Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In her latest film, “Maria” she portrays the iconic opera singer Maria Callas.
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Angelina Jolie to Receive Maltin Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Angelina Jolie (Photo Credit: Alexei Hay)
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European Film Academy Announced 5 Films Nominated for European Short Film
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”.
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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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‘All We Imagine as Light’ – Two Nurses Navigate Love in India in Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-Winning Film | Trailer
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia Debuting at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Payal Kapadia’s feature directorial debut All We Imagine as Light made history by being the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix Award, the festival’s second-most prestigious honor. The film tells the story of two nurses navigating the challenges of their love lives in the patriarchal society of India
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‘Breath of Fire’ Trailer – HBO Documentary Questions Controversial Guru Katie Griggs and Kundalini Yoga
Breath of Fire. (screenshot/HBO) Breath of Fire is a new four-episode HBO documentary series exploring the questionable teachings behind Katie Griggs and Yogi Bhajan, the two faces of Kundalini Yoga, a multi-million-dollar spirituality community.
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‘Flow,’ ‘Living Large,’ Among Nominees for European Animated Feature Film at 2024 European Film Awards
The European Film Academy has unveiled the official nominees for the European Animated Feature Film category at this year’s European Film Awards. Chosen by a committee comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film, five animated films have been chosen to compete in the category.
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Award-Winning Bhutanese Documentary ‘Agent of Happiness’ Coming to US Theaters
Agent of Happiness. (Courtesy of Film Movement) Agent of Happiness is a documentary following Amber Gurung, a Bhutanese ‘Happiness Agent’ tasked by the government to collect data on the citizens’ happiness for Bhutan’s Center for Gross National Happiness census. The documentary, co-directed by Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurbó, is set to open in US theaters on November 1, 2024.
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‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ – 12-year-old Boy Survives in the Wilderness in Sylvester Stallone Produced Drama Film | Trailer
Luke David Blumm in Lost on a Mountain in Maine. (Blue Fox Entertainment) Produced by Sylvester Stallone, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is an adventure-drama film about a boy, Donn Fendler, who got lost in 1939 during a storm near the summit of Maine’s Mount Katahdin. The film is based on the book of the same name that Fendler wrote himself, about his experience surviving in the wilderness. The film world premiered on July 13, 2024, at the Maine International Film Festival.
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‘A Complete Unknown’ – Timothée Chalamet is 19-year-old Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s Biopic on Legendary Musician | Trailer
Edward Norton and Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown. (Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures) Helmed by two-time Oscar-nominated director of Logan and Ford v Ferrari, James Mangold, A Complete Unknown is a biographical film on the legendary musician Bob Dylan. The film follows a 19-year-old Dylan played by Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name, Dune).