Category: film
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Imagining the Indian to Have World Premiere at California’s American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival
Feature Documentary Film details the past, present, and futureof insidious Native American-themed mascots and imagery,including the Washington Football Team Washington, D.C. – The timely documentary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting will make its world premiere at California’s American Indian & Indigenous Film Festival. The festival highlights the best of current films from American Indian filmmakers,…
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WINNER: Simon Lereng Wilmont wins Directing Award for A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS | Sundance Film Festival 2022
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS Produced by Monica Hellström (Flee)Executive Produced by Oscar®-Nominee Philippa Kowarsky (The Gatekeepers), Oscar®-Nominee Signe Byrge Sørensen (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) “We present this award for astonishing achievement in documentary storytelling. With sensitivity, this filmmaker immerses us in an intimate story that otherwise would be obscured by the broad political conflict that is literally…
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Poly Styrene: I am a Cliché – Release Date- February 4th, 2022
POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ Available in Theatres and on VOD across Canada on February 4th Photon Films is excited to announce that Hot Docs favourite POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ will be available in theatres and on VOD across Canada on February 4th. The film played several Canadian festivals in 2021 receiving…
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Film Talk | Award-Winning “Drive My Car” Dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
https://japanhousela.swoogo.com/ma-in-japanese-filmJAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles has been presenting the Rethinking of MA webinar series, examining the role of MA, a concept of time and space, applied throughout Japanese culture, in partnership with UCLA’s xLab, UCLA’s Terasaki Center, and University of Washington’s Japanese Studies program.On February 1, award-winning director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, whose film “Drive My Car” is Japan’s entry for…
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JOIN THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-DOCS, the MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE,EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SHAQUILLE O’NEAL and DIRECTOR BEN PROUDFOOTFOR A SPECIAL VIRTUAL WATCH PARTY THIS SUNDAY JANUARY 30 AT 2PM PT/4PM CT/5PM ET OFTHE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL
JOIN THE NEW YORK TIMES OP-DOCS, the MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SHAQUILLE O’NEAL and DIRECTOR BEN PROUDFOOT FOR A SPECIAL VIRTUAL WATCH PARTY THIS SUNDAY JANUARY 30 AT 2PM PT/4PM CT/5PM ET OFTHE QUEEN OF BASKETBALLhttps://watch.eventive.org/thequeenofbasketball/play/61f2d3a77c16810029b2947a LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! ABOUT THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL is a New York Times Op-Doc/Breakwater Films…
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SUNDANCE 2022 – Jewish Film Institute Presents Filmmaker Conversations and Funding Opportunities at 2022 Sundance Film Festival
Jewish Film Institute Presents Filmmaker Conversations and Funding Opportunities at 2022 Sundance Film Festival Applications Open for Third Round of JFI Completion Grants JFI and Jewish Story Partners Present Inaugural JFI/JSP Momentum Award to Pratibha Parmar (Queen Sugar) for My Name is Andrea Ondi Timoner (Last Flight Home, Sundance ‘22) and Ran Tal (1341 Frames of Love and…
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Broken Bread: Roy Choi Fights for Social Justice
Join Chef Roy Choi in Broken Bread as he journeys through L.A. and beyond to meet inspiring people using food as a platform for activism and a catalyst for change. Discover special guests restaurateurs Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters, artist and activist Chuck D, and more as they discuss complex issues such as gentrification, food insecurity, and climate change. A…
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Racing Documentary “Rookie Season” Set for Theatrical Release in over 100 cinemas across North America, Australia & New Zealand on February 25th and Global TVOD/Digital on April 4th
The feature film debut from director Adrian Bonvento, “Rookie Season” gives audiences unprecedented access to the team throughout their 2019 season, be it through visceral in-car cameras, frank pit lane and engineering room discussions, or meaningful insight from the main characters.Adventure Entertainment will release “Rookie Season” theatrically in over 100 cinemas across North America, Australia and New Zealand beginning on February 25th and Strike Back Studios will…
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Jessica Beshir’s Acclaimed Film FAYA DAYI Nominated for ASC Award – Special Virtual Screening Tomorrow with Museum of Tolerance
Jessica Beshir’s acclaimed film FAYA DAYI has been nominated for Best Documentary Cinematography by American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). For those who have missed this stunning film, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles is presenting a special virtual screening and Q&A tomorrow at 7:00PM PT. REGISTER HERE. The film has been Oscar® Shortlist for Best…
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DON’T MISS AT MOMA’S THE CONTENDERS – ‘PRESIDENT’ OSCAR SHORTLISTED DOCUMENTARY Virtual Cinema Screenings Tomorrow 1/25 through 2/1
SUNDANCE 2021 AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ‘PRESIDENT’ HAS VIRTUAL CINEMA SCREENINGS AS PART OF THE MOMA CONTENDERS SERIES STARTING TOMORROW: TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 CAMILLA NIELSSON‘S CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED FILM ON THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE MOMA’S THE CONTENDERS 2021 REDUX STARTS 1/25 AVAILABLE ON DEMAND IN THE U.S. STARTING FEBRUARY 18 Executive Produced by Thandiwe Newton and Danny Glover “It’s impossible…
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The Mexican Feature FAUNA by Nicolás Pereda Is the Winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Film
Cinema Tropical Awards: Mexico’s FAUNA by Nicolás Pereda Named Best Latin American Film of the Year Other Winners Announced this Evening:Madiano Marcheti, MADALENA (Brazil) for Best Director;ALL THE LIGHT WE CAN SEE (Mexico) for Best First Film;THE CALM AFTER THE STORM (Colombia) andSPLINTERS (Argentina) for Best Documentary (tie);and LANDFALL and THROUGH THE NIGHTfor Best U.S. Latinx…
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I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW by Steve Patry – now available in DVD and VOD
I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW by Steve Patry An authentic encounter with the survivors of the streets Now available in DVD and VOD Montreal-Les Films du 3 Mars and Les Films de l’Autre are pleased to announce the DVD and VOD release of documentary I Might Be Dead By Tomorrow by Steve Patry (From Prisons to Prisons, Waseskun), a film that introduces…
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Knowledge Network Announces Knowledge Kids’ First Ever Original Animated Series Luna, Chip and Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go set to release in Spring 2022
British Columbia’s trusted viewer-supported public broadcaster, Knowledge Network, is excited to announce the debut and first-look of their first ever original animated series Luna, Chip & Inkie: Adventure Rangers Go, featuring their longtime mascots of the same name. The series, for children aged 3-6, will premiere in Spring 2022 on Knowledge Network in B.C., and across…
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Toronto Film Critics Association Announces 2021 Award Winners
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car wins Best Picture, Best International Film and Best Screenplay Double acting awards and Best First Feature for Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter Beans, Night Raiders and Scarborough compete for Rogers Best Canadian Film Award and $100,000 prize Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car took three top awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), while Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter was…
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LA LISTE: EVERYTHING OR NOTHING
ABOUT LA LISTE: EVERYTHING OR NOTHING Big mountain skiers, and close friends, Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten, find beauty and display grace in the dangerous world of free-skiing. Follow them as they set off around the world to find the most awe-dropping, high-altitude peaks and mountain ranges that exceed 6000 metres, and do what they do…
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LAST OF THE RIGHT WHALES OPENS IN THEATRES ON JANUARY 23
North Atlantic right whales are dying faster than they can reproduce. With just over 330 remaining, these great whales rarely die of natural causes. Instead they are run over by ships or suffer lethal injuries from fishing gear. If we don’t stop killing them, in 20 years they could be extinct. Last of the Right Whales…
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Filmmaker Josh Freed Looks at ‘Our Human Superpower’: Facial Recognition.
How Good Are You With Faces? Can You Recognize These Celebrities? (answers below) Premiering on CBC The Nature of Things Friday, January 21 at 9 pm and streaming free on CBC GEM beginning the same day New Documentary by Montreal filmmaker Josh Freed explores the science behind “the human superpower” of facial recognition, along with…
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US VOD Release- Worst To First: The True Story of Z100 NYC
PRESENTS A PENGUARDIA PRODUCTIONS, ELVIS DURAN GROUP, WORKHOUSE MEDIA AND HQ CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORST TO FIRST: THE TRUE STORY OF Z100 NEW YORK DIRECTED, WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY: Mitchell Stuart PRODUCED BY: Trish Hunter Shannon, Elvis Duran, David Katz and John McConnell CAST: Scott Shannon, Elvis Duran, Jon Bon Jovi, Nile Rodgers, Clive Davis, Debbie Gibson, Joan Jett, Taylor…
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Back Studios to Releases “I, Challenger” Starring stars James Duval (“Donnie Darko, ” “Gone in 60 Seconds”), and Coy Stewart (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Bella and the Bulldogs”)
Strike Back Studios engagingbuddy comedy thriller “I, Challenger,” directed by Paul Boyd ( his third feature film & best known as an acclaimed music video director having worked with Sting, Seal, Tina Turner, Mick Jagger, Celine Dion, Lenny Kravitz, and Shania Twain), is available now on all TVOD/Digital platform release in the United States and Canada. “I, Challenger” is a cinematic sibling to the best of the stoner…
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Students invited to Submit Short Films on Mental Health $1,000 in Prize Money Available Singer Songwriter Grace Gaustad to host
Los Angeles – How much can be said about mental health in a five-minute film? Plenty!Today, many notable personalities are stepping forward to share struggles with issues that negatively impact their lives and their mental health. High school students are invited to join this important conversation by submitting films that highlight their perspectives on mental…
