Sundance Film Festival announced the 16 jurors granting awards along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the upcoming festival.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marnò, Marshall Manesh, Dominic Rains
Genre(s) Horror, Romance
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Sundance Film Festival Unveils Jury – Celine Song, Daniel Kaluuya, Elijah Wood, Steven Bognar
Top Row L–R: Kaniehtiio Horn, Vinnie Malhotra, Celine Song, Sam and Andy Zuchero, Kevin Macdonald, Wanuri Kahiu Second Row L–R: Nicholas Ma, Arian Moayed, Daniel Kaluuya, Elijah Wood, Nia Imara, Michael Almereyda Third Row L–R: Dr. Monica Lopez, Maggie Mackay, Marcia Smith, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Daniela Alatorre, Ava Cahen Bottom Row L–R: Steven Bognar, Kibwe Tavares, Laura Kim (courtesy Sundance Institute)
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Sydney Underground Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
I Get Knocked Down featuring Chumbawamba singer Dunstan Bruce Sydney’s festival for cult, underground and independent films, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), returns with a packed program from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th September at a new location, Event Cinemas George Street, for the Festival’s first in-person edition of the since 2019.
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MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON to Open Overlook Film Festival 2022
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon directed by Ana Lily Amirpour The Overlook Film Festival 2022 will open with the North American premiere of Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, which features a stellar cast including Jeon Jong-soo, Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson. Shot in New Orleans, this fantastical boundary pushing tale marks the third feature from acclaimed director Amirpour.
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Dave Franco’s Directorial Debut THE RENTAL Starring Alison Brie Gets a July Release Date
The Rental directed by Dave Franco, starring Alison Brie IFC Films will release The Rental, Dave Franco’s chilling thriller co-written by Franco and Joe Swanberg day-and-date on July 24th. The film stars Alison Brie (Glow, Horse Girl, Promising Young Woman), Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Call of the Wild), Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) and Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, Snowpiercer).
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Psychedelic Comedy THE WAVE Starring Justin Long Heads to Theaters in January 2020
THE WAVE starring Justin Long and Donald Faison Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy The Wave starring Justin Long and Donald Faison, which world premiered at Austin’s famous Fantastic Fest is headed to nationwide theaters and VOD on January 17th, 2020 from Epic Pictures Group.
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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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Jeremy Zagar’s Sundance Award-Winning Debut Feature WE THE ANIMALS Opens on August 17
Jeremy Zagar’s We The Animals, based on the celebrated novel by Justin Torres, and winner of the Innovator Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival will open on August 17 in New York and Los Angeles with a national rollout to follow.
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Inaugural Overlook Film Festival Unveils Lineup, to Open with World Premiere of STEPHANIE
STEPHANIE – Akiva Goldsman The inaugural Overlook Film Festival will take place April 24 to 30, 2017, at the historic Timberline Lodge located in Mt. Hood, Oregon, featured in Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” as the location of the infamous Overlook Hotel.
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Competition and NEXT Film Lineup Revealed for 2016 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute announced the 65 films selected for the U.S. Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition NEXT category set to premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
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2015 Durban International Film Festival Lineup, Strong Focus on South African Films
The 36th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) taking place from 16 to 26 July, the city unveiled a lineup that includes 74 feature films, 50 documentaries, 74 short films and 23 surf films. The festival also offers an extensive workshop and seminar program in which industry experts from around the world share their knowledge and skills.
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Vice and FilmBuff To Release Berlin Film Fest Hit “PRINCE”
FilmBuff in partnership with VICE Media will release in the U.S., PRINCE (PRINS), the feature debut from acclaimed Dutch music video director Sam de Jong. PRINCE first debuted at the 2015 Berlinale, where it received an honorary mention for the coveted Crystal Bear for Best First Feature. Produced by 100% Halal, PRINCE will be available in North America in theaters and all major VOD platforms starting August 14th, 2015.
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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Pick “BOYHOOD” as Best Film of 2014
THE ONE I LOVERichard Linklater’s twelve-years-in-the-making BOYHOOD was picked by the 35 Bay Area film critics that comprise the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, as the Best Picture of 2014, and Richard Linklater the Best Director. Patricia Arquette, as BOYHOOD’s enduring mother, earned Best Supporting Actress honors, and Sandra Adair took the Best Editing prize for crafting the narrative’s years-long progression. The group also gave laurels to Best Documentary CITIZENFOUR, and Best Foreign Language Picture IDA(Poland). Charlie McDowell’s indie film THE ONE I LOVE was honored with a Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema.