Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Summer of Soul lead the nominations for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with four nominations, followed by Jessica Beshir with Faya Dayi and Nicholas Bruckman with Not Going Quietly each with three nominations.
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‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Faya Dayi’ ‘Not Going Quietly’ Lead 37th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Faya Dayi’ ‘Not Going Quietly’ – 37th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
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‘Drive My Car’ Wins Best Film at 2021 Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Drive My Car by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Drive My Car by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi won the award for Best Feature Film at the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, along with Best Screenplay for Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Oe Takamasa.
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THE ONLY ONE Trailer. Caitlin Stasey and Jon Beavers Star in Indie Romantic Drama
The Only One directed by Noah Gilbert (Vertical Entertainment via Youtube) Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for The Only One, the indie drama directed by first time filmmaker Noah Gilbert and starring Caitlin Stasey, Jon Beavers, along with Niseema Theillaud. The film “a love letter to France, good wine, and living your best life” opens in select theaters and on demand on December 10, 2021.
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Summer of Soul Sweeps 6th Critics Choice Documentary Awards + Named Best Documentary Feature
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was the big winner at the sixth Critics Choice Documentary Awards winning in every category in which it was nominated, including the award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as Best Director (TIE), Best First Documentary Feature, Best Editing, Best Archival Documentary and Best Music Documentary.
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Tunisian Documentary SHE HAD A DREAM on Activist Ghofrane Binous Opens in US in December [Trailer]
She Had A Dream by Raja Amari ArtMattan Films will release the documentary She Had A Dream by Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 3, 2021
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‘Brighton 4th’ Wins Best Film at 2021 Asian World Film Festival
(l. to r.) Levan Tediashvili (Kakhi) and Giorgi Tabidze (Soso) shopping on the boardwalk of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, in Brighton 4th, directed by Levan Koguashvili. Image courtesy of Kino Iberica. The Georgian film Brighton 4th directed by Levan Koguashvili won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film at the 2021 Asian World Film Festival (AWFF). The jury awarded the Snow Leopard for Best Actor to Tolepbergen Baisakalov for Fire (Kazakhstan) and Best Actress to Arawinda Kirana for Yuni (Indonesia). Eran Kolirin, director of Let it Be Morning (Israel), was honored with the Snow Leopard Distinction Award for Directing and Yusif (Lebanon) was recognized with Snow Leopard Special Jury Award for the film’s production (Houssein Haidar, producer, actor, and screenwriter and Mohammed Kazem Fayad, director).
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SFFILM to Honor Jane Campion, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Oscar Isaac
SFFILM 2021 Honors (Left to Right: Director: Jane Campion (Photo Credit: Grant Matthews), Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green (Photo Credit: Chiabella James/C.B.J. Photography), Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal, (Photo Credit: Gareth Cattermole), Actor: Oscar Isaac Jon Kopaloff (Photo Credit: FilmMagic) Jane Campion, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Oscar Isaac will be honored at the annual 2021 SFFILM Awards Night, for exemplary achievement in film craft. This year’s celebration will take place on Monday, December 6 at San Francisco’s YBCA Forum.
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King Richard’s Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis to Receive Performer Awards at Santa Barbara Film Festival
(L – r) AUNJANUE ELLIS as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, MIKAYLA BARTHOLOMEW as Tunde Price, WILL SMITH as Richard Williams, SANIYYA SIDNEY as Venus Williams, DEMI SINGLETON as Serena Williams and DANIELE LAWSON as Isha Price in Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama KING RICHARD, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chiabella James Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis will receive the Outstanding Performers of the Year Award at the 37th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Smith and Ellis will be honored at an in-person conversation about their cinematic careers leading up to their outstanding performances in this year’s King Richard from Warner Bros Pictures. .
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Filmocracy Fest 2021 Returns With Hybrid Digital and In-Person Lineup
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock Filmocracy will reprise its groundbreaking Film Festival with the second Festival set to run December 9th through December 12th. Filmocracy will present a robust slate of features and shorts, many of them award winners and social impact documentaries.
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Documentary LIFE OF CRIME: A 36-Year-Long Odyssey Into Lives Plagued By Addiction And Crime, Debuts on HBO [Trailer]
Life Of Crime 1984-2020 LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020, is the culmination of 36 years of work from multiple Emmy Award-winning producer/director Jon Alpert (HBO’s “Baghdad ER”). The third and final part of an epic documentary trilogy, LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020 tells the full story of three friends from Newark, New Jersey whose lives have been defined by and torn apart by their addictions. With unfettered access, LIFE OF CRIME: 1984-2020 bears witness to each of their journeys in and out of prison, rehab and in occasional jobs as they struggle to end the vicious cycles of drug use and to connect with the families they left behind. Authentic to true vérité filmmaking techniques, Alpert’s camera is observational, immersive, deeply intimate and unfiltered; the vast scope of the timeline allows for an extensive window into the tragic toll that addiction can take on substance abusers and their loved ones.
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Watch THE HAND OF GOD Trailer – Paolo Sorrentino’s Personal Film and Italy’s Oscar Submission
The Hand of God directed by Paolo Sorrentino Netflix released the official trailer for The Hand of God, Italy’s official submission for International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, starring newcomer Filippo Scotti, Sorrentino staple Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo and Betti Pedrazzi.
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JAGGED Trailer. Documentary Explores Pop Star Alanis Morissette’s Rise to Fame
Alanis Morissette in Jagged directed by Alison Klayman HBO released the official trailer for Jagged, the new documentary on singer Alanis Morissette, exploring her beginnings as a young Canadian pop star and the rocky path she faced navigating the male-dominated music industry. The documentary takes viewers to 1995, when a 21-year-old Alanis Morissette burst onto the music scene with the first single off her ground-breaking album, “Jagged Little Pill.”