Category Archives: Film Festivals

Orlando Film Festival Hosts Magical Opening Night with Walt Disney Documentary

October 17, 2019
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‘Walt Disney - Master of Dreamers: The Road to Epcot’ documentary poster at Orlando Film Festival Thursday, October 17, 2019. Photo: Leyton Blackwell/Florida National News.

ORLANDO, Fla. (FNN NEWS) – The 2019 Orlando Film Festival returned to the Cobb Theaters in Downtown Orlando with a magical opening night Thursday. The Orlando Film Festival is a weeklong celebration of films and filmmaking, showing a whopping 342 films this year. The festival opened with a film that truly represents Orlando and the…

September 7, 2019
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TORONTO (AP) — The starry based-on-a-true-story social-justice tale “Just Mercy” made a powerful impression in its world premiere Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, drawing an emotional response for the courtroom drama led by Michael B. Jordan’s crusading attorney and Jamie Foxx’s wrongly imprisoned Death Row inmate. “Just Mercy” had been one of the…

August 28, 2019
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice International Film Festival got off to a contentious start Wednesday with the festival director and jury president discussing the merits of including a Roman Polanski film and debating the use of quotas to ensure gender parity. At the opening press conference, journalists from around the world pushed Venice Film…

May 22, 2019
Written by: Patience Eding
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“Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” star Brad Pitt is all smiles on the 2019 Cannes Film Festival red carpet for the film's premiere Tuesday, May 21. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood premiered at Cannes Wednesday, and the film’s stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie–as well as their plus-ones–honored the world’s ritziest red carpet with top-notch style. Other celebrities walked the red carpet for Tarantino’s premiere, including Michelle Rodriguez, Gary…

May 22, 2019
Written by: Patience Eding
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Model Winnie Harlow fearlessly accentuated her vitiligo with a red-hot Jean Paul Gaultier piece and Jimmy Choo sandals on the “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” premiere red carpet at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival Tuesday, May 21. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – Game-changing model Winnie Harlow, who rocked the world several years ago on America’s Next Top Model by proving that her beauty is a force to be reckoned with despite her vitiligo, rocked the 2019 Cannes Film Festival red carpet during the Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood premiere Tuesday, May…

May 17, 2019
Written by: Patience Eding
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Supermodel Bella Hadid outdid the red carpet she walked on at the "Dolor Y Gloria" premiere during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival Friday. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – Supermodel and Bvlgari ambassador Bella Hadid is no stranger to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet and is never afraid to rock the same red. She never fails to stand out in breathtaking style, and her backless scarlet Roberto Cavalli gown and Bvlgari jewels for Friday’s Dolor Y Gloria premiere…

May 16, 2019
Written by: Patience Eding
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Actress Shailene Woodley was pure power during the "Rocketman" premiere in Cannes Thursday. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – “Big Little Lies” actress Shailene Woodley bucked the red carpet trend and stole show in Christian Dior haute couture at Thursday’s Rocketman premiere during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. __________________________________________________________ Patience Eding is Publisher of Another Concept Magazine, an international affiliate with Florida National News. Mellissa Thomas and Willie…

May 16, 2019
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Oscar-nominated Lebanese film director Nadine Labaki, the 2019 Un Certain Regard President for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, speaks in a special interview during Kering's "Women In Motion" in Cannes, France May 16, 2019. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – Nadine Labaki made history last year as the first Lebanese female filmmaker to ever be nominated for an Oscar in the best foreign language film category for Capernaum. This year, she is president of the prestigious Un Certain Regard competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, which runs parallel with the competition…

May 15, 2019
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Actress and 2019 Cannes Film Festival Jurist Elle Fanning. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine/Florida National News.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) – Celebrities continued to blaze the red carpet on Day 2 of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival with even more iconic looks for the premiere of “Les Miserables.” ____________________________________________ Patience Eding is Publisher of Another Concept Magazine, an international affiliate of Florida National News. | social@floridanationalnews.com …

May 15, 2019
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The cast of "The Dead Don't Die" on the red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival Opening Night on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Photo: Patience Eding/Another Concept Magazine.

CANNES, France (FNN NEWS) — The 78th International Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday, May 14, 2019 with the premiere of Jim Jarmusch’s zombie movie “The Dead Don’t Die.” It’s the first time a zombie film has opened the Cannes Film Festival. According to the AP, the film, starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver and Tilda Swinton,…