For her commanding performance in Anora, as a young sex worker from Brooklyn, Mikey Madison will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
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Mikey Madison to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award for ‘Anora’ at Palm Springs International Film Awards
Mikey Madison as Ani in Anora directed by Sean Baker (Neon)
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‘Wild, Weird, Bloody’ – Retrospective of 75th Berlin Film Festival to Celebrate 1970s Genre German Films
Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe © Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate the offbeat and the wacky, mix it up with action, thrills, and graphic visuals of genre films from East and West Germany made in the 1970s, by showcasing 15 films in the Retrospective themed “Wild, Weird, Bloody”.
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‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’ Trailer – Netflix Documentary Honors First Woman Full-Time Member of NY Philharmonic
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (screenshot / Netflix) Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a short documentary that tells the story of double bassist Orin O’Brien. Directed by her niece, Molly O’Brien, the film follows Orin’s journey as the first woman to become a full-time member of the New York Philharmonic, performing under the direction of the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein.
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‘Four Mothers’ and Holloway Win Audience Awards at Record Breaking 68th BFI London Film Festival
Four Mothers (courtesy LFF) The 68th BFI London Film Festival came to a close on October 20th with the European Premiere of Academy Award winning documentarian Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece.
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‘Drive Back’ Trailer – Road Trip Goes Wrong in Cody Ashford’s Horror Film
Drive Back (Dark Sky Films) Following its world premiere at the 2024 FrightFest UK and its US premiere at the 2024 Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Dark Sky Films has unveiled the trailer for Cody Ashford’s Drive Back. The film tells the story of a couple trying to survive a killer while on a road trip celebrating their engagement.
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Kneecap, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Lead Nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024
Kneecap (Helen Sloan | Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
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Emilia Pérez, ‘The Room Next Door’ Lead Nominations for 37th European Film Awards
Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez (Shanna Besson/Netflix) Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door lead the nominations for the 37th European Film Awards with four nominations including the top honor of European Film. Emilia Pérez also received nominations for European Director and European Screenwriter for Jacques Audiard, and European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón.
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Colman Domingo to Receive Spotlight Award for Performance in ‘Sing Sing’ at Palm Springs International Film Award
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (A24) Colman Domingo will be honored with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in Sing Sing at the Palm Springs International Film Award.
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‘Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey’ Trailer -Netflix Docuseries Revisits Unsolved Murder Case
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (screenshot / Netflix) Directed by Joe Berlinger, the Netflix documentary series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey investigates the mishandling of the infamous murder case by law enforcement and the media.
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‘The End’ Trailer – Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon Star in Joshua Oppenheimer’s Apocalyptic Musical Film
The End (screenshot / Neon) After a 10-year hiatus from filmmaking, Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) returns with his first narrative feature film, The End. The film follows the story of a family living in a bunker in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Luke Sparke’s Horror Film ‘Scurry’ Starring Jamie Costa Wins at Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival, Heads to AFM
Scurry (Film Mode Entertainment) Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation, Occupation Rainfall), the horror film Scurry starring Jamie Costa (Kenobi: A Star Wars Story, Bring Him To Me) and Emalia (Paramount+ Paper Dolls) made its festival world premiere at the 2024 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice. It was written by Tom Evans (Bring Him To Me).
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‘Too Many Crooks’ Starring William H. Macy Makes Market Premiere at AFM
William H. Macy (Jonny Marlow) The new crime comedy film Too Many Crooks starring William H. Macy (Fargo, Shameless) will make its world market premiere and be introduced to distributors from across the globe at American Film Market (AFM).