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Watch Trailer for THE DARK RED, Supernatural Horror Film Starring April Billingsley

Horror + Scifi, Independent Film, Thriller

THE DARK RED directed by Dan Bush

Dark Sky Films released the trailer for The Dark Red, a sophisticated, supernatural revenge thriller with a killer cast including April Billingsley (AMC’s The Walking Dead, Last Vegas), Kelsey Scott (How to Get Away with Murder), Conal Byrne (The Vault, The Reconstruction of William Zero), Rhoda Griffis (Parental Guidance, The Blind Side), John Curran (Captain America: Civil War, The Conspirator), Jill Jane Clements (TV’s Bloodline, TV’s Outcast) . Written and directed by Dan Bush, The Dark Red will open in theaters on March 6th.

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TWO OF US, Bold Story of Decades-old Love Between Two Women, Opens on April 10

Foreign Language Films, Independent Film, LGBTQ

TWO OF US, starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier

Magnolia Pictures will release Two Of Us (Deux), Filippo Meneghetti’s deeply moving French drama about the love between two older women starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier in the US. Two Of Us which world premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, will open in New York on Friday, April 10 with a national release to follow.

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2020 Oscars Winners Announced, PARASITE Wins Best Picture, AMERICAN FACTORY Wins Best Documentary

Awards

The cast and crew of “Parasite” accept the Oscar® for Best Picture during the live ABC Telecast of The 92nd Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 9, 2020. | Blaine Ohigashi / ©A.M.P.A.S.

The South Korean film Parasite made history, becoming the first non-English film to win the Oscar for best picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Parasite also won the award for International Feature Film (previously know as Foreign Film), Writing (Original Screenplay) and Director for Bong Joon Ho.

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Watch Trailer for THE ROADS NOT TAKEN, Starring Elle Fanning and Javier Bardem

Berlin International Film Festival, Independent Film

Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning in The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter

Bleecker Street released the official trailer for The Roads Not Taken, starring Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning which is set to world premier in competition at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.

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Watch Captivating First English Trailer for BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ, Premiering at Berlinale 2020

Berlin International Film Festival, Foreign Language Films

Welket Bungué in Berlin Alexanderplatz by Burhan Qurbani

Burhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz, which will have its world premiere in Competition at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival released the first English trailer via Screen Daily.

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35th Spirit Awards Winners, THE FAREWELL, BOOKSMART, AMERICAN FACTORY

Awards

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Chelsea Barnard, Jessica Elbaum, Katie Silberman, Olivia Wilde, Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein and Billie Lourd pose in the press room with the Best First Feature award for the film “Booksmart” during the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 08, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images)

Indie films The Farewell, Uncut Gems, The Lighthouse, Marriage Story, Judy, Booksmart and See You Yesterday, along with Give Me Liberty, American Factory and Parasite won awards at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony.

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Portland International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup of Over 120 Films

Portland International Film Festival

First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt

The 43rd Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 43) announced the lineup featuring 10 days of films, talks, workshops, performances, and special events throughout Portland from March 6 to 15, 2020. The program showcases over 120 films from 40 countries, with sneak previews of upcoming releases including Sony Pictures Classics’ The Climb, Disney/Pixar’s Onward, Searchlight’s David Copperfield, Oscilloscope’s Clementine, and A24’s First Cow.

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Watch New Trailer for GO BACK TO CHINA Starring Anna Akan

Independent Film

GO BACK TO CHINA

Gravitas Ventures released the new theatrical trailer for director Emily Ting’s new film Go Back to China starring Anna Akana, Lynn Chen, and Kelly Hu, which opens in theatres and on demand starting March 6, 2020.

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Bentonville Film Festival Selects 8 Festival Alumni for ‘See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship’

Bentonville Film Festival (BFF), Filmmaking, Industry

Bentonville Film Festival Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship” | Top left to right: Jenna Laurenzo, Dawn Valadez, Amber McGinnis, Diane Paragas, Emily Ting, Fanny Veliz, McKenzie Chinn, Ursula Taherian. All images courtesy of the Bentonville Film Festival Foundation

The Bentonville Film Festival Foundation and The Coca-Cola Foundation announced the “See It, Be It Filmmaker Fellowship,” an annual fellowship designed to offer expansive developmental support for filmmakers from historically underrepresented communities. Eight Bentonville Film Festival Alumni have been selected for the inaugural program, which will include professional support from peers, entertainment industry leaders and major corporate changemakers, in addition to financial backing.

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Watch Eerie Trailer for Sci Fi THE VAST OF NIGHT, Set in 1950s New Mexico

Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

The Vast Of Night starring Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz

Amazon today released the official trailer for Andrew Patterson’s science fiction film The Vast Of Night which premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival. Set in 1950s New Mexico, the film starring Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz, Gail Cronauer, and Bruce Davis, follows two teens investigating a strange, audio frequency. The Vast Of Night opens in theaters on March 13, 2020.

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NY International Children’s Film Festival Announces 2020 Short Film Lineup

New York International Children’s Film Festival, Short Films

11:40 directed by Claudia Ruiz

Oscar-qualifying New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) announced the complete short film lineup for its 2020 Festival, which runs February 21 to March 15 at theaters throughout New York.

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Documentary SAUDI RUNAWAY Added to Berlin Film Festival Panorama Lineup

Berlin International Film Festival, Documentary

Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures

The documentary Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures has been added to Panorama program lineup of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. The documentary film shows a young woman striving for autonomy who flees from Saudi Arabia. She secretly films her claustrophobic everyday life with her smartphone before and during her escape.

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