For Sama directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts was named Best British Independent Film 2019 at the 22nd British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony, becoming the first documentary to win that award.
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British Independent Film Awards 2019 – FOR SAMA Wins Best British Independent Film
FOR SAMA. Waad, Hamza and Sama look at graffiti they painted on a bombed-out building, protesting against the forced exile of the civilian population of east Aleppo by forces of the Syrian regime and their Russian and Iranian allies, December 2016. Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab.
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Showtime Producing Docuseries on Gossip Columnist Cindy Adams
Cindy Adams by David Shankbone Showtime Documentary Films announced a new limited docu-series, Gossip Starring Cindy Adams, profiling the longtime columnist whose work at the New York Post made her the reigning queen of gossip. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are executive producing, with Emmy and BAFTA(R) nominee Jenny Carchman (The Fourth Estate) producing and directing. Scheduled to premiere in 2021, the series will be produced by Imagine Documentaries in cooperation with the New York Post.
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Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR Named Best Film of the Year by Sight & Sound Magazine
The Souvenir directed by Joanna Hogg Sight & Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, named Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR (2019) as the Best Film of the Year. In second place is PARASITE, Bong Joon-ho’s darkly comic thriller, followed by THE IRISHMAN, the latest film from Martin Scorsese.
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FOR SAMA Wins Audience Award at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
FOR SAMA. Sama pictured in September 2016, in the bombarded east of the city with a placard in response to US presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s infamous gaffe “What’s Aleppo” – Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab. For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts has won the VPRO IDFA Audience Award the grand public prize of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
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Gay Drama AS I AM Sets a December Release Date
As I Am directed by Anthony Bawn The indie LGBT film ‘As I Am’ directed by Anthony Bawn will be released in theaters in December via Bawn Incorporated and APB Productions LLC.
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C.J Renner’s Heist Thriller AMERICAN TENDER Opens in Theaters in December
AMERICAN TENDER directed by C.J Renner Writer/director C.J Renner’s critically acclaimed American Tender will open in theaters starting on Thursday December 5.
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Watch Trailer for INVISIBLE LIFE – Brazil’s Oscar Submission in Theaters in December
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz Amazon released the trailer for Invisible Life, Brazil’s Official Submission for International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Invisible Life directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler and Fernanda Montenegro opens in theaters on December 20th.
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PAPICHA, PINKY PROMISE Win Top Prizes at exground filmfest 32
exground filmfest 32: Award winners, award sponsors and the exground team / Photo: Peter R. Fischer exground filmfest 32 concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony. As best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA by Mounia Meddour. Audience members selected PINKY PROMISE by Sophie Linnenbaum (who placed 2nd in 2018 with RIEN NE VA PLUS) as the winner in the German Short Film Competition. Second prize went to EARLY BIRDS by Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz, and Felix Karolus was honoured with third prize for his film MENUETT.
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Calgary Underground Film Festival Docs Fest Opens with THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY
THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY CUFF.Docs, the 7th Annual Documentary Film Festival presented by Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF), starts this Wednesday night, November 27, with the Sundance hit THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY, about the final tour of a dying magician, “The Amazing Johnathan”, which turns into an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion. The 5-day festival runs until Sunday, Dec 1 at Globe Cinema.
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IDFA 2019 Winners – IN A WHISPER Wins Best Documentary
Award Winners of 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Directors Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez Fernández are the winners of the 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary with In a Whisper. The film centers on two emigrated Cuban filmmakers whose passion for film, friendship, and freedom reunites them after years apart.
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Cairo International Film Festival Now an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival 2019 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awarded OSCAR® qualifying film festival status to the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Tops Nominations for 3rd Hollywood Critics Association Awards
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon in Hollywood tops the nominations list for the 3rd Annual Hollywood Critic Awards (previously known as The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society) with a total of eleven nominations, while Netflix’s The Irishman and A24’s Waves each earn nine. Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which premiered at Sundance back in January, scored a total of seven nominations. Todd Phillips’ controversial Joker received quite a bit of love from the members of the HCA with a total of seven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Noah Baumbach’s widely praised Marriage Story received six nominations, including Best Actor for Adam Driver and Best Actress for Scarlett Johansson.