K.J. Matthews

Survival of the fittest is the perfect way to describe my inaugural trip to La Biennale di Venezia, better known as the Venice Film Festival, on the Lido di Venezia, Italy. I spent nearly two full weeks in Venice.

Representatives from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association led an informative panel at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF) in Massachusetts earlier this week, where they discussed the organization’s recent reforms and Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. The lively session was hosted by co-founder of the MVAAFF, Stephanie T.

Film needs new voices and the HFPA celebrates them: during the Cannes festival at the American Pavillion, our reporter K. J.

Here's a teaser video from last week's New Voices Panel at the Cannes festival. You can watch the entire panel with the three young filmmakers starting tomorrow at 9am PT/12pm ET/6pm CET.