Director Pawel Pawlikowski will be presented with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo, for his outstanding contribution to the art of film and his lasting friendship with the city of Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the opening ceremony of the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival on August 16.
New Zealand International Film Festival revealed the poster and the first five films from the 2019 program, which will screen in Auckland from July 18, and in Wellington from July 26..
Juan Solanas returned to Cannes Official Selection, together with his father Fernando ‘Pino’ Solanas (La Hora de los Hornos), with Let It Be Law (Que Sea Ley), a powerful, militant and necessary documentary revealing the urgent, vital struggle for the recognition of women’s rights.
This year, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2019 presents an international ensemble of Films, Live Events and Alternate Realities experiences and installations focusing on LGBTQI+ communities and individuals.
Clinton Road, a new horror film starring Ice-T about a haunted road in New Jersey will be released by Midnight Releasing with a Summer theatrical bow. The 10-city theatrical and PVOD release of Clinton Road begins June 14.
Mouthpiece is a powerful, funny and highly original look into the conflicted psyche of Cassandra Haywood – a fiercely independent millennial woman. The film stars Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava and Maev Beaty. Directed by Patricia Rozema, Mouthpiece will open on May 31st at the Village East, NY and June 7th at the Monica Film Center, LA.
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem is a riveting, suspenseful drama of an extra marital affair between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman. It’s not long before security services are on to the affair and a simple extramarital affair becomes a spy sensation. Directed by Muayad Alaywan, the film starring Adeeb Safadi (Saleem), Sivane Kretchner (Sarah), Ishai Golan (David) and Mais Abd Elhadi (Bisan) will open on June 12 at Film Forum in New York and June 14 in Los Angeles.
Annapurna Pictures today released the uncut first 6 minutes of Booksmart directed by Olivia Wilde to celebrate tonight’s advanced screenings nationwide. You can see the opening of the film now and see the whole movie in theaters tonight at advanced screenings. Booksmart will open in theaters everywhere on May 24th.
Award-winning filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, along with newly appointed Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, and Variety International Film Critic Jessica Kiang will serve as the jury for the 2019 Toronto Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. An award of $20,000 CAD will be presented to the best film in the Festival’s Platform program.
Jawline directed by first time filmmaker Liza Mandelup, made its world premiere earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it went on to win the Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker. The film will be released as a Hulu Documentary both theatrically in the US and on Hulu on Friday, August 23.
The new documentary 16 Shots from Academy Award(R) nominated director Richard Rowley (Dirty Wars) that examines the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued will premiere on Showtime on Friday, June 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The new trailer is released for queer dramedy Funny Story directed by Michael Gallagher and starring Matthew Glave and Emily Bett Rickards. Funny Story also starring Nikki Limo, Lily Holleman, Jessica Diggins, Aschleigh Jensen, Jacob Wysocki, Pete Gardner, and Reginald Vel Johnson will be released in select theaters and On Demand on May 24th.