The Fever, directed by Maya Da-Rin and This is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection, directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese are the winners of the 43rd Portland International Film Festival’s Future/future competition.
Present.Perfect.
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Portland International Film Festival Announces Winners of 2020 Future/future Competition
The Fever, directed by Maya Da-Rin
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Portland International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup of Over 120 Films
First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt The 43rd Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 43) announced the lineup featuring 10 days of films, talks, workshops, performances, and special events throughout Portland from March 6 to 15, 2020. The program showcases over 120 films from 40 countries, with sneak previews of upcoming releases including Sony Pictures Classics’ The Climb, Disney/Pixar’s Onward, Searchlight’s David Copperfield, Oscilloscope’s Clementine, and A24’s First Cow.
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AMERICAN FACTORY Win Top Awards at 2020 Cinema Eye Honors Documentary Award
American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert American Factory won the top awards at the 2020 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, taking the award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking’ and ‘Outstanding Achievement in Direction’ for directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.
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PARASITE and STATE FUNERAL Top Film Comment’s 2019 End-of-Year Survey
State Funeral directed by Sergei Loznitsa Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite took the top spot among films released in 2019 in Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, Sergei Loznitsa’s State Funeral, Eloy Enciso Cachafeiro’s Endless Night, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To the Ends of the Earth received the top rankings.
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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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MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN to Open and Buddy Guy Doc THE TORCH to Close Chicago Intl Film Festival 2019
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN directed by Edward Norton Motherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s groundbreaking novel, will open the 2019 Chicago International Film Festival on Wednesday, October 16 . The 55th edition of the Chicago International Film Festival will take place October 16 to 27 at the AMC River East (322 E. Illinois Street).
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2019 Melbourne Intl Film Festival Unveils Largest Lineup Ever, Lulu Wang’s THE FAREWELL to Close
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) today unveiled its 2019 program – the largest in its 68 year, history, featuring 259 feature films, 123 shorts and 16 virtual reality experiences
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2019 New Directors/New Films Announces Lineup, Opens with CLEMENCY Starring Alfre Woodard
Alfre Woodard and Alex Castillo appear in Clemency by Chinonye Chokwu This year’s lineup for the 48th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), March 27 to April 7, will introduce 24 features and 11 short films to New York audiences, with 15 films directed or co-directed by women, and 11 works by first-time feature filmmakers.
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Zhu Shengze’s PRESENT.PERFECT. Wins Tiger Award at 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam
From left to right: Susanna Nicchiarelli (president Tiger Jury), Zhu Shengze (filmmaker), and Zhengfang Yang (producer) International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019 Award Winners Present.Perfect. directed by Zhu Shengze, described as a “daring film” by the jury, won the top prize – Tiger Award at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević won the Special Jury Award for Take Me Somewhere Nice. Audience favorite Capharnaüm by Nadine Labaki won the BankGiro Loterij Audience Award. The VPRO Big Screen Award was awarded to Transnistra by Anna Eborn from Sweden.
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International Film Festival Rotterdam Reveals 2019 Tiger and Big Screen Competition Line-ups + THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT is Closing Night Film
The Hummingbird Project International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the eight films selected for the 2019 Tiger Competition, the eight films in the Big Screen Competition, IFFR 2019’s closing film, and new names in the Talks & Masterclasses program, including Claire Denis, Sacha Polak and Jia Zhangke.