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Documentary PARKLAND RISING to World Premiere at Woodstock Film Festival

Documentary, Woodstock Film Festival

PARKLAND RISING. Artist and activist Manuel Oliver with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High student Tyra Hemans

Timely and vital, the documentary Parkland Rising directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Cheryl Horner McDonough, follows the high-school students and families who became fierce leaders of the national movement for gun reform after the February 2018 shooting of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. The documentary film, executive produced by Katie Couric and will.i.am, will World Premiere at the upcoming 20th anniversary Woodstock Film Festival, taking place October 2 to 6, 2019.

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Romania Picks Mafia Drama THE WHISTLERS for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

The Whistlers (La Gomera) directed by Corneliu Porumboiu

The Whistlers (La Gomera) directed by Corneliu Porumboiu, that premiered at 2019 Cannes Film Festival is Romania’s pick for submission in the Best International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars.

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Japan Picks Animated Film WEATHERING WITH YOU for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Animation | Anime, Awards, Foreign Language Films

Weathering With You (Tenki no ko)

The animated film Weathering With You (Tenki no ko) directed by Makoto Shinkai has been selected by Japan Motion Picture Producers Association (Eiren) to represent Japan in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2020 Oscars.

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Turkey Selects Semih Kaplanoğlu’s COMMITMENT-ASH for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

Commitment – Ash (Bağlılık – Aslı)

Commitment – Ash (Bağlılık – Aslı) directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu has been selected as Turkey’s candidate for the 92nd Academy Awards in the category of Best International Film.

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Melina Matsoukas’ QUEEN & SLIM to Open AFI FEST 2019

AFI FEST

QUEEN & SLIM (Photo credit: Campbell Addy/Universal Pictures)

The 33rd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Makeready and Universal Pictures’ QUEEN & SLIM directed by two-time Grammy winner Melina Matsoukas (AFI Class of 2005) and written by Emmy winner Lena Waithe from a story by Waithe and James Frey. The film is a consciousness-raising love story that confronts the staggering human toll of racism and the life-shattering price of violence.

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12 Documentaries Selected for European Film Awards 2019

Awards, Documentary, Foreign Language Films

AQUARELA directed by Victor Kossakovsky

The European Film Academy announced the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 12 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year’s European Film Awards. There are 12 European countries represented in this year’s EFA Documentary Selection.

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3 Modern Film Classics incl. Paul Schrader’s MISHIMA in Featured in Klasikoak Section of San Sebastian Festival 2019

Classics, San Sebastian International Film Festival

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), by Paul Schrader

Three modern classics, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), by Paul Schrader; Dao ma zei / The Horse Thief (1986), by Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Sátántangó (1994), by Béla Tarr, are the films featuring in this year’s Klasikoak section of the 2019 San Sebastian International Film Festival. Following last year’s screening of Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948), the section increases from one to three films programmed for screening in their restored versions in the Tabakalera cinema.

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Jane Seymour to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Jane Seymour

Actress Jane Seymour will receive the SFiFF Lifetime Achievement Award before introducing the film Somewhere in Time (1980) at the Lensic Performing Arts Center Friday, October 18th at 6:30 pm. The Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented during the 11th Annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, October 16th-20th, 2019 in downtown Santa Fe.

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New York Film Festival Announces 2019 Retrospective and Revivals Lineup

Classics, New York Film Festival

Dave Chapelle’s Block Party

Film at Lincoln Center announced the Retrospective and Revivals sections lineup for the 57th New York Film Festival (September 27–October 13).

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CIRCLE OF BOOKS and VILLAINS Win Top Awards at North Bend Film Festival 2019

North Bend Film Festival

CIRCUS OF BOOKS directed by Rachel Mason

The second edition of the North Bend Film Festival came to a close in the scenic town of North Bend, Washington with closing night film Rachel Mason’s personal queer doc Circus of Books taking home the Audience Award. Villains won the prizes for Best Film along with Best Actor for Bill Skarsgård.

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Anderson Cowan’s Dark Comedy GROUPERS Gets Fall Theatrical Release Date

Comedy, Independent Film, LGBTQ

GROUPERS directed by Anderson Cowan

Global Digital Releasing has acquired the worldwide rights to writer / director Anderson Cowan’s feature film debut, “GROUPERS”.

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Donald Sutherland to be Honored at San Sebastian Film Festival

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland will be honored with the Donostia Award at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, recognizing his more than fifty years of acting career. Sutherland will will receive the accolade prior to the screening of The Burnt Orange Heresy, a thriller directed by Giuseppe Capotondi. The film, with a cast featuring Mick Jagger, Claes Bang and Elizabeth Debicki will close the upcoming 2019 Venice Film Festival.

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