The 2019 Richmond International Film & Music Festival (RIFF) brings more than 150 cutting edge award-winning film premiers from 30 countries, plus up to 40 bands, panels, and daily events at various venues across Richmond. The festival kicks off Tuesday, April 23rd and concludes Sunday, April 28th.
Megha Ramaswamy’s THE ODDS, a coming-of-age tale about two teens who skip school on an important exam day and go on a fantastical journey through Mumbai, will close out the 2019 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) on April 14.
The 2019 Jury and Special Award winners of the 26th SXSW Film Festival Awards were announced at the historic Paramount Theatre with the top awards going to Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras winning Best Narrative Feature Film and For Sama directed by Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts winning Best Documentary Feature Film. Short films and other juried sections, including Film Design Awards, were also presented.
In 2016 a small group of families with transgender kids joined the fight against a wave of discriminatory anti-transgender legislation that swept the nation and their home state. With the help of a coalition of civil rights activists and ally lawmakers, these families embarked on an uncharted journey of fighting for their children’s lives and futures in this present-day civil rights story documented by Seattle based award-winning filmmaker, Vlada Knowlton in The Most Dangerous Year.
Birds of Passage, a viscerally stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade directed by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the $40,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award, the top Grand Jury prize of the 36th season of Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival.
Actress Laura Dern will be honored during the 2019 San Francisco International Film Festival with a special tribute, followed by an advance screening of her upcoming film Trial by Fire, directed by Edward Zwick. The moderated onstage conversation with Dern and the screening will take place Sunday, April 14, at 3:30 pm at the Castro Theatre. Zwick will also participate in the onstage conversation preceding the film.
The 18th annual Tribeca Film Festival will showcase 63 diverse and engaging short films in competition, including 31 world premieres. There will also be special screening programs for the annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival and the debut of shorts from The Queen Collective, a program aimed at accelerating gender and racial equality behind the camera. The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24 – May 5.
Annapurna Pictures released the redband trailer today for Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart, that premiered last night at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas at the Paramount Theater.
Oscilloscope Laboratories released the insane, uncensored theatrical trailer for Relaxer directed by Joel Potrykus, starring Joshua Burge and David Dastmalchian. Relaxer will be released in cinemas on March 22.
Bleecker Street released the first trailer for dark comedy The Art of Self-Defense, from writer/director Riley Stearns, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola and Imogen Poots. Jesse Eisenberg stars as timid bookkeeper Casey, who after he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. The Art of Self-Defense will World Premiere at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival on Sunday, March 10.
Here is the new trailer for the documentary Well Groomed – written and directed by Rebecca Stern, making its world premiere on Sunday at 2019 SXSW Film Festival.
Emily Ting’s Go Back To China has released the first trailer clip on the eve of the film’s world premiere at the 2019 SXSW on Saturday, March 9. The film starring Anna Akana, Richard Ng, Lynn Chen, Kelly Hu, Kendy Cheung, Aviva Wang will premiere in the Narrative Competition program.