The 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) taking place October 3–13, 2024 revealed this year’s lineup featuring 129 films from 40 countries, including 77 premieres, with 51% of the films directed or co-directed by women or non-binary filmmakers..
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Sundance Film Festival Names 3 Finalists for Future Home Beginning in 2027
Sundance Film Festival. | photo by Robin Marshall / Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival. Sundance Institute today named the three finalist cities moving forward into the concluding review process to determine a long-term host for the Sundance Film Festival beginning in 2027.
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Alicia Vikander to Receive Golden Eye Award + Premiere ‘The Assessment’ at Zurich Film Festival
Alicia Vikander (Julian Ungano) Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander will be honored at Zurich Film Festival with a Golden Eye Award “for her extraordinary and remarkable versatility”; and attend the Swiss premiere of her new film The Assessment by director Fleur Fortuné.
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‘Diane Warren: Relentless’ to Screen with Nashville Film Festival 2024 Community Project Film
Diane Warren: Relentless Jenna Rosher Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) announced its official “Living Reel” Project’s 2024 film, a short music video and documentary in collaboration with Youth Villages and Moraine Music Group.
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Jude Law’s ‘The Order’ to Open Zurich Film Festival
Jude Law in The Order © Michelle Faye The 20th Zurich Film Festival will open with director Justin Kurzel’s political thriller The Order starring and produced by Jude Law, with his company Riff Raff. On the opening night on October 3, the festival will also award Law a prestigious Golden Eye Award for his remarkable performance and career.
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Nashville Film Festival Adds New Films to Lineup, Sets Jason Reitman’s ‘Saturday Night’ as Centerpiece
Saturday Night (Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures Entertainment) The 55th Nashville Film Festival has added new films to the lineup, with “Saturday Night,” directed by Jason Reitman as the 2024 Centerpiece Presentation.
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Lea Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Leanne Melissa Bishop, and Aaron Ashmore Join ‘What If’ Lindsay MacKay’s Family Drama Film
(LtoR) Lea Thompson, Kevin Pollak, Leanne Melissa Bishop, and Aaron Ashmore to star in ‘What If’ (credit: Daniel Reichert, Warren O’Reilly, Kevin McIntyre, KG Talent) Setting their market debut at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, Penguin Pictures and Fairpoint Films revealed that Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Goodrich with Michael Keaton, Girl in the Pool), Leanne Melissa Bishop (The Weight of Perfection, Regression) and Aaron Ashmore (Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia, Sky Med and the upcoming A Case for the Winemaker) will star in their newest feature film, the family drama titled ‘What If’.
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‘Patrice: The Movie’ Charming TIFF Documentary on Disabled Couple Gets a Hulu Premiere Date
Patrice: The Movie by Ted Passon (courtesy BFI) Following its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, ‘Patrice: The Movie,’ a documentary on disabled couple Patrice and Garry makes its streaming debut on Hulu.
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‘Carnival is Over’ First Look Trailer – Leandra Leal and Irandhir Santos Survive the Mafia in Fernando Coimbra’s Crime Film
Carnival Is Over First announced at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival under the title ‘The Hanged,’ the crime/thriller film by Fernando Coimbra is finally making its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. under the new title, ‘Carnival Is Over.’ The film stars Leandra Leal and Irandhir Santos as a couple trying to break free of their family’s link to the mafia.
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South Korea Enters the 2025 Best International Feature Oscars Race with ‘12.12: The Day’ by Kim Sung-su
12.12: The Day directed by Kim Sung-su The 2023 highest-grossing film at the Korean box office ‘12.12: The Day’ has been selected as South Korea’s official entry for the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The historical drama film directed by Kim Sung-su tells the story of the 12.12 political coup after the assassination of Park Chung Hee, the former president of South Korea in 1979.
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‘Superboys of Malegaon’ – Filmmaker Follows his Dream in Inspiring Drama by Reema Kagti | Trailer
Superboys of Malegaon. (Amazon MGM Studios) Based on the incredible true story of amateur filmmaker and self-made auteur Nasir Sahikh (Yeh Hai Malegaon Ka Superman) ‘Superboys of Malegaon’ follows of an endearing group of friends who pursue their extraordinary dreams.. Directed by Reema Kagti (Talaash: The Answer Lies Within), the comedy drama film is an uplifting story on friendship and the love of cinema.
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‘Mr. McMahon’ – Netflix Documentary Chronicles Rise and Fall of Pro-Wrestling Giant Vince McMahon | Trailer
Vince McMahon in Mr. McMahon (sscreenshot/Netflix) One of the most influential and controversial figure in the world of professional wrestling and American entertainment, Vince McMahon is getting a six-part documentary series exploring the rise and fall of his career. Directed by Emmy-winning director Chris Smith (Tiger King), ‘Mr.McMahon’ features interviews with some of the biggest stars in pro-wrestling including Dwayne Johnson, Hulk Hogan, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, and current WWE Chief Content Officer ‘Triple H’ Paul Levesque.