Honey Boy (2019)

JUST MERCY and KNIVES OUT Bookend 28th Philadelphia Film Festival Lineup

JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx

Destin Daniel Cretton’s JUST MERCY will open the 28th Philadelphia Film Festival on October 17. This heartrending and inspirational film tells the story of author and social justice activist, Bryan Stevenson, played by acclaimed actor Michael B. Jordan of FRUITVALE STATION, CREED, and BLACK PANTHER fame. Additional Opening Night titles include PARASITE, opening Masters of Cinema; CUNNINGHAM, opening Spotlights; COME AS YOU ARE, opening Made in the USA; BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, opening Non/Fiction; and THE LODGE opening After Hours.

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SCAD Savannah Film Festival Announces 2019 Lineup. Opens with THE AERONAUTS

THE AERONAUTS directed by Tom Harper

The 22nd SCAD Savannah Film Festival, presented by Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), will showcase a record total of 159 films, including 35 narrative films, 15 documentary films and 109 shorts, from October 26 to November 2.

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JOJO RABBIT, WORKING MAN, PREMATURE, WAVES Among Twin Cities Film Fest 2019 Lineup

WORKING MAN directed by Robert Jury

Some of the top awards contenders from the festival circuit will be showcased at the 2019 Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) set to take place October 16-26 at the Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Theatres at The Shops at West End. TCFF 2019 marks the organization’s 10th anniversary and arrives with a special focus on both female filmmakers and films that advance this year’s social justice cause: environmental sustainability.

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Director Alma Har’el to Showcase HONEY BOY at Mill Valley Film Fest

HONEY BOY Director Alma Har’el (right)

Director Alma Har’el will attend the upcoming 2019 Mill Valley Film Festival to showcase her latest film Honey Boy, from a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf based on his life.

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Shia LaBeouf’s HONEY BOY and Scarlett Johansson’s MARRIAGE STORY Bookend Woodstock Film Festival 20th Anniversary Lineup

Marriage Story

The Woodstock Film Festival will celebrate its landmark 20th Anniversary, from October 2 to 6, 2019 in the historic Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Rhinebeck, Kingston, Saugerties, and Rosendale. This year’s festival lineup will showcase more than 50 features from around the world, as well as many short films, and will include panels, live performances, and other special events.

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PAIN AND GLORY, THE TWO POPES, and PARASITES Headline Miami Film Festival GEMS 2019

Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce

Miami Film Festival GEMS returns October 10 to 13th, 2019, with Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory starring Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz opening the Festival, and Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce selected as Centerpiece.

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Aspen Filmfest Celebrates 40th Anniversary, Unveils Lineup with The Laundromat, Judy, Parasite

THE LAUNDROMAT directed by Steven Soderbergh

The 40th Anniversary Aspen Filmfest will showcase top filmmaking from across the globe at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House and Metropolitan’s Isis Theatre from September 23 to 29, 2019, and documentaries at the Crystal Theatre in Carbondale from September 27 to 29, 2019.

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BFI London Film Festival 2019 Unveils Lineup of 229 Films – THE AERONAUTS, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

THE AERONAUTS directed by Tom Harper

For 12 days from October 2 to 13, the 63rd BFI London Film Festival (LFF) will showcase 229 feature films including 41 documentaries, 7 animations, 13 archive restorations and 7 artists’ moving image features. The program also includes 116 short films.

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10 Films to Compete for Best Film Award at 2019 BFI London Film Festival

The Other Lamb directed by Małgorzata Szumowska

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival revealed the ten films in contention for the Best Film Award in this year’s Official Competition selection. This year’s selection spans a range of genres; from gothic psychodrama and hallucinogenic thriller, to provocative period piece and taut social commentary.

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Shia LaBeouf’s HONEY BOY Releases Official Trailer

Honey Boy

Amazon Studios released the trailer for Honey Boy written by Shia LaBeouf and also starring Shia LaBeouf, along with Lucas Hedges, Noah Jupe and FKA twigs. Honey Boy directed by Alma Har’el will open in theaters on November 8 .

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Toronto Film Festival 2019 Reveals First Films Selected for Gala and Special Presentations

Blackbird directed by Roger Michell

Films directed by Taika Waititi, Marielle Heller, James Mangold, Rian Johnson, Marjane Satrapi, John Crowley, Alejandro Amenábar, Thom Zimny & Bruce Springsteen, Atom Egoyan, Chinonye Chukwu, Kasi Lemmons, Noah Baumbach, Craig Brewer, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Destin Daniel Cretton, Michael Winterbottom, Armando Iannucci, Steven Soderbergh, Todd Phillips, Lorene Scafaria, Fernando Meirelles, and Roger Michell are among the first round of titles selected for the Gala and Special Presentations programs at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. This first batch of films from the 2019 Official Selection features 18 Galas and 38 Special Presentations.

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2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards – CLEMENCY, ONE CHILD NATION, HONEYLAND, THE SOUVENIR Win Top Prizes

Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Samir Ljuma.

Bold, intimate, and humanizing stories won at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Clemency for U.S. Dramatic, One Child Nation for U.S. Documentary, Honeyland for World Cinema Documentary and The Souvenir for World Cinema Dramatic.

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