PAPICHA (2019)

  • Film at Lincoln Center Announces 25th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Lineup, Opens with THE TRUTH

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

    UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the complete lineup for the 25th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the celebrated annual festival that exemplifies the variety and vitality of contemporary French filmmaking, March 5–15.

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  • Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Announces Lineup

    A Bump Along the Way
    A Bump Along the Way directed by Shelly Love

    The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of over 200 movies including 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25, 2020. Kicking off the festival is opening night film – the U.S. premiere of Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, a female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.

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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
    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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  • PAPICHA, PINKY PROMISE Win Top Prizes at exground filmfest 32

    exground filmfest 32: Award winners, award sponsors and the exground team / Photo: Peter R. Fischer
    exground filmfest 32: Award winners, award sponsors and the exground team / Photo: Peter R. Fischer

    exground filmfest 32 concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony. As best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA by Mounia Meddour. Audience members selected PINKY PROMISE by Sophie Linnenbaum (who placed 2nd in 2018 with RIEN NE VA PLUS) as the winner in the German Short Film Competition. Second prize went to EARLY BIRDS by Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz, and Felix Karolus was honoured with third prize for his film MENUETT.

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  • Cork Film Festival Unveils 2019 Lineup, THE CAVE and THE LAST RIGHT as Gala Films

    The Last Right directed by Aoife Crehan
    The Last Right directed by Aoife Crehan

    Three more Irish premiere Galas have been added to the 64th Cork Film Festival, which runs from November 7 to 17. The Irish premiere of Feras Fayyad’s gripping film on war-torn Syria The Cave will be featured as the Documentary Gala, the Irish Gala is Aoife Crehan’s comedy-drama debut The Last Right, and the Family Gala is Disney’s long-awaited Frozen 2, ahead of its general release. This brings to five the number of Galas at this year’s festival, with Opening Gala Ordinary Love and Closing Gala The Other Lamb.

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  • 93 Countries to Compete for International Feature Film Oscar at 92nd Academy Awards

    Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)
    Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)

    Ninety-three countries have submitted films for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants.

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

    JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx
    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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  • Brazilian Mystery-Thriller THE FATHER’S SHADOW to Open exground filmfest Germany

    THE FATHER’S SHADOW (A SOMBRA DO PAI) by Gabriela Amaral Almeida
    THE FATHER’S SHADOW (A SOMBRA DO PAI) by Gabriela Amaral Almeida

    The Brazilian mystery-thriller THE FATHER’S SHADOW (A SOMBRA DO PAI) by Gabriela Amaral Almeida will open the 32nd edition of exground filmfest in Wiesbaden, Germany. The festival will be hosting the German premiere of the film, which also serves as the kick-off for this year’s Country Focus on Brazil.

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  • PAPICHA is Algeria’s Entry in Oscar Race for Best International Film

    Papicha directed by Mounia Meddour
    Papicha directed by Mounia Meddour

    In what appears to be the first Oscar announcement so far, Deadline is reporting that Algeria has selected Mounia Meddour’s debut feature  Papicha as its candidate for nomination in the newly renamed International Feature Film category of the 2020 Oscars.

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  • 2019 Cannes Film Festival Unveils Official Selection, with Films by Pedro Almodóvar, Xavier Dolan, Terrence Malic

    A HIDDEN LIFE, Terrence Malick
    A HIDDEN LIFE, Terrence Malick

    The Official Selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival was unveiled this morning at the annual press conference. In addition to opening night film – Jim Jamusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, the competition lineup includes new releases from Pedro Almodóvar, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, and Terrence Malick. Films premiering out of competition include Nicolas Winding Refn’s Too Old to Die Young – North of Hollywood, West of Hell.

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