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‘Nomadland’ ‘Under the Open Sky’ ‘The Road Up’ Win Audience Choice Awards at 56th Chicago Film Festival

Chicago International Film Festival

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Festival-goers of the 56th Chicago International Film Festival voted Nomadland the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, the winner of the Audience Choice Award for Feature Film. The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

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IDA Documentary Awards Reveals Best Feature and Best Short Shortlists ’76 Days’, ‘Crip Camp’, ‘The Reason I Jump’

Awards, Documentary

The Reason I Jump directed by Jerry Rothwell.

The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the shortlists for the Best Feature and Best Short categories of the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.

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David Bowie Glam-Rock Biopic STARDUST Drops Trailer + Release Date

Independent Film

Stardust, starring Johnny Flynn

IFC Films today released the official trailer for the David Bowie glam-rock, road-trip film Stardust, starring award-winning actor and musician Johnny Flynn (EMMA.; Clouds of Sils Maria) as the legendary music icon.

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Documentary MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY Premieres on Showtime in December

Documentary

MACHO: THE HECTOR CAMACHO STORY. Photo credit: Courtesy of SHOWTIME.

Showtime will air Macho: The Hector Camacho Story, an unflinching look at the remarkable life, storied career and unsolved murder of one of boxing’s greatest showmen. Premiering Friday, December 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime, the documentary directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Eric Drath (Assault in the Ring and No Más, 30 for 30) debuts just two weeks after the eighth anniversary of Camacho’s fatal shooting in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

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World Premiere of NOTHING BUT THE SUN will Open International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)

Nothing but the Sun directed by Arami Ullón

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2020 will open with the world premiere of Nothing but the Sun by Paraguayan-Swiss director Arami Ullón. A quietly earth-shattering film, Nothing but the Sun lucidly contrasts the hot, arid atmosphere of Paraguay’s Chaco region with the devastating stories of the Ayoreo people, an Indigenous community violently uprooted from their ancestral territory by white missionaries. Between past and present, forest and desert, folk songs and church hymns, Ullón’s poetic feature lays bare the raw emotions of the human condition, seen through a culture on the brink of disappearing, but not without a voice.

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23rd Revelation Perth Film Festival Reveals First Films + FIRESTARTER: THE STORY OF BANGARRA is Opening Night Film

Revelation Perth International Film Festival

Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra

The 23^rd annual Revelation Perth International Film Festival returns December 9 – 13, showcasing a curated program of international and local content.

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Film at Lincoln Center Announces Lineup for 7th Art of the Real Showcase

Art of the Real

143 Sahara Street directed by Hassen Ferhani

Film at Lincoln Center announced the lineup of 16 features and 11 shorts for the seventh edition of Art of the Real, an essential showcase for the most vital and innovative voices in nonfiction and hybrid filmmaking. Original set to take place in April, Art of the Real will now take place over the course of two weeks from November 13-26, exclusively in the FLC Virtual Cinema.

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Calgary European Film Festival 2020 Goes Online with 19 Films, Opens with THE PERFECT SECRET

Calgary European Film Festival

DAS PERFEKTE GEHEIMNIS (THE PERFECT SECRET)

The Calgary European Film Festival (CEFF) will showcase 19 film from across Europe at the upcoming 9th edition of the festival taking place all online from November 7-15, 2020.

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European Film Awards 2020 Announces Animation and Comedy Film Nominees + Shorts Candidates

Awards

LADIES OF STEEL directed by Pamela Tola

The European Film Academy announced the list of short film candidates, along with nominees for the award categories European Animated Feature Film 2020 and European Comedy 2020 for the upcoming European Film Awards.

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NBA All-Star Chris Paul will Star in HBO Sports Documentary THE DAY SPORTS STOOD STILL on Sports Shut Down in March 2020

Documentary

Chris Paul, the point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder, at the first game to be stopped on March 11, 2020 against the Utah Jazz

A new feature-length documentary titled The Day Sports Stood Still that tells the story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed is in the works at HBO Sports.

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Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for “Becoming You,” Olivia Colman Narrated Docuseries on First 2000 Days of Life

Documentary

Olivia Colman

Apple TV+ today shared the trailer for the upcoming docuseries “Becoming You,” narrated by Academy Award-winning actress, Olivia Colman. Told through the eyes of over 100 children around the world, from Nepal to Japan and Borneo, “Becoming You” explores how the first 2000 days on earth shape the rest of our lives.

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Alex Gibney’s Provocative Serial Killers Documentary CRAZY, NOT INSANE, Debuts on HBO in November

Documentary

“Crazy, Not Insane” directed by Alex Gibney

Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has dedicated her career to the study of murderers, seeking answers to the question of why we kill. Crazy, Not Insane, directed and produced by Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s “Agents of Chaos” and “The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley”) debuts Wednesday, November 18 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). This provocative documentary explores, like a scientific detective story, Dr. Lewis’s lifelong attempts to look beyond the grisly details of homicides into the hearts and minds of the killers themselves.

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