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Indy Shorts Film Festival 2022 Winners – ‘Black Slide’, ‘Ousmane’, ‘Stranger at the Gate’ Win Grand Prizes

Indy Shorts International Film Festival

Award winners of 2022 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts)

The 2022 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) presented by Heartland Film announced its award winners. The Grand Prize for Narrative Short went to “Ousmane” directed by by Jorge Camarotti; the Grand Prize for Documentary Short went to “Stranger at the Gate” by Joshua Seftel and the Grand Prize for Animated Short went to “Black Slide” by by Uri Lotan. The Festival’s three Grand Prize-winning films will receive Academy Award® qualification in their respective categories and $5,000 in cash prizes.

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22nd Whitaker STL Filmmakers Showcase Announces Winning Films and Filmmakers

St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

All Gone Wrong by Josh Guffey

The 22nd Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis (CSL), serving as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists, announced the winning films and filmmakers. The Showcase screened works that were shot in the St. Louis region or were written, directed, or produced by St. Louis-area residents or by filmmakers with strong local ties who are now working elsewhere. The Showcase’s 14 film programs ranged from narrative and documentary features to multi-film compilations of fiction, experimental, and documentary shorts.

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37th Venice Critics’ Week Announces Lineup. Opens with Florent Gouëlou’s Three Nights A Week

Venice International Film Critics’ Week

Three Nights A Week by Florent Gouëlou

The 37th edition of Venice International Critics’ Week (Venice Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC)) set to take place August 31 to September 10 alongside the Venice International Film Festival, announced the films in competition.

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RIP. Actor Paul Sorvino Dead at 83

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Paul Sorvino in Goodfellas | ©Warner Bros/ Everett Collection

Actor Paul Sorvino, known for staring as Paulie Cicero in the gangster film Goodfellas, and father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino, died today of natural causes. He was 83.

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TILL Trailer. Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg Star in the Emmet Till Film

Independent Film

(L to R) Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Bradley in TILL, directed by Chinonye Chukwu, released by Orion Pictures. Credit: Lynsey Weatherspoon / Orion Pictures

Here is the official trailer for TILL, the true story of Emmett Till and Mamie Till Mobley, and a mother’s fight for justice, starring Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till Mobley and Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till. Also starring in the film are Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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Lena Dunham’s Medieval Drama CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival | Clip

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Catherine Called Birdy by Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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WHITE NOISE Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle to Open 79th Venice Film Festival

Venice International Film Festival

White Noise directed by Noah Baumbach

White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022). This is Baumbach’s return to the Lido; he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.

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ADOPTING AUDREY Trailer. Jena Malone Puts Herself Up for Adoption in the Award Winning Indie Drama by M. Cahill

Independent Film

Adopting Audrey

Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for Adopting Audrey, the drama film based on a true story about “a woman’s longing to belong,” starring Jena Malone, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Brooke Bloom, Will Rogers, and Emily Kuroda.

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Venice Film Festival Reveals 2022 Venice Classics Restored Films Selections

Venice International Film Festival

Monica Vitti in Teresa the Thief, directed by Carlo Di Palma

The Venice Classics section returns to the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, following two years in which, due to the pandemic, it was hosted in Bologna by the Il cinema ritrovato festival (August 2020), and held last year in the historic city centre of Venice.

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UK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival Announces 2022 Winners

Windrush Caribbean Film Festival

Arts of Conflict – The Discourse of Notting Hill Carnival by Tony Oldham

Tony Oldham’s Arts of Conflict – The Discourse of Notting Hill Carnival won the Best Feature Film prize at the 2022 Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) in Birmingham, UK. The documentary looks at the Notting Hill Carnival, described as Europe’s largest street festival, but in the UK, many feel it’s been demonized by the media, police, politicians and local residents unfairly. This is the story of the controversial event, from its inception out of the 1950s London race riots, to its present-day.

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2022 HollyShorts Film Festival Unveils Line-up Featuring Colman Domingo, Penn Badgley and More

HollyShorts Film Festival, Short Films

Colman Domingo in North Star

The Oscar® Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival returns for its 8th edition from August 11- 20th, 2022, with nearly 400 films on the program featuring Academy Award Nominee® James Franco, Golden Globe and Grammy Nominee Wiz Khalifa, Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, Rosario Dawson, Nina Dobrev, Penn Badgley, Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox, Academy Award nominee June Squibb, SAG Winner Zachary Levi and more

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Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Steven Spielberg (credit: Gage Skidmore)

Steven Spielberg will make his first ever appearance at the Toronto International Film Festival for the World Premiere of his new film, The Fabelmans.

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