Emmanuel Itier chatted with director Rashad Frett on his film Ricky in Sundance selection
Rashad Frett is an award-winning Caribbean-American filmmaker based in New York City. He pursued the arts seriously after experiencing 9/11 as a combat medic in the U.S. Army. At that time, creating a positive social impact through the power of media became his passion. Frett is a recent MFA graduate of the NYU Tisch Graduate Film program.
Ricky - Official Trailer from Rashad F. on Vimeo.
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WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC SPECIAL JURY AWARD: CINEMATOGRAPHY - MAMI WATA
When the harmony in a village is threatened by outside elements, two sisters must fight to save their people and restore the glory of a mermaid goddess to the land.
C.J. "Fiery" Obasi's Ojuju (2014) and O-Town (2015) screened at many festivals, including Gothenburg and Fantasia. Hello, Rain (2018) premiered at Oberhausen and over 40 festivals, winning a Jury Prize at Fantasia, and the BFI S...
James Nelson Interviewed Jarreau Carrillo writer/director & Julius Pryor producer on th ered carpet following their win with The Vacation : Short Film Special Jury Award: Directing
A Black man attempts to take a vacation.
Jarreau Carrillo is originally from Seattle, WA and is based out of Brooklyn, NY. Jarreau attended Morehouse College and received an MFA from New York University's Graduate Film Program where he earned the Spike Lee Production Fellowship. Jarreau's debut featur...
DIRECTING AWARD: U.S. DRAMATIC - THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER
During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. Based on a true story.
Sing J. Lee is an award-winning writer and director of Hong Kong descent, born in Manchester, U.K. With a background in music, illustration, and animation, Lee’s early short films have garnered nominations including BBC Best of the North, which led to a deca...
As a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search of himself, a long-overdue conversation with his mother drives them into a quest for acceptance and love.
Shuli Huang is a writer-director and cinematographer born in China. After graduating from Beijing Film Academy in 2019, he moved to New York City as an MFA candidate for the NYU graduate film program. Will You Look At Me was selected for the 61st edition of La Semaine de la Critique Cannes.
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AUDIENCE AWARD: WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC - SHAYDA
Shayda, a brave Iranian mother, finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter. Over Persian New Year, they take solace in Nowruz rituals and new beginnings, but when her estranged husband re-enters their lives, Shayda’s path to freedom is jeopardized.
Tehran-born, Australia-raised Noora Niasari is a writer-director and co-founder of Parandeh Pictures. She is a graduate of arc...
DIRECTING AWARD: WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY - SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Anna Hints is an Estonian film director with a background in contemporary art and experimental folk music. Having deep roots in the distinct culture of South Estonia, Hints’ second home is in India. As ...
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY AWARD: VERITE FILMMAKING - AGAINST THE TIDE
Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families.
Sarvnik Kaur, the director, strives to tell stories that hide anxiety and conflict beneath the surface of the "normal" and the "mundane." Her first Indian film, Soz - A Balla...
A meticulous dissection of image-making and a mapping of its movement through society, directors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck use a mind-boggling array of archival footage to collage this sociological study by tracking the transmogrification of photographic philosophy and technology over human history. Weaving and contrasting some of the most iconic, harrowing, and viral images in our collective memory with user-generated footage that transports the viewer through time, space, an...
WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY AWARD: CREATIVE VISION - FANTASTIC MACHINE
From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity’s unique obsession with the camera’s image and the social consequences that lay ahead.
A meticulous dissection of image-making and a mapping of its movement through society, directors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck use a mind-b...
The trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans.” Legendary poet Nikki Giovanni’s revelation is a launching pad to an inspiring exploration of her life and legacy. Through a collision of memories, moments in American history, live readings of her poetry, and impressions of space, Giovanni urges us to imagine a future where Black women lead, and equity is a reality.
Directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson (American Promise, The Changing Same) craft a visi...
Smiles & Hugs say it all for Sundance 2023 following awards presentation: thrilled filmmakers
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On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the strategic eastern port city of Mariupol. During the subsequent siege and assault, as bombs fall, inhabitants flee, and access to electricity, food, water, and medicine are severed, the team — the only international journalists left — struggles to cover the war atrocities and to transmit their footage out. Eventually surrounded by Russian soldiers, they shelter in a hospital, unsure of how th...
Short film directed by Directed by Anggun Priambodo produced by Reno F Junirman. Indonesia, 2022
A prisoner is granted a temporary release to help evacuate his mother from the danger of tsunami, and is escorted by a Javanese female prison warden. Their journey opens their eyes to many things, especially about people who take advantage of tragedy for personal gain. Video by James Nelson, filmfestivals.com Sundance correspondent.
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White Ant which is playing in the Shorts Program section at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival : Directed by Shalini Adnani. With Denzil Smith, Harish Kesariya, Sushannt Sapare, Pushpa Madam Singh Chauhan. Video by James Nelson, filmfestivals.com Sundance correspondent.
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CHASING LINEN gives festival goers a souvenir from the film festival in Park City, Utah January 21
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Passages is a 2023 French romance drama film directed by Ira Sachs starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adèle Exarchopoulos. It depicts a long-time male couple one of whom has an affair with a woman. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2023. Shortly after, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Latin America. It is set to screen in the Panorama section at the Berlin International Film Festival in F...
Selma Cervantes is an up-and-coming director whose films advocate human and social perspectives and female narratives. She’s based in Mexico City, where her biggest influences come from everyday life and stories that her parents share with her.
Video by James Nelson
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Filmmaker Daniel Roher showing the sketch he made DURING his interview with filmfestivals.com correspondent James Nelson. It's an image of Nelson hiding behind a gopro video camera. LOL. Roher apparently does the quick sketches while being interviewed. It will make a fun book someday!
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Talented filmmakers and actors will come to the Chandler International Film Festival the weekend of January 21-29, but there are 6 people to be on the lookout for. Don’t get star struck if you come across any of them walking around Downtown Chandler:
1) ROB SCHNEIDER
Rob Schneider is a famous Hollywood actor, comedian and screenwriter. He has thrilled audiences all over the world with his hilarious roles in feature films including Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1...
By James Nelson
Inés works as a seamstress in a sweatshop where pregnancy tests are periodically administered. When she becomes pregnant, she is sure that her condition will get her fired. She does everything she can to keep it a secret.
Sweatshop Girl Sundance 2023 short film was wiritte, directed and produced by SELMA CERVANTES interview with: SOUND DESIGNERS: IVÁN LOPTO AND DANIEL LOPTO, CINEMATOGRAPHER: BRUNO GAETA
Selma Cervantes is an up-and-coming director wh...
