Venice Immersive, the XR – Extended Reality section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28th – September 7th, 2024, will present 63 projects from 25 countries.
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‘Hey, Viktor!’, ‘Bones of Crows’, Sugarcane Win Top Awards at 8th Weengushk Film Festival
8th Weengushk International Film Festival The 8th Annual Weengushk International Film Festival (WIFF) which took place July 11-14, 2024 on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario announced the award recipients. Marie Clements received two awards including Best Director and Best Screenplay for her epic film Bones of Crows; as did Cody Lightning – Best Narrative Feature Film and Best Actor for his mockumentary comedy film Hey, Viktor!.
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‘Dance First’ – Gabriel Byrne Stars as Irish Playwright Samuel Beckett in Film by James Marsh | Trailer
Gabriel Byrne in Dance First (Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.) Magnolia Pictures shared the official trailer for Dance First, Academy Award winning director James Marsh’s (The Theory of Everything, Man on Wire) biographical film on Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. The film is written by Neil Forsyth and stars Gabriel Byrne as Samuel Beckett.
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‘Girl You Know It’s True’ – Simon Verhoeven Directs Biopic on Rise and Fall of Milli Vanilli | Trailer
Girl You Know it’s True (Vertical / screenshot) Vertical debuted the trailer for ‘Girl You Know it’s True’, a biopic film telling the story of iconic and controversial pop duo Milli Vanilli.
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20th HollyShorts Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring Zoe Saldana, Riz Ahmed, Bella Thorne, Jamie Lee Curtis, Noomi Rapace
Dammi starring Riz Ahmed The Oscar Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary edition from August 8-18, 2024 with a star-studded line-up of short films featuring Zoe Saldana, Academy® Award winner Riz Ahmed, Thomasin McKenzie, Ed Harris, Bella Thorne, Sam Raimi, Academy® Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis, and Noomi Rapace.
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‘Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys’ – Documentary Looks at Life of Wu-Tang Clan Founding Member ODB | Teaser
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys (A&E) A&E revealed the teaser trailer for ‘Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys’, the documentary following the life of Grammy nominated musician and legendary founding member of iconic hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Ol’ Dirty Bastard. The documentary is directed by Emmy and Peabody Award winning director Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, Black Art: In The Absence of Light) and his son Jason Pollard (Get Me Roger Stone, Bitchin’ The Sound and Fury of Rick James).
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‘Chimp Crazy’ – ‘Tiger King’ Director’s HBO Docuseries Explores The Bizarre World of Chimp Moms | Teaser Trailer
Chimp Crazy directed by Eric Goode (HBO / screenshot) HBO revealed the teaser trailer for Chimp Crazy, a four-part documentary series from the director of ‘Tiger King’. Director Eric Goode returns to explore the crazy world of exotic animal lovers, this time with a subject of ‘chimp moms’.
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‘The Outrun’ Starring Saoirse Ronan Gets Release Date by Sony Pictures Classics
Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun After premiering at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the drama film by German director Nora Fingscheidt (The Unforgiveable, System Crasher) got a US theatrical release date with Sony Pictures Classics distributing the film. ‘The Outrun’ stars four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Stephen Dillane (Game Of Thrones), and Saskia Reeves (Slow Horses).
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‘The Exorcism of Saint Patrick’ – Conversion Therapy Nightmare Kicks Off Quinn Armstrong’s Fresh Hell Trilogy | Trailer
Steve Pinder in ‘The Exorcism of Saint Patrick’. (Credit: Cranked Up Films) Cranked Up Films revealed the trailer for ‘The Exorcism of Saint Patrick’, the first film that will kick off director Quinn Armstrong’s ‘Fresh Hell’ trilogy. With the trilogy, Armstrong harkens back to the Hammer Horror or Roger Corman model of shooting films on a small budget back-to-back, each film with its own unique aesthetic and cleverly interconnected elements between them.
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‘Crescent City’ – Terrence Howard, Esai Morales, and Alec Baldwin Star in Serial Killer Mystery Film | Trailer
Crescent City (Lionsgate) Lionsgate revealed the trailer for ‘Crescent City’, a crime thriller film from director RJ Collins and writer Rich Ronat. The film tells the story of the search for a serial killer in a small southern American town.
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‘Anora’ – Mikey Madison Star in Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or Winning Sex Worker Drama | Trailer
Anora by Sean Baker (Neon) Neon revealed the trailer for ‘Anora’, the new film by critically acclaimed director Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Red Rocket). The film had its premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and won the festival’s most prestigious award, the Palme d’Or, becoming the first American film to win the award since 2011’s The Tree of Life.
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‘Lee’ – Kate Winslet Stars as World War II War Photographer Lee Miller | Trailer
Kate Winslet as “Lee Miller” in Lee (Kimberley French ©Sky UK Ltd) Roadside Attractions released the trailer (teaser) for the biographical drama film ‘Lee’. The film stars Kate Winslet as Lee Miller, a renowned American photographer/photojournalist who was a war correspondent for Vogue during World War II.