Popcorn Frights announced the first wave of films for the fifth festival of genre cinema taking place from August 8 to 16, 2019, at the historic Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale.
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Popcorn Frights Reveals First Wave of 2019 Films, Opens with World Premiere of HAUNT
HAUNT directed by Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
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3rd Festival of Cinema NYC Announces Film Lineup, Opens with 5TH OF JULY starring Jaleel White
5TH OF JULY starring Jaleel White For its third year, Festival of Cinema NYC will screen over 120 films at the Regal UA Midway in Forest Hills, Queens. The Festival kicks off on Friday, August 2nd with the East Coast Premiere of Camilo Vila’s “5th of July” starring Jaleel White; and the East Coast premiere of “Quest” by director Santiago Rizzo, which features Lou Diamond Phillips, Dash Mihok and Betsy Brandt, closes the festival on Saturday, August 10th.
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A BOY. A GIRL. A DREAM Starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good Acquired by Starz
Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good appear in A Boy, A Girl, A Dream. by Qasim Basir. Datari Turner Productions’ critically-acclaimed film A Boy. A Girl. A Dream, starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good has been acquired by Starz. The Sundance Film Festival selection, directed by Qasim Basir and produced by prolific film/television producer Datari Turner, will make its television debut on Starz on Tuesday, August 6.
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Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper to Step Aside After 2020 Festival
John Cooper Sundance Institute announced today, that following the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, will step down and move into a newly-created Emeritus Director role . 2020 will mark his 30th Sundance Film Festival, and his 11th year as Festival Director.
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Obama’s Higher Ground Productions Sets Release Date for AMERICAN FACTORY
American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert American Factory, the first title from President and Mrs. Obama’s Higher Ground Productions’ slate will be released globally on Netflix August 21, 2019.
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11-Year Old Boy Secretly Dreams of Being Wonder Woman for Halloween in WONDER
Wonder directed by Javier Molina Wonder, a poignant short film about an 11-year old boy from the hood questioning the traditional gender system, makes its World Premiere at the Outfest Los Angeles Film Festival on Saturday, July 20, at 4:45 pm in House B at TCL Chinese Theater.
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I LOVE YOU, NOW DIE Documentary on Michelle Carter Texting Suicide Case Sets HBO Air Date
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter directed by Erin Lee Carr Two-part documentary “I Love You, Now Die,” that premiered at this year’s 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival, takes a deeper look at the texting suicide case that made national headlines.
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Dances With Films 2019 Winners – GUTTERBUG Wins Grand Jury Award
GUTTERBUG directed By Andrew Gibson The 22nd edition of the fiercely independent film festival, Dances With Films (DWF) concluded with the awards ceremony at the TCL Chinese 6 Theaters and awarded the Grand Jury Award to Gutterbug directed by Andrew Gibson. The Audience Awards went to Wade In The Water directed by Mark Wilson for feature film and to The Earthing Movie directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell for feature documentary film.
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14 German Films to Compete for New German Cinema New Talent Award at Munich Film Festival 2019
ALL I NEVER WANTED The renowned New German Cinema New Talent Award goes to eligible up-and-comers in the New German Cinema section at Munich International Film festival (Filmfest München) and carries a purse of €70,000, making it one of the most lucrative newcomer awards in the German film industry. Writers, directors, and actors in the sidebar who have not made more than three feature films have a shot at the prize, as well as producers who have not made more than six feature films. Candidates from fourteen films qualify this year. All are world premieres at the festival.
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AFI DOCS 2019 Award Winners – CHASING THE MOON and ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN Win Audience Awards
St. Louis Superman CHASING THE MOON, directed by Robert Stone snagged the Audience Award for Best Feature at the AFI DOCS 2019. The Audience Award for Best Short went to ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN, directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan.
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IN REALITY and SUMMER NIGHT Win Top Awards at Inaugural Rom Com Fest
IN REALITY directed by Ann Lupo Following a special 20th anniversary screening of the classic rom com 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOUT, the inaugural Rom Com Fest announced the winners, with top jury honors going to Ann Lupo for IN REALITY (Jury Prize for Best Feature Film) and Erin Brown Thomas for REKINDLED (Jury Prize for Best Short Film).
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THE SWEET REQUIEM, Film on Tibetan Refugees Living in India, Will Open July 12
The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo) The Sweet Requiem (Kyoyang Ngarmo), the award-winning film by Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin (a husband and wife filmmaking team) which had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will open theatrically at IFC Center in New York on July 12. Other cities will follow.