The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) returns for the fifth edition, from May 22 through 26, at venues across Mammoth Lakes.
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UK Premiere of Documentary DIEGO MARADONA to Open Sheffield Doc/Fest
DIEGO MARADONA Sheffield Doc/Fest will open the 26th edition on Thursday June 6, with the UK premiere of the much anticipated Diego Maradona, directed by Asif Kapadia, with over 500 hours of footage from Maradona’s personal archive.
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BECOMING NOBODY, Documentary about Ram Dass’ Life and Teachings, Opens in September
Becoming Nobody Becoming Nobody , the quintessential portal to Ram Dass’ life and teachings, directed by Jamie Catto and produced by Raghu Markus. The documentary will open at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles, as well as theaters in Bay Area, on September 6. A national release will follow, and New York City release date will be announced soon. A national release will follow, and New York City release date will be announced soon.
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HBO and Mark Wahlberg to Produce MCMILLIONS, Docu-Series on McDonald’s Monopoly Game Fraud Scandal
McDonald’s – The MONOPOLY Game 2016 HBO is in production on MCMILLIONS, a documentary series chronicling the stranger-than-fiction story of an ex-cop turned security auditor who rigged the McDonald’s Monopoly game promotion for a decade, stealing millions of dollars and building a vast network of co-conspirators across the U.S.
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Seattle International Film Festival Picks 4 Films for 2019 New Works-in-Progress Forum
LINA FROM LIMA (Chile/Argentina/Peru) | Director Maria Paz González The Seattle International Film Festival announced the 2019 Film Teams for the four feature films – two documentary and two narratives, and Industry Mentors for the New Works-in-Progress (WIP) Forum.
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Academy Changes Oscar Rules, Renames ‘Foreign Language Film’ Category
Alfonso Cuarón accepts the Oscar® for achievement in directing ROMA during the live ABC Telecast of The 91st Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The Academy’s Board of Governors has approved Oscars rules for the 92nd Academy Awards, including changing the Foreign Language Film category name to International Feature Film. The category name change does not change any existing category rules, the submission process, or eligibility requirements; however the shortlist for the International Feature Film award will be expanding to ten films.
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JIM ALLISON: BREAKTHROUGH, Story of Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist, at Independent Film Festival Boston
Jim Allison: Breakthrough. Jim Allison on beach in San Diego, 1975. | Credit: Malinda Allison Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the story of Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Dr. Jim Allison, and his journey to discover how the immune system can cure cancer. Filmed before his Nobel nomination, the documentary paints a richly entertaining portrait of an unconventional, iconoclastic scientist who for decades waged an often-lonely fight to bring his revolutionary cancer therapy to patients.
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Shahrbanoo Sadat’s THE ORPHANAGE Selected for Directors’ Fortnight
The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), by Shahrbanoo Sadat The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), the second part of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s pentalogy, has been selected as one of the feature films at the 2019 Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs). Her first feature film, Wolf and Sheep, the first of a total of 5 films planned, screened at the sidebar in 2016 and was awarded with the main prize. The pentalogy is based on an unpublished autobiography by Shahrbanoo’s friend, Anwar Hashimi.
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Directors’ Fortnight 2019 Announces Lineup
The lineup of feature films and short films was revealed this morning for the 51st Directors’ Fortnight which takes place May 15 to 25, 2019, running alongside the Cannes Film Festival. Directors’ Fortnight 2019 will open with the World Premiere of Deerskin (Le Daim) directed by Quentin Dupieux, and close with the World Premiere of Yves directed by Benoît Forgeard.
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DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces DocPitch 2019 Finalists
RUN WITH IT, Directors/Producers: Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman DocLands Documentary Film Festival announced the five finalists for DocPitch, a program designed to connect filmmakers, with projects currently in development or post-production, to potential funders, distributors, organizations, philanthropists, fellow filmmakers, and future audiences.
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Showtime Producing Docu Series on L.A.’s The Comedy Store
The Comedy Store Showtime is producing a four-part documentary series that will chronicle the history of the iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, directed and executive produced by Mike Binder (Black or White) and executive produced by Oscar(R) nominee and Emmy(R) winner Mike Tollin (THE FRANCHISE). The project is expected to premiere on SHOWTIME in 2020.
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HBO to Premiere 3 APA Visionaries Short Films for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
‘Zoetic,’ directed by Julie Zhan In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, HBO will premiere three short films from the 2019 Asian Pacific American Visionaries, a short film program in its third year featuring the works of emerging Asian American directors.