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CHESLEY BONESTELL: A BRUSH WITH THE FUTURE on ‘The Father of Space Art’ Sets LA Release Date

Documentary

Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future

An Audience Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival last year was a stellar start for “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future“, the first-ever film about “The Father of Space Art,” Chesley Bonestell. Since then, however, the film has gone on to know even greater success, winning two Best Documentary awards, including one at Comic-Con 2018 and a second at the 44th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival in 2019. So who was this man credited as a quiet force behind the creation of America’s space program? On July 15th and 16th – 50 years from when Apollo XI carried two humans to the Moon – Los Angeles-area audiences will have a chance to know this nearly forgotten but influential artist a lot better.

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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO Wins First-Ever CineCoPro Award at Munich Intl Film Festival 2019

Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival)

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz won the first-ever €100,000 CineCoPro Award at the Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München).

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Watch First Chilling Clip from Isolation-Inspired Horror 1BR – World Premiering at Fantasia International Film Festival

Horror + Scifi

1BR directed by David Marmor

On the eve of the world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival, the first chilling clip was released for David Marmor’s isolation-inspired horror film 1BR. IBR will world premiere on July 18th screening during the Frontiéres Co-Production Market, in Montreal, Canada.

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Popcorn Frights Film Festival 2019 Rolls Out Second Wave of Films + Trailer

Popcorn Frights Film Festival

ARTIK directed by Tom Botchii

Popcorn Frights Film Festival rolled out the second wave of 73 horror genre films, including 10 world premieres, from 16 countries, for its fifth year taking place from August 8 to 16.

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Award Winning Documentary BISBEE ’17 to Debut on PBS Series POV on July 17

Documentary

BISBEE ’17

Bisbee, Arizona, was one of the largest copper mining centers in America until it became a virtual ghost town in 1975 when its two massive mines were closed. Forty years later, Bisbee is a community of eccentrics, immigrants, hippies, bikers and drifters, attempting to reckon with a dark and violent history of a forgotten event known as the Bisbee Deportation.

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Inspiring Documentary BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE Opens in Theaters on July 12th

Documentary

BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable from director Aaron Lieber is a stunningly shot look at surfer Bethany Hamilton’s life and her beyond inspiring journey, following her from her incredible recovery from a devastating shark attack to become a surfing world champion.

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PIGEON’S MILK, THE SILHOUETTES, SOME BIRDS Among Winners of Karlovy Vary Eastern Promises 2019 Awards

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The Silhouettes (Saayeha) directed by Afsaneh Salari

A total of 33 projects were screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) Eastern Promises 2019, the festival’s Industry section, with the exciting mission of being a bridge between talented filmmakers from the East and their potential Western partners, festivals and audiences. The juries announced the winners at the ceremony that closed the festival’s industry program in Little Versailles in Karlovy Vary.

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Yellow Veil Pictures Acquires Matthew Pope’s Noir Thriller BLOOD ON HER NAME

Fantasia International Film Festival, Thriller

Blood On Her Name, directed by Matthew Pope.

NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired world sales rights for neo-noir Blood On Her Name, the debut feature from Matthew Pope.

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Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 to Release Documentary LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE

Documentary

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice. Linda Ronstadt at her home in Malibu, January 1968. Moment captured by Henry Diltz.

Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 have co-acquired the documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice directed by Academy Award®-Winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice will open in theaters this September. CNN Films, a co-producer of the documentary has acquired broadcast television rights for North America.

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3rd GLIDE Social Justice Film Festival Set for July 11 in San Francisco

GLIDE Social Justice Film Festival

Couper was here. by Nicole Foley

On July 11, GLIDE’s Legacy Committee of young professionals will host its third GLIDE Social Justice Film Festival. The festival is an evening of thought-provoking documentary shorts, filmed and produced by local artists, that demonstrate the resilience and grace of the human spirit and reflect GLIDE’s 50-year legacy of serving, uplifting and advocating for the most marginalized among us. The film festival will take place at PianoFight in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.

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Documentary JAY MYSELF Releases Trailer

Documentary

JAY MYSELF

Oscilloscope released the new trailer for Jay Myself that documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after forty-eight years, begrudgingly sold his home – the 36,000 square-foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as “The Bank.”

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10 Films of 2019 LUX Film Prize Official Selection Revealed at Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Foreign Language Films, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Woman at War

The ten films which make up the Official Selection of the 2019 edition of the LUX Prize Competition was unveiled at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

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