AFI DOCS 2021 concluded the six-day festival with the festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature going to Storm Lake, directed by Jerry Risius and Beth Levison. The Audience Award for Best Short went to Shelter, directed by Smriti Mundhra.
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AFI DOCS 2021 Award Winners – STORM LAKE and SHELTER Win Audience Awards
Storm Lake directed by Jerry Risius and Beth Levison
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Johnny Sweet’s ‘Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars’ Documentary Explores Raw Impact of COVID [Trailer]
Last Call The Shutdown of NYC Bars directed by Johnny Sweet Filmed during the height of the pandemic, the documentary film Last Call: The Shutdown of NYC Bars, directed by Johnny Sweet explores the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on the NYC hospitality industry. The film will have its NYC Premiere on July 3rd at Queens World Film Festival, and will open in theaters on Friday July 16 at Laemmle Virtual Cinema.
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Filmfest Dresden 2021 Reveals Lineup of 368 Short Films
I’m Too Busy directed by Carmen Aumedes Mier A total of 368 short films from 64 countries will screen in the Competition sections and special programs of the 33rd Filmfest Dresden set to take place July 13 to 18, 2021 in Dresden, Germany.
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Lorraine Price’s ‘The Hairdresser’ Shares Story of Kathleen who Does Hair for Terminally Ill Patients [Teaser]
The Hairdresser directed by Lorraine Price Lorraine Price’s short film The Hairdresser (La Coffieuse) shares the story of a woman who does hair for terminally ill patients in hospital. This documentary short received its world premiere at the 2021 Hot Docs International Film Festival where it received an honourable mention for Best Canadian Short and finished second in the shorts Audience Choice Awards. It also screened at Atlanta Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival and at AFI Docs Film Festival this month.
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Antonio Mendez Esparza’s COURTROOM 3H – An Inner look at the Dependency Court of Leon County, Florida [Trailer]
Courtroom 3H directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza’s first documentary film Courtroom 3H, has its North American premiere at AFI Docs. The documentary takes inspiration from the words of James Baldwin: “If one really wants to know how justice is administered in a country, one goes to the unprotected and listens to their testimony.”
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Deep in the Heart Film Festival 2021 in Waco, TX to Open with Christian Comedy ‘Electric Jesus’
Electric Jesus directed by Chris White The Waco-based Deep in the Heart Film Festival returns for its 5th edition with a film lineup of 133 films (5 features, 128 shorts and music videos), including a celebratory return to theaters as part of its hybrid presentation July 22-31, 2021.
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Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Announces 2021 Dates for a Full, In-Person Event
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (via Fscebook) The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (SFiFF) returns for its 13th edition with a full program of in-person film screenings and events this upcoming October 13th–17th, 2021.
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release ‘WHO WE ARE – A Chronicle of Racism in America’, SXSW Award Winning Documentary
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. Jeffery Robinson with civil rights activist and lawyer Faya Ora Rose Touré and Senator Henry “Hank” Sanders on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. | Credit: Emily Kunstler) Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary film WHO WE ARE — A Chronicle of Racism in America, ACLU Deputy Legal Director Jeffery Robinson’s powerful and groundbreaking talk on the history of U.S. anti-Black racism. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival where it won the Documentary Spotlight Audience Award.
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Benoît Jacquot’s CASANOVA, LAST LOVE on Famous 18th-century Seducer Opens on July 14 [Trailer]
Casanova, Last Love The french period romance drama Casanova, Last Love, a film by Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid) based on Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer, opens July 14 at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
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Eli Roth’s Shark Documentary ‘FIN’ Exec Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio Debuts on discovery+ [Trailer]
FIN directed by Eli Roth (Discovery+) Written and directed by filmmaker Eli Roth, the documentary FIN, debuts on discovery+ on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
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French Spy Comedy ‘OSS 117 Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (From Africa With Love)’ to Close Cannes 2021
OSS 117, Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (From Africa With Love) © Christophe Brachet / MANDARIN PRODUCTION – GAUMONT – M6 FILMS – SCOPE PICTURES The French spy comedy film OSS 117, Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (From Africa With Love) directed by Nicolas Bedos, will premiere as the 74th edition of Cannes Film Festival “Final Screening” on July 17th in the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Awards Ceremony.
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Oscars to Honor Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May, Liv Ullmann, and Danny Glover
Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May, Liv Ullmann, and Danny Glover (credit: dp, Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions, YouTube, dp) The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 12th Governors Awards on Saturday, January 15, 2022, in Los Angeles.