Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson snagged the audience award for Best U.S. Narrative, and Music by John Williams directed by Laurent Bouzereauat won for Best U.S. Documentary at the 2024 Newport Beach Film Festival.
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‘Presence’ Trailer – Lucy Liu and Julia Fox Star in Steven Soderbergh’s First-Person Horror Film
Presence (screenshot / Neon) Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean’s series) returns with Presence, a new psychological horror film. Shot entirely from the first-person perspective of the “presence,” the film follows a family moving into a new home haunted by a mysterious entity.
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Lily Gladstone Boards Award-Winning ‘Sugarcane’ Documentary As Executive Producer
Lily Gladstone (Disney/Stewart Cook) Oscar-nominated actress Lily Gladstone has boarded the award-winning documentary Sugarcane as executive producer.
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Colman Domingo and Cast of ‘Sing Sing’ to Receive Gotham Social Justice Tribute at The Gothams Awards
Sing Sing (Dominic Leon | Courtesy of A24) Colman Domingo and the cast of Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar, will receive The 2024 Gotham Social Justice Tribute at the 34th The Gothams, taking place live and in person on Monday, December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
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‘The Damned’ – Odessa Young and Joe Cole Star in Thordur Palsson’s 19th-Century Psychological Horror Film | Trailer
The Damned (Courtesy of Vertical) Making its world premier earlier this year at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, The Damned marks the feature film directorial debut of Thordur Palsson. Written by Jamie Hannigan, this period psychological horror film follows a widow who faces a dilemma when a ship becomes stranded in her isolated fishing outpost.
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‘You Are Not Me’ – Lesbian Couple Survives Conservative Family in Crespo and Romera’s Christmas Thriller | Trailer
You Are Not Me. (Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing) A year after its US premiere at the 2023 Fantastic Fest, Doppelgänger Releasing is releasing You Are Not Me, the Christmas queer thriller from co-directors Marisa Crespo and Moisés Romera. The film follows the story of a woman introducing her wife and adopted child for the first time to her conservative family at a Christmas gathering.
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‘Heavier Trip’ – Death Metal Band Impaled Rektum Returns in the Sequel to 2018 Cult Classic | Trailer
Samuli Jaskio, Johannes Holopainen, Chike Ohanwe, and Max Ovaska in Heavier Trip. Courtesy of Doppelgänger Releasing. Making its world premiere earlier this year at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, Heavier Trip is the sequel to the 2018 metal cult classic, Heavy Trip. The film, helmed by returning co-directors Jukka Vidgren and Juuso Laatio, follows the story of the first film, with the death metal band Impaled Rektum returning to escape prison and perform at a legendary music festival.
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12 Films to Compete for Best Canadian Feature at Whistler Film Festival
Really Happy Someday directed by J Stevens Whistler Film Festival (WFF) unveiled the lineup of 12 Canadian feature films in its Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature.
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Ralph Fiennes to Receive Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for ‘Conclave’ at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Ralph Fiennes (courtesy SBIFF) Ralph Fiennes will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his performance as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave.
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‘The Donn of Tiki’ Headlines 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
The Donn of Tiki by Alex Lamb and Max Well (courtesy CUFF.DOCS) Calgary Underground Film Festival has revealed the 16 features and nine shorts selected for the 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place from November 20-24, 2024 at Globe Cinema.
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Emilia Pérez to Receive Vanguard Award at Palm Springs International Film Awards
Emilia Pérez (Credit: Courtesy of Netflix) Emilia Pérez’s director Jacques Audiard and cast – Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Edgar Ramírez will receive the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025.
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‘Unstoppable’ – Jharrel Jerome Stars as One-Legged Wrestler Anthony Robles in William Goldenberg’s Inspiring Drama Film | Trailer
Jharrel Jerome (Anthony Robles) in Unstoppable (Amazon MGM Studios) Unstoppable is the feature film directorial debut of William Goldenberg, Academy Award-winning editor of Argo. The film tells the incredible true story of Anthony Robles (played by Jharrel Jerome), an American wrestler who won the 2011 NCAA individual wrestling national championship despite being born with only one leg.