Ahead of it’s early 2020 digital release, Erwan Marinopoulos’s bloody, action-packed instant classic Kill Ben Lyk will screen in L.A theaters for one night only, Jan 15.
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Watch Trailer for Bloody, Action-Packed Film KILL BEN LYK
Kill Ben Lyk directed by Erwan Marinopoulos
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San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Announces 2019 Award Winners
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD directed by Shinichiro Ueda The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle announced their 2019 award winners with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood winning award for Best Picture of 2019. Best Foreign Language Film went to Parasite, Best Documentary went to Apollo 11 and Special Citation for Independent Cinema was given to Director Shin’ichiro Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead.
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Oscar Shortlisted Documentary ADVOCATE Opens in NY and LA in January 2020
Advocate by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche Shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature Oscar at the 92nd Academy Awards, Advocate directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche is a powerful portrait of the crusading and controversial Israeli Defense Attorney Lea Tsemeln. Nominated for Best Director and Best Feature at the IDA Awards and a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Film Movement will release the acclaimed feature-length documentary in theaters in New York at Quad Cinema and Los Angeles at Laemmle Royal opening on January 3, 2020.
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FIAF’s Animation First Unveils 2020 Lineup. Opens with The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily
The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily Celebrating France’s rich tradition as a pioneer of animation, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) presents the 2020 Animation First Festival, showcasing the vast history, enduring ingenuity, and diversity of France’s renowned animation studios and schools.
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Adam Driver to Receive Actor Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story Adam Driver will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor at the Film Awards Gala at the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) . The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.
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ONE CHILD NATION, PARASITE, HOTEL MUMBAI Win Phoenix Film Critics Society 2019 Awards
One Child Nation Todd Phillips “Joker,” took Best Picture honors in the Phoenix Film Critic’s Society’s (PFCS) 2019 awards with Bong Joon-ho’s South Korean film “Parasite” winning for Best Foreign Language Film, and “One Child Nation” was honored for Best Documentary.
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Watch Trailer for Eliza Hittman’s NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Premiering at Sundance
Sidney Flanigan appears in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute Focus Features dropped the official trailer for Eliza Hittman’s latest film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, which is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten. Never Rarely Sometimes Always opens in select theaters on March 13th, 2020.
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WATCH Trailer for Tribeca Indie Comedy BUFFALOED Starring Zoey Deutch
BUFFALOED Starring Zoey Deutch Magnolia released the official trailer for the indie dark comedy film Buffaloed starring Zoey Deutch that premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Tanya Wexler, the film also stars Judy Greer, Jai Courtney, Noah Reid, and Jermaine Fowler. Buffaloed will open in select theaters on February 14th, 2020.
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HARRIET Star Cynthia Erivo to Receive Breakthrough Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in Harriet directed by Kasi Lemmons Cynthia Erivo who plays Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Film Awards Gala of the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.
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Artmattan Films Acquires TIFF 2019 Official Selection MADE IN BANGLADESH
Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain ArtMattan Films acquired the award winning drama Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain, based on the life of Daliya Akter, a garment worker who escaped child marriage and went on to lead a trade union fighting for workers’ rights in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
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Film at Lincoln Center to Host Retrospective of PARASITE Director Bong Joon Ho
Bong Joon-ho at Okja Japan Premiere. Credit: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan Film at Lincoln Center will present The Bong Show, a retrospective of internationally beloved South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, January 7 to 14.
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Lynne Sachs’ FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO to Open 2020 Slamdance Film Festival
Film About a Father Who directed by Lynne Sachs w Ira Sachs Sr Slamdance Film Festival will open with world premiere of Lynne Sachs’ Film About a Father Who. Over a period of 35 years between 1984 and 2019, filmmaker Lynne Sachs shot 8 and 16mm film, videotape and digital images of her father, Ira Sachs Sr., a bon vivant and pioneering businessman from Park City, Utah. The 26th edition of the festival will take place January 24 to 30, 2020 in Park City, Utah.