The 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF46) will pay tribute to actor-director-producer Sandra Ng as this year’s Filmmaker-in-Focus.
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Sandra Ng is Filmmaker-in-Focus at 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Sandra Ng (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
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Watch First Trailer for TOUCHLINE, Jordanian Film by Mohammed Saffouri at Tribeca Festival
Touchline directed by Mohammed Saffouri Written and directed by Award winning Palestinian American filmmaker Mohammed Saffouri, Touchline will celebrate its North America Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Cannes Film Festival Unveils Cannes Classics 2022 Lineup, ‘The Mother and the Whore,’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ 70th Anniversary
La Maman et la putain (The Mother and the Whore) directed by Jean Eustache 50 years after it began filming, the rerelease of The Mother and the Whore’s will World Premiere as the opening film of Cannes Classics 2022 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on May the 17th, in the presence of François Lebrun, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Boris Eustache. Winner of the Grand Prix du Jury presided by actress Ingrid Bergmann in 1973 and winner of the Prix de la Critique, this movie caused riots at the time. Rarely seen, The Mother and the Whore will once again grace French theaters June 8th, before the rerelease of Jean Eustache’s entire body of work, slated in 2023.
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75th Cannes Film Festival Unveils Jury Headed by Vincent Lindon, Valeria Golino, Rossy de Palma
Vincent Lindon in Titane French actor Vincent Lindon will be the President of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Together with eight jury members, the actor who won Best Actor in 2015 will present the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition.
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“18½” Trailer. Dan Mirvish’s Watergate Thriller/Comedy Opens in Theatres May 27th
18½ directed by Dan Mirvish Directed by Dan Mirvish (“Between Us,” “Bernard and Huey” and a Slamdance Film Festival Co-founder), the award-winning thriller/comedy feature film “18½” will be released in cinemas in over 50 markets across North America on May 27th, beginning with Laemmle theaters in Los Angeles and expanding coast-to-coast on June 3rd, with the filmmakers in attendance for Q&A’s in all key markets.
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Rooftop Films Announces 2022 Summer Series Feature Film Slate
Rooftop Films at Green Wood Cemetery Rooftop Films announced the lineup for the 2022 annual Rooftop Films Summer Series, and in keeping with their annual tradition, the Summer Series will open with a collection of exciting new short films on Friday, May 20th at Green-Wood Cemetery, along with a performance from New York Liberty’s own Timeless Torches, NYC’s favorite over-40 dance group, who are featured in Quitting Time, a short film that will play that evening.
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GEORGE CARLIN’S AMERICAN DREAM Trailer. Documentary on Legendary Comedian Debuts on HBO
George Carlin’s American Dream [HBO | Screenshot via Youtube] The HBO two-part documentary, George Carlin’s American Dream, chronicles the life and work of legendary comedian George Carlin.
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I’M CHARLIE WALKER Trailer. Mike Colter stars in the True Story Drama, Out in June
Mike Colter and former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. in a scene from I’M CHARLIE WALKER, [courtesy Shout! Studios and FAMM Films] Mike Colter stars in I’m Charlie Walker, the drama based on a true story of Charlie Walker, who fought racism to secure lucrative contracts during an oil spill in San Francisco Bay in 1971.
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18th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces Winners – ‘The White Fortress’ Wins Audience Award for Best Picture
The White Fortress directed by Igor Drljaca The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City announced the winners of the Golden Apple Awards for its 18th annual event! The festival awarded the main prize BHFF Golden Apple Audience Award for Best Picture to Igor Drljača’s The White Fortress. In his speech, Drljača thanked the audience and the festival for recognizing his unique cinematic vision.
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65th San Francisco Intl Film Festival Announces Winners – ‘Hit the Road’ and ‘Master of Light’ Win Top Awards
Master of Light directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten [credit: Jurgen Lisse] SFFILM announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Awards competition at the 65th San Francisco International Film Festival. The top awards went to the Iranian film Hit the Road by Panah Panahi for New Directors Award and Master of Light by Rosa Ruth Boesten won the Documentary Feature Award.
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Stacy Peralta’s ‘The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez’ to Close out EarthX Film Festival 2022
Patagonia’s “The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez” directed by Stacy Peralta. EarthX Film Festival 2022, set to take place May 12-15 in the Dallas Arts District, will close out the Festival on Sunday, May 15 with Patagonia’s The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez from award-winning documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta.
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THE TSUGUA DIARIES, Portuguese Pandemic Lockdown ‘meta-cinematic experiment’ Sets US Release Date | Trailer
The Tsugua Diaries (Diários de Otsoga) by Maureen Fazendeiro and Miguel Gomes Described as the “slyly meta-cinematic experiment,” The Tsugua Diaries (Diários de Otsoga) by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights) and his partner and collaborator Maureen Fazendeiro is set to open on Friday, May 27 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City before moving onto other cinemas nationwide via distributor KimStim. Starring in the film are Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, and João Nunes Monteiro.