Oscar, Emmy, and Tony-winning actress Viola Davis will be the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Rome Film Fest . Davis will also participate in a “Close Encounter”, an onstage conversation where she will discuss her career in film, television, and theatre.
La prima donna, the new documentary film by Tony Saccucci starring Licia Maglietta will world premiere as the pre-opening film of the 14th Rome Film Fest (October 17th to 27th 2019).
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam announced the first film selections for IDFA 2019, taking place November 20th to December 1st. The curated program sections include 54 titles from the new focus programs It Still Hurts, Re-releasing History, and The Villain, the Retrospective and Top 10 of Guest of Honor Patricio Guzmán, and a special tribute section to D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Uncorked Entertainment released the trailer for the ‘yuletide horror haunt’ Holiday Hell, starring horror icon Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator), Joel Murray (Hatchet), Jeff Bryan Davis (Killer Pad), Lisa Coronado (“Twin Peaks”), and Meagan Karimi-Naser (Dead West), the frighteningly-festive horror anthology features segments directed by Jeff Ferrell (Ghostlight), Jeremy Berg (The Invoking), Jeff Vigil and David Burns.
Tuscaloosa, a ‘70s coming-of-age story from a music video director Philip Harder, and starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things; Velvet Buzzsaw; Yes, God, Yes), Tate Donovan (Rocketman, Argo), Devon Bostick (Okja, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the CW’s 100), Marchánt Davis (The Day Shall Come), along with rap artist YG (Def Jam recording artist,White Boy Rick) will premiere at the Nashville Film Festival.
The new French comedy-drama Cyrano, My Love, by writer, director, actor Alexis Michalik, adapted from his award-winning stage play Edmond, opens October 18th in NY at the Landmark at 57 West and the Royal in LA.
Objector directed by Molly Stuart makes its World Premiere as the “Spotlight Centerpiece Film” of the 2019 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. The documentary tells the story of Atalya, who like all Israeli youth, is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military and when she refuses military duty, is imprisoned for her dissent.
Elia Suleiman’s whimsical, yet thoughtful film IT MUST BE HEAVEN – the Palestinian 2020 Oscar submission, will open the 2019 CineCina Film Festival on Friday, October 25 at the DGA New York Theater. The film features the beloved filmmaker observing the goings on around him in Nazareth, Paris and France. Through his eyes, we see moments, and fragments of life and human interaction that can surprise and delight one moment, and be very familiar the next.
The first-ever Shortie Film Festival showcasing independent and international films 30 minutes or less, will be held October 3rd and 4th 2019 in Brooklyn, New York. The festival fosters and propels emerging and provocative filmmaking with two days of screenings, Q&As, and afterparties for an audience seeking new voices and perspectives.
The 57th New York Film Festival which runs September 27 to October 13 will host the eighth edition of free talk series NYFF Live and additional free events. NYFF Live features actors, directors, writers, critics, and other industry insiders participating in daily evening discussions from September 28 to October 9 in the Amphitheater at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center.
Composer Ching-Shan Chang impressed the jury over 321 composers from 46 countries to win the Golden Eye for ‘Best International Film Music 2019’ at the 8th International Music Film Competition.
Marshal Hilton and Mario Van Peebles Star in Director Nick Leisure’s gripping hostage drama feature “A Clear Shot”.