The 35th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s juried award winners with Four Daughters directed by Kaouther Ben Hania winning the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film.
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Four Daughters, The Echo, The Animal Kingdom Win Top Awards at 35th Palm Springs Film Festival
Four Daughters (Les Filles D’olfa)
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12.12: The Day and Evil Does Not Exist Lead Nominations for the 17th Asian Film Awards
12.12: The Day and Evil Does Not Exist 12.12: The Day and Evil Does Not Exist lead the nominations for the 17th Asian Film Awards (AFA) celebrating excellence in Asian cinema. Based on the real-life “12.12 Military Insurrection” of 1979 in South Korea, the political drama 12.12: The Day follows the intense struggles of military personnel during the mutiny. The film was nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. Also receiving six nominations is the film Evil Does Not Exist by Japanese director Hamaguchi Ryusuke whose earlier work Drive My Car won Best Film at the 16th Asian Film Awards. It is nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Original Music.
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Annette Bening and David O. Russell to be Honored at Sun Valley Film Festival
Annette Bening in Nyad. (Netflix | Kimberley French) Actress Annette Bening and filmmaker David O. Russell will be honored with Vision Award at the 13th annual Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) taking places February 28 – March 3, 2024.
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8th MidWest WeirdFest Announces First Wave of Films – ‘The Buildout’, ‘Villains Inc.’ and More
The Buildout The 8th MidWest WeirdFest film festival taking place March 1-3, 2024 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin announced its first programming wave of “all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird.”
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21st Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Unveils Official Selections + Jeanie Finlay Retrospective
Your Fat Friend The 21st annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival returns February 16-25, 2024 in Missoula, Montana featuring over 150 nonfiction films, and a virtual program streaming online February 19-29.
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‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ Documentary Goes Behind the Scenes of ‘We are the World’ Recording | Trailer
The Greatest Night in Pop (courtesy Netflix) Netflix debuted the official trailer for The Greatest Night in Pop, the music documentary film on the rollercoaster ride to write and record the 1985 charity hit song “We are the World”. This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event.
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Nicola Peltz Beckham Stars In and Makes Directorial Debut with ‘Lola’ | Trailer
Lola (Vertical / screenshot) Nicola Peltz Beckham makes her directorial debut, and also stars in Lola, as 19-year-old Lola James who is working to save enough money to get her little brother out of their toxic home.
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The Boy and the Heron, Robot Dreams, The Inventor Among 51st Annie Awards Nominated Films
Robot Dreams directed by Pablo Berger Nominations announced for the 51st Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation.
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Sophie McIntosh, Will Attenborough Star in ‘No Way Up’ Underwater Thriller by Claudio Fäh | Trailer
No Way Up (RLJE Films / screenshot) RLJE Films revealed the official trailer for No Way Up, the underwater survival thriller film starring Sophie McIntosh, Will Attenborough, Jeremias Amoore, Manuel Pacific, Grace Nettle, Phyllis Logan, and Colm Meaney as passengers thrown together when the plane they’re traveling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The survivors face a race against time to escape the airlocked galley they are trapped in.
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Kino Lorber to Release 4K Restoration of ‘Bushman’ David Schickele’s 1971 Indie Classic | Trailer
Bushman (courtesy Kino Lorber and Milestone Film & Video) Kino Lorber and Milestone Film & Video will release a new 4K restoration of Bushman, the 1971 indie film by David Schickele that follows Nigerian immigrant through the tumultuous social movements of 1960s San Francisco.
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Eva Hassmann, Peter Bogdonavich and Willie Nelson Star in ‘Willie and Me’ Comedy Film | Trailer
Willie and Me (courtesy Quiver Distribution) Quiver revealed the official trailer for Willie and Me, the comedy drama film starring Eva Hassmann as a German housewife who will do whatever it takes to travel to America to see her idol Willie Nelson’s farewell concert.
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DGA Awards Announce Nominations for Best Film Director and First-Time Film Director
Martin Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Glastone and Robert De Niro on the set of Killers of the Flower Moon. (Courtesy Apple Original Films) Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2023; and the DGA’s Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director.