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Danger, Desire, and Despair – 2019 Noir City Announces Lineup of Classic Films, Opens with TRAPPED Starring Lloyd Bridges

Classics, Noir City Film Festival

Trapped (1949)

Noir City, the world’s most popular Film Noir festival, returns to the legendary Egyptian theater in Seattle, Washington, from February 15 through 21, 2019 for a week-long indulgence of danger, desire, and despair. The 2019 festival presents 20 classic films covering the years 1949 to 1959, as they were experienced on their original releases, pairing a top-tier studio “A” with a shorter, low-budget second feature, or “B” film. Many of the films will be presented in glorious 35mm. Czar of Noir and host of TCM’s “Noir Alley,” Eddie Muller, will host the week-long Festival.

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Ronny Sen’s CAT STICKS to World Premiere at Slamdance, Drops Trailer + Poster

Foreign Language Films, Independent Film, Slamdance Film Festival

Ronny Sen’s Cat Sticks

Ronny Sen’s Cat Sticks, captured in amazing black and white visuals, about junkies in Kolkata, released the official poster and trailer. The film which is set to world premiere at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival, stars Tanmay Dhanania, Sumeet Thakur, Joyraj Bhattacharjee, Rahul Dutta, Saurabh Saraswat, Sreejita Mitra, Raja Chakravorty, and Kalpan Mitra

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BLACK MOTHER, Khalik Allah’s Gorgeous Portrait of Jamaica, Opens in NY on March 8 at Metrograph

Documentary, Independent Film

BLACK MOTHER

Described as part film, part baptism, Khalik Allah’s Black Mother brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Beginning Friday March 8, Black Mother will begin its exclusive NY theatrical run at Metrograph.

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4th Neighboring Scenes, Festival of Contemporary Latin American Cinema Returns to Film Society of Lincoln Center, Announces Lineup

Neighboring Scenes

Belmonte, directed by Federico Veiroj

Neighboring Scenes, the annual festival of contemporary Latin American cinema organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical, returns for the 4th edition in New York City with 13 features and 10 shorts with seven filmmakers in person, from February 22 to 26.

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Risk Before Perfection – Berlin Film Festival Announces 2019 Forum Lineup

Berlin International Film Festival

Deragh Campbell. MS Slavic 7. Directors: Sofia Bohdanowicz, Deragh Campbell. © Lisa Pictures

The 49th edition of Forum as part of the Berlin International Film Festival will consists of 39 films, 31 of which world premieres. The festival notes, that the Forum 2019 main program doesn’t consider itself some sort of ‘best of’ list, but rather gathers together a selection of films that try things out, take a stance and refuse to compromise.

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Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion Among 2019 Sundance Film Festival Jury

Sundance Film Festival

Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion

20 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science will award feature-length and short films shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with 12 prizes, announced at a ceremony on February 2. Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 29; both award ceremonies will be livestreamed. The Festival takes place January 24 through February 3 in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah.

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Netflix Releases Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s HIGH FLYING BIRD

Independent Film

High Flying Bird by Steven Soderbergh

Netflix released the new trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s “High Flying Bird” starring Andre Holland and Zazie Beetz. The film will debut Friday, February 8th exclusively on Netflix.

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Alison Ellwood-Helmed Music Documentary LAUREL CANYON to Debut on EPIX in Late 2019

Documentary

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

EPIX will produce the upcoming documentary Laurel Canyon, that promises to pull back the curtain on a mythical world and provide an up-close look at the lives of the musicians who inhabited it. Through a wealth of rare and newly unearthed footage and audio recordings, the documentary will feature an intimate portrait of the artists who created a music revolution that would change popular culture. Alison Ellwood (History of the Eagles) will direct the feature-length film, which will premiere in late 2019 on EPIX.

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Berlin International Film Festival Completes 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup

Berlin International Film Festival

The Golden Glove (Der goldene Handschuh) by Fatih Akin
Margarethe Tiesel, Jonas Dassler

The Berlin International Film Festival today finalized the lineup for the 2019 Competition and Berlinale Special sections. In the Competition, 17 of a total of 23 selected films will be vying for the Golden Bear and Silver Bears. 20 of the films will be celebrating their world premiere at the festival.

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THE COMPETITION, Claire Simon’s Thrilling Portrait of La Fémis Film School, Opens Friday, Feb. 22 in NY

Documentary, Foreign Language Films

Claire Simon’s The Competition (Le Concours)

Claire Simon’s The Competition (Le Concours), the thrilling observational portrait of French film school La Fémis, will be the first theatrical release by Metrograph Pictures and the U.S. theatrical debut of the veteran filmmaker. The film opens Friday, February 22nd in New York at Metrograph, with a nationwide expansion to follow.

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Juliette Binoche, Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, André 3000 go Space Odyssey in HIGH LIFE Trailer

Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

Robert Pattinson in High Life

A24 dropped the U.S. trailer for High Life, a mind-shattering astral epic from the master Claire Denis in her English language debut, starring Juliette Binoche as a mad scientist specializing in bodily fluids, and Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, and André 3000 (née Benjamin) as inmates condemned to life in an intergalactic space prison.

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Cleveland International Film Festival Unveils 2019 Poster and Marketing Campaign

Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF)

The Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) unveiled its marketing campaign for the 43rd edition under the theme: WELCOME. The simple yet powerful theme is a nod to the inclusive nature the CIFF has built over its 43 years through its diverse on-screen programming and on-site programs. The campaign is also a celebration of the hospitable nature the northeast Ohio community has shown to the thousands of guest filmmakers who have visited Cleveland to take part in the Festival over the years.

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