Ruth Negga & Director Rebecca Hall Attend 'Passing' Screening at Mill Valley Film Festival 2021

Dylan Penn stuns in a red hot dress for the 2021 SCAD Savannah Film Festival on Friday night (October 29) in Savannah, Ga.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs cinematographer Eduard Grau was seeking his next project after “The Way Back,” he wanted to work with a director whose vision was to elevate the material into something intellectually profound.Actor Rebecca Hall, making her directing debut with “Passing,” proved to be the ideal partner.

Selome Hailu editorCinema Napa Valley announced the lineup of filmmaker tributes taking place virtually at this year’s Napa Valley Film Festival from Nov. 10-14.

Rarely have the hues of black and white, cinematographically speaking, looked so beautifully lush as in “Passing,” the hugely impressive directorial debut of actor Rebecca Hall.But at its core, this film is about shades of gray.Which is to say, motivations, desires and ambitions are even more layered and textured than the visuals in this quietly compelling film, which takes place in Prohibition-era New York and explores ideas of race, identity and the toxic ripples of a painful lie.Adapted by

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter and Rebecca Hall’s Passing (both from Netflix) swept nominations for the Gotham Awards this year as the independent film honors and awards-season portal unveiled its list Thursday morning ahead of an in-person ceremony next month.

Best Feature The Green KnightDavid Lowery, director; Toby Halbrooks, James M.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorRebecca Hall’s deft directorial debut “Passing,” which competed for Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize and was acquired by Netflix, and Julia Ducournau’s sophomore feature “Titane,” winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or and France’s entry in the International Feature Film Oscar race, have been selected to compete in a section devoted to up-and-coming directors at the 29th edition of EnergaCamerimage, a film festival that focuses on the art of cinematography.

EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi is launching a U.S. in-theater offering this month letting members see one film a week that it selects at participating cinemas starting in New York City. It said Mubi Go will roll out nationwide in selected markets with LA next in early 2022.

Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Jason Momoa are ready for their big movie debut!

The IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI returned for its sixth year, with lead judges Phoebe Waller-Bridge and BFI Chief Exec Ben Roberts awarding Harry Wootliff the £50,000 bursary. The bursary is the most significant of its kind in the UK film industry and is establishing itself as an indicator of future filmmaking talent with previous winners including Rose Glass and Daniel Kokotajlo.

The stars are stepping out for the latest screening of The Lost Daughter!

Carole Horst The Napa Valley Film Festival, which returns this year as a virtual event running Nov. 10-14, has announced its lineup that includes almost 60 full-length features and shorts.

J. Kim Murphy administratorThe Napa Valley Film Festival has announced its line-up for this year’s virtual festival format.The annual festival will take place over the course of five days from Nov.

Sandra Oh is hitting the red carpet!

Ruth Negga is pretty in pink for the premiere of Passing during the 2021 BFI London Film Festival at The Curzon Mayfair on Sunday (October 10) in London, England.

Jessica Kiang An event like the Festival Lumière, with its wide remit that sees classic films and retrospectives rub shoulders with the very latest and chic-est new titles, is always going to boast a thicket of hidden connections and surprising collisions.

Rebecca Hall revealed a personal link to her directorial debut Passing at Deadline’s Contenders Film: London this morning. Joined on stage by stars Ruth Negga and André Holland, she explained why she adapted Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel. “My mother’s from Detroit and her father was African American and passed for white his whole life. When I read the book, it clicked into place: obviously that’s what my grandfather did — for his family, his children’s life.”