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Jumanji, The Next Level: Low level fare
Jumanji was first released in 1995, at a time when video games were the new fad. Since then, the franchise has had three forays into filmdom. The latest one is titled The Next Level, but, ironically, it is a slide down to a new low. Amateurish and even puerile, this movie is probably aimed at pre-teens, but since pre-teenagers cannot be expected to perform such adult acts as are depicted, and the story has already established several grown-ups, and only...
FESTIVAL DATES for the next edition: March 18-22, 2020 - Cinema Village, 22 E 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
Submissions for the 2020 Edition re-open May 22 - 2019
PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION, THE RULES, and THE TERMS thoroughly before completing your submission.
SRFF does NOT waive entry fees. In some exceptional cases discount codes are offered.
SRFF believes waiving entry fees hurts the integrity of the competition. The same rules and entry fees sh...
Sundance Institute Fact Sheet
Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, Sundance Institute is a non profit organization that provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, and new media to create and thrive. The Institute's signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences to artists in igniting new ideas, discov...
Best Motion Picture – Drama
“The Irishman” (Netflix)
“Marriage Story” (Netflix)
“1917” (Universal)
“Joker” (Warner Bros.)
“The Two Popes” (Netflix)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”)
Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”)
Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”)
Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”)
Renée Zellweger (...
Actors Iain Sandison and Sara Spadacene
Shayne Lightner is Director/Producer/Writer, Present Entertainment. Lightner most recently wrote, directed, and produced Get Bitchy, a female stoner detective comedy feature. Get Bitchy is a female stoner detective comedy about a female cannabis-loving private eye (Amber DeCallier) who's unwittingly used in the death of a woman and partners with the brother of the woman, a bitter former CIA officer (Dwayne Bailey), to uncover a conspira...
A veteran in the film industry, Bobby Rock currently heads acquisitions at Lightning Entertainment Group. Previously he was Senior VP of Acquisitions at Eric Doctorow’s Random Media. Prior to that Rock was Head of Acquisitions at Echo Bridge Entertainment for six years (2008-2014). For the previous eight years (1999-2007) Rock was at Francis Coppola’s American Zoetrope as Senior V.P. of Production and Development, Rock has guided PUMPKIN, JEEPERS CREEPERS II...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
No, Greta Gerwig didn’t get nominated for director or screenplay, but she is in the running with her adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN, which scored two Golden Globe nominations today. The SONY Pictures film was nominated for Best Actress, and Best Score.
To recap, Greta kind of burst onto the scene with LADY BIRD, after a rocky acting start with the remake of ARTHUR, on the heels of starrer success FRANCES HA.
Her efforts as a writer-d...
Producers Branko Lustig (left) and Kayvan Mashayekh (right)
Producers Kayvan Mashayekh (left) and Branko Lustig (right)
On November 14th, 2019, Hollywood lost eminent and legendary producer Branko Lustig at the age of 87 who passed away in his Zagreb home. Before his role as Co-Chair of the International Committee of the Producers Guild of America, PGA Producer Kayvan Mashayekh worked as an apprentice and mentee to Multi award winning producer ...
by Emilia Ippolito
This is high quality rendition and factual account of a historical rivalry between two major car producers : Ford and Ferrari.
The story follows two of its protagonists: American racing driver and racing car manufacturer Carroll Shelby (an excellent Matt Demon) and British motor lover turned into racing driver Ken Miles ( an absolutely fantastic Chris Bale). It explores both men’s dreams and passions, their professional profile and their friendship, all playing a...
IFFI 50: Those were the days
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at 50 is a shortened, dry and sanitised version of what it used to be, till about a decade ago. The powers that be realised those days that a film festival should not be a rushed affair as far as film viewings go, and a film festival is a festival too. Film personalities, who travel up to 20,000 kms, to be at the event, deserve to be entertained and looked after, in real Indian hospitality style. Festivities were not con...
Edie is a 2017 British 
January 2-13, 2020 
