The 30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) wrapped with the awards ceremony, with films winning awards include We Are the Thousand, directed by Anita Rivaroli; Luzzu, directed by Alex Camilleri; Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous, directed by Susan Hagedorn and 200 Meters, directed by Ameen Nayfeh.
The 10th Annual Key West Film Festival announced its awards winners, with “Parallel Mothers” directed by Pedro Almodovar winning Best Narrative Film marking the first year that a non- English language film took home the prize. Best Documentary went to “Bernstein’s Wall” directed by Douglas Tirola and Best International film went to “The Hand of God” directed by Paolo Sorrentino. The KWFF Annual Critics Award went to “Red Rocket” directed by Sean Baker, with a Special Mention for “Jockey” directed by Clint Bentley
White on White (Blanco en blanco) Chile’s official submission for International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards® will be released in the US in December via Outsider Pictures.
Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s family drama A Son” (Un Fils) starring Sami Bouajila opens in the US on Friday, December 10 at Film Forum in New York and Facets Multimedia in Chicago. The film will open in LA at the Laemmle Theaters on Dec. 17.
Becoming Cousteau, the acclaimed National Geographic Documentary Film on the iconic French explorer from Academy Award-nominated director Liz Garbus, will premiere on Disney+ on Wednesday, November 24th.
The Old School Kung Fu Fest presented by Museum of the Moving Image and Subway Cinema, returns for the 9th edition with eight newly restored films and one fan favorite classic by Kuo on 35mm — four titles available exclusively online, December 6–13, and another five films for in-person big-screen viewing at Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), December 10–12.
The 2021 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 1–19 at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland will highlight 53 films representing all 27 EU member states, including 11 of the top contenders for this year’s Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film.
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Summer of Soul lead the nominations for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with four nominations, followed by Jessica Beshir with Faya Dayi and Nicholas Bruckman with Not Going Quietly each with three nominations.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for The Only One, the indie drama directed by first time filmmaker Noah Gilbert and starring Caitlin Stasey, Jon Beavers, along with Niseema Theillaud. The film “a love letter to France, good wine, and living your best life” opens in select theaters and on demand on December 10, 2021.
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) was the big winner at the sixth Critics Choice Documentary Awards winning in every category in which it was nominated, including the award for Best Documentary Feature, as well as Best Director (TIE), Best First Documentary Feature, Best Editing, Best Archival Documentary and Best Music Documentary.
ArtMattan Films will release the documentary She Had A Dream by Tunisian filmmaker Raja Amari in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, December 3, 2021
The Georgian film Brighton 4th directed by Levan Koguashvili won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film at the 2021 Asian World Film Festival (AWFF). The jury awarded the Snow Leopard for Best Actor to Tolepbergen Baisakalov for Fire (Kazakhstan) and Best Actress to Arawinda Kirana for Yuni (Indonesia). Eran Kolirin, director of Let it Be Morning (Israel), was honored with the Snow Leopard Distinction Award for Directing and Yusif (Lebanon) was recognized with Snow Leopard Special Jury Award for the film’s production (Houssein Haidar, producer, actor, and screenwriter and Mohammed Kazem Fayad, director).