Son of Monarchs (2021)

  • ‘Love Me’ Starring Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun Wins Science-In-Film Prize + 3 Filmmakers Awarded Sloan Grants at Sundance

    Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in Love Me by Sam Zuchero and Andy Zuchero
    Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in Love Me by Sam Zuchero and Andy Zuchero. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Justine Yeung.

    Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s joint Science-In-Film Initiative awarded Love Me, from filmmaker duo Sam and Andy Zuchero, with this year’s juried Feature Film Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Woodstock Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup, Closes with ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’

    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

    Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) announced the full lineup of 45 feature films and 85 shorts for its 22nd Anniversary, taking place September 29 – October 3, 2021 at indoor and outdoor venues in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Kingston and Saugerties, and online.

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  • ‘There Is No Evil’ and ‘Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America’ Win top Awards at Seattle Intl Film Festival 2021

    There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
    There Is No Evil, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof

    The 47th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced the winners of the 2021 Golden Space Needle and Audience Awards. There Is No Evil won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Film and Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Documentary.

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  • 2021 San Francisco International Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with ‘Naked Singularity’

    Naked Singularity directed by Chase Palmer
    Naked Singularity directed by Chase Palmer (Courtesy of SFFILM)

    San Francisco International Film Festival unveiled the 103 films for the 2021 Festival set to take place online and in-person events, with digital screenings being hosted through the SFFILM website and live screenings and performances at the Fort Mason Flix drive-in theater. The 2021 Festival will run April 9–18.

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  • Alexis Gambis’ SON OF MONARCHS Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at 2021 Sundance Festival

    Kaarlo Isaacs appears in Son of Monarchs by Alexis Gambis
    Kaarlo Isaacs appears in Son of Monarchs by Alexis Gambis, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Son of Monarchs directed by Alexis Gambis has been awarded the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival along with the $20,000 cash award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Prize is selected by a jury of film and science professionals and presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character, and will be recognized at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival closing Awards Night.

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  • 2021 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup

    In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang
    A still from In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Sundance announced today the independent films selected for Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival will take place digitally via a feature-rich, Sundance-built online platform and in person on Satellite Screens across the country (public health permitting) from January 28-February 3, 2021.

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