THE PROFESSIONAL PARENT has racked up 44 official selections at international film festivals, including eight official Oscar®-qualifying festivals, across 23 countries. The film last screened in NYC in 2024 at the Canadian Screen Award Qualifying New York Shorts…
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Tribeca Fest 2025 Announces Jury of Acclaimed Filmmakers, Performers and Artists
More than 30 industry luminaries were selected to honor feature-length and short film categories, composed of narrative and documentary films. Additional juries have also been established to honor the best work in Tribeca’s games, as well as submissions in the audio storytelling category. The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca Festival ceremony on June 12.
Brooklyn College Students Attacked by NYPD Specialized SWAT TEAM – Part 1
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Brooklyn College students and pro-Palestine protesters attempted to form a tent protest encampment on campus to demonstrate against the ongoing U.S. funded genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Overlook Film Fest 2025: Audience and Jury Awards for the Largest Ever Overlook Film Fest – Part 2
Audience Awards Winner — Feature Film The Ugly Stepsister Director: Emilie Blichfeldt Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger Norway, 2024 In this warped, sinister spin on a Cinderella story, the lens…
Overlook Film Fest 2025: Audience and Jury Awards for the Largest Ever Overlook Film Fest – Part 1
The Overlook Film Festival is a 4-day celebration of all things horror held in haunted, historic & iconic venues throughout New Orleans. Presenting superior film programming with an expanded focus on experiential events, the festival showcases exciting work in new and classic horror cinema alongside the latest in interactive and live shows for a fully immersive weekend. As a summer camp for horror genre fans, The Overlook is a community event bringing the best of horror storytelling to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience within an intimate and inspirational environment. – Article by the WORD staff.
THE STORY OF G.I. JOE (1945), Starring Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith, Now Available on HD Blu-Ray and DVD With New Extras
Ignite Films 2024 enhanced restoration of Director William A. Wellman’s 1945 classic WWII war film, THE STORY OF G.I. JOE starring Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith, now available on HD Blu-ray and DVD. “We at Ignite Films consider the film…
Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie & I THINK SHE LIKES YOU
Their approach to storytelling is highly interdisciplinary, blending traditional forms and new media to give a voice to unique perspectives and subcultures in innovating and daring ways.
U.S. Theatrical Premiere August 2 at Film Forum:
WAR GAME – Here’s the WORD Prelude for This Adrenaline Pumper Already Getting Rave Reviews
Siddhant Adlakha, Variety: “As the game grows more complex, WAR GAME invokes footage not only of January 6 but of other flashpoints in American history involving protest, state violence or religious extremism — Kent State, the MOVE bombings, Waco and so on — building a tapestry of the past, as a chilling reminder of what might happen if warnings go unheeded.”
The 23rd New York Asian American Film Festival, July 12 -28
This year’s NYAFF features more than 90 new and classic titles from China, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and beyond, with nine world premieres, 12 international premieres, and 38 North American premieres.
2023 HollyShorts Film Festival Jury Includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Worthington, Zoey Deutch
The jury, composed of 18 esteemed industry professionals, will be responsible for determining all HollyShorts award-winners, including four that will qualify for the Academy Awards®. This year, the festival will screen 402 films, 180 43.3 percent are from female filmmakers…