15 Down, an award-winning short film, directed by Mike Hayhurst and written/produced by Allison Moy Hayhurst, will have its Oklahoma Premiere at Twister Alley International Film Festival on Saturday, May 4th. 15 Down is nominated in two categories, Best Drama Short and Best Drama Ensemble.
The European Premiere of the riotous social satire Boyz in the Wood will open the 73rd edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival on Wednesday June 19th at Festival Theatre.
The Seattle International Film Festival announced today the complete lineup and as part of this year’s celebration of women in comedy, the Festival will celebrate the work of Regina Hall by presenting her with the Seattle International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema. In addition to the award presentation, the acclaimed actor is slated for an on-stage interview on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 PM at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. Following Ms. Hall’s tribute, she will introduce Support the Girls, Andrew Bujalski’s film which won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
The 2019 Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced the complete lineup of films, as well as special tributes for writer/director/actor John Cameron Mitchell and actress/producer Jillian Bell .
Hola Mexico Film Festival will close with 11th edition on June 8th with the Los Angeles premiere of MIRREYES VS GODINEZ (MIRREYES CONTRA GODINEZ), a comedic social critique on Mexico’s polarized society, directed by Chava Cartas. The film stars Regina Blandón and Daniel Tovar and is produced by Francisco González Compeán and written by María Hinojos.
Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, today announced the company’s initial slate of upcoming projects. The content encompasses a wide range of fiction and non-fiction productions for all audiences including scripted, unscripted and documentary series, as well as full-length features and documentaries.
Heavy Water follows professional big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through the evolution of surfing and his relationship with big waves, culminating in a spectacular, never- before-performed stunt, where Fletcher “acid drops” from a helicopter into a huge wave.
Actress Cannes Elle Fanning along with directors Yorgos Lanthimos and Paweł Pawlikowski are among the eight distinguished film professionals selected for 2019 Cannes Film Festival Jury presided over by director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu. The jury of four women and four men, from four continents and from seven different nationalities will reveal the winners on Saturday, May 25 during the Closing Ceremony.
John Singleton, the Oscar nominated film director, screenwriter and producer died Monday April 29 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke on April 17, 2019. Earlier today, Singleton’s family announced he was removed from life support. He was 51.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is getting a new name – Film at Lincoln Center – along with a slate of free summer programming and a renewed commitment to its mission. The Film at Lincoln Center logo was designed by Spagnola & Associates.
Sick Sick Sick (Sem seu sangue) by Brazilian director Alice Furtado will have its World Premiere at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) in Cannes. It is her feature debut as director.
Emily Cohn is moving on up from short films and will World Premiere her feature film debut CRSHD at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday, April 30th. CRSHD stars Isabelle Barbier, Deeksha Ketkar, Sadie Scott, Will Janowitz, L.H. González, and Abdul Seidu.