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  • IDFA 2021 Reveals Documentary Films in Luminous and Frontlight Premiere Sections

    Intensive Life Unit directed by Adéla Komrzý
    Intensive Life Unit directed by Adéla Komrzý

    The 2021 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) unveiled the selected films in premiere-only sections Luminous and Frontlight, along with its first competition selections in the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary and the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary. IDFA also announced the selected titles in interdisciplinary program IDFA on Stage, chief among them the world premiere of the newly restored Dziga Vertov film The History of the Civil War. The 34th edition of IDFA takes place from November 17 to 28 in Amsterdam.

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  • AFI FEST 2021 Announces Lineup incl. Pedro Almodóvar’s PARALLEL MOTHERS

    Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz
    Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz

    AFI FEST unveiled the full lineup for this year’s festival including Parallel Mothers, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Pedro Almodóvar, which will screen as a Red Carpet Premiere at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, November 13.

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