The 15th San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) runs October 16 – October 20, 2024 featuring International and locally produced dance films in various San Francisco theaters and streamed online on Marquee TV from October 21 to November 4.
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15th San Francisco Dance Film Festival Sets Lineup – ‘Closer Than Yesterday,’ ‘Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby’
Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby (courtesy SFDFF)
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‘The Last of the Sea Women’ – Elderly South Korean Divers Fight to Keep Their Traditions Alive in A24/Apple Documentary | Trailer
The Last of the Sea Women (screenshot / Apple TV+) From director Sue Kim (The Speed Cubers) and producer Malala Yousafzai comes ‘The Last of the Sea Women,’ a documentary film on the haenyeo divers of Jeju Island, South Korea. The documentary follows the divers, who are mostly elderly women now, as they fight to keep their traditions alive in the age of social media.
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‘Stomach It’ First Look Teaser – Jon Lee Richardson is a Crime Scene Cleaner in Peter Klausner’s Body Horror Film
Jon Lee Richardson in ‘Stomach It’. (Isotre Films) Isotre Films unveiled the first look teaser trailer and image for ‘Stomach It,’ the psychological horror film from director Peter Klausner (Closing). The film stars Jon Lee Richardson (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F) as a crime scene cleaner struggling to stay sane in his unconventional job.
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‘Veteran 2: I, The Executioner’ – Hwang Jung-min Returns in Sequel to Ryoo Seung-wan’s Korean Action Thriller Film | Trailer
Veteran 2: I, The Executioner by Ryoo Seung-wan (CJ ENM Co. Ltd.) Following the success of one of Korea’s most successful action blockbusters of all time, ‘Veteran’, director Ryoo Seung-wan returns with ‘Veteran 2: I, The Executioner,’ the sequel to the 2015 hit action film. The film marks the return of Hwang Jung-min as the veteran detective as he tackles a dangerous serial killer case with a rookie detective played by Jung Hae-in.
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‘Nickel Boys’ – Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Daveed Diggs Star in RaMell Moss’ Jim Crow Era Drama Film | Trailer
Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross (screenshot/Amazon MGM Studios) Oscar-nominated director of ‘Hale County This Morning, This Evening’ RaMell Moss is making his narrative feature directorial debut with ‘Nickel Boys’, an ambitious drama set in the 1962 Jim Crow era. Based on the 2019 Pulitzer-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, the film tells the story of two teenagers trying to survive in an abusive segregated reform school in Talahasee, Florida. The film is shot almost entirely in first-person perspective.
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‘Pimpinero: Blood and Oil’ – Romance Sparks in the Brutal World of Colombian Gasoline Smugglers in Andrés Baiz’s Film | Trailer
Pimpinero: Blood and Oil. (Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios) Exploring the world of ‘pimpineros’, Colombian illegal gasoline smugglers, ‘Pimpinero: Blood and Oil,’ the action/drama film from acclaimed director Andrés Baiz (Griselda, Narcos, The Hidden Face,) brings a story full of action, drama and romance.
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‘After’ – Poetry and Film Meet in Richard Kroehling’s Holocaust Documentary Featuring Melissa Leo | Trailer
Melissa Leo in After directed by Richard Kroehling (screenshot/ Two-time Emmy award winning director Richard Kroehling (World Without End, 2B) combines the art of poetry and film in ‘After,’ the dramatic hybrid documentary that explores the world of poetry as poets respond to the aftermath of the Holocaust.
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‘Triumph’ Starring Maria Bakalova Selected as Bulgaria’s Entry for Best International Feature Film Oscar Race
Triumph directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov (courtesy TIFF) Directed by award-winning filmmaking duo Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, ‘Triumph’ the new black-comedy film set in 1990’s Bulgaria, has been chosen to represent the country at the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The film stars Maria Bakalova, who rose to prominence after starring in 2020’s ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’, earning her a nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Sebastian Stan Does His Best Donald Trump in ‘The Apprentice’ First Look Clip
Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’. (screenshot) Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’ which world premiered earlier this year at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, explores the early years of Trump’s business career including his relationship with lawyer Roy Cohn and his first wife Ivana.
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Animated Adventure Film ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ to Premiere at AFI FEST
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, a new epic adventure film from Aardman’s four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham will have its World Premiere at AFI FEST.
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‘Hard Truths’ – Marieanne Jean-Baptise Stars in Mike Leigh’s Fierce Family Drama Film | Trailer
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Tuwaine Barrett, David Webber, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Hard Truths (Courtesy of Simon Mein Copyright Thin Man Films Ltd) Returning after 2018’s ‘Peterloo’, seven-time nominated Academy Awards writer/director Mike Leigh (Secrets & Lies, Naked) comes with ‘Hard Truths’, the drama film following a woman (played by longtime collaborator Marieanne Jean-Baptise) struggling with anger issues and her easygoing younger sister (played by longtime collaborator Michele Austin) navigating their dramatic family life.
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‘Nightbitch’ – Amy Adams Stars as a Mom Turning into a Feral Dog in Comedy Horror Film | Trailer
Amy Adams in ‘Nightbitch’. (screenshot/Searchlight Pictures) Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams stars in Nightbitch, a surreal comedy horror movie from director Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me?). ‘Nightbitch’ tells a wacky story of a mother manifesting her maternal instinct by transforming into a dog. The film is based on the 2021 Rachel Yoder’s novel of the same title.