Described as part film, part baptism, Khalik Allah’s Black Mother brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Beginning Friday March 8, Black Mother will begin its exclusive NY theatrical run at Metrograph.
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4th Neighboring Scenes, Festival of Contemporary Latin American Cinema Returns to Film Society of Lincoln Center, Announces Lineup
Belmonte, directed by Federico Veiroj Neighboring Scenes, the annual festival of contemporary Latin American cinema organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical, returns for the 4th edition in New York City with 13 features and 10 shorts with seven filmmakers in person, from February 22 to 26.
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Risk Before Perfection – Berlin Film Festival Announces 2019 Forum Lineup
Deragh Campbell. MS Slavic 7. Directors: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell. © Lisa Pictures The 49th edition of Forum as part of the Berlin International Film Festival will consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. The festival notes, that the Forum 2019 main program doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things out, take a stance and refuse to compromise.
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Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion Among 2019 Sundance Film Festival Jury
Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion 20 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science will award feature-length and short films shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with 12 prizes, announced at a ceremony on February 2. Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 29; both award ceremonies will be livestreamed. The Festival takes place January 24 through February 3 in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah.
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Netflix Releases Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s HIGH FLYING BIRD
High Flying Bird by Steven Soderbergh Netflix released the new trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s “High Flying Bird” starring Andre Holland and Zazie Beetz. The film will debut Friday, February 8th exclusively on Netflix.
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Alison Ellwood-Helmed Music Documentary LAUREL CANYON to Debut on EPIX in Late 2019
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young EPIX will produce the upcoming documentary Laurel Canyon, that promises to pull back the curtain on a mythical world and provide an up-close look at the lives of the musicians who inhabited it. Through a wealth of rare and newly unearthed footage and audio recordings, the documentary will feature an intimate portrait of the artists who created a music revolution that would change popular culture. Alison Ellwood (History of the Eagles) will direct the feature-length film, which will premiere in late 2019 on EPIX.
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Berlin International Film Festival Completes 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup
The Golden Glove (Der goldene Handschuh) by Fatih Akin
Margarethe Tiesel, Jonas DasslerThe Berlin International Film Festival today finalized the lineup for the 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special sections. In the Competition, 17 of a total of 23 selected films will be vying for the Golden Bear and Silver Bears. 20 of the films will be celebrating their world premiere at the festival.
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THE COMPETITION, Claire Simon’s Thrilling Portrait of La Fémis Film School, Opens Friday, Feb. 22 in NY
Claire Simon’s The Competition (Le Concours) Claire Simon’s The Competition (Le Concours), the thrilling observational portrait of French film school La Fémis, will be the first theatrical release by Metrograph Pictures and the U.S. theatrical debut of the veteran filmmaker. The film opens Friday, February 22nd in New York at Metrograph, with a nationwide expansion to follow.
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Juliette Binoche, Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, André 3000 go Space Odyssey in HIGH LIFE Trailer
Robert Pattinson in High Life A24 dropped the U.S. trailer for High Life, a mind-shattering astral epic from the master Claire Denis in her English language debut, starring Juliette Binoche as a mad scientist specializing in bodily fluids, and Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, and André 3000 (née Benjamin) as inmates condemned to life in an intergalactic space prison.
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Cleveland International Film Festival Unveils 2019 Poster and Marketing Campaign
The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) unveiled its marketing campaign for the 43rd edition under the theme: WELCOME. The simple yet powerful theme is a nod to the inclusive nature the CIFF has built over its 43 years through its diverse on-screen programming and on-site programs. The campaign is also a celebration of the hospitable nature the northeast Ohio community has shown to the thousands of guest filmmakers who have visited Cleveland to take part in the Festival over the years.
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Inaugural COVEN Film Festival Brings World-Class Short Films Made By Women to San Francisco
New People Cinema The first-ever COVEN Film Festival, San Francisco’s new world-class short film festival featuring films made by women, will host a full day of curated short film screenings, complete with filmmaker Q&A’s on Saturday, February 9th, 2019 at the New People Cinema in San Francisco’s historic Japantown neighborhood. A private networking event will take place the evening before on Friday, February 8th for filmmakers and sponsors.
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SXSW Film Festival Announces 2019 Feature Films and Episodic Premieres Lineup
Why Can’t I Be Me? Around You South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the features and episodic premieres lineup for the 26th edition of the Film Festival, running March 8-17, 2019 in Austin, Texas.