Santa Fe Independent Film Festival celebrated its 11th year showcasing some of the top American independent films and foreign films over five days in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2019 Winners – LOST BAYOU, ERNIE & JOE, YES GOD YES, NOTHING FANCY
Lost Bayou directed by Brian C Miller Richard
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Watch New MIDNIGHT FAMILY Trailer. In Theaters in December
Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen Here is the new trailer for the multi-award winning documentary Midnight Family directed by Luke Lorentzen. The documentary which won at Sundance Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest and recently nominated for 2019 International Documentary Association Award for Best Feature opens on December 6 through 1091 Media.
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Devour! the Food Film Fest 2019 Golden Tine Winners – FROM THE VINE and GHOST FLEET Win Awards
From the Vine directed by Sean Cisterna Devour! the Food Film Fest honored the winning films with the 2019 Golden Tine awards with the prize for Best Feature Drama going to From the Vine directed by Sean Cisterna. The jury noted that this is a funny, touching and poignant film about doing the right thing and finding hope in unexpected places.
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Twin Cities Film Fest 2019 Winners – MARRIAGE STORY Wins Best Film
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach’s critically-acclaimed relationship drama Marriage Story starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, was named the Best Feature Film of 2019 at the Twin Cities Film Fest.
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8th Portland Film Festival Winners – PRINCESS OF THE ROW and FIRE ON THE HILL Win Top Awards
Princess of the Row Princess of the Row was named Best Narrative Feature and Fire on the Hill took home Best Documentary Feature at the 8th Annual Portland Film Festival. Princess of the Row is director Max Carlson’s inspiring tale of a runaway foster child who will stop at nothing to get back to the only family she knows: her homeless, mentally ill veteran father who lives on the streets of LA’s skid row.
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Byron Bay Film Festival 2019 Winners – IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS Wins Best Film
In My Blood it Runs directed by Maya Newell The 2019 Byron Bay Film Festival (BBFF) came to a close with the announcement of the winners of the BBFF Best Film Awards. The winner of both Best Film and Best Documentary was the powerful and enlightening In My Blood It Runs which offers a rare and compelling insight into the life of 10-year-old Arrente and Garrawa boy, Dujuan.
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Sundance Award Winning Enviro-Thriller SEA OF SHADOWS Premieres Commercial Free on National Geographic
Sea of Shadows directed by Richard Ladkani “It required great courage to make this film: Richard Ladkani and Andrea Crosta, both good friends of mine, risked their lives tracking down and investigating both the Chinese and Mexican cartels involved. We must try to save the vaquita, because every species matters. I hope this film can inspire real action, before it is too late.”
Jane Goodall
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Alessandro Piva’s SANTA SUBITO Wins Rome Film Fest’s People’s Choice Award
Santa subito directed by Alessandro Piva The documentary Santa Subito by Alessandro Piva is the winner of the “BNL People’s Choice Award” at the 14th Rome Film Fest, awarded by the viewers of the Festival.
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IDFA Unveils Main Competition Lineup, + World Premiere of SUNLESS SHADOWS
Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) The world premiere of Sunless Shadows (Mehrdad Oskouei) will kick off the 32nd edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Filmed in a small juvenile detention center, Sunless Shadows steps into the enclosed world of five young Iranian women, all accomplices in the murder of their abusive husbands, fathers, or brothers-in-law. Through breathtaking monologues and whip-smart interactions, the beauty, humor, and tragedy of the characters’ daily lives confirms that a murder story is never simple.
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Laura Naylor’s Winemaking Vérité Documentary VAS-Y COUPE! to World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019
Film subjects picking grapes in Vas-y Coupe!, directed by Laura Naylor. Courtesy of By and By Productions New York filmmaker Laura Naylor’s VAS-Y COUPE!, a beautifully observed portrait of seasonal labor at a family-owned vineyard in France’s Champagne region, will World Premiere at DOC NYC 2019.
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Boys Don’t Cry Director Kimberly Peirce and Actor Tom Skerritt Honored at Key West Film Fest
Kimberly Peirce and Actor Tom Skerritt Boys Don’t Cry director Kimberly Peirce and actor Tom Skerritt will receive the prestigious Golden Key Awards at this year’s Key West Film Festival, running November 20 to 24, 2019.
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DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces 2020 Dates
DocLands Documentary Film Festival (image via Facebook) The DocLands Documentary Film Festival announced the dates for the upcoming 4th edition will run Thursday, April 30 – Sunday, May 3, 2020 in Marin County, California.