Name: Austin Film Festival 2019 Reveals First Wave of Films
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Austin Film Festival 2019 Reveals First Wave of Films

Austin Film Festival

A HIDDEN LIFE, Terrence Malick

Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the first wave of films to be included in their 26th Anniversary edition, taking place October 24 to 31, 2019. AFF will screen legendary writer/director Terrence Malick’s latest film A Hidden Life, starring August Diehl and Valerie Pachner. The film follows the true story of an Austrian farmer who refused to yield to Nazi forces in World War II. Also screening at AFF is the biopic Harriet, written by Kasi Lemons and Gregory Allen Howard and starring Cynthia Erivo, Joe Alwyn, and Jannelle Monáe, following the harrowing journey of American hero Harriet Tubman. In addition, AFF will screen The Truth from writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, and Ethan Hawke.

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11 Documentary Premieres on HBO on September 11

Documentary

IN THE SHADOW OF THE TOWERS: STUYVESANT HIGH ON 9/11

When the Twin Towers were attacked on September 11, 2001, students had just started their day at Stuyvesant, the prestigious New York City specialized public high school, blocks from the World Trade Center. Directed and produced by seven-time Emmy®-winner Amy Schatz (HBO’s “Song of Parkland”, “The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm” and “An Apology to Elephants”), In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 offers a unique eyewitness perspective on that tragic day and its aftermath from former Stuyvesant students, when it debuts Wednesday, September 11 (9:00-9:35 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

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Watch New Trailer for Horror Film VILLAINS Starring Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe

Horror + Scifi

VILLAINS Starring Bill Skarsgård and Maika Monroe

The trailer is here for the horror film Villains, starring Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Jeffrey Donovan and Kyra Sedgwick, which opens in theaters nationwide on September 20th.

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Palestine Selects Comedy IT MUST BE HEAVEN for 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

It Must Be Heaven directed by Elia Suleiman

Elia Suleiman’s new comedy film, It Must Be Heaven, which won FIPRESCI prize of the international film critics for Best Film at the Cannes Film Festival has been selected by Palestine as the country’s submission in the Best International Feature category at the 92nd Academy Awards.

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Nora Fingscheidt’s SYSTEM CRASHER is Germany’s Entry in 2020 Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

System Crasher (Systemsprenger) directed by Nora Fingscheidt

Nora Fingscheidt’s debut film System Crasher (Systemsprenger) has been selected to represent Germany at the 2020 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature category.

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TRUTH AND JUSTICE is Estonia’s Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus) directed by Tanel Toom

Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus), adapted and directed by Tanel Toom, has been selected by the Estonian Film Institute (EFI) as Estonia’s candidate for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Additionally, for the first time, an Estonian documentary Ksenia Okhapkina’s Immortal is also eligible for an Oscar, after having won the Grand Prix for the Best Documentary at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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Dark Star Pictures to Release Fantasy Horror Film KOKO-DI KOKO-DA

Horror + Scifi

Peter Belli, Brandy Litmanen and Morad Baloo Khatchadorian in Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA (Credit: Dark Star Pictures)

Dark Star Pictures acquired Johannes Nyholm’s KOKO-DI KOKO-DA which has excited audiences and critics at festivals including: Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, Karlovy Vary Film Festival and most recently Fantasia Film Festival 2019 (WINNER! AQCC-Camera Lucida Prize) and will soon screen at Fantastic Fest 2019 and Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2019. The company is planning a November theatrical release followed by VOD and DVD release

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Cinematographer Jung Il-Sung Gets Spotlight at Busan International Film Festival Korean Cinema Retrospective

Busan International Film Festival, Classics

Cinematographer Jung Il Sung

The 24th Busan International Film Festival has selected Jung Il-Sung for the Korean Cinema Retrospective. Jung, a renowned cinematographer, has worked on the history of Korean films and left a significant mark on unique filmmaking as a master of cinematography.

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New Films incl. PATRICK, ROCKS, PROXIMA Added to Competition Lineup of San Sebastian Festival 2019

San Sebastian International Film Festival

PATRICK directed by GONÇALO WADDINGTON

Three of the most important European directors on the contemporary panorama, the debut film by a well-known Portuguese actor, the second movie by a Brazilian filmmaker produced by Darren Aronofsky and the latest work from one of today’s most interesting Tibetan filmmakers join the list of films in competition for the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival’s 67th edition.

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Penélope Cruz will Receive the Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Penélope Cruz in the WASP NETWORK directed by Olivier Assayas

Penélope Cruz will receive the Donostia Award, along with the screening of her latest film, Wasp Network, directed by Olivier Assayas, at the San Sebastian Festival 2019.

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Spotlight on Documentary Lineup of 57th New York Film Festival Features Films on Roy Cohn, Merce Cunningham

Documentary, New York Film Festival

The Booksellers directed by D.W. Young

This year’s Spotlight on Documentary section of the 57th New York Film Festival (September 27–October 13) features incisive portraits of iconic figures, intimate reports from inside the American prison system, New York stories both personal and political, and much more.

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Watch Trailer for Road-Thriller SCOOTER, Rides into Theaters in September

Thriller

“Scooter”, starring Mitch Lemos and Yoshi Zimmerman

Nail-biting thriller “Scooter”, starring Mitch Lemos (“Burn Notice”) and Yoshi Zimmerman , released the official trailer in advance of the theatrical release in the fall via Artist Rights Distribution.

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