The world premiere of Magari, the debut from Italian director Ginevra Elkann will usher in the 72nd edition of the Locarno Film Festival on Wednesday August 7th. The 11-day event will close on Saturday August 17th with the awards ceremony, followed by Tabi no Owari Sekai no Hajimari (To the Ends of the Earth) by Japanese director, screenwriter and author Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
Oscar-winner Julianne Moore will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 54th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Along with screenwriter/director Bart Freundlichand, Julianne Moore will also present her latest film, After the Wedding (2019), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
ALTER, a new horror brand from global studio Gunpowder & Sky will be a presenting sponsor of this year’s Chicago’s Cinepocalypse Film Festival.
Edgar Nito’s The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero) won the DishLATINO and Cinelatino Audience Choice award at the 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival (HMFF). The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero) tells the story of Lalo (Eduardo Banda), a teenager from a small town, who has a crush on girl at school and decides the only way to win her heart is buying her an expensive smartphone. At the same time, his mother is in need of financial support to cover medical bills. In order to help and achieve his romantic goals, Lalo gets involved with the local huachicoleros (gasoline thieves), who enlist him to illegally siphon the fuel and resell it on the black market. What first appeared like a solution to his troubles proves to be a deadly bargain. His choices could land Lalo in the hands of the authorities or in a much worse situation.
Brooklyn Film Festival’s 22nd edition: THE GATHERING, wrapped on Sunday with Sanctuary directed by Andrea Cordoba picking up the coveted best of the fest Grand Chameleon Award. Anas Tolba’s Between Two Seas won Best Narrative Feature and Andrea Cordoba’s Sanctuary took home the award for Best Feature Documentary.
The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced the 2019 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards and the top prizes – Golden Golden Space Needle Audience Award for Best Film went to Tel Aviv on Fire, directed by Sameh Zoabi, and We Are the Radical Monarchs won the Golden Space Needle for Best Documentary.
Independent films from nearly twenty countries will be in the spotlight at the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival from Thursday, July 18 to Saturday, July 27. Produced by Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, the Festival lifts off with the New York premiere of Balloon, a German film based on the true story of two families who escaped East Germany on their homemade hot air balloon, and closes with another New York premiere of the French film Lola & Her Brothers.
With just under two months until the start of the renowned South African film festival, the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) announced it jury members for its 40th edition.
SFFILM announced the lineup for the ninth annual Hong Kong Cinema series, taking place July 12 to 14 at New People Cinema and the Roxie Theater in San Francisco.
The 47th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival returns to Film at Lincoln Center from July 12 to 15, with an inspiring selection of films that explore dance from a variety of perspectives.
Amazon released the new trailer for Brittany Runs a Marathon, winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award. Brittany Runs a Marathon is written and directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo; and stars Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street, “Workaholics”), Michaela Watkins (“Casual,” “Trophy Wife”), Tony Award nominee Micah Stock (“Escape at Dannemora,” “Bonding”), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect, “The Mindy Project”), Alice Lee (“Take Two,” Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and Lil Rel Howery (Get Out, Bird Box). The film opens in Theaters on August 23rd, 2019.
Indie film maker and former member of the Grammy winning comedy group the Jerky Boys, Kamal Ahmed will release his latest film “The Martyr Maker” starring Golden Globe nominated actor Tom Sizemore (Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down). The Martyr Maker also features a slew of upcoming talented New York actors including Shiek Mahmud -Bey, Cory Duval and Alexander Mercier.