Tag: Film Fest 919
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Film Fest 919 fetes NC’s own Ariana DeBose, her Oscar nom & Contenders
by Screenmancer Staff Film Fest 919 (FF919) lived up to its “Catch the Films Before They Catch On” motto with advance buzz on films featured at their 2021 Festival that have received Oscar nominations, including Audience Favorite winner King Richard, plus Flee, Spencer, The Hand of God, The Lost Daughter, The Worst Person in the…
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RED ROCKET’s Chris Bergoch & FF919 gang at afterparty shot on an iPhone
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent In the spirit of Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch’s first breakout film TANGERINE, last night Film Fest 919 founders Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall lined up with RED ROCKET Screenwriting Honoree Chris Bergoch and festival pals from an afterparty for some impromptu iPhone filming. This weekend’s footage followed a…
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Encore: Diane Warren brings smash-hit feel to open Film Fest 919 in Chapel Hill
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Smoke machines opened last night’s 2021 Spotlight Award for Diane Warren in advance of the 12-time Best Song Oscar nominee’s arrival at the Caraway Village Drive In. Then, against the eerie artificial atmosphere, a sky-wide laser show tore open Warren’s lyrics sung by Celine Dion, Cher, Lady Gaga, Steven…
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Spotlight Award for Grammy Legend Diane Warren at Film Fest 919
CHAPEL HILL, NC: Film Fest 919 today announced the dates for its highly-anticipated 4th edition which takes place Oct. 18-24, including a special opening celebration honoring composer Diane Warren with the Spotlight Award on Monday, Oct. 18. Warren’s exciting celebration will launch the festival. “We are delighted to honor the profoundly talented, multi-award-winning, 12-time…
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Drive-In workaround trend pulls up in Chapel Hill, NC for Film Fest 919
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Telluride Film Festival recently showed a drive-in screening as part of its 2020 ingenuity, and this workaround has now come to Film Fest 919 in Chapel Hill, NC. “In the spirit of the ‘The Show Must Go On,’ we are excited to present a reimagined 2020 version of Film…
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IT’S A WRAP AS 2nd ANNUAL FILM FEST 919 COMES TO A CLOSE
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Chapel Hill, NC, 10/13/19: Film Fest 919, founded by industry veterans Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall, along with Program Director Claudia Puig, was enthusiastically received and well attended, showcasing five days of extraordinary and compelling independent film. The community fully embraced the opportunity to see 38 of the most talked-about films…
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Closing Night Film Fest 919: JoJo Rabbit, WETA’s Joe Letteri & A Love Letter to Film
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent During Film Fest 919, Chapel Hill, NC, on the final day – even though you’ve had all week practically to read the glossy brochure – there is it: A Love Letter to Film on Page 24. It’s black-and-white, quarter-page, a left-hand read, drop-shadow framed note from a future groom to…
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HONEY BOY Will Mess You UP, But FORD V FERRARI Is a Great Chaser at FF919
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You know it’s a great film festival when you lose track of the calendar count on your daily coverage, meaning today is Day Three, hopefully? Blame Shia LaBeouf’s autobiography-coaster HONEY BOY. Film Fest 919 in Chapel Hill, NC, is showing Shia’s written testament to a Hollywood Childhood on the…
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Party Like It’s 919, But Seriously This IS Film Fest 919 in Chapel Hill, NC
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Once upon a time in Palm Beach and Santa Barbara, there were no smash-hit film festivals and then along came some powerhouse women and made it happen… You have to imagine John Forsythe saying this because Film Fest 919 happening this week in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is literally…
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