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AFI FEST 2023 runs October 25 through October 29; AFI Conservatory Alum Sam Esmail’s ‘LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND’ to open the festival while Bradley Cooper’s ‘MAESTRO’ to close the festival
By Oliver Carnay The 37th edition of AFI FEST will have the World Premiere of AFI Conservatory Alum Sam Esmail’s (AFI Class of 2004)
Former World Youth Organization founder KIERAN MAX GOODWIN continues to inspire and help youth and adults by setting up MIND OF THE STUDENT, a charitable organization to help educate and do workshops in schools about mental health issues
By Oliver Carnay https://mindofthestudent.org.uk/https://www.instagram.com/themotscharity/https://www.instagram.com/kier_goodwin/ Kieran Max Goodwin, together with his friend Jaylan, created the “Mind of the Student,” a non-profit organization with an objective to
FILMOUT – 23d Annual LGBTQ San Diego Film Festival runs September 8-10
By Oliver Carnay FilmOut San Diego’s 23rd Annual LGBTQ Film Festival will take place from September 7–10, 2023. Dozens of films will be screened
Filipino film “ASOG” won this year’s Outfest GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR SCREENWRITING, International Narrative Feature –screenplay by Seán Devlin, Jaya (Rej Andrade), and Arnel Pablo
By Oliver Carnay The festival opened with Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, directed by Aitch Alberto, and closed with Chasing
Sundance NEXT award-winning KOKOMO CITY, a powerful and moving docfilm from D. Smith chronicling four Black trans women sex workers — in theatres August 4
By Oliver Carnay For some, this film may be a very touchy subject, but transgender filmmaker D. Smith picked fascinating and important issues I
OUTFEST TO PRESENT KARINE JEAN-PIERRE WITH INAUGURAL OUTFEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR PRESS AND MEDIA
By Oliver Carnay The Los Angeles-based nonprofit that uplifts marginalized creators in the entertainment industry by providing career support and curating the exhibition and
19th Annual Oscar-Qualifying® HollyShorts Film Festival reveals its star studded 2023 line-up including shorts with Ricky Gervais, Tom Holland, Alfonso Cuarón and Tom Hanks
Some of the stars and filmmakers featured this year include Alfonso Cuarón, John Travolta, Tom Hanks, Queen Latifah, Lauren Keke Palmer, Bella Thorne, Tom
Ira Sach’s PASSAGES to highlight 41st OUTFEST as special Centerpiece; LGBTQ+ to honor actor, producer and musician AMANDLA STENBERG with its Platinum Maverick Award, to be presented at the festival’s Opening Night on July 13, more ..
By Oliver Carnay https://www.youtube.com/embed/m5Kr38lovJcOne of the festival highlights at the upcoming 41st annual OUTFEST is Ira Sach’s film PASSAGES, starring Ben Wishaw, Franz Rogowski,
Philippines’ Pioneering Lipo and Laser Dermatologist and CEO of Belo Medical Group, Dr. Vicki Belo, returns to Los Angeles via dinner-lecture – “Dr. Vicki Belo on SPOTLIGHT” presented by Ms. Pen de Leon Manahan’s SPOTLIGHT MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT
By Oliver Carnay The dinner event “Dr. Vicki Belo on SPOTLIGHT,” inviting and encourages Filipino balikbayans to visit Belo Medical Group clinics, was held
Acclaimed Director Vadim Perelman (“House of Sand and Fog”) talks about his latest Holocaust drama “PERSIAN LESSONS” at a special screening at Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival
By Oliver Carnay Set against a grim backdrop of forced labor and human squalor during Nazis occupation, director Vadim Perelman’s (best known for his
Sheryl Cruz received an award recognition for her “Paper for Now” craft business, which was exhibited during Washington, D.C.’s fashion, networking and cultural event to kick-off 125th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Philippine Independence
By Oliver Carnay The event, held at the Chancery Annex of the Embassy in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 2023, was in line with
The 41st Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival presented by Warner Bros. Discovery and Genesis Motor America is set from July 13 through 23, 2023; “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” to serve as Opening Night Film while “Chasing Chasing Amy” will close the festival — both films are made by trans artists, a first in the history of Outfest
By Oliver Carnay OUTFEST, the longest running queer film festival in Los Angeles, now on its 41st edition, will take place from July 13