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Watch Trailer for A WHITE, WHITE DAY – Award Winning Icelandic Film Starring Ingvar Sigurdsson

Foreign Language Films

The new trailer was released for the Icelandic film A White, White Day (Hvítur Hvítur Dagur), the second feature from Hlynur Palmason (Winter Brothers). A White, White Day starring Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Ingi Hilmarsson and Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir premiered in 2020 Cannes Critics Week (La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes) where Ingvar Sigurdsson won Best Actor. Film Movement will release Palmason’s A White, White Day in select theaters on February 28th, 2020.

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PARASITE, Adam Driver, JOJO RABBIT Win Australian Academy International Awards

Awards

GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) announced the winners of the 9th AACTA International Awards – winning the Award for Best Film was the South Korean black comedy thriller PARASITE, written and directed by Bong Joon Ho who accepted the Australian Academy’s highest Award. The film also received the AACTA Award for Best Asian Film at the AACTA Awards in Sydney last month.

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Watch Trailer for THE CLIMB – Cannes Winning Buddy Dramedy Set for Sundance 2020

Independent Film

Left to Right: Kyle Marvin as Kyle, Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb directed by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin(Photo by Zach Kuperstein. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.)

Sony Pictures Classics released a new trailer for Michael Angelo Covino’s debut The Climb, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard section and won the Jury Coup de Couer Prize. The film starring Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Covino, Gayle Rankin, Judith Godréche, George Wendt, Talia Balsam follows best buddies Kyle and Mike who share a close bond until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée.

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Watch Trailer for Indie Comedy ELSEWHERE Starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Beau Bridges

Independent Film

ELSEWHERE starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Beau Bridges

The indie comedy Elsewhere from Costa Rican filmmaker Hernan Jimenez, and starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Jackie Tohn, Beau Bridges, Kathleen Munroe, Aden Young, along with Jacki Weaver released the first official trailer. Elsewhere which premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival will be released in select US theaters and on VOD starting January 24th, 2020.

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ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD Leads Nominations for Music City Film Critics’ 2019 Awards

Awards

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood leads the nominations for the Music City Film Critics’ Association 2019 Film Awards with 9 nominations.

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Online Film Critics Announces Nominations for 2019 Awards

Awards

MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes

Marriage Story, Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Apollo 11, and Monos, are among the films nominated by the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) for the awards for best films of 2019.

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Watch Trailer for JOHN HENRY Starring Terry Crews and Ludacris

Independent Film

JOHN HENRY starring Terry Crews and Ludacris

Saban Films released the trailer for Will Forbes’ directorial debut, John Henry starring Terry Crews (Deadpool 2, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Ludacris (The Fast and Furious franchise, Show Dogs).

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Obama Reveals Favorite Movies of 2019: American Factory, Booksmart, Parasite

Independent Film, People

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama with American Factory directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar

Former president Barack Obama shared his list of favorite movies of 2019 which included American Factory, a film from his own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. The list features primarily some of the most critically acclaimed indie films and documentaries of 2019 including Amazing Grace, Apollo 11, Ash Is Purest White and The Last Black Man in San Francisco.

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LITTLE WOMEN Leads Nominations for Chicago Indie Critics 2019 Awards

Awards

Little Women directed by Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women leads the nominations for the Chicago Indie Critics fourth annual film awards with eight nominations. The Irishman, Marriage Story, 1917, and Parasite followed with seven nominations.

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Nino Aldi’s Comedy Short Film TRIBES to Premiere at Santa Barbara Film Festival

Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Short Films

Nino Aldi’s role-reversal comedy Tribes, starring DeStorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Daytime Emmy-winning producer/actor Jake Hunter (Class Act).

Self-identity is a bitch
Tribes

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XR Experience PERSUASION MACHINES to World Premiere at Sundance 2020

Sundance Film Festival, Virtual | Mixed Reality (VR) (MR)

A still from Persuasion Machines by Karim Amer and Guvenc Ozel, an official selection of the New Frontier Exhibitions program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

From the team behind the Oscar shortlisted documentary feature The Great Hack, Persuasion Machines’ Extended Reality (XR) experience will World Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in New Frontiers.

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[Trailer] ArtMattan Films Acquires Shola Amoo’s THE LAST TREE from Sundance 2019

Independent Film

The Last Tree directed by Shola Amoo

ArtMattan Films, the film distribution arm of ArtMattan Productions acquired the award winning coming-of-age drama The Last Tree by Shola Amoo which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as the World Cinema – Dramatic Opening Night film. The Last Tree is Shola Amoo second feature length film after A Moving Image (2017).

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