Netflix has acquired the global rights to the horror film His House from director/writer: Remi Weekes which world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section
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Netflix Acquires Remi Weekes’ Sundance Horror Film HIS HOUSE
Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu appear in His House by Remi Weekes, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Aidan Monaghan.
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PRINCESS OF THE ROW to Open Toronto Black Film Festival 2020
Princess of the Row Princess of the Row by award winning filmmaker Maximilian Carlson will open the eighth edition of the Toronto Black Film Festival – TBFF on Wednesday, February 12 – 7PM at Isabel Bader Theatre. In 2019, Princess of the Row won 19 awards at 20 film festivals: 4 Audience Choice, 5 Best Feature, 6 Best Actress (Tayler Buck), 3 Best Actor (Edi Gathegi) and 1 Best Cinematography (Maz Makhani). The festival will close with the documentary Restless directed by Bernard Attal.
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International Film Fest Rotterdam Announces 2020 Winners. THE CLOUD IN HER ROOM Wins Tiger Award
From left to right: Yuhao Su, Cuishan Liang, Wang Zijian, Liu Xinzhu, Jinjing en Zheng Lu Xinyuan. Winners of 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam Chinese filmmaker Zheng Lu Xinyuan won the Tiger Award at the 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) for her film The Cloud in Her Room. In her personal debut film, shot in black-and-white, filmmaker Zheng Lu Xinyuan follows 22-year-old Muzi as she returns to Hangzhou, where she was born, for the New Year’s celebration. However, it’s like she doesn’t really fit in anywhere.
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Watch New Trailer for SWALLOW, Starring Haley Bennett as Pregnant Housewife with Pica
SWALLOW, directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis IFC Films released a new trailer for the provocative psychological indie thriller Swallow, starring Haley Bennett as pregnant housewife Hunter who suddenly develops a case of pica – a psychological disorder involving the desire to consume inedible objects. The film from writer/director Carlo Mirabella-Davis (The Swell Season), and starring Austin Stowell, Elizabeth Marvel, David Rasche, Luna Lauren Velez, Zabryna Guevara, along with Denis O’Hare premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Swallow will be released in select theaters on March 13th, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for Indie Thriller DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL Starring Tuppence Middleton
DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL Starring Tuppence Middleton IFC Films released the official trailer for the thriller Disappearance at Clifton Hill (formerly Clifton Hill), directed by Albert Shin (IN HER PLACE) which had its World Premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film will open in theaters on February 28th, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for THE INTRUDER, Natalia Meta’s Psycho-sexual Thriller Premiering at Berlin Fest 2020
Érica Rivas in El prófugo | The Intruder by Natalia Meta The first teaser trailer debuted for Natalia Meta’s The Intruder (El Prófugo), right after it was announced that the film will have its world premiere at the official competition of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, which will take place from February 20 to March 1, 2020.
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Watch First Trailer for BEASTIE BOYS STORY, Doc on Iconic Rap Group
Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond in “Beastie Boys Story,” premiering April 24 on Apple TV+. Apple TV+ dropped the first teaser trailer for Beastie Boys Story, Spike Jonze ‘live documentary experience’ on the iconic rap group which is set to world premiere at the SXSW 2020.
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International Film Fest Rotterdam Announces Winners of IFFR Pro Awards 2020
2020 IFFR Pro Award winners at 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam The IFFR Pro Days and the 37th edition of CineMart came to a close at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Six different IFFR Pro Awards were handed out to the most promising projects-in-the-making, including the new Splendor Omnia Award and IFFR Pro Young Network Award.
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Spike Lee to Receive Toronto Black Film Festival’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
Spike Lee The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) will present Academy Award Winning director and Cannes Film Festival’s first Black Jury President, Spike Lee with the TBFF 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, February13,7PM at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. #TBFF20 is thrilled to grant him this prestigious award in recognition of his body of work which revolutionized the role of black talent in Hollywood, tearing away decades of stereotypes and marginalized portrayals to establish a new arena for African American voices to be heard.
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Sundance 2020. Michael Almereyda’s TESLA Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Ethan Hawke appears in Tesla by Michael Almereyda, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Cara Howe. At a reception at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded $70,000 in grants. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Tesla and announced the new winners: Tim Delaney for The Plutonians (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant); Kiran Deol for Tidal Disruption (Sundance Institute | Sloan Development Fellowship); and Courtney Smith for Higher (Sundance Institute | Sloan Episodic Fellowship). Michael Almereyda’s Tesla was formally presented with a $20,000 check for winning the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize.
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Sundance 2020 Announces Short Film Award Winners. Sofia Alaoui Wins Grand Jury Prize
Fouad Oughaou appears in So What If The Goats Die by Sofia Alaoui, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Enviede Tempte. Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced last night in Park City, Utah with the Short Film Grand Jury Prize going to So What If The Goats Die, directed and written by Sofia Alaoui.
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Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2020 Competition Lineup
Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning in The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter Berlin International Film Festival today revealed the 2020 Competition lineup of 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary film. Films in competition include First Cow by Kelly Reichardt; The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter with Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney; Siberia by Abel Ferrara with Willem Dafoe.