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  • MASTER Starring Regina Hall Opens 2022 Athena Film Festival Lineup

    2022 Athena Film Festival lineup - Master directed by Mariama Diallo
    Regina Hall in Master directed by Mariama Diallo

    The 12th annual Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College will take place as a hybrid event, running in-person from March 11 to March 13, 2022 on the Barnard campus and virtually from March 11 to March 20, 2022. The annual festival will include film screenings, in-depth conversations and panels with filmmakers and industry experts, a series of programs that support the pipeline of women creatives, and a wide variety of events focused on celebrating and amplifying the stories of bold, courageous women leaders.

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  • ‘Women Is Losers’ ‘Holy Frit’ ‘Peace by Chocolate’ Win at 2021 Naples International Film Festival

    Winners of 2021 Naples International Film Festival
    Winners of 2021 Naples International Film Festival

    Lissette Feliciano’s Women Is Losers won the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature (and a cash prize of $2,500) and Justin Monroe’s Holy Frit won the jury prize for Best Documentary Feature (and $2,500) at the 2021 Naples International Film Festival. Audience Awards went to Jonathan Keijser’s Peace by Chocolate (Best Narrative Feature), Christopher Chambers’ A Fire Within (Best Documentary Feature) and Maria Brendle’s Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (Best Short Film). Both feature films received cash prizes of $1,000 and the short film winner received a cash prize of $500.

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  • Naples Film Festival 2021 Returns to In-Person Screening with 67 Films + Special Presentation of Back to the Future

    Peace By Chocolate directed by Jonathan Keijser
    Peace By Chocolate directed by Jonathan Keijser

    The 13th Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) will be held October 21-24, 2021, featuring a return to in-person screenings. The festival will include 67 films (12 narrative features, 11 documentary features, 44 short films) from 20 countries. A central theme of this year’s edition of NIFF will be a celebration of the art of making the short film, including the first time the festival has showcased a specially curated shorts program for its Opening Night Film experience. The film festival will close with a special presentation of Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future featuring a live performance of John Williams’ classic score by the Naples Philharmonic, conducted by Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly.

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