
Sanctorum directed by Joshua Gil will close Venice International Film Critics’ Week 2019. Filmed in Mixe language, Sanctorum will be the first Mexican film to close the renowned Italian event.

Sanctorum directed by Joshua Gil will close Venice International Film Critics’ Week 2019. Filmed in Mixe language, Sanctorum will be the first Mexican film to close the renowned Italian event.

Culinary Zinema, the San Sebastian Film Festival section combining cinema and gastronomy, returns for its ninth edition. Last year in Culinary Zinema Alfred Oliveri presented his debut film: Tegui: Un asunto de familia / Tegui: A Family Affair.This year Culinary Zinema 2019 will open with his latest film La leyenda de Don Julio: corazón & hueso (The Legend of Don Julio: Meat & Bones), about three generations of a family who turn a local grill into a hugely popular steakhouse.

Monos, directed by Alejandro Landes, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, has been selected by La Academia Colombiana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (ACACC) to represent Colombia in the international feature film category for the 2020 Oscars and Goya awards.

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, by Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz, was selected by the Brazilian Film Academy over 11 other films to represent Brazil in the international feature film category for the 2020 Oscars.

Twenty-one Basque films are selected for the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, and nine of these, feature films having their world premiere at the Festival, will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award. Zinemira, the section specifically dedicated to Basque cinema, contains ten films.

The 23rd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival will present a slate of 78 official selections and 7 spotlight selections in Manhattan, September 18 to 22, 2019 at AMC Empire 25 on 234 West 42nd Street.

Breaker celebrates the power of reggae by releasing the film Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records directed by Nicolas Jack Davies about the legacy of Trojan Records, along with the label’s iconic catalogue on its eponymous entertainment distribution platform. Ahead of the film’s October 15 release date, music legend Don Letts, featured in RUDEBOY, will present the film at exclusive screenings at the Brooklyn Museum (Sept 26) and Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Sept 28).

Ten short films have been selected as finalists for the Juried Short Film competition at the 2019 Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival. More than 350 entries from 25 countries were submitted for review. To be eligible, the films must have been completed within the past year and under 20 minutes in length.