Krisha by director Trey Edward Shults is the big winner of the 1st American Independent Film Awards (AIFAs), winning the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (Shults), Best Lead Performance (Krisha Fairchild)
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Athena Film Festival (AFF) Announces 2017 Lineup, to Close with DOLORES Documentary
The Athena Film Festival (AFF) announced its 2017 lineup showcasing films about powerful and courageous women leaders in real life and the fictional world.
3 Indie Filmmakers Win Film Independent Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grants
Jordana Mollick, Anna Rose Holmer and Nanfu Wang are the winners of Spirit Awards filmmaker grants awarded today at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch
NEON BULL, THE FITS Among 5 Films Nominated for Cinema Eye Honors Heterodox Award
Five films have been nominated for the Cinema Eye Honors Heterodox Award – honoring films that actively blur the line between narrative fiction and documentary.
TONI ERDMAN, MOONLIGHT and ELLE Take Top Spots on Film Comment Magazine’s 2016 Best Of Year List
Film Comment magazine’s annual end-of-year survey was released today with Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight, and Paul Verhoeven’s Elle taking the top spots among films released in 2016.
2016 San Francisco Film Critics Awards: MOONLIGHT Wins 6 Awards, Incl. Best Film
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle gave Barry Jenkins’ MOONLIGHT their award for Best Picture of 2016.
2016 Chicago Film Critics Awards Nominations: MOONLIGHT Leads with 8
Barry Jenkins’s “Moonlight” received the most nominations for the 2016 Chicago Film Critics Association awards with eleven nods, including Best Picture, Jenkins for Director and Original Screenplay
Indie Films THE FITS, KRISHA and PUSHING DEAD among 2016 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award Nominations
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle announced the Award nominees for 2016. LA LA LAND, MANCHESTER BY THE SEA and MOONLIGHT are nominated for multiple awards
MANCHESTER OF THE SEA Named 2016 Best Film of the Year by National Board of Review
The National Board of Review has named Manchester by the Sea 2016’s Best Film of the Year, along with the organization’s other year-end honors.
AMERICAN HONEY and MOONLIGHT Lead Nominations for 2017 Spirit Awards
American Honey and Moonlight led nominations for the 2017 Spirit Awards with 6 each including Best Feature. Other nominees for Best Feature include Chronic, Jackie, and Manchester by the Sea.
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, MOONLIGHT Lead Gotham Awards Nominations
Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea lead the 26th annual Gotham Awards nominations with four nods, including Best Feature.
Milwaukee Film Festival Announces Winners; “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’ Wins Audience Award
The 8th Annual Milwaukee Film Festival, announced the winners of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival Allan H. (Bud) and Suzanne L. Selig Audience Awards in addition to the Jury Award Winners
‘The Fits’ ‘Orange Sunshine’ Among First 8 Films Revealed for 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival
The 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival revealed its first eight films for the 8th edition of the festival, which takes place September 22 to October 6, 2016.
2016 Rooftop Films FREE Lineup Incl. GIRL ASLEEP, THE FITS, SONITA
Rooftop Films will show over 30 FREE outdoor screenings, many of which are new, independent films that will screen as part of the 20th Annual Summer Series.
2016 Oak Cliff Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
The Oak Cliff Film Festival announced the full schedule for the 5th edition of the festival, taking place on June 16 to 19, 2016, in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas.
CAMERAPERSON, and THE LAST LAUGH Bookend 2016 Lighthouse International Film Festival Lineup
Kirsten Johnson’s documentary CAMERAPERSON, will kick off the 2016 Lighthouse International Film Festival (LIFF) which will take place June 9-12, 2016 on Long Beach Island, New Jersey.
UNDER THE SHADOW and CAMERAPERSON Win Top Awards at Montclair Film Festival
The 2016 Montclair Film Festival (MFF) announced their competition awards, and Babak Anvari’s UNDER THE SHADOW took home the Narrative Feature Jury prize. CAMERAPERSON, directed by Kirsten Johnson, took home the Bruce Sinofsky Prize in the festival’s Documentary Feature competition.
Watch TRAILER + Poster for Indie Film THE FITS
Oscilloscope has released the new trailer and poster for The Fits, a psychological portrait of 11-year-old Toni—a tomboy assimilating to a tight-knit dance team in Cincinnati’s West End.
Rooftop Films Reveals First Batch of Films, Opens with WEINER Doc
Rooftop Films announced the Opening Weekend lineup and the first batch of feature film programming for the 20th Annual Summer Series.
Louisiana International Film Festival Announces Official 2016 Lineup
The 2016 Louisiana International Film Festival (LIFF) announce its lineup of feature films, including Ethan Hawke as troubled jazz legend Chet Baker in BORN TO BE BLUE.
Ashland Independent Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with HONEY BUDDIES
The 2016 Ashland Independent Film Festival will be celebrating its 15th anniversary this April by paying tribute to the roots of independent film.
Under the Shadow Kicks Off Lineup for 2016 New Directors / New Films
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art have announced the complete lineup for the 2016 New Directors / New Films (ND/NF), taking place March 16 to 27 in New York City.
13 Filmmakers Win 2015 Rooftop Filmmakers Fund Grant
Rooftop Films has awarded thirteen cash and service grants to alumni filmmakers, including The Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund Garbo NYC Feature Film Grants, which were awarded to directors Kitty Green and Sebastian Silva. Green will receive a monetary grant of $15,000 to help finish her new film, Casting JonBenet, and Silva will receive a $10,000 grant to support his film, Demon Me. “Kitty Green’s film Casting JonBenet represents the type of daring and meaningful cinema that […]
Competition and NEXT Film Lineup Revealed for 2016 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute announced the 65 films selected for the U.S. Competition, World Competition and out-of-competition NEXT category set to premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Films that have premiered in these sections include Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station, Whiplash, Blackfish, The September Issue, The Cove, An Education, Animal Kingdom, Precious, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Obvious […]