Tag: Saint Frances
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30th Annual Gotham Award Winners List (Updating Live)
The 2020-21 awards season gets its first prominent awards ceremony with the 30th Annual Gotham Awards. Eleven competitive awards will be given out to the best films, performances, and television series of the previous year. Feature films with multiple nominees include “First Cow,” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Nomadland,” and “Saint Frances.” All of this year’s…
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Edinburgh International Film Festival Unveils Online Line Up
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has unveiled its line up of features for this year’s edition, which is taking place online due to the coronavirus crisis.The festival, which was due to take place in Scotland this month, has partnered with Curzon Home Cinema to present an online festival instead.The line up includes the U.K.…
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Vertigo acquires ‘Saint Frances’ for UK, sets digital release (exclusive)
SXSW award winner marks feature directorial debut of Alex Thompson.Vertigo Releasing has secured UK and Ireland rights to comedy drama Saint Frances from New York-based Visit Films and has set a digital release for July 10.The film won both the audience award and special jury award when it debuted at SXSW last year and marks…
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O-Scope virtual cinema releases cross $200,000 (exclusive)
Distributor pivoted after coronavirus pandemic forced theatre closures.Films released via Oscilloscope Laboratories’ virtual cinema initiative have generated more than $200,000 since the company reconfigured its distribution plans when the coronavirus pandemic forced theatres to close.Through Thursday (May 14), Saint Frances, Other Music, Best Of CatVideoFest, The Infiltrators and Clementine had generated $215,108 at the virtual…
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‘Saint Frances’: Film Review
At 34, Bridget doesn’t know what she wants, but she knows she doesn’t want a baby — not now, at least — and so she doesn’t hesitate to make the decision that might’ve served as the focal point of a different kind of film. In “Saint Frances,” getting an abortion is just one of the…