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‘Sweetheart,’ ‘Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music,’ and ‘Firebird’ Win Top Awards at Out on Film LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Out On Film Atlanta’s LGBTQ Film Festival

Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music

Out on Film announced the filmmaker awards for the recently concluded 34th edition of the Oscar ® qualifying, Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival. Marley Morrison’s Sweetheart was a jury favorite, winning Best Narrative Feature and Best Ensemble. T.J. Parsell’s Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music won both the Jury’s favor for Best Documentary, as well as the Audience Award for Best Documentary, and filmmaker Lauren Hadaway announced herself with Jury nods for both Best First Feature for her film The Novice, as well as capturing the Best Director prize.

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BELFAST, ‘LAST FILM SHOW’, ‘C’MON C’MON’ Win Audience Favorite Awards at 44th Mill Valley Film Festival

Mill Valley Film Festival

Belfast directed by Kenneth Branagh

The 44th Mill Valley Film Festival came to a close after 11 days of films, panels, parties, and musical performances at the annual autumn showcase. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast was voted MVFF Overall Audience Favorite with other top audience awards going to Last Film Show by Pan Nalin won Audience Favorite / World Cinema, C’mon C’mon by Mike Mills won Audience Favorite / US Cinema and The Rescue by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin won Audience Favorite / Documentary.

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DOC NYC 2021 Announces Main Slate of More Than 200 Documentary Films

DOC NYC

Listening to Kenny G

DOC NYC documentary festival returns in-person November 10-18 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Cinépolis Chelsea in New York and continues online until November 28.

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Watch First Look at BEING THE RICARDOS – Nicole Kidman Wows as Lucille Ball

Independent Film

Being the Ricardos

Check out the official first look at Being the Ricardos directed by Aaron Sorkin and starring Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz of I Love Lucy.

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Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG Added to AFI FEST 2021

AFI FEST

Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog. [Cr. Kirsty Griffin/NETFLIX © 2021]

The critically acclaimed drama film The Power Of The Dog, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Jane Campion, has been added to the AFI FEST 2021 lineup as a Red Carpet Premiere event.

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Steve McQueen’s Small Axe Gets Honored at European Film Awards

Awards

Steve McQueen on the set of SMALL AXE (picture: Small Axe Films / BBC / Des Willie)

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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M. Night Shyamalan Named Jury President of 2022 Berlin Film Festival

Berlin International 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

Heartland International 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

Documentary

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

St. Louis International Film Festival

“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

Independent Film

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

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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