The 29th Stony Brook Film Festival will run from Thursday, July 18, through Saturday, July 27, 2024, offering 36 feature and short films from 19 countries.
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NY Premiere of ‘The Blond Boy from the Casbah’ to Open 29th Stony Brook Film Festival
The Blond Boy from the Casbah (courtesy Stony Brook Film Festival)
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Girls Will Be Girls, Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement Win CAAMFest 2024 Awards
Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement Girls Will Be Girls directed by Shuchi Talati won the Narrative Competition Award; and Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement directed by Quyên Nguyen-Le and Tadashi Nakamura won the Documentary Competition Award at Center for Asian American Media’s CAAMFest 2024. Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement also won the Audience Award for Documentary Feature.
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RIP. Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me Director Dead at 53
Morgan Spurlock in “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!” Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock known for directing the Oscar nominated documentary Super Size Me has died from complications of cancer. He was 53.
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Tribeca Festival Announces Jury For Film, Games, and Audio Storytelling Competitions – Kim Cattrall, David O. Russell, Asghar Farhadi
The Tribeca Festival announced the 2024 jury members who will select winning projects in the film, games, and audio storytelling sections. The Festival has 17 competition categories in which jurors will honor winning storytellers and creators with artistic awards.
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48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline48) Unveils Lineup with Lena Waithe, Lady Camden
From L to R: Lady Camden in Lady Like, courtesy of the filmmaker; Lena Waithe, courtesy Variety. Frameline rolled out the full program for the 48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline48) screening from June 19–29 in theaters across the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Eminem, 50 Cent, Timbaland Featured in ‘How Music Got Free’ Paramount+ Docuseries | Trailer
(Paramount+ / screenshot) Paramount+ debuted the official trailer for How Music Got Free, the two-part docuseries on the how technology changed the music industry, from executive producers Marshall “Eminem” Mathers, LeBron James, Maverick Carter, Paul Rosenberg and Steve Stoute.
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Tribeca Festival Unveils Immersive Lineup of Digital Artists
(Tribeca Festival) The 2024 Tribeca Festival announced its immersive lineup of digital artists, presented in partnership with Mercer Labs and Co-Founder, artist Roy Nachum. Now in its 13th year, Tribeca Festival’s immersive exhibition runs June 6-17 at Mercer Labs, the newly-opened museum of art and technology, at 21 Dey Street in lower Manhattan.
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‘Treasure’ – Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry Go on Father-Daughter Trip to Poland in Bickering Comedy Film | Trailer
Treasure (courtesy Bleecker Street) Lena Dunham is an American journalist who travels to Poland with her father, a Holocaust survivor, played by Stephen Fry to visit his childhood places, in the comedy drama film “Treasure“.
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‘20,000 Species Of Bees’ – 8 Year Old Trans Girl and Her Family Embrace Her Identity in Award-Winning Spanish Film | Trailer
20,000 Species of Bees (courtesy Film Movement) The award-winning Spanish drama 20,000 Species Of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) tells the story of Lucía, an eight-year-old transgender girl and the effect her identity has on her family.
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Serena and Venus Williams Exec Produced ‘Copa 71’ Documentary Tells Story of Forgotten 1971 Women’s World Cup | Trailer
Copa 71 (Greenwich Entertainment / screenshot) Executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, the documentary “Copa 71” tells the forgotten story from 1971 when Mexico City held the unofficial Women’s World Cup, an event subsequently buried by FIFA.
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Luther Vandross Documentary ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Acquired by CNN and OWN for 2025 Release
Luther: Never Too Much | (photo by Matthew Rolston) CNN in partnership with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has acquired the documentary feature Luther: Never Too Much.
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Halle Berry Battles Evil Spirits in ‘Never Let Go’ Horror Film | Trailer
Never Let Go. ( Lionsgate / Liane Hentscher) Lionsgate shared the official trailer for Never Let Go, the psychological thriller/horror film starring Halle Berry as the mother of twin sons fighting for survival against evil spirits.