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Spike Lee to Receive Toronto Black Film Festival’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award

Toronto Black Film Festival

Spike Lee

The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) will present Academy Award Winning director and Cannes Film Festival’s first Black Jury President, Spike Lee with the TBFF 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, February13,7PM at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. #TBFF20 is thrilled to grant him this prestigious award in recognition of his body of work which revolutionized the role of black talent in Hollywood, tearing away decades of stereotypes and marginalized portrayals to establish a new arena for African American voices to be heard.

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Sundance 2020. Michael Almereyda’s TESLA Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize

Sundance Film Festival

Ethan Hawke appears in Tesla by Michael Almereyda, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Cara Howe.

At a reception at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded $70,000 in grants. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Tesla and announced the new winners: Tim Delaney for The Plutonians (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant); Kiran Deol for Tidal Disruption (Sundance Institute | Sloan Development Fellowship); and Courtney Smith for Higher (Sundance Institute | Sloan Episodic Fellowship). Michael Almereyda’s Tesla was formally presented with a $20,000 check for winning the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize.

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Sundance 2020 Announces Short Film Award Winners. Sofia Alaoui Wins Grand Jury Prize

Short Films, Sundance Film Festival

Fouad Oughaou appears in So What If The Goats Die by Sofia Alaoui, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Enviede Tempte.

Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced last night in Park City, Utah with the Short Film Grand Jury Prize going to So What If The Goats Die, directed and written by Sofia Alaoui.

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Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2020 Competition Lineup

Berlin International Film Festival

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

Berlin International Film Festival today revealed the 2020 Competition lineup of 18 films from 18 countries with 16 world premieres as well as one documentary film. Films in competition include First Cow by Kelly Reichardt; The Roads Not Taken by Sally Potter with Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney; Siberia by Abel Ferrara with Willem Dafoe.

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2020 Portland Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Films, THE CLIMB, THE GIVERNY DOCUMENT, FIRST COW

Portland International Film Festival

Left to Right: Kyle Marvin as Kyle, Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb directed by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin (Photo by Zach Kuperstein. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.)

The 43rd Portland International Film Festival (PIFF 43) announced the first wave of titles and special events for the 10-day showcase happening March 6 to 15. Three-film Opening Night program features The Climb, as well as shorts America and The Giverny Document (Single Channel); and First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt as Closing Weekend centerpiece film.

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Watch Trailer for MR. JONES, WWII Drama Starring James Norton

Independent Film

MR. JONES starring James Norton

The new trailer debuted for Mr. Jones from Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa, Spoor, In Darkness) – the extraordinary untold story of Gareth Jones, an ambitious young Welsh journalist who traveled to the Soviet Union in 1933 and uncovered the appalling truth behind the Soviet “utopia” and Stalin’s regime. Initially a regular news investigation, Jones’ quest quickly turned into a life-or-death journey… helping inspire George Orwell’s famous allegory Animal Farm.

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Indie Drama GOLDIE Starring Supermodel Slick Woods, A$AP Ferg Sets February Release Date

Independent Film

GOLDIE Starring Supermodel Slick Woods

Supermodel Slick Woods makes her feature film debut in Goldie, a poignant urban coming-of-age indie drama from director Sam de Jong. The film also starring George Sample III, Danny Hoch, A$AP Ferg, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gbenga Akinnagbe, and Khris Davis opens in theaters and On Demand on February 21.

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Watch Trailer for RUN THIS TOWN, ‘Rob Ford’ Movie Starring Ben Platt

Independent Film

Run This Town starring Ben Platt

The indie film Run This Town directed by Ricky Tollman which premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival released the first official trailer ahead of its release in theaters on March 6th. The film, reportedly inspired by former Toronto mayor Rob Ford’s crack-smoking scandal, stars Ben Platt as an aspiring journalist who gets the scoop of his life. Also starring in the film is Mena Massoud, Nina Dobrev, Scott Speedman, Gil Bellows with Jennifer Ehle and Damian Lewis

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Berlin Film Fest to Honor Director Ulrike Ottinger

Berlin International Film Festival

Ulrike Ottinger © Jelka von Langen

Continuing a tradition since 1986 of honoring personalities and institutions who have made a special contribution to filmmaking, at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the director and artist Ulrike Ottinger will be honored with the Berlinale Camera.

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Watch Trailer for THE REST OF US, Indie Family Drama Starring Heather Graham

Independent Film

THE REST OF US starring Heather Graham

The new trailer debuted today for the indie drama The Rest of Us, starring Heather Graham (Boogie Nights, The Hangover) which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. The film also starring Sophie Nélisse (Mean Dreams) and Jodi Balfour (The Crown) and Abigail Pniowsky (Arrival) opens in theaters on February 14, Valentines day.

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Watch Trailer for Jon Stewart’s IRRESISTIBLE, Political Comedy Starring Steve Carell, Chris Cooper

Comedy, Independent Film

Jon Stewart’s IRRESISTIBLE starring with Steve Carell

Jon Stewart is back, and he has something to say.

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Watch Trailer Clip from CRIP CAMP, Sundance Doc on 1970s Camp for Disabled Teens

Documentary, Sundance Film Festival

Crip Camp by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Steve Honigsbaum

Netflix released a trailer clip from Crip Camp, the documentary about Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teens in the 1970s that shaped the future of the disability-rights movement. Crip Camp world premiered as the opening-night film in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, and will hit the streaming service in March.

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