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02 Dec

2021 Sundance Film Festival Will Meet Audiences Where They Are

Raul Navedo0 CommentsNewsFilm Festivals, Sundance Film Fetival, Virtual

Festival Offers Robust Online Platform and Announces Screening Partnerships with Independent Cinemas and Cultural Organizations PARK CITY, UTAH — The nonprofit Sundance Institute today unveiled plans for the seven-day 2021 Sundance Film Festival, offered digitally via a custom-designed online platform (festival.sundance.org) alongside drive-ins, independent arthouses, and a network of local community partnerships. The online expression of the Sundance Film Festival will provide global access for storytellers and audiences alike to come together, experience artists new work, connect with one another, and participate in conversation. All films in the program will be available online in the United States, with certain films opting…

24 Oct

Film Fest 919 Review | Farewell Amor | A Film that prompts a search for beginnings

Mohamed Shama0 CommentsReviewsFarewell Amor, Film Fest 919, Film Festivals, Film Review

Jayme Lawson, Zainab Jah and Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine Warmth and heartfelt emotions in Ekwa Msangi's Farewell Amor, a film consists of three well-made chapters filled with many quiet conversations between a newly reunited family of three as this Angolan family was separated for 17 years. Though they tried to keep in touch, everyone has changed. Silvia is calm and distant, Esther is now very religious, & the patriarch Walter, a taxi driver who paved the way to New York City so long ago, has his own secrets after spending so much time away from his family. Msangi has a…

23 Oct

FilmFest 919 Reviews | Part 1

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsFilm Fest 919, Film Festivals, Film Review, Herself, MLK/FBI, New Order, Nuevo Orden, One Night in Miami, Uncle Frank

In a year where everyone else is figuring out how to make things happen virtually FilmFest919 says “Ain’t nobody got time for that”! North Carolina, being one of the most stringent states when it comes to COVID-19 protocols, caused the folks at 919 to approach things differently than they have in the past. Now I know all film festivals have had to deal with the nightmare that is this pandemic, we've been covering some of them, but unlike CIFF and NYFF, who are on their 56th & 58th iteration respectively, FF919 has only been on the scene for three years.…

13 Oct

Chicago International Film Festival | 2020

Raul Navedo and Mohamed Shama0 CommentsNewsChicago International Film Festival, CIFF, Film Festivals

Considering how wild 2020 has been it is turning out to be a great year for film lovers! That has greatly to do with film festivals that decided to reformat their yearly event and move ahead with the festivities, celebrating the spectacle that is visual storytelling while embracing the difficulties the pandemic has brought. Chicago International Film Festival is one of these film festivals that is gearing up to do just that. The festival is running from Oct. 14th-23rd and is highlighting an incredibly diverse selection of films sure to delight its audiences and start quite a buzz on the…

25 Sep

Mangrove Review | NYFF

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish ReviewsAmazon, Film Festivals, Film Review, Mangrove, New York Film Festival, NYFF, Review, Small Axe, Steve McQueen

Mangrove is soulful! A film about oppression, injustice, and the will to fight for your human rights to community & life free of persecution… and guess what? It's based on a true story that doesn’t take place in the US. Though true, don’t celebrate. The film hits too close to home and proves that abuse of power runs in the veins of humans and that acts like this are doomed to continue if we don’t learn from history. Class is in session with Mangrove. Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Mangrove The first of five Steve McQueen films in the…

17 Sep

Film Fest 919 announces 2020 Festival Plans

Mohamed Shama1 CommentNewschapel hill, Cinema, Film Fest 919, Film Festivals, Movies, North Carolina, North Carolina cinema

With movie theaters still under mandates in certain states to stay closed, some film festivals decided to cancel their 2020 rounds and some festivals tried to explore different ways of keeping their periodic editions. The team behind Film Fest 919 decided to present a reimagined 2020 version of Film Fest 919 with a LIVE event, offering the best in pandemic viewing, using two outdoor venues: the newly-created Drive-in at Carraway Village and The Green at Southern Village. Creating a safe, clean and healthy environment to adhere with CDC's recommendation while giving the film lovers and movie goers a unique and exciting theatrical experience. Film Fest…