Joe Begos’ BLISS, which will have its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, April 27, released the first look trailer. The horror flick featuring cool gritty visuals, stars Dora Madison, Tru Collins, Rhys Wakefield,Jeremy Gardner, Graham Skipper, and George Wendt.
Rita, The Documentary, film on Rita Guerrero, the brilliant lead singer of Mexico City-based art rock band Santa Sabina who passed away from breast cancer, will screen at the Hola Mexico Film Festival to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary.
The Official Selection of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival was unveiled this morning at the annual press conference. In addition to opening night film – Jim Jamusch’s The Dead Don’t Die, the competition lineup includes new releases from Pedro Almodóvar, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, and Terrence Malick. Films premiering out of competition include Nicolas Winding Refn’s Too Old to Die Young – North of Hollywood, West of Hell.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) wrapped its 18th annual edition, and announced the juried and audience award-winning films at its Awards Night celebration.
The Shipment, a $1 million dollar father/daughter science fiction short, written, executive produced and directed by VFX artist and 3D animator Bobby Bala will premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Feature films, short films, music videos, and more, highlighting a diversity of themes, genres, and styles characteristic of contemporary national and international cinema trends will be presented at the twenty-second Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22), May 1 to 5, 2019, in Austin, Texas.
The 45th annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) which runs from May 16 through June 9, 2019 will feature Lulu Wang’s drama The Farewell starring Awkwafina, as its Closing Night Gala film, on June 9, 2019 at SIFF Cinema Egyptian.
With one in eight American children suffering a confirmed case of neglect or abuse by age 18, there are currently more than 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S., a number that continues to grow each year.
The iconic Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine (1926-2008) will be honored at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with a large retrospective of 11 remastered films consisting of early lesser-known works as well as established classics.
The 17th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) came to a close on Sunday with the world premiere of director Megha Ramaswamy’s THE ODDS, a coming-of-age tale about two teens who skip school on an important exam day and go on a fantastical journey through Mumbai. The evening also featured the presentation of the festival’s Grand Jury and Audience Choice Awards presented by HBO.
The 2019 RiverRun International Film Festival announced the Awards with the top prizes going to Alice directed by Josephine Mackerras which won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, along with the Peter Brunette Award for Best Director for Mackerras. The film also snagged the Re Vision and Independent Feature Film Award. The Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature went to American Factory directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.
The Peabody Awards revealed the eight winning films released in 2018 in the Documentary category, including Dolores, profile of unsung activists Dolores Huerta; A Dangerous Son on the challenges faced by parents of children living with mental health issues; and Minding the Gap, on the healing skateboarding provides for three young men transitioning into adulthood.