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Rooftop Films 2022 Summer Series Announces Short Film Slate + Adds FIRE OF LOVE

Rooftop Films Summer Series

The Right Words by Adrian Moyse Dullin [Punchline Cinema]

Rooftop Films announced the short film slate for this year’s 2022 Rooftop Films Summer Series including Opening and Closing Night short film programs, their annual New York Non-Fiction screening featuring a live performance by the Freedom Dabka Group, short films to play before live musical performances at Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park, a Cemetery Shorts program in historic Green-Wood Cemetery, a program of twisted romantic tales, and free screenings of short animation, thrillers and documentaries throughout the city.

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Action Film BULLET PROOF Gets Summer Release + Goes to Foreign Market at Cannes

Independent Film, Thriller

Bullet Proof directed by James C. Clayton [Courtesy of IndustryWorks Studios]

Directed by James C. Clayton in his directorial debut, the action-packed film Bullet Proof will be released in the U.S. and Canada this summer, via Grindstone Entertainment Group, a Lionsgate company. IndustryWorks Studios will present the film to the foreign market this year at the world-renowned Marche du Film in Cannes, France.

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MY FRIEND TOMMY Trailer. Seriously Comedic Documentary Stars Real-life 40-year-old Virgin Tommy

Dances With Films, Documentary

My Friend Tommy directed by Nem Stankovic (image via screenshot | Vimeo)

My Friend Tommy, a seriously comedic feature documentary by filmmaker Nem Stankovic, is set to World Premiere at the Dances With Films (DWF 25) film festival, taking place June 9-19 in person at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Academy Announces Dates for 95th Oscars

Awards

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC announced the 95th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The show will air live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.

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Documentary BEING BEBE Chronicles Life of BeBe Zahara Benet, First Winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race | Trailer

Documentary, LGBTQ

Marshall Ngwa (aka BeBe Zahara Benet) in Being BeBe. Photo credit: Emily Branham for Work and Serve Productions.

Emily Branham’s first feature documentary Being Bebe roars into Pride Month on June 7th on Video on Demand and will make its Broadcast Premiere on Fuse in the U.S. and OUTtv in Canada on June 21st.

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Documentary AMERICAN PAIN Traces the Rise and Fall of Opioid Kingpins – Identical Twins Chris and Jeff George

Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival

American Pain directed by Darren Foster

The new true crime tale, American Pain, directed by Emmy® Award-winner Darren Foster traces the rise and fall of Chris and Jeff George, identical twins who are believed to be America’s most prolific opioid kingpins. In just a few short years of operation, the Georges ran a pill mill empire that attracted clients from around the country, and spawned a prescription drug trafficking network with an estimated street value of more than $500M. The film will premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in June, and is currently slated for release in 2023.

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Willem Dafoe Narrates THE WILD ONE, Tessa Louise’s Documentary on Enigmatic Director Jack Garfein

Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival

Scene from Tessa Louise-Salomé’s The Wild One (Photo Credit; The Party Film Sales)

Directed by Tessa Louise-Salomé, and narrated by Willem Dafoe the feature documentary The Wild One will have its World Premiere in Documentary Competition at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

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Watch First Teaser for Mickey Reece’s Surreal Comedy COUNTRY GOLD

Independent Film

Country Gold directed by Mickey Reece

Directed and co-written by Mickey Reece with his regular collaborator John Selvidge (Climate of the Hunter, Agnes), Country Gold will premiere this summer at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montréal, QC, which runs from July 14th to August 3rd, 2022.

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WE ARE THE THOUSAND Trailer. Foo Fighters Love Letter Documentary Arrives in June

Documentary

We Are The Thousand directed by Anita Rivaroli

The SXSW and Hot Docs breakout documentary We Are The Thousand chronicles the journey taken by 1,000 musicians to create the Biggest Rock Band on Earth. The film gives a first-hand account of the group’s effort to play the iconic Foo Fighters anthem “Learn to Fly”, convince Dave Grohl to play a concert in Cesena, Italy, and the global sensation the event became.

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Juliette Binoche Featured on San Sebastian Festival Poster and Honored with Donostia Award

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Juliette Binoche featured on the official poster of San Sebastian Festival

Actress Juliette Binoche is featured on the official poster of San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, to run from September 16-24, 2022. Winner of an Academy Award for her work in The English Patient (Anthony Minghella, 1996), the French actor will also receive one of this year’s Donostia Awards in recognition of an extensive career which has seen her play almost 75 characters, from power-wielding heroines to fragile beings with historical figures, drama roles and comedy parts along the way.

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RESURRECTION Teaser Trailer. Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth Star in Andrew Seman’s Psychological Thriller

Thriller

Rebecca Hall in Resurrection by Andrew Semans. | photo by Wyatt Garfield.

IFC Films debuted a teaser trailer for Resurrection, the psychological thriller starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth which had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.

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BEBA Trailer. Rebeca Huntt’s Raw Cinematic Memoir Documentary in Theaters in June

Documentary

Beba directed by Rebeca Huntt

The official trailer debuted this week for BEBA, Rebeca Huntt’s poetic, raw and ruthless self portrait documentary in which the young, NYC-born Afro-Latina stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma. The documentary which premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival opens in theaters on June 24, 2022.

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