The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival announced the winners of their narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic competition program for the 10th anniversary of the festival which ran from June 10-16 in Bentonville, AR.
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‘Suze’ and ‘Daughters’ Win Top Competition Awards at 10th Bentonville Film Festival Led By Geena Davis
Michaela Watkins (Suze) at the Bentonville Film Festival Awards Ceremony (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for Bentonville Film Festival)
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World Premiere of Ant Timpson’s ‘Bookworm’ to Open 28th Fantasia Film Festival
‘Bookworm directed by Ant Timpson Fantasia International Film Festival’s 28th edition running from July 18th through August 4th, 2024, will open with the World Premiere of Ant Timpson’s Bookworm. Reuniting the New Zealand filmmaker with his Come To Daddy star Elijah Wood (Showtime’s Yellowjackets) – who matches through-the-roof comic chemistry of gifted his young co-star Nell Fisher (Evil Dead Rise) – Bookworm is as entertaining as it is richly cinematic. Mildred (Fisher), a precocious eleven-year-old bookworm, escapes her humdrum existence by immersing herself in novels where literary adventures abound, with a long-dreamed quest to capture proof of a mythological beast known as The Canterbury Panther. When an unusual accident occurs, Mildred’s long absent father Strawn Wise (Wood), a washed-up illusionist, flies to New Zealand to look after a daughter he’s never met. When they agree to go camping despite neither being the outdoorsy type, this ultimate test in family bonding leads the duo on a string of increasingly absurd and treacherous adventures.
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ and ‘Art for Everybody’ Win 23rd San Francisco Documentary Festival (SF DocFest) Awards
The Donn of Tiki The 23rd San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest)which ran from May 30th to June 9th announced the winning documentary films with The Donn of Tiki directed by Alex Lamb, Max Wel winning Audience Award for Best Feature, and Art for Everybody directed by Miranda Yousef winning Jury Prize for Best Feature.
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‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’ – Netflix Documentary Follows Russian Daredevil Couple | Trailer
Skywalkers: A Love Story (Netflix / screenshot) Netflix launched the official trailer for Skywalkers: A Love Story a documentary film described as part romance, part thriller, following a daredevil couple, Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus as they take their relationship to terrifying new heights in a wild scheme to climb the world’s second highest skyscraper and perform a death-defying stunt on the spire.
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23rd Tribeca Festival Competition Winners – ‘Griffin in the Summer’ ‘Bikechess’ ‘Hacking Hate’ Take Top Prizes
Griffin in Summer (Courtesy Tribeca Festival) The 23rd Tribeca Festival announced winners in its competition categories, with the top honors going to Griffin in Summer for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Bikechess for Best International Narrative Feature, and Hacking Hate for Best Documentary Feature.
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World Premiere of Park Beom-Su’s ‘Victory’ to Open 23rd New York Asian Film Festival
Victory directed by Park Beom-Su (courtesy FLC) The world premiere of Park Beom-Su’s Victory will kick off the 23rd edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) set to take place July 12th – 22nd at Film at Lincoln Center. The festival will host the premieres of 20 feature debuts, an amplified number of films focusing on LGBTQ+ characters and themes, including several that represent touchpoints in queer cinema.
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Jude Law to Receive Special Tribute at Mill Valley Film Festival
Jude Law (courtesy California Film Institute / Mill Valley Film Festival) The California Film Institute (CAFILM) will honor BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Jude Law with a prestigious tribute at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) scheduled to run from October 3rd through 13th, 2024.
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‘One South: Portrait Of a Psych Unit’ – HBO Documentary Chronicles Mental Health Inpatient Program in NYC | Trailer
One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit (HBO / screenshot) One South: Portrait Of a Psych Unit is an intimate documentary that chronicles an inpatient program in Queens, New York, for young adults struggling with their mental health.
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‘Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken’ – Docuseries Centers Around Grammy Winner and New Inspiring Song | Trailer
Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken (Paramount+ / screenshot) Paramount+ unveiled the official trailer for Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken, the two-part docuseries centered around the Grammy-Award-winning rockstar and activist who penned an original song inspired by letters she received from incarcerated women in her Kansas hometown.
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‘The Convert’ – Guy Pearce Stars in Epic Action Film Set in 19th-century New Zealand | Trailer
Jacqueline McKenzie and Guy Pearce in The Convert. (Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing) Magnolia Pictures shared the official Trailer for The Convert, the action-filled historical epic film set in early 19th-century New Zealand.
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‘Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple’ – HBO Documentary on Rock ‘N’ Roll icon Premieres at Tribeca Fest | Trailer
Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple (HBO / screenshot) HBO debuted the official trailer for Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple, the feature documentary on the actor, activist and Rock ‘N’ Roll icon Steven Van Zandt.
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‘Hummingbirds’ – Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía Contreras Tell Their Coming-of-Age Story in Award Winning Documentary | Trailer
Hummingbirds is a vibrant documentary feature that centers on the lived experiences of its protagonist directors, Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía “Beba” Contreras, who grew up in the shadow of the Texas borderlands. Offering an unexpected depiction of the US/Mexico border, this sparky and irreverent tale of friendship and resilience explores the crossroads of immigration, gender, sexuality, mental health, and class.
After a widely acclaimed world premiere at Berlinale 2023, where it won the Grand Prix Best Feature Film – Generation, the documentary had a successful film festival run, making stops at True/False, Sheffield DocFest, NewFest, SFFILM, Hot Springs, among others.