizabeth Bull; and starring Rory Culkin (Signs), Robert Sheehan (Geostorm) and Mary Beth Peil (Tony nominee for Anastasia) has been acquired by The Orchard. The Song of Sway Lake will be released in theaters on September 21st and on VOD and Digital HD on September 25th.
Featuring both original and classic songs, The Song of Sway Lake tells the story of a young man (Culkin) who plots to steal a valuable, long-lost jazz record from his grandmother’s lake house. His plan is derailed when his accomplice (Sheehan) falls for the matriarch.
The Song of Sway Lake was produced by Grack Films’ Ari Gold, Michael Bederman (Spotlight), Allison Rose Carter (American Honey) and Social Construct’s Zak Kilberg. The film was executive produced by Garrett P. Fennelly (The Tested) and Anne Bernstein (Otis N’ Dwayne).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WuRTxBOji4
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2018 Palm Springs International ShortFest to Showcase 333 Short Films
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All that We Carry (USA), Directed by: Erin Semine Kökdil[/caption]
The 2018 Palm Springs International ShortFest will showcase 333 films including 42 World Premieres, 32 International Premieres, 42 North American Premieres and 13 U.S. Premieres with films coming from 62 countries around the world. There are 55 curated programs, which will screen June 19-25, at the Palm Springs Cultural Center in Palm Springs. More than 5,300 of the festival submissions will be available in the Film Market for industry attendees to view.
“We’re thrilled to be sharing this year’s lineup,” said ShortFest Festival Director Lili Rodriguez. “With an increase in submission numbers, we knew we’d have our work cut out for us, but the programming team has narrowed down the selection to a wonderful collection that includes some of this year’s festival favorites as well as amazing new discoveries. We were so impressed by the quality of these stories and we can’t wait to pack into theatres and share them with our audience this summer.”
This year’s list of films include the following:
WOLRD PREMIERES
Are You Still Singing? (USA), Directed by: Gillian Barnes August Sun (UK), Directed by: Franco Volpi Babygirl (Australia), Directed by: Lara Gissing Bertie (UK), Directed by: Garry Crystal Broken Bunny (Canada), Directed by: Meredith Hama-Brown The Christmas Fish (Czech Republic), Directed by: Cole Stamm Cornflower (USA), Directed by: Sam Evoy Dead to the World (UK), Directed by: Freddie Hall Delivery (USA), Directed by: Joe Boothe Dima (UK), Directed by: Remi Itani Dulce (Colombia), Directed by: Guille Isa, Angello Faccini Fence (Kosovo), Directed by: Lendita Zeqiraj The Fish & the Sea (Canada), Directed by: Phillip Thomas Freaks of Nurture (Canada), Directed by: Alexandra Lemay Good People (USA), Directed by: Gregory Kohn How to Swim (Israel), Directed by: Noa Gusakov The Invader’s Song (UK), Directed by: Emma Swinton It’s a Match (USA), Directed by: Ron Najor Keep Coming Back! (Canada), Directed by: Brendan Brady Last Requests (USA), Directed by: Courtenay Johnson Library of God (Norway), Directed by: Stian Hafstad Mammoth (USA), Directed by: Ariel Heller The Master of York (UK), Directed by: Kieron Quirke The Mute (Vietnam), Directed by: An Pham My Ex-Girlfriend Is a Shovel (USA), Directed by: Dezi Gallegos Nettles (USA), Directed by: Raven Jackson Open Wide (UK), Directed by: Behnam Taheri, Gideon Beresford Perisher (Australia), Directed by: Gabriel Hutchings Pink Lemonade (USA), Directed by: Christian Sprenger A Place to Stay (USA), Directed by: Charlie Polinger Prey (USA), Directed by: Bill Whirity Provence (Belgium), Directed by: Kato De Boeck Punta Cana (USA), Directed by: Andree Ljutica Release (China), Directed by: Henry Liu Shooter (Australia), Directed by: Andrew Carbone Talent Night at Auschwitz: Bunk Five (USA), Directed by: Max Rifkind-Barron Tomorrow the Sun (Switzerland), Directed by: Quentin Tomshire Two Puddles (UK), Directed by: Timothy Keeling The Villa (France), Directed by: Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud Wait for Laugh (USA), Directed by: Patrick Franklin Yellow Line (France), Directed by: Simon RoubyINTERNATIONAL PREMIERES
The Artist Has a Baby (Sweden), Directed by: Sanna Lenken Bailaora (Spain), Directed by: Rubin Stein Black Lips (Australia), Directed by: Adrian Chiarella Denmark (France), Directed by: Max Mauroux Dieter Not Unhappy (Germany), Directed by: Christian Schäfer Eloise (Sweden), Directed by: Johan Rosell Emma and the Fury (Germany), Directed by: Elisa Mishto Falling (France), Directed by: Benjamin Vu Fitting (Australia), Directed by: Emily Avila Flightmode (Norway), Directed by: Liv Mari Mortensen In the Arms of the Sea (Russian Federation), Directed by: Dmitry Moiseev Kevlar (Sweden), Directed by: Tuna Özer Let’s See How Fast This Baby Will Go (Australia), Directed by: Julietta Boscolo Mamartuile (Mexico), Directed by: Alejandro Saevich Melodi (Singapore), Directed by: Michael Kam Mobile (Norway), Directed by: Truls Krane Meby Mother & Baby (Ireland), Directed by: Mia Mullarkey Mwah (Australia), Directed by: Nina Buxton Once Upon a Time My Prince Will Come (France), Directed by: Lola Naymark Prince’s Tale (Canada), Directed by: Jamie Miller Pure Bodies (Belgium), Directed by: Bérangère Mc Neese, Guillaume de Ginestel Raymonde or The Vertical Escape (France), Directed by: Sarah Van Den Boom Red Ink (Australia), Directed by: Alex Ryan Satán (Switzerland), Directed by: Carlos Tapia González The School Nurse (Sweden), Directed by: Anna Brodin, Frida Sandberg Suck It Up (France), Directed by: Jan Sitta Sump (UK), Directed by: Mike Wozniak Trois Pages (Canada), Directed by: Roger Gariépy Verde (Colombia), Directed by: Victoria Rivera Waiting Room (Netherlands), Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp Well Done (Israel), Directed by: Aryeh Hasfari, Omer Ben Simon A Worthy Man (Denmark), Directed by: Kristian HåskjoldNORTH AMERICAN PREMIERES
An Act of Love (Australia), Directed by: Lucy Knox Adam & Esra (Austria), Directed by: Achmed Abdel-Salam After/Life (USA), Directed by: Puck Lo Benidorm (France), Directed by: Raphaëlle Tinland Bilby (USA), Directed by: Pierre Perifel, Liron Topaz, JP Sans Bogdan and Rose (Poland), Directed by: Milena Dutkowska Bog Hole (Norway), Directed by: Torfinn Iversen Bordalo II: A Life of Waste (Ireland), Directed by: Trevor Whelan, Rua Meegan Chuchotage (Hungary), Directed by: Barnabás Tóth From Above (Austria), Directed by: Felix Krisai Graduation`97 (Ukraine), Directed by: Pavlo Ostrikov Happy Today (France), Directed by: Giulio Tonincelli Hash Key (France), Directed by: Erwan Alépée The Hitchhiker (France), Directed by: Julien Decoin The Hooligan Soul (Brazil), Directed by: Marco Antonio Pereira Imfura (Switzerland), Directed by: Samuel Ishimwe Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) (Austria), Directed by: Lukas Marxt Kiem Holijanda (Netherlands), Directed by: Sarah Veltmeyer Lobster Dinner (Italy), Directed by: Gregorio Franchetti Manicure (Iran, Islamic Republic of), Directed by: Arman Fayaz Molt (Sweden), Directed by: Nathalie Álvarez Mesén The Moonshiners (Finland), Directed by: Juho Kuosmanen My Best Friend’s Shoes (India), Directed by: Ajitpal Singh Dhaliwal A Mythology of Pleasure (Germany), Directed by: Lara Rodríguez Cruz, Jule Katinka Cramer Nose Nose Nose Eyes! (South Korea), Directed by: Jiwon Moon Obon (Germany), Directed by: Andre Hörmann, Samo Paper Crane (Australia), Directed by: Takumi Kawakami Primo (Italy), Directed by: Federica Gianni Rå (Germany), Directed by: Sophia Bösch Roujoula (France), Directed by: Ilias El Faris Seascape (Belgium), Directed by: Leni Huyghe Spacedogs (Germany), Directed by: Sophia Schönborn Stopover (Switzerland), Directed by: Cosima Frei A Sweet Story (Germany), Directed by: Moritz Biene Thick Skin (Iceland), Directed by: Erlendur Sveinsson Three Room (South Korea), Directed by: Na-yeon Lee The Ties that Bind (France), Directed by: Yann Chemin Virgencita (USA), Directed by: Giselle Bonilla Wildebeast (Belgium), Directed by: Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips Wild Game (Estonia), Directed by: Jerónimo Sarmiento Yaman (India), Directed by: Raghuvir Joshi The Young Patissier (Germany), Directed by: Ksenia CiuvasevaUS PREMIERES
After Dawn (Belgium), Directed by: Nicolas Graux The Handover (Germany), Directed by: Leonhard Hofmann Haunted (Denmark), Directed by: Christian Einshøj The Last Refugees (USA), Directed by: Tanaz Eshaghian Last Summer (Japan), Directed by: Asuka Sylvie Lira’s Forest (Canada), Directed by: Connor Jessup Midnight Confession (USA), Directed by: Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (OO) (Korea, Republic of), Directed by: Oh Seo-ro Rewind Forward (Switzerland), Directed by: Justin Stoneham Rien Ne Va Plus! (Germany), Directed by: Sophie Linnenbaum Room (Poland), Directed by: Michał Socha Tungrus (India), Directed by: Rishi Chandna Waiting (New Zealand), Directed by: Amberley Jo AumuaREST OF PROGRAM
#barewithme (Finland), Directed by: Ulla Heikkilä Abnie Oberfork: A Tale of Self-Preservation (USA), Directed by: Shannon Fleming Achoo (France), Directed by: Lucas Boutrot, Elise Carret, Maoris Creantor, Pierre Hubert, Camille Lacroix, Charlotte Perroux Acide (France), Directed by: Just Philippot Allen Anders – Live At The Comedy Castle (Circa 1987) (USA), Directed by: Laura Moss All that Remains (Belgium), Directed by: Anne-Lise Morin All that We Carry (USA), Directed by: Erin Semine Kökdil And Still We Will Walk On (France), Directed by: Jonathan Millet AniMal (Iran), Directed by: Bahram Ark, Bahman Ark Asian Girls (Australia), Directed by: Hyun Lee Atelier (Denmark), Directed by: Elsa María Jakobsdóttir Australia (Spain), Directed by: Lino Escalera Ayesha (India), Directed by: Yanyu Dong The Beaning (USA), Directed by: Sean McCoy Beneath the Ink (USA), Directed by: Cy Dodson The Big Day (UK), Directed by: Dawn Shadforth Bird Karma (USA), Directed by: Willian Salazar Birth Control Your Own Adventure (USA), Directed by: Sindha Agha Black 14 (USA), Directed by: Darius Clark Monroe Blackjack (Switzerland), Directed by: Lora Mure-Ravaud Black Line (Switzerland), Directed by: Mark Olexa , Francesca Scalisi Blind Mice (USA), Directed by: Nicholas D’Agostino Bonboné (Palestine), Directed by: Rakan Mayasi Bonobo (Switzerland), Directed by: Zoel Aeschbacher Botanica (Netherlands), Directed by: Noël Loozen Boundaries (USA), Directed by: Rhys Marc Jones The Box (Slovenia), Directed by: Dušan Kastelic Career Day (USA), Directed by: Ashley Deckman Careful How You Go (USA), Directed by: Emerald Fennell The Caregiver (Israel), Directed by: Ruthy Pribar Caroline (USA), Directed by: Logan George, Celine Held Catastrophe (Netherlands), Directed by: Jamille van Wijngaarden Cat Days (Germany), Directed by: Jon Frickey The Climb (USA), Directed by: Michael Covino Counterfeit Kunkoo (India), Directed by: Reema Sengupta Coyote (Switzerland), Directed by: Lorenz Wunderle A Craftsman (USA), Directed by: Sanford Jenkins Crisanto Street (USA), Directed by: Paloma Martinez Cross My Heart (USA), Directed by: Sontenish Myers Dancing Girls (Turkey), Directed by: Zeynep Köprülü Dario (Germany), Directed by: Manuel Kinzer, Jorge A. 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Over $87,500 in prizes, including $27,000 in cash awards, will be given out in 21 categories to this year’s short films in competition. First place winners in five categories will automatically become eligible for consideration by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS®) for a possible Academy Award® nomination. Over the course of 23 years, the Festival has presented 101 films that have gone on to receive Academy Award® nominations. Winners will be announced at a brunch on Sunday, June 24. In addition to ShortFest’s award-winning short films, each year the Festival also welcomes a long guest list of filmmakers and industry attendees for the ShortFest Forums of panels and roundtables.
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Watch Official Trailer for Ofir Raul Graizer’s THE CAKEMAKER
Strand Releasing has debut the official US trailer for the The Cakemaker, by Israeli filmmaker Ofir Raul Graizer. The Cakemaker which had its World Premiere at the 2017 Karlovy Vary Film Festival will open in select US theaters on June 29th.
Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who dies in a car crash. Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers. Keeping his secret for himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover’s widow, who owns a small café. Although not fully kosher and despised by the religious, his delicious cakes turn the place into a city attraction. Finding himself involved in Anat’s life in a way far beyond his anticipation, Thomas will stretch his lie to a point of no return. The Cakemaker is both written and directed by Israeli filmmaker/artist Ofir Raul Graizer, making his feature directorial debut after a number of short films previously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XxLHyzsB_Q