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3 Documentary Film Projects Win 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships

Documentary, Filmmaking, Industry

2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, and Yusef Srouji.

SFFILM and the Catapult Film Fund have announced the three filmmaking teams that have been awarded 2019 SFFILM Catapult Film Fellowships: Ilse Fernandez, Allison Otto, andYusef Srouji. These fellowships are awarded to filmmakers working in the early stages of developing compelling, story-driven documentary features, and run August through December of this year.Also, in keeping with SFFILM’s broader commitment to the Bay Area’s documentary filmmaking community, SFFILM’s popular Doc Talks series of nonfiction filmmaking workshops will continue at the organization’s FilmHouse residency space through a renewed grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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9 Science-Focused Independent Film Projects Win Sundance Institute’s Science Sandbox Grants

Filmmaking, Industry

The Eyes to See directed by an Cheney, Sharon Shattuck

Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation, announced the expansion of the Science Sandbox Nonfiction Initiative, alongside the initial nine science-focused independent projects selected for support this year. The initiative, first introduced in 2018, aims to elevate the voices of independent artists working at the intersection of science and nonfiction storytelling, as well as to encourage critical thinking, promote educated discourse and highlight the overlap of science and art.

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Mexican Director Roberto Gavaldón Gets Retrospective at San Sebastian Film Festival

Classics, Foreign Language Films, San Sebastian International Film Festival

ROBERTO GAVALDÓN

The retrospective of the San Sebastian Film Festival’s 67th edition will see the screening of twenty feature films directed by the Mexican Roberto Gavaldón between 1945 and 1974. The cycle, organized with Filmoteca Española, will be accompanied by a monographic book dedicated to the filmmaker.

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FREAKS Gets a Spooky New Friday The 13th Release Date, Trailer + Poster

Independent Film, Thriller

Freaks directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky

FREAKS directed Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky, and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, with Amanda Crew, and introducing Lexy Kolker dropped a new trailer along with a new poster designed by Chris Shy of Studio Ronin. The science-fiction thriller also dropped a new release date and will now open in theaters nationwide on September 13th.

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Watch First Clip from UK Comedy THE BROMLEY BOYS Starring GOT’s Brenock O’Connor (‘Olly’)

Comedy, Foreign Language Films, Independent Film

THE BROMLEY BOYS starring Game of Throne’s Brenock O’Connor (‘Olly’)

Here is the first video clip from the UK comedy The Bromley Boys set around football from Steve Kelly, and starring Brenock O’Connor of Game of Thrones, in theaters this August.

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James Franco’s ZEROVILLE Among New Films Added to San Sebastian International Film Festival 2019

San Sebastian International Film Festival

ZEROVILLE directed by James Franco

James Franco, winner of the Golden Shell for The Disaster Artist (2017), returns to the Official Selection of San Sebastian International Film Festival with Zeroville, another movie set in the film world. The 67th edition of San Sebastian International Film Festival will also include films by six filmmakers as yet to compete at the San Sebastian Festival: Louise Archambault, Guillaume Nicloux, José Luis Torres Leiva, Ina Weisse, Adilkhan Yerzhanov and David Zonana.

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Edward Norton’s MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN will Close NY Film Festival

New York Film Festival

Actor/Writer/Director/Producer EDWARD NORTON on the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn will make its New York premiere as Closing Night film of the 57th New York Film Festival (September 27 – October 13), at Alice Tully Hall on Friday, October 11, 2019. The film will be released by Warner Bros. Pictures later this year.

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Aziz Tazi’s Crime Drama NIGHT WALK will Open Prague Independent Film Festival 2019

Prague Independent Film Festival

Night Walk directed by Aziz Tazi

Prague Independent Film Festival 2019 (PIFF) returns for the fourth year to the Kino Pilotů cinema with some of the best new films from all over the world presented by international filmmakers.

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Over 400 Short Films on Lineup for Oscar-Qualifying 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival

HollyShorts Film Festival, Short Films

“It’s a Mess” starring Vincent D’Onofrio

Over 400 films from 30 different countries will compete for this year’s top prizes during the Oscar-Qualifying 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival taking place from August 8-17 at TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

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25 Canadian Short Films Set to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2019

Short Films, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain directed by Sofia Banzhaf

25 diverse and engaging Canadian short films that are set to premiere at this year’s 2019 Toronto International Film Festival including new works by Short Cuts alumni, award-winning directors, and emerging talents, and directorial efforts by acclaimed Canadian actors Aaron Poole and Sofia Banzhaf.

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26 Canadian Features Make Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Lineup

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Blood Quantum directed by Jeff Barnaby

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled today the 26 Canadian features that are part of the Festival’s 2019 lineup. The Canadian selection includes seven first features, 13 works by returning TIFF alumni, and almost 50% films directed by women.

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Everyone Has Nightmares. Nathan Catucci’s IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS to Scare New York Latino Film Festival

New York Latino Film Festival

IMPOSSIBLE MONSTERS directed by Nathan Catucci

Impossible Monsters written and directed by Nathan Catucci, will screen at the 2019 HBO New York Latino Film Festival on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 10:30pm.

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