The 26th annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) wrapped with the award winners including the recipients of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Excellence in Filmmaking Award and of the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition.
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Nantucket Film Festival 2021 Awards. Sonia Kennebeck UNITED STATES VS REALITY WINNER Wins Filmmaking Award
United States vs. Reality Winner
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‘Toprak’ and ‘Mighty Ira’ Win Top Filmmaker Awards at Lake Travis Film Festival 2021
Toprak directed by Sevgi Hirschhäuser The 2nd Lake Travis Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards with Sevgi Hirschäuser’s Toprak taking the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature Film and the directing trio of Nico Perrino, Aaron Reese, and Chris Maltby won the Best Documentary Feature Film award for Mighty Ira.
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ANGEL Trailer. French Drama Stars Vincent Rottiers and Fatou N’Diaye
Angel (Un Ange) directed by Koen Mortier and starring Vincent Rottiers and Fatou N’Diaye The acclaimed French drama Angel (Un Ange), directed by Koen Mortier and starring Vincent Rottiers and Fatou N’Diaye, opens in virtual theaters on June 25 from Oration Films. In the film top cyclist Thierry and sex worker, Fae feel an instant connection but his career disgrace and her illegal status, threaten their dreams of escape.
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SMALL TOWN NEWS: KPVM PAHRUMP – HBO Docu Series Puts Spotlight on Local News Station
Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump (HBO) Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump is a six-part, half-hour documentary series that pulls back the curtain on life at a privately owned TV station in the small desert town of Pahrump, Nevada, revealing a colorful cast of characters in front of and behind the cameras.
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ANNETTE Trailer. Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard Star in Musical Film
Annette by Leos Carax © CG Cinéma International Amazon released the official trailer for the musical film Annette starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. Directed by Leos Carax, in his English-language debut, the film will open in theaters on August 6 and August 20 on Prime Video, following its premiere as the opening night film of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
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NIGHT DRIVE Trailer. Charming Indie Comedy Stars AJ Bowen and Sophie Dalah
Night Drive starring AJ Bowen and Sophie Dalah Dark Sky Films will release Night Drive, a shocking ride with a wicked sense of humor from Bradford Baruh (John Dies at the End, Dead Night) and Meghan Leon (Dead Night), the filmmakers behind the cabin-in-the-woods thriller Dead Night, in theaters and digital/VOD on August 6th.
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Director Marco Bellocchio to Receive Honorary Palme d’or + Premiere ‘Marx Can Wait’ at Cannes Festival
Marco Bellocchio © RR Italian director Marco Bellocchio will present his new film Marx Can Wait in the Premiere section at Cannes Film Festival, and receive an Honorary Palme d’or during the Closing Ceremony.
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San Sebastián Festival Acting Awards go Gender Neutral + Sigourney Weaver Featured on Official Poster
Sigourney Weaver featured on the 69th San Sebastián Festival official poster Starting with this year’s 69th San Sebastián Festival, the festival will be gender-neutral in its acting awards. The Silver Shell for best actor and best actress will be replaced by the Silver Shell for best leading performance and for best supporting performance.
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Watch Legends Never Die: An Oral History of ‘Sir Gawain and The Green Knight’ on Epic Poem that Inspired ‘THE GREEN KNIGHT’
David Lowery’s THE GREEN KNIGHT starring Dev Patel A24 released the short doc titled Legends Never Die: An Oral History of ‘Sir Gawain and The Green Knight,’ narrated by Ralph Ineson, billed as a crash course on the 14th century epic poem that inspired David Lowery’s upcoming film.
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HollyShorts Film Festival Announces 2021 Dates with a Return to In-Person Events
HollyShorts Film Festival (dp) 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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‘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.