The indie thriller Homewrecker originally due for release this Friday has now been pushed to July 3, 2020. The film which will be opening in select Drive-In Theaters, released a brand-new green band trailer.
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HOMEWRECKER Starring Alex Essoe and Precious Chong Pushes Release Date to July 3
Homewrecker directed by Zach Gayne
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Actor Viggo Mortensen to receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
Actor and filmmaker Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival, and also present the film Falling, his directorial debut. Actor and filmmaker Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, where he will present the film Falling, his directorial debut.
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AFI DOCS 2020 Awards – TRANSHOOD and DO NOT SPLIT Win Top Prizes
TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese AFI DOCS 2020 concluded its five-day online festival with the Audience Award for Best Feature going to TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese and the Audience Award for Best Short going to BLACKFEET BOXING: NOT INVISIBLE, directed by Kristen Lappas and Tom Rinaldi.
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Palm Springs ShortFest 2020 Announces Juried Award Winners. ‘Matriochkas’ Wins Best of Fest
Matriochkas directed by Bérangère Mc Neese. The 2020 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its juried award winners from the 332 shorts films that were part of the Official Selection and made available online to screen from June 16-22. The top prize, Best of the Festival Award went to Matriochkas directed by Bérangère Mc Neese.
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Watch Trailer for PARALLAX, Science-Fiction Film in Theaters This Summer
Parallax Michael W. Bachochin’s highly-anticipated psychodrama/science-fiction feature film Parallax dropped the new trailer ahead of its release in theaters this summer. Starring Naomi Prentice, Nelson Ritthaler, Hattie Smith and Ted Gianopulos, Parallax opens in theaters on July 10.
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11 Short Films Selected to Compete in Cannes Film Festival 2020
2019 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Palme d’or winner: The Distance Between Us and The Sky by Vasilis Kekatos (Greece). 11 short films from 12 countries will encompass the Official Selection of short films in Competition at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Five female directors are also featured in the 2020 Official Selection.
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Based on a Real-Life Honor Killing, A REGULAR WOMAN Debuts on Virtual Cinema on June 26
Sherry Hormann’s A Regular Woman Based on a contentious, real-life “honor killing” in 2005 that shocked Germany, Sherry Hormann’s A Regular Woman, which had its World Premiere at Tribeca in 2019, offers a novel and captivating approach: the murdered woman, a 23-year-old German of Turkish-Kurdish ancestry shot point blank by her youngest brother, narrates the action both before and after her death. A Regular Woman makes its virtual cinema premiere on June 26th from Corinth Films.
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OYA Media Group’s MR. JANE AND FINCH Wins 2 Canadian Screen Awards
Ngardy Conteh George and Alison Duke OYA Media Group’s Mr. Jane and Finch documentary, which was directed, co-produced and co-written by Ngardy Conteh George and co-produced and co-written by Alison Duke, won two 2020 Canadian Screen Awards: the ‘Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary and Best Writing in a Documentary. The Canadian Screen Awards are a celebration of Canadian visual storytelling and the people who bring these stories to life. The CSAs recognize and champion the authentic voices and universal themes that resonate in Canada and beyond.
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Watch Trailer for Dark Comedy HOMEWRECKER Starring Alex Essoe and Precious Chong
Homewrecker directed by Zach Gayne Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures released the trailer for director Zach Gayne’s dark comedy Homewrecker, starring Alex Essoe (Doctor Sleep) and Precious Chong (L.A Confidential). The film opens in select theaters June 26, and DVD/Digital/On Demand on July 7.
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Ashland Independent Film Festival 2020 Announces Winners
Fernando Frias’s I’m No Longer Here Ashland Independent Film Festival wrapped up its virtual 19th annual edition, with the awards celebration. Fernando Frias’s I’m No Longer Here, which had been selected for the original festival in April but, at the request of its distributor, Netflix, was not included in the virtual festival, won the award for Best Narrative Feature. A decision was made by AIFF not to penalize filmmakers whose films could not be screened online, and all original selections remained in the jury award competitions. Only virtually screened films, however, were eligible for the audience awards.
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DENISE HO: BECOMING THE SONG, Docu on Lesbian Cantopop Icon & Hong Kong Activist Opens on July 1
Denise Ho – Becoming the Song Queer Cantopop icon and Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Denise Ho is the subject of the new documentary Denise Ho – Becoming the Song directed by Sue Williams. The documentary will world premiere on June 26 at Frameline Film Festival and open July 1 in multiple virtual cinemas.
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LGBTQ Film Festivals: Frameline, Inside Out, NewFest and Outfest Announce New Alliance
Frameline (San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival), LGBTQ, NewFest (New York LGBTQIA+ Film Festival), Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival
The premiere North American LGBTQ film festivals: Frameline (San Francisco), Inside Out (Toronto), NewFest (NYC), and Outfest (Los Angeles), today announced their commitment to supporting LGBTQ film and filmmakers across their markets through the formation of NAQFA: the North American Queer Festival Alliance. This alliance will work collaboratively to produce, present and expand initiatives and programming while offering support to the LGBTQ film festival sector in the US and Canada. The announcement was made today by the Executive Directors of each festival, James Woolley of Frameline, Andria Wilson of Inside Out, David Hatkoff of NewFest and Damien S. Navarro of Outfest.