The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the shortlists in 12 categories for the 98th Academy Awards.
Mistress Dispeller (2024)
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Oscars Reveals Shortlist in Feature Film, Short Film and More Categories
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) by Kleber Mendonça Filho
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Orwell: 2+2=5 Leads 10th Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul Peck (Courtesy of NEON) Orwell: 2+2=5 leads the nominations for the 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with seven nominations including Best Documentary Feature.
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Mistress Dispeller Trailer Reveals an Intimate Look at Infidelity in China
Mistress Dispeller, the new documentary by Hong Kong–born director Elizabeth Lo (Stray) centers on Wang Zhenxi, a professional “mistress dispeller,” whose self-styled service intervenes in marital infidelity.
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‘DJ Ahmet’ and ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Win Top Jury Awards at 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival
DJ Ahmet by Georgi M. Unkovski (courtesy SIFF) DJ Ahmet has won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Mistress Dispeller wins for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival.
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‘Prime Minister’ and ‘SALLY’Headline 27th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Jacinda Ardern in Prime Minister by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Radio New Zealand) The 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina has unveiled a lineup of forty-nine films from 30 countries
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World Premiere of ‘Sweet Störy’ to Open 28th Sonoma International Film Festival Lineup
Sweet Störy by Sarah Justine Kerruish and Matt Maude (courtesy Sonoma International Film Festival) The 28th Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) returns to wine country from March 19-23, 2025, featuring a lineup of 39 narrative features, 16 documentaries, and 38 short films from over 21 countries alongside an array of filmmakers, actors, and culinary icons.
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John Maclean’s ‘Tornado’ Starring Tim Roth to Kick Off 21st Glasgow Film Festival Lineup
Tornado by John Maclean (Lionsgate UK) The World premiere of Tornado, Scottish director John Maclean’s survival thriller will open the 21st Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25) taking place from 26 February to 9 March 2025.
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ and ‘A Missing Part’ Bookend 40th Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life directed by Laura Piani (courtesy SBIFF) The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), set to take place February 4 to 15, 2025, announced the lineup of films from 60 countries.
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‘Better Man’ and ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Bookend 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival Lineup
The Penguin Lessons directed by Peter Cattaneo Better Man directed by Michael Gracey will open the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) taking place from January 2-13, 2025. The film is based on the true story of the meteoric rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ Headlines 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
The Donn of Tiki by Alex Lamb and Max Well (courtesy CUFF.DOCS) Calgary Underground Film Festival has revealed the 16 features and nine shorts selected for the 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place from November 20-24, 2024 at Globe Cinema.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Film Awards at 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) Bob Trevino Likes It directed by Tracie Laymon took both the Best Narrative Feature award and the Audience Choice Award, Narrative at the 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF). The film stars Barbie Ferreira as a young woman who searches for her estranged father, Bob Trevino, online and forms a bond with a different man of the same name played by John Leguizamo.
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Vermiglio, ‘The Village Next to Paradise’ ‘Mistress Dispeller’ Win Gold Hugos at 60th Chicago Film Festival
Vermiglio (Fabrizio De Blasio) Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio won the Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival. Set in the final days of WWII, the period drama chronicles a harrowing year in the life of three sisters, the daughters of a schoolteacher in a remote mountain village.