Waltzing Matilda, directed by Petr Slavík won the Best Narrative Feature Jury Award and The Strike, directed by Joe Bill Muñoz and Lucas Guilkey won Best Documentary Feature Jury Award at the 2024 Santa Fe International Film Festival.
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‘Waltzing Matilda’ and ‘The Strike’ Win Top Jury Prizes at Santa Fe International Film Festival
Waltzing Matilda directed by Petr Slavík
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‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ – LaKeith Stanfield Voices South African Photographer in Raoul Peck’s Documentary | Trailer
Ernest Cole in Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures. Helmed by the Oscar-nominated director of I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a documentary telling the story of influential South African photographer Ernest Cole. The documentary features narration from Oscar-nominated actor LaKeith Stanfield as the voice of Cole.
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‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’ Documentary on Philanthropist Maggie Doyne to Screen at Naples Film Festival
Between the Mountain and the Sky American humanitarian and BlinkNow CEO Maggie Doyne is the subject of the documentary Between the Mountain and the Sky selected to screen at the 2024 Naples Film Festival. Based on Doyne’s 2022 book, the documentary chronicles her journey from childhood to building a children’s home, women’s center, and school in Nepal.
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‘Love Hurts’ – Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, and Marshawn Lynch Star in JoJo Eusebio Action Comedy Film | Trailer
Ke Huy Quan in Love Hurts (Screenshot | Universal Pictures) Starring Ke Huy Quan, Oscar-winning actor of Everything Everywhere All at Once, Love Hurts marks the directorial debut of veteran stunt and fight coordinator JoJo Eusebio, known for his work on Black Panther and John Wick. The action-comedy film features Quan as a retired hitman pulled back into his old life by his crime-lord brother.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ to Open 24th Anchorage International Film Festival Lineup of 100+ Films
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) The Anchorage International Film Festival (AIFF) unveiled the official program for its 24th edition, set to take place from December 6th to December 15th across venues in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Glenn Close to Receive Career Achievement Honor at AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
Glenn Close in The Deliverance. (Aaron Ricketts/Netflix) Glenn Close will receive this year’s Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award at the annual Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 11, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.
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‘The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth’ National Geographic Docuseries Revisits Infamous Study | Trailer
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking The Truth (screenshot | National Geographic From director Juliette Eisner, the documentary series The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, which premiered at this year’s 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, debuts on Wednesday, November 13, at 8/7c on National Geographic. The series will be available for streaming the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.
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Zoe Saldaña to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in Emilia Pérez. (Shanna Besson/Netflix) Zoe Saldaña will be honored at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival with the American Riviera Award at an in-person conversation about her career, leading up to her acclaimed performance this year as Rita Moro Castro in Netflix’s Emilia Pérez. Saldaña will receive the award on Friday, February 7, 2025 .
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‘The Brutalist’ – Adrien Brody Stars in Brady Corbet’s Venice-Winning Historical Epic | Trailer
The Brutalist (A24)
Following its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, where director Brady Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director, A24 has now unveiled the official trailer for the historical epic film, set for release this December. Shot on 70mm film with a budget of under $10M, the film follows a visionary architect as he aims to rebuild his legacy in 1947 America.
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Smriti Mundhra’s ‘I Am Ready, Warden’ Sets Paramount+ Release Date | Trailer
I Am Ready, Warden (MTV Documentary Films) I Am Ready, Warden, is the latest documentary short film by Academy Award-nominated director and acclaimed filmmaker Smriti Mundhra (Indian Matchmaking, St. Louis Superman).
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Mark Andrew Bowers’ Directorial Debut ‘Its Name Was Mormo’ Horror Film Sets Release Date | Trailer
Its Name Was Mormo (Uncork’d Entertainment) Filmmaker Mark Andrew Bowers makes his directorial debut with Its Name Was Mormo, a claustrophobic horror film captured through a raw pedestrian lens. Bowers also stars in the movie alongside Mia Bowers and Diana Cardenas.
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‘La Cocina’ and ‘Porcelain War’ Take Grand Prizes at 33rd Heartland International Film Festival
courtesy Heartland International Film Festival “La Cocina” directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios won the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize and “Porcelain War” directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev won the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 33rd Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF).