Actress and singer Karena Lam has been named the ambassador for the 48th edition of Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF48), set to take place from March 28 to April 8, 2024.
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‘Inheritance’ Wins 2024 Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature | Complete List of Winners
Inheritance director/producer Matt Moyer, winner of the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature and Slamdance co-founder Peter Baxter (photos by: David Roberson | Courtesy of: Roberson PR) Inheritance by husband and wife filmmaking team Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing won the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature last night at the film festival’s 30th annual film festival.
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‘Carol Doda Topless at The Condor’ Documentary on Legendary Burlesque Performer Gets Release Date
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor (Max A. Guttierez / San Francisco Chronicle / Polaris) © Picturehouse Picturehouse will release Carol Doda Topless at The Condor, a revealing and fascinating documentary on the legendary San Francisco burlesque performer.
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Colman Domingo (Rustin, The Color Purple) Leads Movie Nominations for 55th NAACP Image Awards
Colman Domingo in Rustin and ‘The Color Purple’ Colman Domingo leads the nominations across the motion picture categories for the 55th NAACP Image Awards with three nominations. Domingo is nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Rustin, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for The Color Purple.
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Sundance Awards – ‘In The Summers,’ ‘Porcelain War,’ Sujo Win Grand Jury Prizes
In The Summers by Alessandra Lacorazza. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. In The Summers directed by Alessandra Lacorazza won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. In the film two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Elizabeth Leiter’s ‘399: Queen of the Tetons’ to Open 21st Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
399: Queen of the Tetons (Elizabeth Leiter / screenshot) Filmmaker Elizabeth Leiter’s captivating documentary 399: Queen of the Tetons will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night selection at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.
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Sundance Documentary ‘As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial’ to Premiere on Paramount+ | Trailer
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial (Paramount+ / screenshot) The documentary As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial follows Bronx rap artist Kemba as he explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the criminal-justice system.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Confronts Death in ‘Tuesday’ Fairy Tale Drama | Trailer
Tuesday ( A24 / screenshot) A24 shared the official trailer for Tuesday, the fairy tale drama film starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Lola Petticrew as a mother and terminally ill daughter who are guided by Death (in the form of a macaw) as they cope with the daughter’s impending death
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Chime, ‘August My Heaven’ and ‘The Strangers’ Case’ Added to Berlinale Special of 74th Berlin Film Festival
Omar Sy in The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen © Philistine Films Three more films – Chime, August My Heaven and The Strangers’ Case have been added to the Berlinale Special program of the 74th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 15 to 25, 2024
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Thomas Cailley’s ‘The Animal Kingdom’ to Open 29th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Festival in NYC Lineup
The Animal Kingdom Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the film festival showcasing contemporary French cinema, returns to Film at Lincoln Center in New York City for its 29th edition, from February 29 through March 10, 2024.
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Doug Liman’s ‘Road House’ Starring Jake Gyllenhaal to Open SXSW | Trailer
Road House (Credit: Amazon MGM Studios) The World Premiere of Amazon MGM Studios film Road House, directed by Doug Liman will open the 2024 South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals Film & TV Festival taking place (March 8-16, 2024).
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Aisling Franciosi Stars in ‘Stopmotion’ Horror Film as a Terrifying Insane Animator – Trailer
Stopmotion (IFC Films / screenshot) IFC Films revealed the official trailer for Stopmotion, the horror film starring Aisling Franciosi as a stop-motion animator whose desire to make something truly special sets off a chain of psychologically disturbed and homicidal events that she can’t stop.