Berlinale revealed the 15 films including seven world premieres and six debuts for the Generation program in the two competitions Kplus and 14plus.
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Berlin Film Festival Reveals 15 Films in Generation 2021 Program
Kristine Kujath Thorp, Nader Khademi in Ninjababy
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‘Nomadland’ ‘Bacurau’ ‘Collective’ Win Toronto Film Critics 2020 Awards
Bacurau directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles Nomadland was a hit with the Toronto Film Critics Association, taking three top awards at the organization’s annual vote. Nomadland was awarded Best Picture, Best Director for Chloé Zhao, and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.
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‘Nomadland’ ‘Boys State’ ‘Another Round’ Win Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics 2020 Honors
Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their top honorees for 2020 with Nomadland taking five wins including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress for Frances McDormand, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography.
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Berlinale 2021 Retrospective ‘No Angels – Mae West, Rosalind Russell and Carole Lombard’ to Showcase Classic Comedies
Mae West in I’m No Angel | Wesley Ruggles, USA, 1933 Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing, LLC For the Retrospective of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, the festival will showcase a program of 27 comedies featuring three different American actresses under the title “No Angels – Mae West, Rosalind Russell & Carole Lombard”. The films were chosen with a focus on the strict morality rules of the Motion Picture Production Code, which were increasingly enforced after 1934. Officially adopted in 1930 and dubbed the “Hays Code”, it was a voluntary system by which the Hollywood Studios agreed to uphold moral standards in filmmaking to avoid the censors’ knife. But the Hays Office soon became an even stricter arbiter than the actual censorship office of what could and couldn’t be shown on screen. The code prohibited explicit depictions of sex and promiscuity, as well as the use of profanity. Yet during that period, these three women succeeded in shaping their own film roles, finding their own style, and subtly subverting the Hays Code rules.
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International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Award Winners – PEBBLES Wins Tiger Award
Pebbles directed by Vinothraj P.S Southern India-set Pebbles by Vinothraj P.S won the Tiger Award, while I Comete – A Corsican Summer by French filmmaker Pascal Tagnati and Looking for Venera by Norika Sefa from Kosovo both won Special Jury Awards at the expanded 50th anniversary edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The VPRO Big Screen Award went to El perro que no calla by Ana Katz from Argentina and Quo Vadis, Aida? by Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Žbanić won the BankGiro Loterij Audience Award.
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NOMADLAND, SAINT MAUD, ROCKS, SMALL AXE, Riz Ahmed Among Winners of 41st London Critics’ Film Awards
NOMADLAND, SAINT MAUD win 41st London Critics’ Film Awards Nomadland won three top honors including Film of the Year, at the 41st London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which were held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday night. The film’s lead Frances McDormand was named Actress of the Year, while writer-director Chloé Zhao won Screenwriter of the Year.
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Netflix Animated Series CITY OF GHOSTS to Open New York International Children’s Film Festival 2021
Elizabeth Ito’s Netflix animated series “City of Ghosts” Completely virtual for the first time, the 24th edition of New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) will open on March 5th with a premiere event for Elizabeth Ito’s new Netflix animated series City of Ghosts. The animated feature Nahuel and the Magic Book, directed by Germán Acuña, will make its North American premiere on March 6th as the 2021 Opening Spotlight program, and the Festival will conclude with a Closing Spotlight screening of Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon with an exclusive, live conversation with the film’s directors Don Hall and Carlos López-Estrada and appearances by lead voice cast member Kelly Marie Tran.
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HAVANA LIBRE to Open, MANZANAR, DIVERTED to Close Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2021
Havana Libre directed by Corey McLean The world premiere of Corey McLean’s Havana Libre, documenting the fight to legitimize surfing in Cuba will open the 2021 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula. The festival will close with Ann Kaneko’s Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, a documentary on a fresh interpretation of the Japanese American confinement site by examining the environmental and political history behind the World War II camp.
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A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX New Trailer – Rodney Ascher’s Sundance Mind-blowing Conspiracy Documentary
A still from A Glitch in the Matrix by Rodney Ascher, an official selection of the Midnight section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Magnolia Pictures released a new trailer for the documentary A Glitch in the Matrix, directed by Rodney Ascher, that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in select theaters and on VOD on Friday, February 5th, 2021.
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Horror Film SAINT MAUD to Debut on EPIX
Saint Maud, directed by Rose Glass A24’s critically acclaimed horror film Saint Maud” the debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, will be available exclusively on EPIX starting on February 12, 2021.
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Andra Day to Receive Palm Springs International Film Awards’ Breakthrough Performance Award
Andra Day stars in THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY from Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Takashi Seida. The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that Andra Day will be the recipient of the Breakthrough Performance Award for The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
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Sizzling Romance MONDAY Starring Sebastian Stan and Denise Gough Sets a Spring Release Date
MONDAY directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos IFC Films acquired Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ latest feature film, the steamy romantic drama Monday starring Sebastian Stan (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I Tonya) and Denise Gough (Colette, The Other Lamb). Monday is Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ fourth feature. Monday was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. IFC Films will release the film on April 16th, 2021 in select theaters and on demand.