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“An Honest Liar” “Evolution of a Criminal” “Waiting for August” Win Top Awards at 23rd Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

Filmmakers and special guests attended Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival held from October 10 – 19, 2014, to celebrate the best in documentary film from around the world, including visits by actor George Takei, the musical family of Arkansas icon Glen Campbell, actress/director/producer Joey Lauren Adams, former Olympic Diving Champion Greg Louganis, producer/director Harry Thomason, Arthur Agee of Hoop Dreams, illusionist James Randi and many more. Former President Bill Clinton made a stop at this year’s festival. Mr. Clinton has been a long-time supporter of HSDFF from its beginnings in 1991 as the first all-documentary film festival in North America.

Opening Night of 2014 Abu Dhabi Film Festival with Film “From A to B” by Ali Mostafa | PHOTOS

From A To B Fadi Rifaai, Fahad Albutairi, Ali Mostafa And Shadi Alfons

The 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival kicked off on October 23rd with the movie “From A to B” directed by Ali Mostafa. The film is the story of three childhood friends who grew apart, travel on a road trip from Abu Dhabi to Beirut in memory of their lost one. If what happens on route does not make them crazy, it just might make them closer.

“Boyhood” Dominate Nominations for 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards

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Boyhood directed by Richard Linklater lead the field with 4 nominations including for Best Feature, Best Actor, Best Actress and Breakthrough Actor.

A. Sayeeda Moreno and Micah Shaffer Win $15,000 to Develop Feature Screenplay for “White” Which Explores Racial Issues and Climate Change

A. Sayeeda Moreno and Micah Shaffer

A. Sayeeda Moreno and Micah Shaffer have been selected to receive this year’s $15,000 San Francisco Film Society / Hearst Screenwriting Grant for development of their script White. The SFFS / Hearst Screenwriting Grant is awarded in the fall of each year to writers residing in the United States who have been practicing for at least five years and who have previously written a minimum of one feature screenplay.

Watch EXCLUSIVE CLIP from BITTER HONEY, a Film about Polygamy in Bali. Who Knew?

Bitter Honey is a feature-length documentary presenting an intimate and emotionally charged portrait of three polygamous families in Bali, Indonesia. Following these families over a seven year period, the film portrays the plight of Balinese co-wives, for whom marriage is frequently characterized by psychological manipulation, infidelity, domestic violence and economic hardship. The film opened in Los Angeles on October 3, 2014, San Francisco on October 17, Boston at the Apple Cinemas Freshpond on October 24, New York and Chicago onOctober 31, 2014 and Washington DC on November 7, 2014. More cities to be announced.

“KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON” “THE DAVID DANCE” Win Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Top Awards

KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, directed by Al Hicks is the winner of the Vimeo Audience Award Documentary Feature, and THE DAVID DANCE, directed by Aprill Winney is the winner of Vimeo Audience Award Narrative Feature at the12th annual Tallgrass Film Festival. Shot over the course of five years by first time filmmaker Al Hicks, KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON depicts a 23-year-old, blind piano prodigy, Justin Kauflin, and music legend and teacher Clark Terry, 89. A winter drama set in Buffalo, NY, THE DAVID DANCE tells the story of David, who is soft spoken, shy and unsure of himself. However, as his on-air alias ‘Danger Dave,’ the host of “Gay Talk,” he’s poised, witty, and every listener’s best friend! Then life one day throws him a lemon. Past and present intertwine to tell the story of a man learning to love and accept himself.

New UK Trailer, First in 40 Years, Released for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

A new trailer, the first in four decades, for Stanley Kubrick’s spectacular 2001: A Space Odyssey is released online and will be on cinema screens across the UK from Friday. 2001: A Space Odyssey is released by the BFI, in a 2K digital transfer from Warner Bros., to UK cinemas on 28th November as part of the BFI’s UK-wide season Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder.

New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center Announces Lineup for Mountainfilm 2014; Opens with “Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo”

Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo

For its fifth year, Mountainfilm returns to New York City, November 21 to 23, for a weekend of documentaries about adventure, environment, and culture. But mainly adventure. The Opening Night film will be Matt Livadary’s Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo, which covers a year in the lives of extraordinary cowboys and cowgirls as they follow their dreams, no matter how wild or daunting. And the series will close with Valley Uprising, narrated by Peter Sarsgaard. The highly anticipated doc about the epic history of climbing in Yosemite National Park and the countercultural roots of outdoor sports features digitally animated archival photography, spectacular climbing footage, and interviews with Yosemite greats—from pioneers like Yvon Chouinard, Royal Robbins, Lynn Hill, and John Long to cutting-edge modern athletes like Dean Potter and Alex Honnold.

Richard Gere at Rome Film Festival for European Premiere of “Time Out Of Mind”

Richard Gere is at the 2014 Rome Film Festival where he presented the European premiere of Time Out Of Mind directed by Oren Moverman, in which he plays George, a homeless man who lives on the streets of New York. Described as “A demanding, intense film, greeted with great interest by the audience of the Rome Film Festival as one of the most interesting directorial experiments of the festival; and yet another great performance by the actor.”

Official Poster for Thriller LATE PHASES Starring Nick Damici

The official poster has been released for the thriller LATE PHASES, directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano and starring Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Erin Cummings, Rutanya Alda, Tina Louise, Caitlin O’Heaney, Karen Lynn Gorney, Dana Ashbrook, and Tom Noonan. Late Phases will be released theatrically at the IFC Center in New York starting November 21st with select theaters to follow.

Big Apple Film Festival Unveils 2014 Lineup; Opens with MANHATTAN ROMANCE, Katherine Waterson and Jerry Stiller To Receive Awards

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The 11th annual Big Apple Film Festival (BAFF) running November 5 to 9 at the Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, announced its lineup of 129 feature-length and short films. The Big Apple Film Festival will commence on November 5th with the opening night film MANHATTAN ROMANCE, written and directed by Tom O’Brien (Fairhaven), who also stars in the film opposite Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Gaby Hoffmann (Transparent), and Caitlin Fitzgerald (Masters of Sex). Following the screening Katherine Waterston, who recently appeared as the lead actress in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, will accept the festival’s prestigious “Emerging Talent” award. Previous winners include Mike Vogel, Jesse Eisenberg, Louisa Krause and Aaron Stanford.

U.S. Premiere of Desert Dancer to Open Santa Barbara International Film Festival + Festival to Honor the Cousteau Family and Michael Keaton

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The 30th Anniversary edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will kick off Opening Night with the U.S. Premiere of Desert Dancer at the historic Arlington Theatre on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Directed by Richard Raymond and starring Freida Pinto, Reece Ritchie, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen and Marmama Corlett, Desert Dancer tells the true story of a self-taught dancer pursuing a dream in a suppressed society.

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