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Sean Patrick Flanery and The Walking Dead’s Lew Temple to Star in Horror-Western SPIRIT RECKONING

Horror + Scifi

Sean Patrick Flanery and Lew Temple

Actors Sean Patrick Flanery of The Boondock Saints and Lew Temple from The Walking Dead have joined the cast of the upcoming horror film Spirit Reckoning from Heart Fire Productions and Spirit Reckoning LLC. In this horror-western epic, Sean will play gunfighter Lawson Lovette whose psychotic tendencies and skills with a revolver make him the perfect candidate to aid our hero Sam Conley AKA The Skull Cowboy on his blood-soaked journey of revenge. While Lew Temple will play Ottis Clement who is just as crazed as Lawson, sparking an intense rivalry between the two men. Ottis causes chaos and anarchy in the Wild West alongside his brother Ed and leader of their posse Savage Bill. Spirit Reckoning will begin filming this year in both Colorado and California.

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Cambodian director Rithy Panh to Preside Over Caméra d’Or Jury at 2019 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

Rithy Panh at IDFA 2013

Cambodian director Rithy Panh who debuted his first fiction film, The Rice People, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 returns this year to preside over the Caméra d’Or Jury. Accompanied by a jury of industry professionals, he will award the prize among one of the 22 first works presented by the Official Selection, the Directors’ Fortnight and the Semaine de la Critique.

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Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Announces 2019 Awards, CONFUCIUS Wins Best Film

Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, The

Confucius directed by Hugo Mac Grégor (via screengrab)

After featuring many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage, the competitive results are now available for 2019 The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, for which films were screened the at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, Oregon.

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Spanish Civil War Whimsical Comedy THE BASTARDS FIG TREE Drops Trailer + Release Date

Comedy, Independent Film

The Bastards Fig Tree

Dark Star Pictures will premiere the Spanish Civil War whimsical comedy The Bastards Fig Tree in theaters this May. The theatrical season kicks off with a Los Angeles run on May 10, with the title to expand to other markets in the weeks following.

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Music Box Films to Release EDIE Starring Sheila Hanc in Fall

Independent Film

Edie directed by Simon Hunter; starring Sheila Hancock and Kevin Guthrie,

After her husband dies, an elderly woman embarks on a trip to fulfill her longtime dream of climbing a mountain in Edie, the uplifting feature film directed by Simon Hunter (Lighthouse, Mutant Chronicles), and starring British actress Sheila Hanc (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Carry On Cleo). The film will receive a theatrical release this fall followed by a home entertainment release via Music Box Films.

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New York African Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup “Beyond Borders: Storytelling Across Time”

New York African Film Festival (NYAFF)

HERO: Inspired by the Extraordinary Life and Times of Mr. Ulric Cross

Under the theme “Beyond Borders: Storytelling Across Time,” this year the citywide 26th edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) launches at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s BAMcinématek in May, heads to Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) from May 30 through June 4, and closes at Maysles Cinema. The festival lineup includes 68 films of multiple genres from 31 countries across the diaspora, and is presented by FLC and African Film Festival, Inc.

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Watery Thriller CARGO Starring Warren Brown, Jimmy Jean Louis Dives into Theaters in May

Independent Film

Jimmy Jean Louis in CARGO

A sensitive fisherman transforms into a prolific human smuggler to pay his debts in Kareem Mortimer’s award-winning drama Cargo, starring Warren Brown (”Strike Back”) and Jimmy Jean Louis (”Heroes”), inspired by true events.

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Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s THE SPECIALS to World Premiere as Last Screening of Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Specials, starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb

The World Premiere of Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s new film The Specials, starring Vincent Cassel and Reda Kateb, in Official Selection 2019, will be the Last Screening of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. The Specials was submitted at the last minute to the selection committee.

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Richmond International Film Festival 2019 Awards – Cuban Horror Film IS THAT YOU? Wins Best Film

Richmond International Film Festival

Is That You? (¿Eres tu, Papá)

The Cuban horror film Is That You? (¿Eres tu, Papá) directed by Rudy Riverón Sánchez was awarded the top jury prize for Best Film at the 2019 Richmond International Film Festival. Prescience starring Eric Roberts, and the psychological thriller Nesting Dolls tied to win the Audience Award for Best Feature Film.

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PLUS ONE and GAY CHORUS DEEP SOUTH Win Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Audience Awards

Tribeca Film Festival

Alice Mori (Maya Erskine) & Ben King (Jack Quaid) in Plus One, written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer

Plus One, written and directed by Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer, was honored with the Narrative Audience Award and Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles Rodrigues, was given the Documentary Audience Award at the 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. The winner of each receive a cash prize of $10,000.

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Indie Comedy BEING FRANK Starring Jim Gaffigan Has New Title, Poster + Release Date

Independent Film

Being Frank (formerly known As You Can Choose Your Family) from director Miranda Bailey will open theatrically in New York and Los Angeles on June 14, 2019. The indie comedy starring Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller, Danielle Campbell, Anna Gunn, Samantha Mathis and Alex Karpovsky is about a normal father’s family life turned upside down when his son discovers he has another family.

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HISTORY OF MEMORY, HP’s Tribeca Award-Winning Short Film Series, Available in Summer

Short Films, Tribeca Film Festival

Director Sarah Klein, actor Lance Gross, and director Tom Mason at the world premiere of HP’s History of Memory, winner of the Tribeca X Award, during the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival

Fresh off the heels of winning a Tribeca X award for best episodic short series, HP Inc. struck a deal to distribute its film series The History of Memory through Cinedigm’s dedicated documentary channel Docurama by July.

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