The Academy Awards qualifying Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the Award Winners for its 38th Anniversary edition.
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Rhode Island International Film Festival Announces 2020 Award Winners
Grand Prize winner for Best Live Action Short: “Ivo”directed by Christina Lande
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Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights Join Forces to Launch Virtual Film Festival
Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, NIGHTSTREAM, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film Festival, Popcorn Frights Film Festival
Nightstream In response to the challenges impacting the film community amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Boston Underground Film Festival (MA), Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (NY), North Bend Film Festival (WA), the Overlook Film Festival (LA), and Popcorn Frights Film Festival (FL) will join forces under the banner of NIGHTSTREAM to present a dynamic and accessible virtual festival, to run from October 8 – 11.
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Atlanta Film Festival Reveals New 2020 Dates and Official Selections
BLACK CONFLUX directed by Nicole Dorsey The 44th Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) which was originally scheduled to take place in the spring, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now take place from Thursday, September 17 – Sunday, September 27, 2020. The festival shared the lineup of creative works, feature-length and short films selected from a record-breaking 8,500+ submissions for the 2020 event.
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Zurich Film Festival Confirms First 10 Gala Film Premieres – ASSASSINS, KAJILLIONAIRE
(top l to r) Assassins, The Big Hit (Un triomphe), Shirley, Kajillionaire The 16th Zurich Film Festival revealed the first ten films in its gala section including the French comedy The Big Hit (Un triomphe) with Kad Merad, Kajillionaire by Miranda July with Evan Rachel Wood and Debra Winger and The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.
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Female Directed Films – Lucrecia Marte’s CHOCOBAR and Marí Alessandrini’s ZAHORI Win Top Prizes at Locarno 2020
Lucrecia Martel wins Pardo 2020 for best international film for CHOCOBAR; and Marí Alessandrini wins Pardo 2020 for best Swiss film fir ZAHORI Two female filmmakers won the top Pardi 2020 awards at the special edition of Locarno 2020, themed For the Future of Films.
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Cancelled Hong Kong International Film Festival Reveals Lineup
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese The 44th edition of Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF44) which was cancelled last month following the recent spike in COVID-19 infected cases in Hong Kong revealed what would have been the complete line-up of films. The 14-day festival was due to start from August 18.
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Peter Hutchison’s HEALING FROM HATE: BATTLE FOR THE SOUL OF A NATION Gets a Fall Release
Healing From Hate Healing From Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation is the new documentary from filmmaker Peter Hutchison (Requiem for the American Dream) that examines the root cause of hate group activity and following efforts by former extremists to de-radicalize white nationalists. The film, an official selection of DOC NYC and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, opens September 4, 2020 in Los Angeles – Laemmle Theaters via virtual cinema.
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Watch Trailer for Mystical and Terrifying LUZ: THE FLOWER EVIL
Luz: The Flower Evil Dark Sky Films released the trailer for Luz: The Flower Evil, directed and written by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, that will be available via Digital + VOD on September 15th. Described as equally mystical and terrifying, Luz: The Flower Evil is a fantasy folk horror film where tranquility belies a simmering evil.
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Music-Themed Family Drama BE THE LIGHT Gets September Release
Be The Light The music-themed family drama Be The Light directed and produced by Malcolm J. Goodwin, will be available to rent and own on DVD and digital platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on September 11, 2020.
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New York Film Festival Announces Main Slate of 25 Films
L to R: Red, White and Blue, Undine, Time, The Truffle Hunters, MLK/FBI, Isabella, I Carry You With Me, The Calming, Night of the Kings Film at Lincoln Center announced the 25 films that comprise the Main Slate of the 58th New York Film Festival, taking place September 17 – October 11, 2020.
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Virtual 2020 Sydney Underground Film Festival Unveils Lineup of Over 100 Films
Nimic by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Matt Dillon Sydney’s leading festival for cult and underground film, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), is back for its 14th year from Thursday September 10 – Sunday September 20, 2020, all taking place entirely online
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Cinema Guild Acquires ISABELLA, Matías Piñeiro’s Berlin Film Festival Award Winning Film
Isabella directed by Matías Piñeiro Cinema Guild acquired Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella which made its world premiere earlier this year at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a special jury mention in the Encounters section. Cinema Guild plans to release the film theatrically in 2021.