The indie LGBT film ‘As I Am’ directed by Anthony Bawn will be released in theaters in December via Bawn Incorporated and APB Productions LLC.
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C.J Renner’s Heist Thriller AMERICAN TENDER Opens in Theaters in December
AMERICAN TENDER directed by C.J Renner Writer/director C.J Renner’s critically acclaimed American Tender will open in theaters starting on Thursday December 5.
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Watch Trailer for INVISIBLE LIFE – Brazil’s Oscar Submission in Theaters in December
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz Amazon released the trailer for Invisible Life, Brazil’s Official Submission for International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. Invisible Life directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Carol Duarte, Julia Stockler and Fernanda Montenegro opens in theaters on December 20th.
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PAPICHA, PINKY PROMISE Win Top Prizes at exground filmfest 32
exground filmfest 32: Award winners, award sponsors and the exground team / Photo: Peter R. Fischer exground filmfest 32 concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony. As best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA by Mounia Meddour. Audience members selected PINKY PROMISE by Sophie Linnenbaum (who placed 2nd in 2018 with RIEN NE VA PLUS) as the winner in the German Short Film Competition. Second prize went to EARLY BIRDS by Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz, and Felix Karolus was honoured with third prize for his film MENUETT.
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Calgary Underground Film Festival Docs Fest Opens with THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY
THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY CUFF.Docs, the 7th Annual Documentary Film Festival presented by Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF), starts this Wednesday night, November 27, with the Sundance hit THE AMAZING JOHNATHAN DOCUMENTARY, about the final tour of a dying magician, “The Amazing Johnathan”, which turns into an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion. The 5-day festival runs until Sunday, Dec 1 at Globe Cinema.
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IDFA 2019 Winners – IN A WHISPER Wins Best Documentary
Award Winners of 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Directors Heidi Hassan and Patricia Pérez Fernández are the winners of the 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary with In a Whisper. The film centers on two emigrated Cuban filmmakers whose passion for film, friendship, and freedom reunites them after years apart.
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Cairo International Film Festival Now an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival 2019 The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awarded OSCAR® qualifying film festival status to the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Tops Nominations for 3rd Hollywood Critics Association Awards
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon in Hollywood tops the nominations list for the 3rd Annual Hollywood Critic Awards (previously known as The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society) with a total of eleven nominations, while Netflix’s The Irishman and A24’s Waves each earn nine. Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which premiered at Sundance back in January, scored a total of seven nominations. Todd Phillips’ controversial Joker received quite a bit of love from the members of the HCA with a total of seven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Noah Baumbach’s widely praised Marriage Story received six nominations, including Best Actor for Adam Driver and Best Actress for Scarlett Johansson.
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Indie Filmmakers Gina Hackett and Josalynn Smith Win 2019 Sloan Science in Cinema Fellowships
Gina Hackett and Josalynn Smith Win 2019 Sloan Science in Cinema Fellowships From an open call for submissions, SFFILM and the Sloan Foundation have awarded the 2019 Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowships to Gina Hackett to develop her screenplay A Bridge Between Us, and to Josalynn Smith for her project Something in the Water.
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Nominees Announced for AARP 19th Movies for Grownups Awards
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD directed by Marielle Heller AARP The Magazine today announced the nominees for the upcoming 19th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Bombshell, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Farewell, The Irishman, and The Two Popes contending for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category.
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Psychedelic Comedy THE WAVE Starring Justin Long Heads to Theaters in January 2020
THE WAVE starring Justin Long and Donald Faison Gille Klabin’s psychedelic sci-fi adventure-comedy The Wave starring Justin Long and Donald Faison, which world premiered at Austin’s famous Fantastic Fest is headed to nationwide theaters and VOD on January 17th, 2020 from Epic Pictures Group.
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Jennifer Lopez to Receive Spotlight Award, Actress at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Jennifer Lopez in Hustlers Jennifer Lopez will receive the Spotlight Award, Actress at the Film Awards Gala of the 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) for her Oscar-buzzed performance in Hustlers. The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.