2013 trinidad+tobago film festival Winners;  MELAZA, FATAL ASSISTANCE, SONGS OF REDEMPTION Win Top Awards

2013 trinidad+tobago film festival Winners; MELAZA, FATAL ASSISTANCE, SONGS OF REDEMPTION Win Top Awards

 MELAZA, directed by Carlos LechugaMELAZA, directed by Carlos Lechuga

After screening a total of 142 films, the 2013 trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff), which began on September 17th and closed on October 1, 2013, announced the competition winners. The Cuban film MELAZA, directed by Carlos Lechuga is the winner of the Jury Prize for Best Feature; and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary was won by two films: FATAL ASSISTANCE – directed by Raoul Peck, and SONGS OF REDEMPTION, directed by Miquel Galofre and Amanda Sans.

OUT OF THE FURNACE, NEBRASKA, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Added to 2013 AFI FEST

OUT OF THE FURNACE, NEBRASKA, THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Added to 2013 AFI FEST

Scott Cooper’s OUT OF THE FURNACEScott Cooper’s OUT OF THE FURNACE

Additional red carpet Centerpiece Galas were announced for this year’s 2013 AFI FEST, including the World Premiere of Scott Cooper’s OUT OF THE FURNACE; Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA; accompanied by a Tribute to Bruce Dern; and THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY, directed by and starring Ben Stiller. Stuart Cornfeld, an AFI Conservatory alumnus and recipient of the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal at the AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony held last June, is one of the producers of THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY. All galas will be presented in the historic TCL Theatre.

WHITE REINDEER Gets A Fall 2013 Release Date | TRAILER

WHITE REINDEER Gets A Fall 2013 Release Date | TRAILER

 WHITE REINDEER

IFC Films will release Zach Clark’s WHITE REINDEER in the US, with a theatrical release and digital premiere set for December 6, 2013.  In the film, which stars Anna Margaret Hollyman, Laura Lemar-Goldsborough, Lydia Johnson, Joe Swanberg, and Christopher Doubek, a shell-shocked real estate agent grapples with personal tragedy while fumbling to let loose among strip clubs, department stores, and swinging new neighbors during one sad, strange December in suburban Virginia. 

JASMINE, PINOCCHIO, THE CONGRESS Nominated for 2013 European Film Academy Animated Feature Award

JASMINE, PINOCCHIO, THE CONGRESS Nominated for 2013 European Film Academy Animated Feature Award

PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d' AIòPINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò

Three films are nominated in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2013 for the 2013 European Film Academy. The films are THE CONGRESS directed by Ari Folman; JASMINE directed by Alain Ughetto; and PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò. The European Animated Feature Film 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

BLUE Ocean Film Festival Sets Location and Dates for 2014 Festival

BLUE Ocean Film Festival Sets Location and Dates for 2014 Festival

 BLUE Ocean Film Festival

BLUE Ocean Film Festival (BLUE) has selected St. Petersburg, Florida, as the location for the next biennial festival to be held November 3 to 9, 2014.  The announcement was made on the same day that BLUE announced a strategic partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, to host a BLUE Ocean Film Festival event every other year in Monaco, beginning in 2015.

Winners of 2013 Guam International Film Festival; BREAKAWAY Wins Grand Jury Award

Winners of 2013 Guam International Film Festival; BREAKAWAY Wins Grand Jury Award

 BREAKAWAY (ALAGWA) (Philippines, Dir: Ian Lorenos)BREAKAWAY (ALAGWA) (Philippines, Dir: Ian Lorenos)

The Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) announced the Grand Jury Award Winners of their 2013 Festival. BREAKAWAY (ALAGWA) directed by Ian Lorenos about the truly harrowing account of a 9-year-old boy who goes missing and the anguish of his single dad who embarks on a desperate search for him, won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature.  THE ILLNESS AND THE ODYSSEY directed by Berry Minott won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature. This film is described as an epic, medical mystery “whodunit”, which tracks the decades long pursuit of scientists competing with each other to find the cause of a mysterious neurological disease affecting the native Chamorro population on the island of Guam. The stakes are high because the answer will lead to cures for Alzheimer’s and other related diseases. 

Matt Porterfield's I USED TO BE DARKER Opens in Baltimore, MD ... Followed by National Release | TRAILER

Matt Porterfield’s I USED TO BE DARKER Opens in Baltimore, MD … Followed by National Release | TRAILER

Matt Porterfield's I USED TO BE DARKER 

Matt Porterfield’s I USED TO BE DARKER launches its national theatrical run this weekend in Baltimore at the Charles Theater.  I USED TO BE DARKER screened at the 2013 Maryland Film Festival,2013 Sundance Film Festival and the 2013 Berlin Film Festival and won Best Narrative Feature at the 2013 Atlanta Film Festival. The film will open in New York on October 4th and Los Angeles on October 11th, followed by a national release.