10 Short Films Not to Miss at Locarno Film Festival

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Hamptons Film Festival will open its virtual and drive-in edition with the world premiere of With Drawn Arms, the documentary about the legacy of Olympian Tommie Smith’s fist-raising moment at the 1968 Olympics.The film will also be awarded HIFF’s Film of Conflict & Resolution Award, given to a project that deals with the complex issues and societal effects of war and violence, and the attendant human dramas, in creative ways.

The BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia has closed out its 9th edition by naming Channing Godfrey Peoples' Miss Juneteenth as its best narrative feature. The Sundance title has Nicole Beharie playing a former pageant winner focused on preparing her rebellious daughter for a "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.

horror short, written and filmed in lockdown, effectively plays on quarantine fears.Titled Outside, the film – written by actor Amy Acker – follows a woman who starts to question the reality of a threat keeping her inside her home.Before long, she believes her husband – played by her real-life husband James Carpinello – might be holding her prisoner, prompting her to plot her escape.Acker is best known for her roles in TV shows Angel and Person of Interest as well as Joss Whedon‘s low-budget

Janet W. Lee American Black Film Festival creators Jeff and Nicole Friday will launch Social Justice Now Film Festival, which will run from Oct.

The organisers of the Berlin International Film Festival say they will stop awarding separate acting prizes to women and men beginning next year.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The 12th annual edition of the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, Hola México Film Festival (September 11-20), will take place virtually and exclusively on Lionsgate and Hemisphere’s Spanish-language streaming platform Pantaya.The festival will feature 20 movies, kicking off with Chicuarotes, directed and produced by Gael Garcia Bernal.

coronavirus pandemic, the two directors stressed the need for a “lively relationship with the audience.” "In times of the corona pandemic, it has become even clearer that we still require analogue experience spaces in the cultural realm,” they said, noting that other festivals have also resumed holding physical rather than virtual events. The 2021 festival is scheduled for Feb.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe Berlin International Film Festival has opted to make its acting awards gender-neutral, meaning the prizes for Best Actor and Best Actress will be condensed into a Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.

The Venice Film Festival, the first major in-person cinema showcase of the COVID-19 era, is requiring participants to wear face masks during screenings and take a coronavirus test if they are arriving from outside Europe. According to guidelines published Thursday, fans and the general public will be kept away from the red carpet during the Sept.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDirector Davis Guggenheim is no stranger to shooting films for the Democratic National Convention, the “An Inconvenient Truth” helmer has worked on campaign biofilms as far back as 2008 with then-candidate Barack Obama.He has since filmed segments for the 2012 and 2016 campaigns, but in 2020 things were different. There was a global pandemic and the Democratic National Convention was going virtual.

Hollywood veteran Drew Barrymore recently took part in an interview by First We Feed and things got heated! The actress’ appearance on Thursday featured her eating a bunch of spicy food and she revealed some interesting facts about her film Scream.

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion turned up the heat in their “WAP” music video, but health was a top priority before things got steamy on set.The “I Like It” rapper, 27, revealed in an interview with i-D on Thursday, August 13, that it was a requirement for everyone to get tested for COVID-19.“It was kind of weird shooting the video in the age of corona,” she said. “Like, we had to spend $100,000 just on testing.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentUpcoming movies from two Argentine filmmakers, Lucrecia Martel’s “Chocobar” and Mari Alessandrini’s “Zahori,” won the top Pardo 2020 Awards at the Locarno Film Festival’s The Films After Tomorrow, its highest-profile competition, the festival announced Friday.Of other major plaudits in The Films After Tomorrow, a section highlighting COVID-19-hit productions, “Savagery,” from Portugal’s Miguel Gomes, scooped the strand’s Special Jury Prize.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Venice Film Festival, which gets underway early next month, has added Luca Guadagnino short Fiori, Fiori, Fiori and U.S.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorThe Venice Film Festival, which gets underway early next month, has added Luca Guadagnino short Fiori, Fiori, Fiori and U.S.

Eli Countryman Day three of the Locarno Film Festival StepIn 2020, moderated by Variety‘s Leo Barraclough and hosted by the Variety Streaming Room platform, brought professionals from various parts of the film festival and market sectors together for a panel on the Future of Film Festivals and Film Markets.Jérôme Paillard, executive director of Cannes Film Market; Lili Hinstin, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival; Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the Venice Film Festival; Sarah

was forced to scrub this year’s edition due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Tribeca Film Festival has announced it will return in 2021.

ShortListFilmFestival.com and runs through August 19. The jury will award the Industry Award while TheWrap’s online voters will determine the Audience Prize and Student Award.

New films from Tilda Swinton and Regina King will be headlining the Venice Film Festival this September.