The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) announced the complete lineup over 139 films for the 37th edition of the Festival, which is set to take place September 23 to October 2, 2021.
A Shot Through the Wall
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Escape from Mogadishu to Open New York Asian Film Festival + Fest Adds More Films
Escape from Mogadishu Ryoo Seung-wan’s tense action thriller Escape from Mogadishu, starring Kim Yoon-seok (NYAFF Star Asia winner 2018) and Zo In-sung will kick off 20th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) at Film at Lincoln Center on August 6. The dramatic film is based on real events that took place in 1991 at the onset of the Somali Civil War, and depicts the perilous escape attempted by North and South Korean embassy workers who were stranded in the title city during the conflict. (Well Go USA is releasing the film in the United States and Canada.)
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Whistler Film Festival Rolls Out 2020 Film Lineup. Opens with World Premieres of SUGAR DADDY and IN HER CITY
SUGAR DADDY, written by and starring Kelly McCormack and directed by Wendy Morgan Whistler Film Festival announced the full film lineup of 89 fresh films for its 20th anniversary edition with a hybrid of online and in-theatre offerings.
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David Oyelowo’s THE WATERMAN to Open Virtual Urbanworld Film Festival 2020
David Oyelowo’s “The Water Man” David Oyelowo’s feature directorial debut, The Water Man, will open the 24th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Oyelowo also stars in the fantasy-adventure film that follows a boy who sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.
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Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival Announces 2020 Spotlight and Competition Film Lineup
(In)visible Portraits directed by Oge Egbounu The 2020 Bentonville Film Festival co-founded by Academy Award®-winning actor Geena Davis, set to run August 10-16, announced their spotlight and competition program of independent feature films, shorts, and episodic titles. The 6th annual film festival will be presented as a hybrid structure, pairing digital screenings, panels and events alongside select on-the-ground premieres and conversations.