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The Bentonville Film Festival will open with "Out of My Mind" from director Amber Sealey.

The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival has unveiled its competition lineup and said that Amber Sealey's 'Out of My Mind' will be the opening-night film.

When James Welling gets deeply involved in a project, he sees the subjects he’s interested in everywhere. His current body of work, Thought Objects, emphasizes textured surfaces. Some of his subjects include flowers, Brutalist architecture, a blue door in Paris, a sculpture table in Guilford, but his photographs do much more than convey subject matter, they open out into fields of metaphor and analogy.

The 19th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival (LAFIFF) presents a diverse lineup of films, shorts, documentaries, and music videos. The festival features industry panels and special screenings, including 'Not Another Church Movie' and 'Rebel Hearts.' Don't miss this celebration of women creators in media.

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — The Woodstock Film Festival honored longtime filmmaker James Ivory with a standing room during an emotional Maverick Awards ceremony at the Saugerties Performing Arts Factory on Saturday night. The 95-year-old Columbia County resident was presented the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award by actor Matthew Modine (Dr. Brenner in “Stranger Things”) to a standing […]

Oscar hopeful 'Beyond Utopia' garnered the best documentary and best doc editing honors at the 24th annual Woodstock Film Festival.

Madeleine Gavin’s Sundance award-winning documentary “Beyond Utopia” has garnered the best documentary and best doc editing honors at the 24th annual Woodstock Film Festival. The documentary, which was recently acquired by Roadside Attractions, is vying for Academy Award attention. Using hidden camera footage, the doc follows the high-stakes journey that a handful of desperate families …

The festival will host more than 184 films this year, as well as panels, workshops, gala parties, visiting filmmakers and more.

One of the special things about Tallgrass and other film festivals is getting to hear first-hand about the making of the films.

The Tallgrass Film Association will host the 21st annual Tallgrass Film Festival in various venues around downtown Wichita Oct. 5-8.