The European Film Academy will honor British director Steve McQueen with the Award for Innovative Storytelling for his anthology film series Small Axe at the 34th European Film Awards.
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Steve McQueen’s Small Axe Gets Honored at European Film Awards
Steve McQueen on the set of SMALL AXE (picture: Small Axe Films / BBC / Des Willie)
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M. Night Shyamalan Named Jury President of 2022 Berlin Film Festival
M. Night Shyamalan © Bryan Bedder/Getty images for Universal Pictures Director and producer M. Night Shyamalan will serve as president of the International Jury at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Will Smith’s ‘King Richard’ Wins Overall Audience Choice Award at Heartland Film Festival
King Richard. Photo by Chiabella James King Richard starred and produced by Will Smith, won the Overall Audience Choice Award, earning the top score across this year’s entire film lineup at the 30th Heartland International Film Festival. HIFF also honored Will Smith with the Pioneering Spirit Award in celebration of Smith’s portrayal of Richard Williams, which he accepted via surprise video message before the Anniversary Gala Event screening of “King Richard” on October 16 at Newfields.
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MAYOR PETE Official Trailer. Amazon Prime Doc Follows Pete Buttigieg as he Runs for President
Mayor Pete The official trailer dropped today for Mayor Pete, the new documentary film directed by Jesse Moss that follows Pete Buttigieg as he runs for President of the United States.
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Missouri-based Documentary ‘Procession’ to Open 30th St. Louis Film Festival Hybrid Lineup
“Procession” by Robert Greene The 30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will be held November 4-21, 2021 in a hybrid format — with virtual screenings along with in-person screenings on all three screens of the Tivoli Theatre from November 4-14 and November 18-21.
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Netflix Releases Trailer for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE LOST DAUGHTER Starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson
The Lost Daughter: Olivia Colman as Leda. CR: Yannis Drakoulidis/Netflix © 2021. Netflix debuted the official trailer for The Lost Daughter, the psychological drama directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Ed Harris and Peter Sarsgaard. Also starring in the film are Paul Mescal, Dagmara Dominczyk, Alba Rohrwacher, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Panos Koronis, Robyn Elwell, Ellie Blake, and Athena Martin.
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Ascension and ‘Summer of Soul’ Lead Nominations for 6th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Ascension directed by Jessica Kingdon Features by two first-time documentarians, Ascension by Jessica Kingdon and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson lead this year’s nominations for the 6th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) with six each.
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Iranian Film ‘Hit the Road’ Wins Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2021
Hit the Road directed by Panah Panahi Panah Panahi’s thrilling debut Hit the Road described as “by turns tender, quirky, even laugh-out-loud funny” won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival 2021.
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‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ Trailer. Dasha Nekrasova’s Berlin Fest Winning Thriller Set in Jeffrey Epstein’s Old NYC Apartment
The Scary of Sixty-First by Dasha Nekrasova Actor and podcast host Dasha Nekrasova makes her feature directorial debut with The Scary of Sixty-First, the thriller film starring Betsey Brown, Quinn, Nekrasova and Mark Rapaport. Winner of Best First Feature Award at 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, the film follows two women who move into a New York apartment once owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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‘I Was A Simple Man’ Trailer – Hawaiian Ghost Story Drama Stars Constance Wu, Steve Iwamoto
I Was A Simple Man directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi Here is the official trailer for I Was A Simple Man, the Hawaiian ghost story drama starring Constance Wu and Steve Iwamoto which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Hawaiian filmmaker Christopher Makoto Yogi, the film stars a cast of Asian American and Native Hawaiian actors including Steve Iwamoto, Tim Chiou, Kanoa Goo, Chanel Akiko Hirai, Hau’oli Carr, and Nelson Lee.
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SO LATE SO SOON Trailer. Intimate Documentary Portrait of Artists Jackie and Don Seiden, Married for Five Decades
Artists Jackie and Don Seiden in So Late So Soon Oscilloscope Labs debuted the official trailer for the documentary, So Late So Soon, “An intimate portrait of the energetic and beautifully eccentric Chicago-based artists Jackie and Don Seiden, married for five decades.” Directed by Daniel Hymanson, the documentary was an official selection of multiple festivals including True/False Documentary Film Festival, DOC NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival. Oscilloscope Labs will release the documentary in theaters in November 2021.
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THE BETA TEST Trailer. Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe Direct and Star in Horror-Thriller
PJ McCabe as ‘PJ,’ Jacqueline Doke as ‘Jaclyn,’ and Jim Cummings as “Jordan’ in Jim Cummings’ and PJ McCabe’s THE BETA TEST. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release. IFC Films dropped the official trailer for The Beta Test, the horror-thriller film directed by and starring Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe along with Virginia Newcomb, Kevin Changaris, Olivia Grace Applegate, Jessie Barr, Malin Barr, and Christian Hillborg. In the film, a married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.