The European Film Academy revealed the five films nominated in the European Short Film category. Vimeo will serve as the exclusive title sponsor of the European Short Film category, now renamed to “European Short Film – Prix Vimeo”.
Films
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‘The Monkey’ – Theo James and Elijah Wood Star in Osgood Perkins’ Stephen King Adaptation | Teaser Trailer
The Monkey directed by Osgood Perkins (screenshot / NEON| Coming off from the critical and commercial success of Longlegs, director Osgood Perkins returns with his second collaboration with NEON in The Monkey. Produced by James Wan and adapted from a 1998 Stephen King short story, the film follows a pair of twin brothers, both played by Theo James, haunted by a string of deaths around them.
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Annie Baker’s A24 Coming of Age Drama ‘Janet Planet’ Sets Streaming Debut on Max
Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in Janet Planet. (Courtesy of A24) Janet Planet, the directorial debut of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 2014’s The Flick, Annie Baker, will make its streaming debut on Max and its broadcast debut on HBO.
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‘Bird’ – Barry Keoghan Stars as a Deadbeat Dad to Nykiya Adams in Andrea Arnold’s Coming of Age Drama | Trailer
Bird by Andrea Arnold Academy Award-winning director Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank) helms Bird, the coming of age drama on a young girl, played by newcomer Nykiya Adams, as she navigates her adolescence while dealing with her absent father and an intriguing new friend.
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‘Nocturnes’ – Sundance-Winning Immersive Documentary Explores Moths in the Himalayas | Trailer
Nocturnes (Grasshopper Film) Set in the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, Nocturnes is an immersive documentary following an ecologist on her quest to study moths in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan.
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‘No One Asked You’ – Comedian Lizz Winstead Fights for Abortion Rights in Ruth Leitman’s Documentary | Trailer
Comedian Lizz Winstead in No One Asked You directed by Ruth Leitman No One Asked You, a documentary centering on comedian and co-creator of the Daily Show Lizz Winstead as she tours across the US fighting for abortion rights, world premiered last year at the 2023 DOC NYC Film Festival. The documentary has since played at the 26th Sarasota Film Festival and the 21st Oxford Film Festival where it got the honorable mention for Best Documentary Feature.
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Sugarcane Leads 9th Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
The Catholic Church on the Sugarcane Indian Reserve. (Credit: Sugarcane Film LLC | National Geographic Films) Sugarcane leads the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) nominations with eight nods including Best Documentary Feature. Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie for Best Director and Best New Documentary Filmmakers, Christopher LaMarca and Emily Kassie for Best Cinematography, Nathan Punwar and Maya Daisy Hawk for Best Editing, Best Historical Documentary, Best Political Documentary, and Best True Crime Documentary.
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‘Louder: The Soundtrack of Change’ Documentary with Selena Gomez, Stacey Abrams and more Debuts on Max | Trailer
Selena Gomez in Louder: The Soundtrack of Change (screenshot / Max) Louder: The Soundtrack Of Change, directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson (HBO’s “Solitary” and “No Accident”), debuts Thursday, October 17 on Max.
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Destry Allyn Spielberg’s ‘Please Don’t Feed The Children’ Starring Michelle Dockery and Giancarlo Esposito Premieres at Sitges Film Festival
Please Don’t Feed The Children (Shane Sigler) The horror-thriller film Please Don’t Feed The Children, the feature film directorial debut of Destry Allyn Spielberg, daughter of Steven Spielberg, will world premiere at the Sitges International Film Festival (the 57th Annual Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya), on Friday, October 11, 2024.
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‘Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun’ Documentary Follows Siksika Woman Preparing for the Indian Relay Horse Race
Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun Directed by Banchi Hanuse (Nuxalk Radio), the documentary Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun is an intimate and thrilling portrait of a young Siksika woman and the deep bonds between her father and her family, as she prepares for one of the most dangerous horse races in the world, the Indian Relay.
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Sinead O’Shea’s ‘Blue Road–The Edna O’Brien Story’ Launches 15th DOC NYC Lineup
Blue Road–The Edna O’Brien Story directed by Sinead O’Shea (TIFF) Celebrating its 15th edition, the 2024 DOC NYC will screen over 110 feature-length documentaries from November 13-21, 2024 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika in New York City, continuing online until December 1, 2024.
