Oscar nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s feature documentary The Longest Wave featuring Robby Naish, Kai Lenny, Laird Hamilton, Gerry Lopez and Chuck Patterson, will have its world premiere at the upcoming DOC NYC 2019.
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Joe Berlinger’s THE LONGEST WAVE Will World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019
Robbie Naish and Joe Berlinger talking behind the scenes on beach at Skeleton Bay, Namibia on May 07, 2017 (THE LONGEST WAVE directed by Joe Berlinger) (Photo Credit: Red Bull Films)
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AFI FEST 2019 Announces World Cinema and Documentary Lineup
La vérité (The Truth), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films that will play in the World Cinema section and the inaugural Documentary section of AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi.
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A WHITE, WHITE DAY and OVERSEAS Win Top Awards at 27th Hamptons Film Fest
A WHITE, WHITE DAY, directed by Hlynur Pálmason The 27th Hamptons International Film Festival announced their award winners, with the top prizes going to A WHITE, WHITE DAY, directed by Hlynur Pálmason, won the Award for Best Narrative Feature, and OVERSEAS, directed by Sung-a Yoon, received the Award for Best Documentary Feature. JUST ME AND YOU, directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers received the Award for Best Narrative Short Film, and GHOSTS OF SUGAR LAND, directed by Bassam Tariq, won for Best Documentary Short Film. Both Short Films will qualify for Academy® awards consideration.
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Dark Star Pictures to Release ANGELFISH Starring Princess Nokia
ANGELFISH Starring Princess Nokia Dark Star Pictures will release Angelfish, a New York based coming-of-age romance starring Princess Nokia in her feature film debut. Written and directed by Peter Lee, Angelfish tells the story of Brendan (Jimi Stanton), a high school drop out with a complicated family living in the Bronx who meets Eva (Princess Nokia), a young woman who’s on her own journey of self-discovery. The film follows the young couple’s relationship as they try to navigate their lives and future together.
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4 Animation Films Nominated for European Film Awards 2019
I Lost My Body (J’ai perdu mon corps) The European Film Academy announced the four animated feature films nominated for the award EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2019.
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JUST MERCY Wins Overall Audience Award at Mill Valley Film Festival 2019
JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx Just Mercy directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and starring Academy Award® winner Jamie Foxx, Michael B. Jordan, Academy Award® winner Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rob Morgan and Karan Kendrick is the winner of the Overall Audience Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival 2019.
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Austin Film Festival 2019 Adds More Films + WAVES as Centerpiece
WAVES directed by Trey Edward Shults; and starring Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, and Alexa Demie Austin Film Festival 2019 has selected Waves as the fest’s Centerpiece selection on October 28. The Centerpiece screening will include the Texas homecoming for native Trey Edward Shults, whose previous writer- director credits include Krisha and It Comes at Night. Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family— led by a well-intentioned but domineering father—as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.
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JOJO RABBIT and WEATHERING WITH YOU Bookend Hawaii Intl Film Festival 2019 Lineup
JOJO RABBIT directed by Taika Waititi The 39th edition of the Hawaii International Film Festival announced their lineup of 205 films from 31 countries. The festival will open with highly anticipated new film from Taika Waititi (Boy; What We Do In The Shadows; Thor: Ragnarok), Jojo Rabbit, which stars Waititi alongside Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, and Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo.
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MONOS, ATLANTICS and WHITE RIOT Win at London Film Festival 2019
MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes One of the most talked-about films of the year, MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes won the Best Film Award at BFI London Film Festival 2019. The film is described as a hallucinogenic, intoxicating thriller about child soldiers that has inspired feverish buzz and earned comparisons to Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies.
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ELLIOTT ERWITT, SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD Documentary to Premiere at DOC NYC
Film still from ELLIOTT ERWITT SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD shoot by ALS in a Tobacco farm in Viñales, Cuba, July, 2015. “Elliott Erwitt, Silence Sounds Good”, a portrait of the Iconic photographer Elliott Erwitt by Photographer Adriana Lopez Sanfeliu will have its North American premiere at DOC NYC on Sunday, November 10th.
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Watch Trailer for Dutch Action-Drama BLOODY MARIE Starring Susanne Wolff
BLOODY MARIE directed by Lennert Hillege and Guido van Driel Uncork’d Entertainment released the trailer for Lennert Hillege and Guido van Driel‘s acclaimed Dutch action-drama Bloody Marie, set for Theatrical and On Demand release beginning November 1.
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THE TWO POPES Wins MIAMI GEMS 2019 Audience Award
Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes is the winner of the MIAMI GEMS 2019 Gigi Guermont Audience Award, at Miami Film Festival (MFF)’s annual fall extension. The festival took place October 10 to 13.