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Tribes
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Nino Aldi’s Comedy Short Film TRIBES to Premiere at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Nino Aldi’s role-reversal comedy Tribes, starring DeStorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Daytime Emmy-winning producer/actor Jake Hunter (Class Act).
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XR Experience PERSUASION MACHINES to World Premiere at Sundance 2020
A still from Persuasion Machines by Karim Amer and Guvenc Ozel, an official selection of the New Frontier Exhibitions program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. From the team behind the Oscar shortlisted documentary feature The Great Hack, Persuasion Machines’ Extended Reality (XR) experience will World Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in New Frontiers.
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[Trailer] ArtMattan Films Acquires Shola Amoo’s THE LAST TREE from Sundance 2019
The Last Tree directed by Shola Amoo ArtMattan Films, the film distribution arm of ArtMattan Productions acquired the award winning coming-of-age drama The Last Tree by Shola Amoo which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as the World Cinema – Dramatic Opening Night film. The Last Tree is Shola Amoo second feature length film after A Moving Image (2017).
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Jamie Foxx to Receive Spotlight Actor Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
JAMIE FOXX as Walter McMillian in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama JUST MERCY, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Copyright: © 2019 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Photo Credit: JAKE GILES NETTER The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Jamie Foxx with the Spotlight Award, Actor for his role in Just Mercy at its annual Film Awards Gala. The 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival runs January 2-13, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for THE TRUTH – Starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke
La vérité (The Truth), directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu and starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke IFC Films released the official US trailer for The Truth (La vérité) the latest film from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) that world premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. The film starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, and Roger Van Hool, will open in select US theaters on March 20th, 2020
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Utah Film Critics 2019 Winners – PARASITE Wins Best Picture
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho The Utah Film Critics awarded South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite the top honor of Best Picture of 2019. The film was also recognized as Best Non-English Language Film, and for the Original Screenplay by Bong and Jin Won Han.
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Watch Trailer for CORPUS CHRISTI – Oscar Shortlisted Polish Drama
Corpus Christi directed By Jan Komasa Film Movement released the official trailer for the polish film Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało) directed by Jan Komasa that has been shortlisted in consideration for an Oscar in the International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. The film starring Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Leszek Lichota, Łukasz Simlat, Tomasz Zietek, and Barbara Kurzaj will be released in theaters on February 19, 2020.
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2019 Florida Film Critics Winners – PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Awarded Best Picture
Portrait of a Lady On Fire (PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU) The Florida Film Critics Circle awarded the French language period piece Portrait of a Lady on Fire its Best Picture prize. Portrait of a Lady on Fire tied with Marriage Story for the most wins but received some of the highest honors including Best Director for director Céline Sciamma, and Best Foreign Language film.
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Variety to Honor Robert De Niro and Lena Waithe with Creative Impact Awards
Robert De Niro and Lena Waithe Variety will honor Robert De Niro and Emmy-winning writer-producer-actor Lena Waithe with Creative Impact Awards at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Friday, January 3rd as part of Variety’s annual “10 Directors to Watch” brunch at the Parker Palm Springs. Variety will honor Robert De Niro with the Creative Impact in Acting Award and Lena Waithe with the Creative Impact in Producing Award.
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UK Comedy THE BROMLEY BOYS Starring GOT Brenock O’Connor Gets US Release on Jan 1
The Bromley Boys Patrick DiCesare’s Artist Rights Distribution will release UK comedy The Bromley Boys, starring ‘”Game of Thrones” Brenock O’Connor, on digital January 1.
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Watch Trailer for Bloody, Action-Packed Film KILL BEN LYK
Kill Ben Lyk directed by Erwan Marinopoulos Ahead of it’s early 2020 digital release, Erwan Marinopoulos’s bloody, action-packed instant classic Kill Ben Lyk will screen in L.A theaters for one night only, Jan 15.
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San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Announces 2019 Award Winners
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD directed by Shinichiro Ueda The San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle announced their 2019 award winners with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood winning award for Best Picture of 2019. Best Foreign Language Film went to Parasite, Best Documentary went to Apollo 11 and Special Citation for Independent Cinema was given to Director Shin’ichiro Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead.