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NY Premiere of PRINCESS OF THE ROW will Open 2019 NY Latino Film Festival

New York Latino Film Festival

Princess of the Row

The 2019 New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF) kicks off on Monday, August 12th with the New York premiere of the film Princess of the Row from director Van Maximilian Carlson and starring Martin Sheen, Edi Gathegi, Ana Ortiz, Tayler Buck, Jacob Vargas, among others. Unflinching and emotional, Princess of the Row is the inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to live with the only family she knows: her father… a homeless, mentally ill-veteran fighting to survive on the streets of LA’s skid row.

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Epic Pictures Drops Christmas Horror Anthology DEATHCEMBER Teaser Trailer

Horror + Scifi

Deathcember Movie Poster

Epic Pictures released the teaser trailer for their latest acquisition, the upcoming Christmas horror anthology Deathcember.

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Director Brian De Palma to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Hamptons Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF)

Brian De Palma

Hamptons International Film Festival will honor legendary director Brian De Palma with a Lifetime Achievement Award, along with a special screening of one of his many award-winning films at the upcoming 27th edition of the festival. De Palma will also participate in a A Conversation With… at the festival with Festival co-chair Alec Baldwin.

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Galway Film Fleadh 2019 Winners – A BREAD FACTORY and STAGE Win Top Prizes

Galway Film Fleadh

A Bread Factory

After another outstanding festival of Irish and international film premieres, screenings, workshops and discussions the 31st Galway Film Fleadh came to a close on Sunday July 14, 2019. The annual awards ceremony took place before the screening of the closing film Never Grow Old with the top awards going to A Bread Factory directed by Patrick Wang for Best International Film; Stage: The Culinary Internship directed by Abbie Ainsworth for Best International Documentary, and The Best of Dorien B. directed by Anke Blonde for Best International First Feature.

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PAPICHA is Algeria’s Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film

Awards, Foreign Language Films

Papicha directed by Mounia Meddour

In what appears to be the first Oscar announcement so far, Deadline is reporting that Algeria has selected Mounia Meddour’s debut feature Papicha as its candidate for nomination in the newly renamed International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars.

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Mike Doyle’s Gay RomCom SELL BY to Premiere in LA at Outfest

Frameline (San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival), LGBTQ, Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

Augustus Prew and Scott Evans in SELL BY directed by Mike Doyle

Mike Doyle’s new romantic comedy Sell By starring Scott Evans, Kate Walsh, Augustus Prew, Zoe Chao, Michelle Buteau, Christopher Gray, Colin Donnell and Patricia Clarkson will screen at the Outfest 2019 film festival on Saturday, July 20th, 2019 and Sunday, July 21st, 2019.

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African Diaspora International Film Festival – DC 2019 Line Up Announced

African Diaspora International Film Festival

Dhalinyaro (Youth) by Lula Ali Ismail

The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) – DC will hold its 13th Anniversary from August 9 to 11, 2019 at the George Washington University (GWU) Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW). The weekend will feature an exciting line up of 16 national and international fictions and documentaries set in The United States, Djibouti, Brazil, Barbados, DRC, Panama, France, Guadeloupe, Cuba and Morocco – including 12 US and DC premieres.

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Watch Featurette of BRIAN BANKS, Based on True Story, Starring Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, Sherri Shepherd

Independent Film

Aldis Hodge and Brian Banks on the set of Tom Shadyac’s BRIAN BANKS

Bleecker Street released a new featurette of the award winning film Brian Banks that goes behind the untold story of “lost opportunity and false accusation.”

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World Premiere of Yoji Yamada’s WELCOME BACK, TORA-SAN will Open Tokyo International Film Festival 2019

Tokyo International Film Festival

Yoji Yamada’s WELCOME BACK, TORA-SAN will Open Tokyo International Film Festival 2019

Welcome Back, Tora-san (tentative title), from legendary director Yoji Yamada, will open the 2019 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) on October 28. The film has been completed in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japan’s most beloved comedy film series, Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It’s Tough Being a Man). The series holds a Guinness World Record for longest-running film series starring the same lead actor; and this marks both the 50th title as well as the first film to be released since 1995, following the untimely death of star Kiyoshi Atsumi.

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Watch 3 New Clips from THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Imogen Poots

Independent Film

Imogen Poots (left) as “Anna” and Jesse Eisenberg (right) as “Casey” in writer/director Riley Stearn’s THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE, a Bleecker Street release. Credit: Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street released new official clips from dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense directed by Riley Stearns, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, along with Imogen Poots. The Art of Self-Defense opens in select theaters today, July 12, and nationwide on July 19, 2019.

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Zurich Film Festival 2019 to Spotlight Colombian Cinema

Zurich Film Festival

KILLING JESUS (Matar a Jesus)

The 15th edition of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) which runs September 26 through October 6, will shine a light on Colombian cinema. The program will highlight a new generation of filmmakers whose work reflects on the country’s recent history.

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Darien Sills-Evans’ Award Winning Indie Film ONE BEDROOM Sets July 12 Release Date

Independent Film

ONE BEDROOM

Breaking Glass will release One Bedroom from Brooklyn-native writer/director Darien Sills-Evans (“X-Patriots”) in theaters on July 12 in Los Angeles, followed by a DVD & VOD release on July 16, 2019.

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