The Oscar-Qualifying® HollyShorts Film Festival returns for its 17th edition as an in-person event, September 23-30, 2021 at the TCL Chinese Theaters in Hollywood, with the annual, star-studded Awards Gala set to take place on October 1, 2021.
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HollyShorts Film Festival Announces 2021 Dates with a Return to In-Person Events
HollyShorts Film Festival (dp)
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‘The Story Won’t Die’ Documentary on Exiled Syrian Artist-refugees to Premiere at AFI Docs
Rapper Abu Hajar and Choreographer Medhat Aldaabal collaborate outside the defunct Tempelhof Airport in Berlin in The Story Won’t Die (film stills by Luise Schroeder courtesy of Caesura Media and RaeFilm Studios) The documentary film, The Story Won’t Die, which demonstrates the resilience of exiled Syrian artist-refugees who process their pain and circumstances through music, painting, dancing and other mediums will premiere at the 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival
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Yellow Veil Pictures to Release THE LONG WALK, Mattie Do’s Laos Sci-Fi Thriller
The Long Walk directed by Mattie Do Yellow Veil Pictures acquired Mattie Do’s celebrated Laos time travel feature The Long Walk and is planning an early 2022 release. The film world premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori section and later went on to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Contemporary World Cinema program, Fantastic Fest and Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival.
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THE EXCHANGE Trailer. Hilarious Indie Comedy Stars Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley
The Exchange, starring Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley Quiver released the official redband trailer for the hilarious comedy film The Exchange, starring Ed Oxenbould, Avan Jogia, Justin Hartley, Jennifer Irwin, Paul Braunstein, and Jayli Wolf. Directed by Dan Mazer, the film opens in theaters, on demand and digital on July 30, 2021.
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Showtime Docu-Series ‘UFO’ Exec Produced by J.J. Abrams Set for August
UFO executive produced by J.J. Abrams (Showtime) Showtime will air UFO, a four-part docu-series executive produced by J.J. Abrams, exploring our fascination with unidentified flying objects, and what clandestine influence the American government, lucrative private companies and the military may have in shielding the truth behind extraterrestrial phenomena to further their own agendas.
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‘100 Foot Wave’ Trailer. HBO Docu Series Follows Garrett McNamara and Other Big-Wave Surfers
100 FOOT WAVE featuring surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara HBO released the official teaser trailer for 100 Foot Wave documentary series premiering on July 18. Directed and executive produced by award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith, the six-part HBO Sports Documentary series 100 Foot Wave intimately captures the decade-long odyssey of surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, who, after visiting Nazaré, Portugal in hopes of conquering a 100-foot wave, pushed the sport to ever-greater heights and alongside locals helped transform the small fishing village into the world’s preeminent big-wave surfing destination.
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John Landis to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival with Pardo d’onore Manor award
John Landis and wife, Deborah Nadoolman Landis at the Downsizing premiere and Opening Ceremony, 74th Venice Film Festival (dp) Director, screenwriter, and actor John Landis will receive the Pardo d’onore Manor award at the Locarno Film Festival. Landis will also join a panel discussion with the audience, while Locarno74 will feature screenings of three landmark titles from his career: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978), Trading Places (1983) and Innocent Blood (1992).
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‘Mr Bachmann and His Class’ and ‘The Last Forest’ Win Berlin Film Fest Audience Awards
Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse (Mr Bachmann and his Class) Mr Bachmann and his Class (Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse) by Maria Speth won the Berlinale Competition Audience Award at Summer Special edition of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival. In the German film, a charismatic teacher helps his students, who all come from different countries originally, with the key to feeling at home in Germany and becoming citizens of the world.
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PIG Trailer. Nicolas Cage Searches for his Beloved Kidnapped Pig in Indie Drama
Pig starring Nicolas Cage (Neon) Neon released the trailer for the drama film Pig starring Nicolas Cage as a truffle forager whose beloved truffle-finding pig gets kidnapped. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the film open in theaters on July 16, 2021.
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Leah Purcell’s ‘The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson’ to Open Melbourne International Film Festival
The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) returns August 5-22, opening with the Australian premiere of Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife The Legend Of Molly Johnson. A vivid reckoning with Australia’s colonial history, the revisionist outback western speaks emphatically to the realities, both past and present, of racial injustice – told through the lens of an Indigenous woman. The film completes a multi-format trilogy based on Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story, which began with Purcell’s award-winning play and subsequent novel The Drover’s Wife.
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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Trailer – President Bill Clinton, Gabby Giffords and More Examine NRA and Gun Violence Epidemic
The Price of Freedom directed by Emmy Award-Winning Director Judd Ehrlich Abramorama released the trailer for the documentary The Price of Freedom, that takes a look at the gun violence epidemic in America and the role the National Rifle Association. Directed by Judd Ehrlich, the film had its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and will open in in theaters on July 7.
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GREAT WHITE Trailer. Katrina Bowden Stars in the Shark Thriller
Great White directed by Martin Wilson RLJE Films released the trailer for Great White, the horror film about a killer shark set off the coast of Australia, starring Katrina Bowden, Aaron Jakubenko, Kimie Tsukakoshi, Tim Kano and Te Kohe Tuhaka. Directed by Martin Wilson, the film opens in theaters, on demand and digital on July 16, 2021