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17th Brooklyn Film Festival Announces Feature Film Line-Up — Opening Night Films: World Premiere of TJ Misny’s “Intimate Semaphores” & NY Premiere of Leah Meyerhoff’s “I Believe in Unicorns”

I Believe in Unicorns

Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), the largest and longest running festival in Brooklyn and the oldest international competitive festival in New York, announced its feature film line-up for its 2014 festival, themed FORMULA, comprised of bold, brave and unique indie films and new discoveries, many from first-time feature filmmakers from Brooklyn and beyond. The event will run from May 30 through June 8 in Williamsburg at indieScreen (289 Kent Avenue) and Windmill Studios NYC (287 Kent Avenue). The festival will present over 100 film premieres from around the world, selected from over 2,000 submissions. Tickets will be available soon for advanced purchase online.

“History of Fear” “The Overnighters” and “The Last Season” Take Top Feature Prizes at San Francisco International Film Festival

History of Fear

The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival, earlier this month, announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Award and New Directors Prize competitions. This year the Festival awarded nearly $40,000 in prizes to emerging and established filmmakers from 13 countries around the globe. For more than 50 years, SFIFF’s Golden Gate Awards have honored deserving films independent of commercial concerns, heralding unsung excellence and exposing local and international audiences to unique and innovative works.

Twin Cities Film Fest Announces 2014 Dates

The 5th Annual Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) will be held October 16th – 25th in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The Shops at West End and Showplace ICON Theatre & Lobby Lounge will once again be the exclusive venues for this year’s festival.

Rooftop Films Announces Short Films Selected to Screen on Opening Night

Rooftop Films in New York City, announced the selection of short films to screen on opening night, of the the 18th annual Rooftop Films Summer Series. Under the title, THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY SHORT FILMS, opening night on Friday, May 16th, will highlight some of the most exciting and original short films from around the world. The following night, Rooftop Films will present a special sneak preview screening of the upcoming A24 Films release OBVIOUS CHILD, described as a subversive, modern-day romantic comedy from writer/director Gillian Robespierre.

2014 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Award Winners; “ZERO MOTIVATION” “POINT AND SHOOT” “MANOS SUCIAS” “KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON” Win Top Awards

ZERO MOTIVATION

The 13th annual Tribeca Film Festival, which runs through April 27, 2014, announced the winners of its competition categories. The world competition winners for narrative and documentary films were chosen from 12 narrative and 12 documentary features from 10 countries. Best New Director prizes were awarded to a first-time director for both narrative and documentary films, selected from a pool of 39 feature films throughout the program. Awards were also given for the best narrative short, best documentary short, and student visionary films in the short film competitions.

The winners, awards and comments from the jury who selected the recipients are as follows:

New York Indian Film Festival Taking Place May 5 – 10, Announces Full Film Lineup

Post Card

The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) announced the full lineup last night for their 14th year of celebrating independent, art house, alternate, and Diaspora films from/about/connected to the Indian subcontinent (May 5 – 10) at the SoHo Tiffin Junction. Dedicated to bringing these films to a New York audience, the festival will feature 34 screenings (23 narrative, 11 documentary) –all seen for the first time in New York City.

The festival highlights various cinemas of India’s different regions – Marathi, Bengali and two films from the Northeast. In addition the festival covers cinemas from the neighboring South Asian countries – four films by Pakistani filmmakers, two from Sri Lanka – a feature and a documentary, and one from Nepal.

Free Workshops at the 2014 Charleston International Film Festival

Charleston International Film Festival unveiled its 2014 workshop schedule, which includes a session with esteemed casting directors Laray Mayfield (Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Laura Verbeke (Flight of the Conchords), as well as actor and former professional athlete Ed Marinaro (Hill Street Blues, Blue Mountain State).

The four workshops planned for the seventh annual festival this April 9th – 13th feature insight and advice from the best in the business on topics ranging from casting and acting to video editing and virtual cinematography. As always, these valuable sessions are free and open to the public.

Hossein Amini’s ‘The Two Faces of January’ and Chris Messina’s ‘Alex of Venice’ to Bookend 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival

Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst star in Hossein Amini’s thriller, THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY

The 57th San Francisco International Film Festival taking place April 24 to May 8, 2014, kicks off with the Opening Night presentation of Hossein Amini’s gripping Patricia Highsmith adaptation the Two Faces of January (UK 2014) starring Oscar Issac, Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst. The Festival will close with Chris Messina’s drama Alex of Venice (USA 2014), starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Messina and Don Johnson.

Film Society of Lincoln Center Unveils Lineup for 2014 ART OF THE REAL Series; Opens With LA ÚLTIMA PELÍCULA

LA ÚLTIMA PELÍCULA

The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City announced the full schedule and details for Art of the Real, the new documentary-as-art series that will take place April 11-26, 2014. Corneliu Porumboiu’s THE SECOND GAME will have its North American premiere on Opening Night, with the director in attendance, following the screening of Raya Martin and Mark Peranson’s LA ÚLTIMA PELÍCULA.

ALOFT from 2014 Berlin International Film Festival to be Released in U.S.

ALOFT, written and directed by Claudia Llosa (MILK OF SORROW), and playing In Competition at the 2014 Berlin International Film Festival, has been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics for release in the U.S.

4 Filmmakers Selected as Winners of 2014 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award

Tobias Lindholm

The winners of the 2014 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award were announced today at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The winning directors and projects are Hong Khaou, MONSOON from Vietnam/UK; Tobias Lindholm, A WAR from Denmark; Ashlee Page, ARCHIVE from Australia; and Neeraj Ghaywan, FLY AWAY SOLO from India. Each of the four winning filmmakers will receive a cash award of $10,000 in addition to other filmmaker mentoring and support opportunities.

THE ACT OF KILLING and THE GRANDMASTER Among Films Honored by Denver Film Critics Society as Best Films of 2013

THE ACT OF KILLING that features former Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting their crimes was honored by the Denver Film Critics Society as the Best Documentary of 2013. THE ACT OF KILLING emerged top doc over other nominees that included BLACKFISH, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, and STORIES WE TELL. THE GRANDMASTER, the new film by director Wong Kar-wai which spans the five first decades of the 20th Century in China, and depicts the life of legendary kung fu master Ip Man, portrayed by Tony Leung won for Best Foreign Language Film. Other nominees for Best Foreign Language Film include THE GREAT BEAUTY, THE HUNT, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN.

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