And Then We Danced (Da Chven Vitsekvet)

Nominees Announced for 32nd GLAAD Media Awards -‘Ammonite’ ‘Circus of Books’ ‘Kajillionaire’

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite

GLAAD announced the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. In the midst of a long overdue social movement against racial and ethnic discrimination, several of the nominees at the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards include powerful and impactful stories about LGBTQ people of color. Those nominees include: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, I May Destroy You, The Half of It, Monsoon, Lingua Franca, The Boys in the Band, I Carry You With Me, Kajillionaire, The Wilds, Supergirl, Big Mouth, Dead to Me, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, Wynonna Earp, and Dispatches from Elsewhere.

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2020 Spectrum LGBTQ+ Film Festival Goes Virtual, Announces Lineup of 6 LGBTQ+ Films

STRAIGHT UP starring James Sweeney and Katie Lindsay

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for social distancing, this year’s fourth annual LGBTQ+ Spectrum Film Festival will be held as a “virtual festival” from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 3 with six different LGBTQ+ films all available for patrons to watch from the health-safety and security of their own homes.

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AND THEN WE DANCED and ANIARA Dominated 2020 Guldbagge Awards

All the 2020 Guldbagge winners at Cirkus in Stockholm, 20 January 2020. Photo: Pelle T. Nilsson

And Then We Danced and Aniara were crowned the winners of the 2020 Guldbagge Awards held in Stockholm yesterday, with four awards each. Levan Akin’s And Then We Danced won the top prize of Best Film, with the Best Director award going to Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja for Aniara.

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2020 Palm Springs Film Festival Announces Lineup. Opens with AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER

An Almost Ordinary Summer, directed by Simone Godano

The 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will screen 188 films from 81 countries, opening with An Almost Ordinary Summer, directed by Simone Godano, on Friday, January 3, and close with Military Wives, directed by Peter Cattaneo on Sunday, January 12.

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Complete List of 118 Feature-length Films Selected for 2020 Sundance Film Festival

Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, and Maimouna Gueye appear in “Cuties” by Maïmouna Doucouré, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. ‘Courtesy of Sundance Institute.’

The 2020 Sundance Film Festival revealed the 118 feature-length films, representing 27 countries and 44 first-time feature filmmakers that will be showcased at the upcoming festival. Films range from indie films to star studded cast featuring Meek Mill, Wilmer Valderrama, Elisabeth Moss, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck and more. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 23 to February 2, 2020.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s PAIN AND GLORY and Roman Polanski’s J’ACCUSE Lead European Film Awards 2019 Nominations

J’Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) directed by Roman Polanski

Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) and An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse) directed by Roman Polanski lead the nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards with 4 nominations each including Best European Film and Best European Director.

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ALICE AND THE MAYOR Headlines 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase Lineup

ALICE AND THE MAYOR [ALICE ET LE MAIRE]

Now in its 32nd year, the 2019 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 4 to 22 at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, MD, highlights 46 films representing all 28 EU member states. Films include award winners, regional box-office hits, debut works by up-and-coming talents and new works by leading auteurs, plus 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award^® for Best International Feature Film and 10 U.S. and North American premieres.

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Key West Film Festival Announces 2019 Film Lineup – MARRIAGE STORY, AFTER PARKLAND, TROOP ZERO

TROOP ZERO, starring Viola Davis and Allison Janney

The 8th Annual Key West Film Festival announced its official 2019 lineup including major fall films from Noah Baumbach and Destin Daniel Cretton. More than 115 films and V/R pieces will be shown during the 5-day festival, which runs November 20-24. Nearly half of the feature films at the festival will be Florida festival premieres.

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NewFest LGBTQ Film Festival Announces 2019 Jury and Audience Award Winners

Temblores (Tremors) by Jayro Bustamante

NewFest, one of the world’s most respected LGBTQ film festivals announced today the winners of its 31st edition with top honors going to Jayro Bustamante for TEMBLORES (Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature) and Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat for QUEEN OF LAPA (Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Feature), while Levan Akin’s AND THEN WE DANCED and Cody Stickels’ A NIGHT AT SWITCH N’ PLAY picked up the top Audience Awards for narrative and documentary features respectively.

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Chicago International Film Festival Announces 2019 Audience Award Winners – JUST MERCY, AND THEN WE DANCED, READY FOR WAR

JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx,

The ballots have been tallied and the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival was awarded to Destin Daniel Cretton’s true story Just Mercy. The film chronicles young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and his history-making battles for justice in Alabama. Stevenson refuses to back down as he fights a legal system without mercy stacked against him and his clients at every turn. One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), a man whose clear innocence means nothing to the corrupt and compassionless forces Stevenson doggedly takes on.

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Chicago International Film Festival 2019 Winners – PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Wins Gold Hugo

Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France) by director Céline Sciamma, hailed by the jury as a portrayal of the all-consuming nature of love and the beauty of women’s solidarity, took home the top prize in the International Feature Film Competition at the 55th Chicago International Film Festival.

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AFI FEST 2019 Announces World Cinema and Documentary Lineup

La vérité (The Truth), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the films that will play in the World Cinema section and the inaugural Documentary section of AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi.

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