Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman Of The Hour and family drama Mother Couch, starring Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn, are headed to the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, running from November 30 to December 9 in the port city of Jeddah.
The titles will play in the Festival Favorites sidebar which was announced on Thursday alongside the event’s Red Sea: Treasures strand.
Kendrick directs and stars in Netflix-acquired drama Woman Of The Hour as a woman whose path crosses notorious serial killer Rodney Alcala, whilst in Niclas Larsson’s first film Mother Couch, McGregor plays a man whose mother squats the family furniture store.
Further films in the line-up – showcasing 21 buzzy festival titles from the last 12 months – include the David Oyelowo produced documentary Allihopa: The Dalkurd Story; Women’s World Cup doc Copa 71, executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, Jennifer Esposito’s Fresh Kills,...
The titles will play in the Festival Favorites sidebar which was announced on Thursday alongside the event’s Red Sea: Treasures strand.
Kendrick directs and stars in Netflix-acquired drama Woman Of The Hour as a woman whose path crosses notorious serial killer Rodney Alcala, whilst in Niclas Larsson’s first film Mother Couch, McGregor plays a man whose mother squats the family furniture store.
Further films in the line-up – showcasing 21 buzzy festival titles from the last 12 months – include the David Oyelowo produced documentary Allihopa: The Dalkurd Story; Women’s World Cup doc Copa 71, executive produced by Serena and Venus Williams, Jennifer Esposito’s Fresh Kills,...
- 11/9/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Hot Docs has wrapped its 30th anniversary edition, handing out its top cash prize and announcing the audience top picks after an 11-day festival, which presented 214 films from 72 countries at 308 live screenings at venues across Toronto.
Philippe Falardeau’s “Lac-Mégantic—This Is Not an Accident” topped the overall audience poll to win the 2023 Hot Docs Audience Award. The four-part series from the Oscar-nominated director explores the causes of one of Canada’s worst rail disasters and what’s needed to prevent such accidents in the future.
“Someone Lives Here,” by Zack Russell, won the Rogers Audience Awards for Best Canadian Documentary, which comes with Cdn. $50,000 cash, and also claimed the second-highest spot in the overall audience poll. The film also won the inaugural Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary, a jury-chosen prize, at the main awards ceremony held Saturday.
“Someone Lives Here”
“Someone” tells the story of Toronto carpenter Khaleel Seivwright,...
Philippe Falardeau’s “Lac-Mégantic—This Is Not an Accident” topped the overall audience poll to win the 2023 Hot Docs Audience Award. The four-part series from the Oscar-nominated director explores the causes of one of Canada’s worst rail disasters and what’s needed to prevent such accidents in the future.
“Someone Lives Here,” by Zack Russell, won the Rogers Audience Awards for Best Canadian Documentary, which comes with Cdn. $50,000 cash, and also claimed the second-highest spot in the overall audience poll. The film also won the inaugural Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary, a jury-chosen prize, at the main awards ceremony held Saturday.
“Someone Lives Here”
“Someone” tells the story of Toronto carpenter Khaleel Seivwright,...
- 5/8/2023
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Film Independent, the L.A.-based indie film organization, has selected 40 fellows for its annual diversity mentorship program, Project:Involve.
This year, Film Independent added a new component to the program: Industry Track, which targets individuals planning to work in the film industry as agents, managers, development executives and acquisition executives as well as in marketing, distribution and entertainment law. They will participate alongside the writers, directors and producers traditionally accepted to the program, with all participants receiving one-on-one film industry mentors, access to production-based master workshops, career development training,and industry networking opportunities.
All the fellows will participate in the short film production component of the program.
The 2010 participants are:
Elizabeth Ai, Producer
Ana Amortegui, Cinematographer
Karina Armijo, Producer
Catalina Ausin, Cinematographer
Hernando Bansuelo, Writer
Sheldon Candis, Writer/Director
Linda Ch·vez, Writer/Director
Chris Cloyd, Writer/Director
Kordo Doski, Writer/Director
Celia Esguerra, Writer
Golnar Fakhrai, Cinematographer
BÈ Garrett,...
This year, Film Independent added a new component to the program: Industry Track, which targets individuals planning to work in the film industry as agents, managers, development executives and acquisition executives as well as in marketing, distribution and entertainment law. They will participate alongside the writers, directors and producers traditionally accepted to the program, with all participants receiving one-on-one film industry mentors, access to production-based master workshops, career development training,and industry networking opportunities.
All the fellows will participate in the short film production component of the program.
The 2010 participants are:
Elizabeth Ai, Producer
Ana Amortegui, Cinematographer
Karina Armijo, Producer
Catalina Ausin, Cinematographer
Hernando Bansuelo, Writer
Sheldon Candis, Writer/Director
Linda Ch·vez, Writer/Director
Chris Cloyd, Writer/Director
Kordo Doski, Writer/Director
Celia Esguerra, Writer
Golnar Fakhrai, Cinematographer
BÈ Garrett,...
- 10/29/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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