Maryland Film Festival Unveils First 12 Films for 2013 Festival

Maryland Film Festival Unveils First 12 Films for 2013 Festival

12 O’Clock Boys

Maryland Film Festival has begun releasing the lineup for the 15th annual festival, which will take place May 8-12, 2013 in downtown Baltimore and include over 50 feature films and 10 short-film programs from around the world. 

The first dozen feature films announced include several highly anticipated made-in-Baltimore films, among them Matt Porterfield’s art-house drama I Used to Be Darkerand Lotfy Nathan’s gritty documentary 12 O’Clock Boys (pictured above). Also on tap for MFF 2013 are Bobcat Goldthwait’s Bigfoot-themed Willow Creek, and a diverse spectrum of films launched at Sundance 2013, including Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess, Lynn Shelton’s Touchy Feely, Yen Tan’s Pit Stop, and Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like Love.

The first twelve films announced for MFF 2013 are:

RiverRun International Film Festival to Honor Anna Margaret Hollyman, Terence Nance and Madeleine Martin with 2013 Spark Award

RiverRun International Film Festival to Honor Anna Margaret Hollyman, Terence Nance and Madeleine Martin with 2013 Spark Award

 

Anna Margaret Hollyman (White Reindeer), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) and Madeleine Martin ( The Discoverers) will be honored with RiverRun’s 2013 Spark Award at the 2013 RiverRun International Film Festival. 

The Spark Award,which was introduced at the 2012 festival,  is intended to recognize exciting new filmmakers and breakthrough performers who are just on the cusp of gaining wider recognition for their remarkable talents. 

The three will be honored at an exclusive VIP-only event on the evening of Friday, April 19th, during the second weekend of RiverRun. 

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings Among Winners of 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings Among Winners of 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings

The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced the 2013 juried and audience award winning films at a gala Awards Celebration. The Rogue Creamery Audience Award for Best Documentary was awarded to Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings.  The Forgotten Kingdom won the John C. Schweiger Audience Award for Best Feature. The Retrieval, directed by AIFF alumni Chris Eska received the festival’s jury award for Best Narrative Feature film. God Loves Uganda, directed by Academy Award-winning AIFF alumni Roger Ross Williams took home the Best Feature Length Documentary juried award. Twelve awards were presented to attending filmmakers, honoring their work screened at the 12th annual festival.

AMERICAN PROMISE

American Promise Takes The Top Award at 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

American Promise

The 2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners were announced Sunday afternoon at the festival’s annual Awards Barbecue. The top prize, the Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award was presented to American Promise directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson. This personal film follows the directors’ son and his best friend from their first day of kindergarten through high school graduation, and how their lives diverge.

Considered one of the nation’s premier documentary film festivals, Full Frame is celebrating its 16th annual festival. For the first time, Full Frame is a qualifying event for consideration for nominations for both the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject and The Producers Guild of America Awards.

2013 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Award Winners

2013 Kansas City FilmFest to Open With The Discoveers

2013 Kansas City FilmFest to Open With The Discoveers

Kansas City’s biggest film festival, the 17th Kansas City FilmFest, returns in 2013 with line-up of 110 feature-length and short films at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet. The festival runs Wednesday, April 10 – Sunday, April 14, 2013 The opening night of the Fest kicks off with THE DISCOVERERS, where writer/director Justin Schwarz will accept a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of Stuart Margolin.  Other films include the showing of BRONIES: THE EXTREMELY UNEXPECTED ADULT FANS OF MY LITTLE PONY. […]

Four Projects that Dramatize Science and Technology Themes in Film Awarded Tribeca Film Institute Grants

Four Projects that Dramatize Science and Technology Themes in Film Awarded Tribeca Film Institute Grants

 Tribeca Film Institute

The Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) announced the four projects that will receive financial and creative support from the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) Sloan Filmmaker Fund.  The projects will be awarded a total of $140,000 and will be recognized at the annual Tribeca Film Festival, taking place April 17-28, 2013.  The winning films are: 2030, Newton’s Laws of Emotion, Oldest Man Alive and The Doctor.

REVIEW: Lotus Eaters

REVIEW: Lotus Eaters

by Chris McKittrick

The Lotus Eaters of Homer’s Odyssey spent their days indulging in food that made them ignore all of their wants and needs in order to pursue ultimate leisure. The aptly-titled film Lotus Eaters, directed and co-written by Alexandra McGuinness (Paris Noir), follows the modern equivalent of that mythological race, a group of young London models, actors, and rock stars whose society lives are filled with drug and booze fueled parties, yet all seem to suffer from the first-world problem of being profoundly bored with their lifestyle.

The New York Indian Film Festival Announces 2013 Full Lineup With Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID as the Centerpiece Film

The New York Indian Film Festival Announces 2013 Full Lineup With Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID as the Centerpiece Film

Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID

The 2013 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) will screen 22 features (14 narrative, 5 documentary, 3 recently restored classics) – all having their New York City premieres. Among the highlights of the festival’s 13th year is centerpiece selection Hansal Mehta’s SHAHID. SHAHID traces the true story of slain human rights activist lawyer Shahid Azmi. 

RIP: Film Critic Rogert Ebert Dies At 70

RIP: Film Critic Rogert Ebert Dies At 70

Roger Ebert, arguably the most popular film critic of all times, died today in Chicago. He was 70.

Ebert was originally diagnosed with thyroid and salivary cancer cancer in 2002, but earlier this week, he disclosed that he will be taking a “leave of presence” due to a recurrence of cancer.

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