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World Premiere of Yoji Yamada’s WELCOME BACK, TORA-SAN will Open Tokyo International Film Festival 2019

Tokyo International Film Festival

Yoji Yamada’s WELCOME BACK, TORA-SAN will Open Tokyo International Film Festival 2019

Welcome Back, Tora-san (tentative title), from legendary director Yoji Yamada, will open the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) on October 28. The film has been completed in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japan’s most beloved comedy film series, Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It’s Tough Being a Man). The series holds a Guinness World Record for longest-running film series starring the same lead actor; and this marks both the 50th title as well as the first film to be released since 1995, following the untimely death of star Kiyoshi Atsumi.

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Watch 3 New Clips from THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots

Independent Film

Imogen Poots (left) as “Anna” and Jesse Eisenberg (right) as “Casey” in writer/director Riley Stearn’s THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street released new official clips from dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense directed by Riley Stearns, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, along with Imogen Poots. The Art of Self-Defense opens in select theaters today, July 12, and nationwide on July 19, 2019.

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Zurich Film Festival 2019 to Spotlight Colombian Cinema

Zurich Film Festival

KILLING JESUS (Matar a Jesus)

The 15th edition of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) which runs September 26 through October 6, will shine a light on Colombian cinema. The program will highlight a new generation of filmmakers whose work reflects on the country’s recent history.

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Darien Sills-Evans’ Award Winning Indie Film ONE BEDROOM Sets July 12 Release Date

Independent Film

ONE BEDROOM

Breaking Glass will release One Bedroom from Brooklyn-native writer/director Darien Sills-Evans (“X-Patriots”) in theaters on July 12 in Los Angeles, followed by a DVD & VOD release on July 16, 2019.

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Film Scandal of 1934 Venice Film Festival – Gustav Machatý’s ECSTASY is 2019 Pre-opening Event Film

Venice International Film Festival

Extase – Hedy Lamarr and Aribert Mog (Credits Foto Asac – La Biennale di Venezia)

The film-scandal of the 2nd Venice International Film Festival in 1934, Extase (Ecstasy, 1932) written and directed by Gustav Machatý, with Hedy Kiesler (later known as Hedy Lamarr in Hollywood), is the film selected for the Pre-opening event on Tuesday August 27th of the 76th Venice International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia, to be held in the Sala Darsena (Palazzo del Cinema) on the Lido.

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Actress Tantoo Cardinal to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival

Tantoo Cardinal in Falls Around Her

Actress Tantoo Cardinal will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and introduce the film Falls Around Her at the 2019 Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, on Saturday, October 19th at 6:30 pm. The 11th Annual Santa Fe Independent Film Festival takes place October 16th to 20th, 2019 in downtown Santa Fe.

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Watch New Trailer for Sci-Fi Thriller FREAKS Starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern

Thriller

Lexy Kolker and Emile Hirsch in FREAKS

Well Go USA Entertainment released the official trailer for Freaks, directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky; and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, with Amanda Crew, and introducing Lexy Kolker.

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PHOTOS: Bethany Hamilton and friends Attend LA Premiere of BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE

Documentary

Bethany Hamilton, Adam Dirks with Tobias and Wesley Dirks at the premiere of BETHANY HAMILTON – UNSTOPPABLE – photo credit Cole Ferguson

Last night, Bethany Hamilton and friends celebrated the Los Angeles premiere of Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable with a surf themed blue carpet and screening at the ArcLight Hollywood on Tuesday, June 9.

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Thriller BLOOD ON HER NAME Releases First Teaser Ahead of Fantasia Film Festival World Premiere

Fantasia International Film Festival, Thriller

BLOOD ON HER NAME

The neo-noir thriller, Blood On Her Name, the feature debut from Mathew Pope and starring Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark), Will Patton (Remember The Titans, Armageddon) and Elisabeth Röhm (Joy, American Hustle), released the first teaser trailer ahead of the World Premiere at 2019 Fantasia Film Festival.

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Cuban Horror Film IS THAT YOU? Opens August 2 in US

Foreign Language Films, Horror + Scifi

Is That You? (¿Eres tú, papá?)

Breaking Glass Pictures will release Is That You? (¿Eres tú, papá?), the gripping and suspenseful debut feature by filmmaker Rudy Riverón Sánchez and the first psychological horror film made in Cuba. Is That You? opens Friday, August 2 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Los Angeles, followed by a DVD & VOD release on Tuesday, August 13.

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2019 British Urban Film Festival Opens with Nigerian RomCom LARA AND THE BEAR + Announces Lineup and Nominees

British Urban Film Festival

Lara and the Beat

The 2019 British Urban Film Festival which takes place September 1 to 7, will open with Tosin Coker’s ‘Lara and the Beat’, a Nigerian romantic comedy drama about two sisters coming to terms with the legacy of their family’s media empire. British interest comes in the form of lead actress Seyi Shey who was born in Tottenham. The film also stars Wale Ojo (Meet the Adebanjo’s).

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Independent Filmmaker Christopher Garetano Creates ‘Strange World’ Series for Travel Channel

Documentary

Christopher Garetano

Independent filmmaker Christopher Garetano, whose award-winning documentary film “Montauk Chronicles” inspired the hit show “Stranger Things,” has spent a lifetime searching for the truth behind some of America’s most unusual stories. Now, he begins a boots-on-the-ground investigation into the legends, mysteries and first-person accounts that fuel this country’s creepiest conspiracy theories and unexplained occurrences in the new Travel Channel series, “Strange World,” premiering on Sunday, August 11 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

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