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28/10/2024

“New movies and TV shows are revisiting a “weird corner” of the ’80s — and offering lessons for today.” - New York Times. Satan Wants You featured in how elements of the Satanic Panic resonate in American society. As the article note, given time, this new crop of conspiracy theories may come to seem just as absurd as the satanic panic does now. Watch Satan Wants You on

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04/09/2024

Official Trailer for "All I've Got And Then Some" by Rasheed Stephens and Tehben Dean. World Premiered at Slamdance and opens in Los Angeles at Laemmle Noho this weekend!

Opens in Los Angeles at Laemmle Noho, September 6-12. Get Tickets: https://www.laemmle.com/film/all-ive-got-then-some"Best day of my life."- Rasheed Stephens...

06/03/2024

Cargo is delighted to be partnering on “Balomania” with House of Real and Polar Star Films ahead of its World Premiere CPH:DOX in the Main Competition DOX: AWARD Category. Set in the heart of Brazil's favelas, filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis gains unprecedented access to the hidden world of the “balloon mafia.” For baloeiros in Rio and Sao Paolo, hot air balloon construction, flying and chasing is a treasured and competitive art form -- as well as central to their sense of community and cultural heritage since colonial times. Now, authorities have made their art illegal, ranking them just below drug cartels in the law, and driving them underground. With police and bounty hunters hot on their heels, Dargis embarks on a wild ride to witness the extreme obsession and sacrifice required to build these spectacular balloons that reach over 70 meters high and that require over 100 people to launch into the sky. Intimate and explosive, ‘Balomania’ is a real-life action film about freedom against all odds that will challenge beliefs about favelas, gang life and the power of art.

Cargo Film & Releasing has acquired 'Balomania,' which will have its world premiere in the main competition at leading European doc fest CPH:DOX.

14/08/2023

🏆 with this Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary !!!! Congrats to Directors Sean Horlor and Steve Adams and Producers Michael Grand and Melissa Adams. What an honor 🔥🔥🔥

10/08/2023

We are thrilled to be releasing Mutiny In Heaven:The Birthday Party documentary in over 40+ cities already and growing.

Narrated exclusively by the original band members, the film delves deep into a band's psyche, chronicling how Nick Cave and his school friends startled audiences with their confrontational performances, primal screams, outlaw gothic horror, and anarchic lifestyle. Featuring never-before-seen personal footage from band members, dynamic animation sequences, and jaw-dropping concert clips, the film provides a sweaty, electrifying front-row seat to one of the most legendary live acts.

More information: https://www.birthdaypartymovie.com/screenings

World Premiere, film festivals, cinema release and special screenings of Mutiny In Heaven - The Birthday Party live here.

07/08/2023

“Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods” by Angelos Rallis from Greece wins the Jean-Loup Passek Award for the best feature film! Congrats to Angelos Rallis and Mar Rodriguez. Melgaco International Documentary Film Festival aims to promote and disseminate ethnographic and social cinema. The Festival looks for films that demonstrate the author's point of view on social, individual and cultural issues related to identity, memory and border.

07/03/2023

Watch the First Look Teaser of SXSW World Premiere Documentary Satan Wants You on Deadline Hollywood, directed by Sean Horlor Steve Adams and produced by Michael Grand and Melissa James about how the bestselling book “Michelle Remembers” by Dr. Lawrence Pazdar and Michelle Price ignited the of the 80s/90s to devastating consequences. The story has never been explored before in documentary format, and for the first time Michelle’s sister, Larry’s ex-wife, and Larry’s daughter have gone on the record to tell their side of this story to reveal the true origins of the Satanic Panic and show how they connect to the and conspiracies of today.

EXCLUSIVE: In the 1980s America was gripped by “Satanic Panic,” a fear that devil-worshipping cretins were engaged in secret ritualistic abuse and child sacrifice. These fanciful and irrational not…

07/03/2023

Congrats to Angelos Rallis and Mar Rodriguez on the World Premiere of "Mighty Afrin" tonight Thessaloniki International Film Festival. A cinematic and remarkably courageous coming-of-age story.

"The mighty Brahmaputra river is rising again, ready to swallow everything in its path. On a disappearing mud island, 12-year-old orphan Afrin prepares to leave the only world she has ever known. When the floodwaters submerge her home, she refuses to surrender to its deadly tides. Afrin rows herself in a wooden boat toward the teeming metropolis of Dhaka to find her estranged father among the millions of climate refugees. Forced to grow up fast, Afrin must confront the mysteries of a sinking world."

More info: https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/program-tdf/sections/movie/1267/14799

Directed by Angelos Rallis

01/12/2022

"★★★★...Both Hidden Letters FYC Best Feature Documentary and Nushu represent this extraordinary, forceful strength of sisterhood."

Film Review: Violet Du Feng’s documentary, Hidden Letters, is a carefully considered, fiercely potent snapshot of a country and society in flux.

30/11/2022

★★★★ - Guardian film

The award-winning documentary Hidden Letters FYC Best Feature Documentary opens this Friday Bertha Dochouse in London!

Don't miss it if you're in town!

The nushu system, still practised in China, reveals a long history of women’s frustrations and the solace this art provides

19/10/2022

plays this Saturday in Paris ! Gaby between ages 8 and 13" by Engeli Broberg
After 5 years of childhood fighting against gender stereotypes, Gabi must decide whether to fit in with the crowd or chart her own path. A striking portrait, this Swedish documentary is a journey towards authenticity. "Gaby between ages 8 and 13" d'Engeli Broberg
Après 5 années d'enfance à se battre contre les stéréotypes de genre, Gabi doit décider de s'intégrer à la foule ou tracer sa propre voie. Portrait marquant, ce documentaire suédois est un voyage vers l'authenticité.

14/10/2022

We can't wait for you to see - the remarkable new film from , co-directed by Qing Zhao and produced by , Jean Tsien and Su Kim! With support from the amazing people at Gold House!

The film had its world premiere at the and its European premiere at the London Film Festival. It won Best Documentary and the Audience Award at the .

We will premiere the film theatrically for an awards campaign starting in New York and Los Angeles on Dec. 9 followed on by other select cities throughout the United States!

15/08/2022

by gets a nice shout-out in the with Andy Lipkis, the founder of , a leading voice on water stewardship and conservation in drought-stricken and a powerful contributor to the film. So what can we do? Find out in the film, streaming starting today on !

07/07/2022

Truly another dark and cruel day. The Jackson Women’s Health Center also known as "The Pink House" and the last abortion provider in was forced to close today. We were truly honored to work on Maisie Crow’s Emmy award-winning film JACKSON, which documented the brave team working at the clinic and their attempts to keep it open in the face of harassment, break-ins, death threats, and so much more. You can watch the film on HBO Max or Vimeo. The Executive Director Shannon Brewer is continuing to fight and will move her clinic from Jackson to Las Cruces, NM to continue providing a full range of reproductive health care for women. Please support her efforts if you can.

23/06/2022

“Only the most brutish and cold-hearted bully could resist falling for this utterly charming Danish documentary about a bunch of complicated but lovable nerds who pull together to help one of their number, Kim “Cannon Arm” Kobke, break the world record for playing arcade game Gyruss.” 4 stars from for .mads’ !

23/06/2022

Congrats to ! Screening in San Francisco as part of - the longest-running, largest and most widely recognized 🌈 exhibition event in the world - on June 25th and virtual from June 24th-June 30th.

Programmer's notes: “Engeli Broberg’s impressive debut feature documentary follows Gabi, a kid who is not interested in fitting into the mold of gender norms, from age eight to thirteen. Gabi believes all genders should be treated the exact same, should play on the same sports teams, and should be free to wear whatever styles of clothing they want. But having recently moved from Stockholm to a smaller and much more homogenous town, the pressure to conform becomes more acute.

Broberg cultivates a sense of deep trust when documenting Gabi’s profoundly vulnerable pr***en years. Formative moments such as the first time getting a short haircut, having a secret crush, and hitting puberty are presented with the care and compassion that matches their monumental emotional resonance in Gabi’s life. Framed as a letter to “future Gabi,” this five-year time capsule tenderly captures the uncertainty and the discovery of one’s pr***en years through the eyes of someone earnestly and openly figuring out who they are.”

13/06/2022

Jon Sesrie Goff’s AFTER SHERMAN plays tonight , and it has already received extraordinary praise!!!

Programming notes: “Pure cinematic poetry informed by a history still to be conclusively reckoned with, After Sherman foregrounds the Southern Black experience while posing complicated questions about home and ownership that it isn't so presumptuous to believe it can readily answer. Instead, as a defiant impulse to create without compromise, injecting art world ideas into the documentary form, it serves as immersion in an “oppositional gaze,” and ultimately a challenge to conventional mass media characterizations and understanding of what it means to be Black in America.”

05/05/2022

"Last Meal" filmmakers, Daniel Principe and Marcus McKenzie chew the fat with Vice Founder Suroosh Alvi about documentary filmmaking, death row inmates' last requests & capital punishment. Now streaming on VICE.

Capital punishment simmers in a boiling pot of controversy. Amidst the political and religious debate surrounding the issue one thing sets tongues wagging mo...

05/05/2022

SCORE! wins another award in the Czech Republic!

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04/05/2022

Go or go home. Thank you .

03/05/2022

Congrats to the PRESENTE! team. Exciting to be working with Livia Perini and Dani Wieczorek, who were selected for the first round of AXS Film Fund, which brings visibility to content creators in documentary filmmaking and non-fiction new media who identify as persons of color with disabilities.

https://realscreen.com/2022/05/02/axs-lab-names-inaugural-film-fund-recipients/

AXS Lab unveiled the first round of AXS Film Fund grantees this week, who will receive support from the labs to make films and create content. Led by filmmaker and disability ...

19/04/2022

Don’t miss tonight on Real Sports with ! You can watch the full documentary on Rodney and his mission to help at-risk youth - link in bio!!!

13/04/2022

Marshawn Lynch makes ESPN Meme Hall of Fame! Perfect time to check out David Shields’ documentary about his singular form of silent protest. Credit:

01/04/2022

Don’t miss the Canadian premiere of at for Youth!

25/03/2022

Proud to be part of , premiering tonight on Great Performances. 9/8c 📺