The world premiere of The Burnt Orange Heresy directed by Giuseppe Capotondi (La doppia ora) is the closing film, Out of Competition, of the 76th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2019). The Burnt Orange Heresy starring Claes Bang, Elizabeth Debicki, Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland will be screened on Saturday, September 7th in the Sala Grande of thePalazzo del Cinema at the Lido di Venezia; the screening will be held after the awards ceremony.
Cronofobia, the psychological drama about suspended identity from Swiss director Francesco Rizzi, and staring Vinicio Marchioni, Giorgia Salari, Carla Cassola, along with Jun Ichikawa, will have its North American premiere at the 23rd Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival. The film will screen Saturday August 10, in The Vets Cinematheque, Rhode Island Film Festival – Flickers 2019 in its original language, Italian, with English subtitles.
On Tuesday, August 6, 2019, “an unforgettably memorable selection of short films from around the world and New England” will kick off the 23rd Annual Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF).
The official program of the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival was announced this week, along with tributes – the Leopard Club Award for Hilary Swank, the Vision Award Ticinomoda for Claire Atherton, the Premio Utopia for Enrico Ghezzi and the Premio Cinema Ticino for Fulvio Bernasconi.
Mohammed Emwazi was a grade school student in London with a promising future ahead of him in 1995. By 2014, he had become known as “Jihadi John,” a masked ISIS terrorist in Syria who internationalized his notoriety by broadcasting his beheadings of Western hostages on the internet.
The theatrical trailer premiered for the new Bollywood film Mission Mangal which is based on the incredible true story of the women and men behind India’s space mission to Mars. It opens in theaters in top markets all across North America on India’s Independence Day – August 15.
Fifteen Spanish films including ‘La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter)’, ‘La trinchera infinita (The Endless Trench)’ and ‘Mientras dure la guerra (While at War)’ will compete for the Golden Shell at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival. In addition, Daniel Sánchez Arévalo will present ‘Diecisiete (Seventeen)’ out of competition and ‘La odisea de los giles (Heroic Losers)’ by Sebastián Borensztein will have a special screening
Lucio Castro’s directorial debut End of the Century (Fin de siglo), which had its world premiere at the Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA’s New Directors/New Films last spring, will have its Los Angeles premiere at the Outfest LGBTQ Film Festival this Friday, July 19.
53 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival, to be held from August 16 to 23 under the patronage of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 23 world, 4 international, 24 regional and 2 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres. 25th Sarajevo Film Festival
The new documentary Hitsville: The Making of Motown from directors Benjamin and Gabe Turner (Class of 92, I Am Bolt, One Direction: This Is Us) will premiere on Showtime on Saturday, August 24 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The World Premiere of Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, Daniel Roher’s touching tale of Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band, will be the Opening Night Gala Presentation for the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 5, at Roy Thomson Hall. The premiere marks the first time a Canadian-made documentary opens the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Truth (La vérité), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu (Shoplifters; The Third Murder; Like Father, Like Son) and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, is the opening film, in Competition, of the 76th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28 to September 7, 2019.