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Mountainfilm is Headed to NYC; MAIDENTRIP is Opening Night Film

Mountainfilm in Telluride is headed on the road to New York City; the Film Society of Lincoln Center released the lineup for the 2013 Mountainfilm series, taking place from November 15 to 17, 2013 at Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center in New York City. Films on the lineup include an exclusive sneak preview of MAIDENTRIP as its opening night selection about 14-year-old Laura Dekker who sailed around the world solo, complete with personal video she shot herself during her journey. In DUK COUNTY, world-class climber Dr. Geoff Tabin heads to Sudan to restore the sight of more than 200 blind people. Norwegian documentary NORDFOR SOLA (North of the Sun) follows two young men who spent most of the year on an isolated, cold beach north of the Arctic Circle with nothing but surfboards and sustaining comfortably off the garbage/waste of others – all the while discovering the world’s best surfing waves.

Award-Winning Prison Drama STARRED UP to Get 2014 U.S. Release | TRAILER

Scottish director David Mackenzie’s award-winning gritty prison drama STARRED UP, which stars Jack O’Connell (“Skins”, Angelina Jolie’s upcoming Unbroken), Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises, The Place Beyond the Pines), and Rupert Friend (“Homeland”) will be released in the US by Tribeca Film in 2014.

‘IT FELT LIKE LOVE’ ‘BROTHERS HYPNOTIC’ Lead Winning Films at 2013 Indie Memphis

IT FELT LIKE LOVE, directed by Eliza Hittman

IT FELT LIKE LOVE, directed by Eliza Hittman won the Jury award for Best Narrative Feature; and BROTHERS HYPNOTIC, directed by Reuben Atlas won the Jury award for Best Documentary Feature at the Indie Memphis film festival which took place October 31 to November 3, 2013. The audience, on the other hand, voted for SHORT TERM 12, directed by Destin Cretton to win the Narrative Feature Audience award and A WHOLE LOTT MORE, directed by Victor Buhler took home the Documentary Feature Audience award.

‘FRUITVALE STATION’ ‘THE RAILWAY MAN’ Among Int’l Films on Lineup for 2013 Dubai International Film Festival

THE RAILWAY MAN starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman

The 10th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) which takes place from the December 6th to 14th, 2013, unveiled the line-up of international films in the Cinema of the World section. Films on the lineup include award-winning indie film FRUITVALE STATION; THE RAILWAY MAN starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman; Polish Oscar contender WALESA. MAN OF HOPE; Georgia Oscar contender IN BLOOM; documentary THE UNKNOWN KNOWN; Italian film THE REFEREE, and Slovenian film CLASS ENEMY.

FROZEN Among 19 Animated Features Submitted For 2013 Oscar Race

FROZEN FROZEN

Nineteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.

Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL to Open 2014 Berlin International Film Festival

The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 6, 2014 with the world premiere of Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,shot on location in Germany, recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Whistler Film Festival Unveils 2013 Film Lineup; Closes with THE CRASH REEL

THE CRASH REEL

The 13th Whistler Film Festival (WFF) taking place from December 4th to 8th, 2013, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada has unveiled its lineup of films . WFF’s Closing Night Gala film is the Western Canadian Premiere of THE CRASH REEL by two time Academy Award nominated documentary director, Lucy Walker, and is about champion half-pipe snowboard legend Kevin Pearce’s inspiring rehabilitation following a devastating neck injury.

Austin Film Festival Announces 2013 Audience Award Winners; Sets 2014 Dates

1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver won the Marquee Feature Audience Award

The 20th Austin Film Festival (AFF) which ran October 24 to 31, 2013, announced the 2013 Audience Award winners, voted on by festival audience members. 1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver and starring Hill Harper, Bokeem Woodbine, Quinton Aaron, and Wayne Brady, won the Marquee Feature Audience Award. in the film, a father protects his gifted daughter from the insidious crack cocaine epidemic which has literally come home via her drug-addicted mother. BESIDE STILL WATERS won the Narrative Feature Audience Award and ALL OF ME tied with THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNE to win the Documentary Feature Audience Award. AFF also announced its dates for the 21st Annual Austin Film Festival and Conference for October 23 to 30, 2014.

‘JIN’ ‘BLUSH OF FRUIT’ Win Top Awards at 2013 Adelaide Film Festival

JIN directed by Reha Erdem

Turkish film JIN and the documentary BLUSH OF FRUIT won top film honors at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival which took place October 10 to 20, 2013 in Adelaide, Australia. JIN, directed and written by Reha Erdem is the winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film and BLUSH OF FRUIT, directed by Jakeb Anhvu, is the winner of the festival’s first ever Documentary Award.

Three Documentaries Nominated for European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 Award

STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE)

Three documentaries – THE ACT OF KILLING, STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE) and THE MISSING PICTURE (L’IMAGE MANQUANTE) have been nominated for the European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 category. The European Documentary 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

New Films incl. ‘SAVING MR. BANKS’ ‘FROZEN 3D’ Added to 2013 Cork Film Festival

FROZEN 3D

A ‘raft of exciting new titles’ have been added to the 58th Cork Film Festival taking place November 9 to 17, 2013 in Cork, Ireland. Two major new Disney pictures FROZEN 3D and SAVING MR. BANKS lead the new films. In the big-screen animation comedy adventure, FROZEN 3D, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (voice of Josh Gad), Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s SAVING MR. BANKS, directed by John Lee Hancock, and inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic Mary Poppins made it to the screen.

‘SHORT TERM 12’ ‘BIG EASY EXPRESS’ Win Top Awards at 2013 American Film Festival in Poland

SHORT TERM 12

SHORT TERM 12 won the audience award for the Best Narrative Feature, and BIG EASY EXPRESS won the audience award for the Best Documentary Feature at the American Film Festival (AFF) in Wrocław, Poland, the first event in Eastern and Central Europe focused entirely on independent American cinema, which ran October 22 to 27, 2013.

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