Invisible War, Any Day Now Win at Provincetown Film Festival

Any Day Now won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature over the weekend, while Kirby Dick's The Invisible War won for Best Documentary at the Provincetown International Film Festival over the weekend. Starring Alan Cumming and directed by Travis Fine, Day revolves around a handicapped teen who is taken in by a gay couple. Invisible War, meanwhile, is a heart-wrenching look at rampant sexual assault in the U.S. military and the institution's blatant disregard in addressing the little-known crisis. Festival attendees speculated that the feature will receive an Oscar nomination come awards season.
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Bachelorette: Not Your Norman Rockwell Wedding | Provincetown Film Festival

Bachelorette was dubbed the "indie Bridesmaids" at Sundance. OK, maybe there are some similarities. There are females and there's a pending wedding and the proverbial "shit hits the fan," but that's about it. Based on a play of the same name by Leslye Headland who directed the screen version, the story is quite frankly not going to be a hit with everyone. But for the segment of the population that gets a thrill off of bad ass humor, Bachelorette offers up a load of laughs. John Waters appeared to enjoy himself at the screening of the film, which opened up the Provincetown International Film Festival this week, so that is a stamp of some sort of approval, right?
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