The 2018 Napa Valley Film Festival has selected its first wave of films in the narrative feature and documentary feature categories. The 18 chosen movies will screen from Nov. 7 to Nov. 11.
Narrative pics include “Grace,” directed by Devin Adair and starring Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan, Matthew Lillard, Mircea Monroe, Debby Ryan, and Missi Pyle; “You Can Choose Your Family,” helmed by Miranda Bailey and toplining Danielle Campbell, Jim Gaffigan, Anna Gunn, Alex Karpovsky, Samantha Mathis, and Logan Miller; and “Cold Brook,” directed by William Fichtner with Kim Coates, Harold Perrineau, Robin Weigert, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
In the documentary race, “Cancer Rebellion,” directed by Hernan Barangan, follows the lives of teenage cancer patients; “Trans Military,” helmed by Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson, documents the struggles of transgender servicepersons; and “Afghan Cycles,” from Sarah Menzies, tells the story of young female Afghan cyclists.
The films will compete in multiple categories at the festival,...
Narrative pics include “Grace,” directed by Devin Adair and starring Katie Cassidy, Tate Donovan, Matthew Lillard, Mircea Monroe, Debby Ryan, and Missi Pyle; “You Can Choose Your Family,” helmed by Miranda Bailey and toplining Danielle Campbell, Jim Gaffigan, Anna Gunn, Alex Karpovsky, Samantha Mathis, and Logan Miller; and “Cold Brook,” directed by William Fichtner with Kim Coates, Harold Perrineau, Robin Weigert, and Mary Lynn Rajskub.
In the documentary race, “Cancer Rebellion,” directed by Hernan Barangan, follows the lives of teenage cancer patients; “Trans Military,” helmed by Gabe Silverman and Fiona Dawson, documents the struggles of transgender servicepersons; and “Afghan Cycles,” from Sarah Menzies, tells the story of young female Afghan cyclists.
The films will compete in multiple categories at the festival,...
- 8/14/2018
- by Christi Carras
- Variety Film + TV
The Seattle International Film Festival announced its award winners this afternoon across a range of categories, with notable honors going to the narrative features Eighth Grade and The Reports on Sarah and Saleem.
Eighth Grade captured Best Film honors in the audience-determined Golden Space Needle Awards, with star Elsie Fisher also taking home Best Actress. Reports, which is directed by Muayad Alayan, won the jury prize in the main narrative competition.
The festival bills itself as the largest and most highly attended U.S. fest. This year’s 25-day edition began May 17. It featured more than 400 films representing 90 countries.
The annual “Best of Siff” lineup will be announced later today and the festival’s five cinema screens will resume daily service on Friday with a mix of Best of Siff titles and other screenings.
Here is the full list of winners in the Golden Space Needle rankings determined by 80,000 audience ballots,...
Eighth Grade captured Best Film honors in the audience-determined Golden Space Needle Awards, with star Elsie Fisher also taking home Best Actress. Reports, which is directed by Muayad Alayan, won the jury prize in the main narrative competition.
The festival bills itself as the largest and most highly attended U.S. fest. This year’s 25-day edition began May 17. It featured more than 400 films representing 90 countries.
The annual “Best of Siff” lineup will be announced later today and the festival’s five cinema screens will resume daily service on Friday with a mix of Best of Siff titles and other screenings.
Here is the full list of winners in the Golden Space Needle rankings determined by 80,000 audience ballots,...
- 6/10/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
The 44th Seattle International Film Festival announced its winners at the festival’s concluding ceremony Sunday, with Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” taking home prizes for best film and best actress for star Elsie Fisher. Mister Rogers documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” which has drawn attention since the release of its nostalgic trailer, won the best documentary prize for director Morgan Neville.
See the full list of winners below.
Best Film
“Eighth Grade,” directed by Bo Burnham (USA 2018)
Best Documentary
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” directed by Morgan Neville (USA 2018)
Best Director
Gustav Möller, “The Guilty” (Denmark 2018)
Best Actor
Miguel Ángel Solá, “The Last Suit” (Argentina/Poland/Spain/France/Germany 2017)
Best Actress
Elsie Fisher, “Eighth Grade” (USA 2018)
Best Short Film
“Emergency,” directed by Carey Williams (USA 2017)
Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision
Presented by Women in Film – Seattle
Dana Nachman, “Pick of the Litter” (USA 2017)
Siff...
See the full list of winners below.
Best Film
“Eighth Grade,” directed by Bo Burnham (USA 2018)
Best Documentary
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” directed by Morgan Neville (USA 2018)
Best Director
Gustav Möller, “The Guilty” (Denmark 2018)
Best Actor
Miguel Ángel Solá, “The Last Suit” (Argentina/Poland/Spain/France/Germany 2017)
Best Actress
Elsie Fisher, “Eighth Grade” (USA 2018)
Best Short Film
“Emergency,” directed by Carey Williams (USA 2017)
Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision
Presented by Women in Film – Seattle
Dana Nachman, “Pick of the Litter” (USA 2017)
Siff...
- 6/10/2018
- by Erin Nyren
- Variety Film + TV
When this year’s Hot Docs festival kicks off later this week in Toronto, the documentary-focused event will open with a historic lineup that speaks to the sea change currently sweeping the industry. For the first time in its 25 year history, the festival has embraced gender parity among its picks, with a gender-balanced lineup of filmmakers across 246 films and 16 interdisciplinary projects. A full 50 percent of this year’s films are directed by women, and that’s not by accident.
“It is something that we’ve been wanting to move towards for quite a while,” director of programming Shane Smith told IndieWire in a recent interview. “This is something that, like curating a diverse and interesting program, is always on our radar. It’s something that we wanted to achieve.” In 2017, the program was 48% women directors. “This year we knew going in if we could make it happen that we would like to do it,...
“It is something that we’ve been wanting to move towards for quite a while,” director of programming Shane Smith told IndieWire in a recent interview. “This is something that, like curating a diverse and interesting program, is always on our radar. It’s something that we wanted to achieve.” In 2017, the program was 48% women directors. “This year we knew going in if we could make it happen that we would like to do it,...
- 4/25/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on Tuesday unveiled its full 2018 lineup, with half of this year's film directors being women.
That includes world premieres for Maya Gallus' The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, a look at the kitchens of the world’s top female chefs, which will open the fest; Paula Eiselt's 93Queen, about an all-women ambulance service for New York City's Borough Park Hasidic Jewish community; and Sarah Menzies' Afghan Cycles, which focuses on women in Afghanistan striving for independence, and mobility, as part of a bike racing team.
Hot Docs' 25th edition, which is set to run April...
That includes world premieres for Maya Gallus' The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution, a look at the kitchens of the world’s top female chefs, which will open the fest; Paula Eiselt's 93Queen, about an all-women ambulance service for New York City's Borough Park Hasidic Jewish community; and Sarah Menzies' Afghan Cycles, which focuses on women in Afghanistan striving for independence, and mobility, as part of a bike racing team.
Hot Docs' 25th edition, which is set to run April...
- 3/20/2018
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Afghan Cycles Logline: "Afghan Cycles" is a feature documentary about a new generation of young Afghan women challenging gender and cultural barriers, using the bicycle as a vehicle for freedom and social change. Elevator Pitch: While riding a bicycle is a simple act for most of us, for the women of Afghanistan, embarking on a two-wheels is far from easy. In a country where cycling is taboo for women, each pedal stroke is an act of defiance, a challenge to the gender and cultural barriers that define their everyday lives. This is the topic of "Afghan Cycles," a documentary film that seeks...
- 9/14/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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