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Cutting-edge showcase runs April 21-28.

The 2018 Tribeca Immersive programme will feature cutting-edge work from Vr artists Chris Milk, a conservation project narrated by Black Panther star Lupita Nyong’o, and an anti-bullying thriller from genre specialist Alexandre Aja.

The Virtual Arcade line-up will showcase 21 world premiere Vr/Ar projects and five Storyscapes experiences. The programme will run from April 20-28 at the Tribeca Festival Hub, with Tribeca Cinema360, a new Vr theatre, screening content from April 21-28. The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T, now in its 17th year, will run from April 18-29.

This year’s Tribeca Immersive programme includes 33 Vr experiences.

The 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival announced their Audience Award and Virtual Cinema Jury Award winners on March 18. The full list is below.

2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:

Narrative Feature Competition

Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”

Director: Jessica M. Thompson

Documentary Feature Competition

Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”

Director: Luke Korem

Headliners

Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”

Director: Edgar Wright

Narrative Spotlight

Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”

Director: Noël Wells

Documentary Spotlight

Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”

Director: Jennifer M. Kroot

Visions

Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”

Director: Josh Greenbaum

Midnighters

Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”

Director: Trent Haaga

Episodic

Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”

Director: Justin Simien

24 Beats Per Second

Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”

Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

Global

Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”

Director: Leandra Leal

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The 9th annual Africa World Documentary Film Festival, sponsored by the E. Desmond Lee Professorship in African/African American Studies at the International Studies and Programs Office, University of Missouri-St. Louis, will run from Friday, February 5, to Sunday, February 7 at the Missouri History Museum, 5700 Lindell Blvd (63112). This international festival is committed to promoting knowledge of the life and culture of the people of Africa worldwide, in a cinematic Pan-African context. During its St. Louis run, the festival will feature 14 films from nine countries, including South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, China and the United States. This event is free and open to the public. Middle and high school students from St. Louis area, (including students from Pamoja Preparatory Academy – an African centered St. Louis Public School), are expected to attend the opening day of the festival.

One of the added attractions of the festival will be Q&A’s with...