Tribeca Film Festival to Open With Jimmy Carter Doc

In today’s film news roundup, a pair of long-running film festivals in San Francisco and Cleveland are moving ahead and Warner Bros.’ Fred Hampton biopic gets additional backing and Dule Hill gets cast.

Now is the time for us to reflect on the fact that many other LGBTIQ communities around the world are yet to be afforded the same rights that we in Australia have fought so hard to win. Portraying these other realities is unquestionably queer cinema’s strongest virtue.

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival has announced its feature film line-up, which includes many music-centered films in its "Spotlight Documentary" category, Pitchfork reports.

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday unveiled its feature film lineup for its 19th edition running April 15-26 in NYC.

Moments ago, the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival lineup was announced. Highlighting the announcement was the fact that Judd Apatow’s new movie The King of Staten Island will is among the selections. The festival always has a mix of top notch independent titles, as well as a handful of bigger films that capture your attention. This year appears to be no different. In fact, I’d argue that this could be their best slate ever. You’ll see what I mean below…

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the films for its 2020 edition. Included in this year’s slate is a documentary about Pharrell’s Something in the Water festival, titled Hydration, which will feature performances and appearances by JAY-Z, Missy Elliott, Gwen Stefani, PUSHA-T, Dave Grohl, and more.

Tribeca Film Festival announced its 2020 lineup, a slate of 115 movies that includes offerings from Hugh Jackman, Pete Davidson and Chrissy Teigen.

Overshadowed by a grisly, racially motivated shooting in western Germany and the growing pains of new festival leadership, this year’s Berlinale served to illuminate the market dynamics and global issues set to impact the international film and television industry in the run-up to Cannes — provided coronavirus stays away from the Croisette.

The Nantucket Film Festival announced on Monday that writers, producers and directors Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Television Award at the 25th anniversary event.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s drama “There Is No Evil” took home the top Golden Bear prize at the 2020  Berlin Film Festival.

Beanie Feldstein hugs Greta Gerwig tight while arriving at the 2020 Athena Film Festival Awards Ceremony held at The Diana Center at Barnard College on Wednesday night (February 26) in New York City.

The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will open with the world premiere of the documentary Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President, it was announced Monday (Feb. 17).

Oliver Stone will serve as jury president of the international competition at the inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, set to take place in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah next month.The Platoon and Wall Street director will oversee a jury that will be focused on "original, daring productions by emerging and established voices," the festival said, adding that there would be an emphasis on features from the Arab world and the "Global South," meaning emerging markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America

Remi Bonhomme, a leading force behind Cannes’ Critics Week, has been appointed artistic director of the Marrakech Film Festival and its industry conference, the Atlas Workshops.

The Sun Valley Film Festival and Ford, a three-time partner of the five-day event, have announced the Ford Pitch Fest, a new initiative where producers will have a chance to pitch their project to receive a $25,000 producers grant.

By Jessi Lewis

The annual Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy is to add a works-in-progress section to its Focus Asia industry services for the first time this year.