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2024 Sundance Film Festival Names Jury Members

@Sundance Institute The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 16 jurors granting awards for artistic and cinematic excellence at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. The 2024 Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt…

2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces the 40th Edition Line-Up!

2024 Sundance Film Festival Announces 91 Projects Selected for the Feature Films, Episodic, and New Frontier Lineup for 40th Edition All Eyes on Independents  In-Person and Online Ticket Packages and Passes Currently On Sale; Individual Ticket Sales Begin January 11 Top L–R: Girls State, Seeking Mavis Beacon, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Layla. Center L–R:…

‘Stonewalling’ Takes Top Honor at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards

China-set family drama Stonewalling, which was co-directed by husband-and-wife team Ryuji Otsuka and Huang Ji, won best narrative feature at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Awards this year. The honor comes after the feature premiered at the Venice Film Festival and also won best film in the Hong Kong Film Festival’s Young Cinema Competition Stonewalling also…

DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUP FOR FOURTEENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 8-26, 2023

DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUP FOR FOURTEENTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 8-26, 2023 FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS IN NYC AND CONTINUES TO SCREEN ONLINE NATIONWIDE; SLATE INCLUDES 33 WORLD PREMIERES AND 29 US PREMIERES, AMONG MORE THAN 200 FILMS AND EVENTS The Contestant Opens Festival, South to Black Power Closes Event, Uncropped Screens as Centerpiece Includes…

‘Parasite’ Actor Lee Sun-kyun Removed From Upcoming Drama No Way Out Amid Police Probe Over Suspected Drug Use

Lee Sun-kyun, the South Korean actor who’s best known for his role of Dong Ik in the Oscar-winning Korean film Parasite, is being removed from the upcoming black comedy No Way Out, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie’s producer, Studio X+U, released a statement today confirming the news, after reports surfaced that he was…

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Presented by Oaklawn Announces Film Line-Up for Its 32nd Edition   (October 6-14)  

PRESS RELEASE Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Presented by Oaklawn announces film lineup for its 32nd edition (October 6-14) Adam Harbottle and Brian Hill’s RELENTLESS RIDE opens,  Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’s THE MISSION is the Centerpiece selection, and Michèle Stephenson & Joe Brewster’s GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT gets the closing slot Mary…

Toronto International Film Festival: Limbo / Video Interview with Actor/Executive Producer Simon Baker and Writer/Director Ivan Sen

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. The most compelling, meaningful movies often offer a searing commentary on social issues that are universally relevant to audiences around the world. Acclaimed Indigenous Australian film auteur Ivan Sen (Mystery Road) has made another insightful feature with the new crime drama, Limbo. The movie…

Toronto International Film Festival Review – South Korean Oscar Submission ‘Concrete Utopia’ is an Unsettling Exploration of Humanity Cornered

It’s hard to imagine losing everything, and to think about how a person’s behavior might shift when their circumstances are remarkably different. A change like that can happen in an instant without any warning, not that having time to prepare would definitely make it easier. The more complicated question is what happens when many people…

New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate For 61st Edition, Justine Triet, Jonathan Glazer, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and More!

Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) announces the 32 films that comprise the Main Slate of the 61st New York Film Festival (NYFF), taking place September 29–October 15 at Lincoln Center and in venues across the city.  “The unsettled state of the industry is an unavoidable talking point these days, but my hope is that our…

Tribeca Festival Announces 2023 Feature Film LINEUP

TRIBECA FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2023 FEATURE FILM LINEUP 109 FEATURE FILMS FROM 127 FILMMAKERS ACROSS 36 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING 93 WORLD PREMIERES “SPOTLIGHT+” PREMIERES FOLLOWED BY LIVE EVENTS WITH ALICIA KEYS,  SARA BAREILLES, GLORIA GAYNOR, DAN RATHER, GOGOL BORDELLO, INDIGO GIRLS, MARC REBILLET, AND OTHERS Passes and Ticket Packages Available at Tribecafilm.com; Single Tickets on Sale May…