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“If you are on the sensitive side, please take your Kleenex out,” the Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland warned the audience Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival. Holland was trying to prepare us for her latest, “Green Border,” a great howl of a movie about the crisis at the border between Poland and Belarus. There, […]
Receive free Film updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Film news every morning. It’s often said that the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) attracts an especially enthusiastic hometown crowd. A festival trailer shown before screenings features characters in faux genre movies turning to face the camera and praise […]
On Saturday, September 16, from 3PM to 5PM, the New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) will host the launching of its Fall 2023 Community Education Forums with a film and discussion marking the 68th anniversary of the murder in Money, Mississippi, […]
A room without books is like a body without a soul, and the same is true of a city without an independent cinema. If New York has survived the rise of VHS and DVD and streaming—and this is no Luddite’s lament; these are all great things, but the life of a city depends on people […]
CaribbeanTales International Film Festival, (CTFF) founded by award winning filmmaker and Academy member Frances-Anne Solomon, will celebrate its 18th year, September 6th – 22nd. CTFF 2023 will continue its mission to present a multi-ethnic mix of inspiring films showcasing diverse shared stories and cultures from new and returning filmmakers. Attendees can join Festival hosts, special guests and filmmakers for live screenings, panel discussions and talkbacks with […]
Ava DuVernay attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California.Photo: Arturo Holmes (Getty Images) Ahead of the world premiere for her new film Origin at the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival,
At the Venice Film Festival press conference for Ava DuVernay’s new film “Origin” on Wednesday, the director revealed that she has previously been told not to apply to the festival because “you won’t get in.” DuVernay is making history this year as the first African American woman in the festival’s 80-year existence to have a film compete for […]
Ava DuVernay has highlighted the inequalities that continue across the film circuit saying that Black filmmakers are told “you cannot play international film festivals.” Speaking at the press conference for her Venice title Origin – through which she becomes the first African American woman to have a film in Competition at the festival – DuVernay […]
Ava DuVernay has made history at the Venice Film Festival, becoming the first female Black U.S. director in the event’s 80 years to have a film in the main competition. DuVernay addressed this milestone head-on at the press conference for
After a bidding process that was described as “competitive,” Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” was acquired yesterday by Neon for worldwide distribution. The film screened for press this morning at Venice. At the film’s press conference, DuVernay tackled how she’s making history at the Venice Film Festival, by becoming the first female Black U.S. director in the […]