Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner will serve as jury president of the Concorso Internazionale (International Competition) jury that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro – the Golden Leopard – at the 77th Locarno Film Festival.
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‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ – HBO Documentary Chroncicles Rise and Fall of Movie Ticketing App | Trailer
MoviePass, MovieCrash (HBO / screenshot) HBO revealed the official trailer for “MoviePass, MovieCrash”, the documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal the meteoric rise and implosion of the theatrical movie subscription app.
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27th Brooklyn Film Festival Announces Line Up, Opens with Chloé Leriche’s ‘Atikamekw Suns’
Atikamekw Suns Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the film lineup of 12 narrative features and 10 documentary features, for its 27th edition, Immersion. The 2024 edition will also present 40 narrative shorts, 24 documentary shorts, 28 animations, and 24 experimental films. Furthermore, 20 films will be shown, online only, as part of kidsfilmfest, now in its 20th year.
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American Black Film Festival Unveils Spotlight Screenings – Kerry Washington’s UnPrisoned (Season 2) and More
Kerry Washington in UnPrisoned (Photo credit: Hulu / Kelsey McNeal) The 2024 American Black Film Festival (ABFF) unveiled this year’s Spotlight Screenings lineup featuring the world premieres of UnPrisoned (Season 2) with Kerry Washington; Wu-Tang Clan documentary Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys; and Down In the Valley starring Nicco Annan of P-Valley.
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Handling The Undead – Deceased Family Members Come Back to Life in Mournful Zombie Movie | Trailer
Handling the Undead (courtesy Neon) ICYMI. Neon revealed the official trailer for Handling The Undead, the Norwegian horror film, based on the book of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist, gives an emotionally haunting twist on the zombie genre when three families discover that their loved ones, recently dead, have returned.
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Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara – Marco Bellocchio’s Cannes Drama Retells Historic Story | Trailer
(Photo credit Cohen Media Group / Anna Camerlingo) Cohen Media Group debuted the official trailer for Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, the drama film tells the true story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, when in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family by the Pope, to be raised Catholic.
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Fresh Kills – Jennifer Esposito Directs and Stars in Critically Acclaimed Drama on Mob Women | Trailer
Fresh Kills (Quiver Distribution /screenshot) Quiver Distribution revealed the official trailer for Fresh Kills, the indie drama film directed by and starring Jennifer Esposito, along with Emily Bader, Odessa A’zion, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Annabella Sciorra.
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Dìdi ( 弟弟) – Sean Wang’s Tender Coming-of-Age Drama Captures Teen Life in 2008 | Trailer
Dìdi ( 弟弟)(Focus Features / screenshot) Focus Features debuted the official trailer for Dìdi ( 弟弟), the award-winning coming-of-age drama film starring Izaac Wang as a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy learning how to skate, flirt and love his mother.
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Tribeca Festival Adds New Films incl. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, The Freshly Cut Grass and More
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (Image Courtesy of Frank Worth/HBO) 11 new feature films, including eight world premieres along with the New York premiere of A Quiet Place: Day One has been added to the lineup of the 2024 Tribeca Festival, which runs from June 5-16.
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28th Fantasia Film Festival Reveals First Films + Poster
Confession (courtesy Fantasia) Fantasia International Film Festival revealed its first seventeen titles and a first look at its 2024 poster art for its upcoming 28th edition with an electrifying program of screenings, workshops, and launch events running from July 18 through August 4, 2024,
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Marisa Abela Stars as Amy Winehouse in ‘Back to Black’ Biopic Drama Film | Trailer
Back to Black (Courtesy of Focus Features) ICYMI. Focus Features debuted the official trailer for Back to Black, the biographical drama film of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black.
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New Strains – Real-life Couple Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw Star in Pandemic Comedy | Trailer
New Strains (Photos courtesy Memory) Memory revealed the official trailer and release dates for New Strains, the award-winning lo-fi pandemic comedy film directed by and starring real-life couple Prashanth Kamalakanthan and Artemis Shaw as a squabbling couple in lockdown in New York City.