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WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Documentary on America’s Favorite Neighbor: Fred Rogers, to Debut on HBO

Documentary

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

One of the most celebrated theatrical releases of 2018, Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Fred Rogers. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, the acclaimed documentary from Morgan Neville (the Oscar(R)-winning “20 Feet from Stardom”), will debut Saturday, February, 2019 9 (8:00-9:35 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. In addition, HBO will honor Fred Rogers’ contribution and commitment to public television with a special presentation of the film on PBS’ “Independent Lens,” coinciding with the HBO debut.

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Berlin International Film Festival to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Panorama Section with Special Program

Berlin International Film Festival

YE (The Night). Regie/director: Zhou Hao. © Zhou Hao

2019 marks the 40th anniversary edition of the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, and the festival will present a special program from its 40-year history.

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THE FAVOURITE Leads Nominations for 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

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The Favourite

“The Favourite” leads the nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Olivia Colman for Best Actress and Best Actress in a Comedy, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz both for Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, and Yorgos Lanthimos for Best Director.

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ROMA, SHIRKERS Among Winners of 2018 LA Film Critics Association Awards

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Shirkers

Roma continues to be the darling of the critics, winning Best Film at the 44th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA). Roma also won Best Director and Best Cinematography for Alfonso Cuaron. The award for Best Foreign Language Film was tie and went to Burning and Shoplifters; and the award for Best Documentary went to Shirkers.

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34th IDA Documentary Awards, MINDING THE GAP Wins Best Feature Documentary

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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap directed by Bing Liu won the award for Best Feature documentary at the 34th International Documentary Asociation IDA Documentary Awards on Saturday night in Los Angeles. The documentary also won the award for Best Editing.

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ROMA and IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Win Big with 2018 Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards

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If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma and If Beale Street Could Talk tied to win 3 awards, the most at the second annual Philadelphia Film Critics Circle awards. Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma took the top prize for Best Movie, along with Best Foreign Film and Best Cinematography. If Beale Street Could Talk won the award for Best Director for Barry Jenkins , Best Supporting Actress for Regina King, and Best Breakthrough Performance for Kiki Layne.

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BLEED OUT, a Harrowing, Personal Investigation into America’s Healthcare System to Debut on HBO

Documentary

Bleed Out

Medical error is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Bleed Out is a new documentary premiering on HBO that uses one family’s story to underscore deep flaws in America’s current healthcare system and highlights ways those problems could be fixed.

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Alfonso Cuaron’s ROMA to be Released in Over 600 Theaters Worldwide

Foreign Language Films

Roma

Netflix will release Academy Award(R) winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA, in over 100 theaters in the United States and more than 500 theaters internationally in over 40 countries around the release of the film on the streaming platform on December 14th.

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NEON Plans Early 2019 Release for Aretha Franklin Documentary AMAZING GRACE

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Amazing Grace, the long-awaited Aretha Franklin film which made its World Premiere at DOC NYC will get an early 2019 theatrical release by NEON, following its Oscar qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles. The film has reportedly been garnering standing ovations during its New York qualifying run.

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THE HATE U GIVE is Big Winner of 2019 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards

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THE HATE U GIVE

The Hate U Give leads this year’s winners of the 2nd Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards with a total of four awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade followed closely with three awards including Best Independent Film, Best First Feature, and Best Performance by an Actress 23 and Under for Elsie Fisher.

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Michael B. Jordan to Receive Cinema Vanguard Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Michael B. Jordan in Black Panther

Michael B. Jordan will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award at the 34th Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his work in two of the year’s critically acclaimed, culturally significant and record-breaking box office hits, Black Panther and Creed II. The 34th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place from Wednesday, January 30th through Saturday, February 9th. Jordan will be honored at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara, CA on Thursday, February 7th.

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ROMA Leads 2018 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Nominations

Awards

Roma

Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” is the clear favorite with the Chicago Film Critics Association, earning the most nominations of all for their 2018 film awards with nine. In addition to being one of the finalists for Best Picture, Cuaron himself was personally nominated in four additional categories for Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Editing, the latter alongside Adam Gough. Yalitza Aparicio, the non-professional chosen by Cuaron to star in the film received two nominations herself for Best Actress and Most Promising Performer and it also received nods for Art Direction/Production Design and Foreign Film.

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