THAT'S A WRAP TFF #51
Welp, my 18th TFF is in the books. Fewer movies than usual owing to challenges both logistic and emotional.
Not enough time to share with old friends but joyous about some of the new friends made.
Largely for me, the films I did get to see were good to great and you can't complain about that.
For a number of years I have been...
Rob Epstein (photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock for Sundance)
By Bailey Pennick
“This will be banned if this election goes the wrong way. How do we stop it?”
“What is your advice to keep hope alive?”
“What are we going to do?”
Four decades after he screened his sophomore film at the very...
CHECKING DISTRIBUTORS: NEON
Distributor NEON is a relative newcomer to the TFF scene but their presence over the last few years has been very noticeable. Here's the NEON lineup from past TFFs:
2023: Anatomy of a Fall (Oscar winner for Best Original Screenplay and nominated for four others including Best Picture), La Chimera, Perfect Days (Oscar...
Park City, Utah, May 29, 2024 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour, a 110-minute program of seven short films curated from the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
The short film tour will play in locations across the country and internationally throughout 2024 and into 2025. Filmgoers can enjoy this assortment of short...
The Lifetime Achievement Award of the twenty-first edition of STC goes to the two-time Academy award winner Gustavo Santaolalla. The composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist will attend SoundTrack_Cologne 21 from the 3rd to the 5th of July.
On Wednesday, 3rd of July, Santaolalla will present his German Netflix-series Liebes Kind (Dear Child). He will share the stage with Isabel...
ATLANTA, GA (May 17, 2024) — The 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) is proud to announce the award winners for the 2024 festival, which took place from Thursday, April 25 - Sunday, May 5, 2024.
Today’s announcement recognizes filmmakers in 15 categories for their achievements and cinematic excellence. Winners of the Narrative Short, Animated Short and...
MUBI, the global film distributor, production company and streaming service has acquired worldwide rights for Coralie Fargeat’s upcoming feature The Substance, a Working Title Films production, which will premiere in Competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
MUBI retains all rights in North America, UK, Germany, Latin America, Benelux, and others, with theatrical releases planned...
Photo credit: © Alfonse Chiu
Kering and the Festival de Cannes are proud to present the 2024 Women In Motion Emerging Talent Award to Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu, selected by Swiss director and 2023 Emerging Talent awardee Carmen Jaquier. Since 2019, the promising female director is chosen by the preceding Award winner to follow in her footsteps and receive this prize, which...
WHAT: The 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival and Creative Conference will take place Thursday, April 25 - Sunday, May 5, 2024 at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre in Atlanta and virtually.
Media are invited to attend the red carpet Marquee screening of “POWER” on Sunday, May 5, 2024.
About “POWER””: In the United States, police have been granted extraordinary power over our...
By Shahnaz Mahmud
A screenwriter on the rise. A long forgotten script. A producer who unearthed it and held onto the dream of making it for years. A racing production during Ramadan. The story of how Beirut finally made it to the big screen has just as many twists and turns as its espionage plot.
The 2018 Tony Gilroy–penned political thriller...