The American Film Institute (AFI) unveiled the program lineup for the inaugural AFI Summit that will take place at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi.
Film Festivals
Film Festivals
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AFI FEST 2019 Unveils Inaugural AFI Summit Lineup – Eva Longoria, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos and More
Eva Longoria
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U.S. Premiere of INCITEMENT to Open 33rd Israel Film Festival
INCITEMENT directed by Yaron Zilberman Incitement, the winner of the Ophir Award for Israel’s Best Feature Film of 2019 and Israel’s Official Selection to the 2019 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film will open the 33rd Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles, taking place November 12th – 26th.
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Marrakech International Film Festival to Honor Robert Redford
Sundance Institute President and Founder of Sundance Institute Robert Redford at the Day One Press Conference of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. © 2017 Sundance Institute | Photo by Stephen Speckman. Robert Redford will be a honored guest at the 18th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival, which will be held from November 29th to December 7th, 2019.
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Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2019 Winners – DANIEL ISN’T REAL, MONUMENT, VFW Win Awards
Miles Robbins & Adam Egypt Mortimer of DANIEL ISN’T REAL at 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival – Photo By Conor Scharr DANIEL ISN’T REAL was awarded best picture and best director at the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival which closed out the fourth edition on October 24th with a sold-out screening of Joe Begos’ VFW.
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JUST MERCY will Open 5th Asian World Film Festival
JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy will have an American premiere screening as the opening night film for the fifth annual Asian World Film Festival in Culver City at the Arclight Cinemas on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.
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Eerie And Mystical Short Film THE CUNNING MAN Gets Latin American Premiere
The Cunning Man directed by Zoë Dobson The mystical award-winning short film The Cunning Man, created, written and produced by Ali Cook and directed by Zoë Dobson will celebrate its Latin-American premiere at the renowned genre film festival Morbido. The award-winning film stars Simon Armstrong and Ali Cook.
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Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN will Open Cairo International Film Festival
The Irishman The 41st edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) will open on the November 20th with a premiere gala screening of Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited ‘The Irishman’ starring Academy Award winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci at the prestigious Cairo Opera House.
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THE TWO POPES and WILLIE Take Audience Awards at Middleburg Film Festival
Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce The Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Middleburg Film Festival went to THE TWO POPES from director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Anthony McCarten, who also received the Festival’s Distinguished Screenwriter Award. The award for Best Documentary Film went to WILLIE about NHL legend, Willie O’Ree, who attended the festival with director Laurence Mathieu-Leger.
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Showtime Releases Trailer for READY FOR WAR -Documentary on Deported US Military Veterans
READY FOR WAR directed by Andrew Renzi The documentary film Ready for War, which explores the phenomenon of deported United States military veterans, will premiere on the Showtime network on Sunday, November 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces 2020 Dates + Call for Entries
The seventeenth annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) will take place in New York City from Wednesday, April 8, through Saturday, April 11, 2020.
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Cheryl Haines’ AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY Documentary to Premiere at DOC NYC
AI WEIWEI: YOURS TRULY directed by Cheryl Haines Cheryl Haines, the curator of the exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, directs the documentary film Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly, which will have its New York Premiere at DOC NYC 2019.
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STEVENSON – LOST AND FOUND – Documentary on Artist James Stevenson to World Premiere at DOC NYC
Stevenson – Lost and Found directed by Sally Williams The many lives of prolific cartoonist, writer and artist, James Stevenson are showcased in the documentary Stevenson – Lost and Found directed by Sally Williams which will World Premiere at DOC NYC on Sunday, November 10.