American Factory, the first title from President and Mrs. Obama’s Higher Ground Productions’ slate will be released globally on Netflix August 21, 2019.
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Obama’s Higher Ground Productions Sets Release Date for AMERICAN FACTORY
American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert
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11-Year Old Boy Secretly Dreams of Being Wonder Woman for Halloween in WONDER
Wonder directed by Javier Molina Wonder, a poignant short film about an 11-year old boy from the hood questioning the traditional gender system, makes its World Premiere at the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday, July 20, at 4:45 pm in House B at TCL Chinese Theater.
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I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE Documentary on Michelle Carter Texting Suicide Case Sets HBO Air Date
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter directed by Erin Lee Carr Two-part documentary “I Love You, Now Die,” that premiered at this year’s 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, takes a deeper look at the texting suicide case that made national headlines.
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Dances With Films 2019 Winners – GUTTERBUG Wins Grand Jury Award
GUTTERBUG directed By Andrew Gibson The 22nd edition of the fiercely independent film festival, Dances With Films (DWF) concluded with the awards ceremony at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters and awarded the Grand Jury Award to Gutterbug directed by Andrew Gibson. The Audience Awards went to Wade In The Water directed by Mark Wilson for feature film and to The Earthing Movie directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell for feature documentary film.
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14 German Films to Compete for New German Cinema New Talent Award at Munich Film Festival 2019
ALL I NEVER WANTED The renowned New German Cinema New Talent Award goes to eligible up-and-comers in the New German Cinema section at Munich International Film festival (Filmfest München) and carries a purse of €70,000, making it one of the most lucrative newcomer awards in the German film industry. Writers, directors, and actors in the sidebar who have not made more than three feature films have a shot at the prize, as well as producers who have not made more than six feature films. Candidates from fourteen films qualify this year. All are world premieres at the festival.
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AFI DOCS 2019 Award Winners – CHASING THE MOON and ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN Win Audience Awards
St. Louis Superman CHASING THE MOON, directed by Robert Stone snagged the Audience Award for Best Feature at the AFI DOCS 2019. The Audience Award for Best Short went to ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN, directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan.
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IN REALITY and SUMMER NIGHT Win Top Awards at Inaugural Rom Com Fest
IN REALITY directed by Ann Lupo Following a special 20th anniversary screening of the classic rom com 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOUT, the inaugural Rom Com Fest announced the winners, with top jury honors going to Ann Lupo for IN REALITY (Jury Prize for Best Feature Film) and Erin Brown Thomas for REKINDLED (Jury Prize for Best Short Film).
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THE SWEET REQUIEM, Film on Tibetan Refugees Living in India, Will Open July 12
The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo) The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo), the award-winning film by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin (a husband and wife filmmaking team) which had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will open theatrically at IFC Center in New York on July 12. Other cities will follow.
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Rome Film Fest 2019 – Bill Murray to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill Murray at the screening of Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on March 20, 2018. Artistic Director Antonio Monda today made several announcements on the fourteenth Rome Film Fest, which will take place from October 17th to 27th 2019.
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ZAMA Director Lucrecia Martel to Chair Venice Intl Film Festival 2019 Jury
Lucrecia Martel Director Lucrecia Martel (Zama, La mujer sin cabeza) will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 76th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2019), which will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.
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Swiss Filmmaker Fredi M. Murer to Receive Locarno Film Festival’s 2019 Pardo alla carriera Award
Fredi M. Murer The Swiss director, screenwriter, Fredi M. Murer will be honored with the Pardo alla carriera at the 72 Locarno Film Festival. The tribute to the Swiss master will be accompanied by screenings of some of the landmark titles from his more than forty years of friendship with the Festival: Grauzone (1979), Wir Bergler in den Bergen sind eigentlich nicht schuld, dass wir da sind (1974), Höhenfeuer (1985) and Der grüne Berg(1990).
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Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019 Winners – THE CHRISTMAS GIFT Wins Best of Fest
The Christmas Gift directed by Bogdan Muresanu The 2019 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried award winners with the Romanian film The Christmas Gift, directed by Bogdan Muresanu, winning the Best of Festival Award. The prize for Best International Short went to Guaxuma directed by Nara Normande; and Manila is Full of Men Named Boy directed by Andrew Stephen Lee won for Best U.S. Short.