Year: 2019

Original Article Link – Article By: By John Wildman Matt Shapira’s BIG MUDDY took home the award for Best Narrative Film, April Wright’s GOING ATTRACTIONS: THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF THE MOVIE PALACE was given the nod for Best Documentary, and C.D. Malloy’s SING YOU A BRAND NEW SONG: THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF COLEMAN MELLETT won…

Original Article link The big winner at the Niagara Falls International Film Festival left the city with a special gift the whole community to enjoy. Matt Shapira, who won the top prize at the festival for his film “Big Muddy,” and showcased another film there called “The Reason,” had a bit of extra time between…

Original Article Link – Article By: Michele DeLucaI love short films. Good or bad, they don’t take a lot of time but still manage to showcase the colorful crevices of someone’s imagination. The best short films drag you in to their plot, make you feel an emotion of some sort, — like horror, laughter, compassion…

Original Article Link Actress Constance Towers, who took over a role created by Elizabeth Taylor in the soap opera “General Hospital,” will be a guest today at the Niagara Falls International Film Festival. Towers will speak following two showings of her 1964 movie director by the festival’s posthumous honoree, Samuel Fuller. The Niagara Falls International…

By Sean KirstOriginal Article: https://buffalonews.com/2019/09/19/in-their-grief-coleman-melletts-family-shares-the-music-of-his-life/ The journey began a little more than a decade ago. In February 2009, Coleman Mellett leaned over in a car and kissed his wife, Jeanie Bryson, just outside Newark Liberty International Airport. He told her he loved her, a moment she holds onto as a gift, then left for a flight…

By Toni RubertoPublished September 17, 2019Link to Original Article: https://buffalonews.com/2019/09/17/family-tragedy-turns-nfiff-into-a-film-festival-with-a-cause/ It was nine days before the start of the Niagara Falls International Film Festival in 2018, when the world changed forever for event founder and President Bill Cowell. Life was already challenging for Cowell, who had been providing home care for his wife, Karen, after she spent…

Mark Hamill Surprise at the Niagara Falls International Film Festival 2019 Closing Events Sept. 21st at The Regal Hollywood 12 with Samuel Fuller Tribute to “The Big Red One” Cast and Crew. From Left to Right: Perry Lang, Kelly Ward, Bobbi Di Ciccio, Robert Carradine, Samantha Fuller, Christa Fuller, Michael Schlesinger, and NFIFF Founder Bill…

Full Article Found Here http://filmsgonewild.com/film-festival-news-2019-niagara-falls-international-film-festival-announces-film-lineup-featuring-salute-to-samuel-fuller/?fbclid=IwAR2sXmRGcn5RnOjBHERQLq78G6vXn-7_risWvGoXyIQohrv4jshDM9066JE Niagara Falls International Film Festival’s Founder and President Bill Cowell said, “It’s always thrilling to both grow the film festival with more screenings and more filmmaker appearances for the local film fans to enjoy. But combining a salute to one of the greats of cinema like Samuel Fuller including his…