Tallgrass Film Association announced the winners of Take 36 film showcase and awarded the Grand Prize to TEAM #9 Downtown Wolves directed by Judah Hansen, a team made up of high school students from Independent School.
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Tallgrass Film’s Take 36 Film Showcase Announces Award Winners
Tallgrass Film Association – Take 36 winners
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28th Palm Springs ShortFest Announces Winners – Sander Joon’s SIERRA Wins Best of Festival
Sierra directed by Sander Joon The 28th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners and the Estonian film Sierra directed by Sander Joon won the Oscar® qualifying Best of the Festival Award. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.
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Watch a Clip for ZANZIBAR: TROUBLE IN PARADISE, Immersive Tribeca Fest Documentary on Climate Change
Zanzibar: Trouble in Paradise. Women of the sponge farm walking out to the nursery. Photo credit Ashraki Mussa Machano “Zanzibar: Trouble in Paradise,” an immersive documentary about Climate Change in the developing world, is one of the first holographic films ever produced in the world, and the first holographic film and documentary on a Looking Glass display.
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NYC’s Lower East Side Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup + Ukrainian Films Showcase
Hallelujah Anyway, Anyway directed Neil Goldberg The 2022 Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF) revealed the feature film and speciality short showcase lineup for in-person (at Village East Cinema, July 7th-11th) and virtually (July 7th-17th).
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8th Bentonville Film Festival Awards – ‘Every Day in Kaimuki’ and ‘Shouting Down Midnight’ Win Top Jury Awards
Every Day in Kaimuki directed by Alika Tengan Bentonville Film Festival announced the jury prize winners for their 8th annual Festival with Alika Tengan’s Every Day in Kaimuki awarded Best Narrative Feature and Gretchen Stoeltje’s Shouting Down Midnight took home the jury award for Best Documentary Feature. Other awards went to Georgia, by Jayil Pak for Best Short Film and Chiqui, by Carlos Cardona, won for Best Episodic.
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Nick Hamm’s GIGI & NATE Starring Charlie Rowe, Marcia Gay Harden, and Jim Belushi Gets a Fall Release
Gigi & Nate directed by Nick Hamm Roadside Attractions will release Gigi & Nate, the inspiring drama film, based on true events, starring Charlie Rowe, Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden, and Jim Belushi.
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WHITE BIRD: A WONDER STORY Trailer. Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson Star in the Uplifting Drama
Helen Mirren as Grandmère in White Bird: A Wonder Story. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate Lionsgate revealed the official trailer for White Bird: A Wonder Story, the inspirational drama film starring Helen Mirren, Gillian Anderson, Bryce Gheisar, Ariella Glaser, and Orlando Schwerdt.
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David Cronenberg to Receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
Viggo Mortensen, (r) David Cronenberg Canadian director and screenwriter David Cronenberg will receive a Donostia Award at the 70th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, and screen his latest film Crimes of the Future (2022), starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart which competed at Cannes Film Festival.
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SHARP STICK Trailer. Lena Dunham’s Sundance Indie Comedy Opens in Theaters in August
Sharp Stick by Lena Dunham Utopia released an official red band trailer for Sharp Stick, Lena Dunham’s new indie comedy film starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Scott Speedman, Luka Sabbat, Lena Dunham, Taylour Paige and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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BLOOM UP: A SWINGER COUPLE STORY Trailer. Mauro Russo Rouge’s Documentary Explores the Fascinating Lifestyle
Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story directed by Mauro Russo Rouge Ahead of International Swingers Day (August 13), Kino Lorber will release Mauro Russo Rouge’s intimate documentary Bloom Up: A Swinger Couple Story in theaters on August 12, 2022.
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Berlinale Calls for the Acquittal of Zimbabwean Filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga © Dirk Deckbar / Berlinale 2022 Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement today, calling for the acquittal of filmmaker and 2022 festival juror Tsitsi Dangarembga who was apprehended in July 2020 at a protest in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has since been released on bail, but in a trial, now taking place before the Anti-Corruption Court in Harare, the decision will be made on whether to drop the case or seek a verdict.
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FROM WHERE THEY STOOD Trailer. Christophe Cognet’s Documentary Tells the Story Behind the Photos Taken in Concentration Camps
From Where They Stood (À pas aveugles) directed by Christophe Cognet Written and directed by Christophe Cognet, the documentary From Where They Stood (À pas aveugles) will be released in theaters beginning July 15, 2022 at NYC’s Film Forum followed by additional major US & Canadian cites.