IFC Center announced the full slate of the 2019 What The Fest!? film festival, a five-day showcase of outrageous content — horror, sci-fi, documentary, thrillers, and beyond — from March 20th through March 24th.
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2019 What The Fest!? Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with World Premiere of Larry Fessenden’s DEPRAVED
DEPRAVED directed by Larry Fessenden
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2019 Tribeca Film Festival Immersive Lineup to Feature More Than 30 VR, AR, Mixed Reality Experiences
7 Lives Tribeca Immersive, at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, where top VR creators choose to debut their latest work, will showcase more than 30 cinematic and cutting-edge virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality experiences by top artists who push the boundaries of storytelling with technology. Tribeca Immersive encompasses two events that run the duration of the Festival, Virtual Arcade, presented by AT&T, and Tribeca Cinema360. The Tribeca Film Festival takes place from April 24 to May 5.
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THE RIVER AND THE WALL to Premiere at SXSW, in Theaters on May 3
THE RIVER AND THE WALL The River and The Wall follows five friends on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico. Riding horses, bicycles, and paddling canoes, they travel along the Rio Grande and meet with landowners, border patrol agents, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, immigrants, wildlife biologists, and folks on either side of the Rio to better understand where a physical border wall would go and the impacts it would have.
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THE SPY BEHIND HOME PLATE Tells Real Story of Moe Berg MLB Player Turned WWII Spy
Moe Berg. The Spy Behind Home Plate. Courtesy of the National Baseball Hall of Fame The Spy Behind Home Plate, set for national release on Friday, May 24, is the first feature-length documentary about Moe Berg, the enigmatic and brilliant baseball player who turned spy for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. The film from award-winning documentary filmmaker Aviva Kempner will play film festivals and theaters across the U.S. and internationally.
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Russia’s Oscar Entry – Holocaust Drama SOBIBOR Sets March 29 Release Date
Sobibor The powerful film Sobibor tells the true story of the only successful revolt in a Nazi death camp during World War II. Directed by Konstantin Khabenskiy, the film was Russia’s Official Selectionon for Foreign-Language Oscar. Samuel Goldwyn will release Sobibor March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles at Laemmle Music Hall, and nationwide on digital/VOD.
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Blitz Bazawule’s Award Winning Film THE BURIAL OF KOJO Gets Late March Release Date
THE BURIAL OF KOJO In The Burial Of Kojo filmmaker Blitz Bazawule weaves African mythology and social political issues into a stunning tapestry punctuated by both drama and dreams. The film won the 2018 Urbanworld Film Festival Best Narrative Feature and was also an official selection of the 2019 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF).
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Satanic Sundance Hit HAIL SATAN? to Open 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival + See Full Lineup
Hail Satan? Director Penny Lane’s provocative Sundance-sensation Hail Satan? opens this year’s 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival with its inspirational and entertaining chronicle of the extraordinary rise of one of America’s most colorful and controversial religious movements, The Satanic Temple (TST). A damning commentary on the role of organized religion in our purportedly secular society, Hail Satan? challenges preconceived notions about the objectives of the nontheistic, Salem-based, political activist movement and offers “a timely look at a group of often misunderstood outsiders whose unwavering commitment to social and political justice has empowered thousands of people around the world.” Filmmaker Lane and TST co-founder & spokesperson Lucien Greaves will be present for a post-screening Q&A.
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Tribeca Film Festival Announces 2019 Feature Film Lineup
Good Posture The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, today unveiled its feature film lineup of 103 films from 124 filmmakers. The films selected in the three competition sections consist of 50% women directed films. The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival takes place April 24 – May 5.
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TIME FOR ILHAN, Docu Chronicling Newly elected Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, to be Released on International Women’s Day
The new inspiring and rousing documentary TIME FOR ILHAN, chronicles newly elected Congresswoman, and first ever Somali Muslim legislator, Ilhan Omar, as she seeks to redefine politics in America. TIME FOR ILHAN, which was recently nominated for Outstanding Documentary at the 2019 NAACP Image Awards, will be released on March 8, 2019 to coincide with International Women’s Day.
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Franco Rosso’s BABYLON to Open in US for First Time on March 8
BABYLON Never before released in the US, Franco Rosso’s BABYLON follows a young reggae DJ in Thatcher-era Brixton as he pursues his musical ambitions, while battling fiercely against the racism and xenophobia of employers, neighbors, police, and the National Front. Babylon will open on March 8, 2019 in New York at BAM; and on March 15, 2019 in Los Angeles a Laemmle Glendale.
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Elisabeth Moss Stars as ’90s Rock Superstar in Official Trailer for HER SMELL
Elisabeth Moss in HER SMELL Gunpowder & Sky released the official trailer for Her Smell starring Elisabeth Moss as Becky Something, a ’90s rock superstar. Her Smell also stars Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn, Amber Heard, Gayle Rankin, Ashley Benson, Dylan Gelula, Virginia Madsen and Eric Stoltz; and will be released on April 12th in NY and April 19th in LA.
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WATCH First Trailer for Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner THE SOUVENIR
The Souvenir directed by Joanna Hogg A24 released the first trailer forThe Souvenir, a mysterious and mesmerizing chronicle of first love from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg. The Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner features profoundly layered breakout performances by Honor Swinton Byrne and Tom Burke alongside Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton in an enrapturing and personal portrait of the artist as a young woman. The Souvenir will be released in theaters on May 17, 2019.