Out on Film announced the lineup of films and events for the 34th edition of the Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival taking place September 24-October 3, 2021. The Oscar® qualifying film festival returns to theaters this year as part of its hybrid presentation.
Gravitas Ventures will release director/producer Lanie Zipoy’s (“17 Things I Wish I Could Tell You Since You Died,” “Kid Sister”) gripping and impactful feature film directorial debut The Subject, in theaters in more than 10 markets beginning with Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Seattle and Detroit, among many more, and across TVOD/Digital platforms throughout North America – all beginning on October 22nd, 2021.
Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for Mayday, an action fantasy film starring Grace Van Patten, Mia Goth, Soko, Havana Rose Liu, Juliette Lewis, and Théodore Pellerin. Directed by Karen Cinorre, Mayday world premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters and on demand on October 1, 2021.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for Solitary, the sci-fi space thriller film starring Johnny Sachon, Lottie Tolhurst, and Michael Condron. Directed and written by Luke Armstrong, the film opens in select theaters and on demand on September 24th, 2021.
The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF) returns for the 37th edition of the Festival taking place from September 23 to October 2, 2021. Due to COVID, the festival will be a hybrid event, taking place both virtually and in person at select cinemas.
Dark Star Pictures released an official clip from the indie drama Freeland starring Krisha Fairchild as a pot farmer, alongside Lily Gladstone, Frank Mosley, Cameron James Matthews and Michelle Maxson.
Festival of Cinema NYC returns for its 5th year, as a live in-person 10-day event, taking place September 24-October 3, 2021, with over 120 independent films at the Regal UA Midway in Forest Hills, Queens.
Saban Films will release American Night, the action thriller starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, Once Upon a time… In Hollywood), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The 12th Man, Edge of the World) and Paz Vega (Spanglish, Sex and Lucia) which will make its World Premiere at the 2021 Venice Film Festival on September 9, 2021.
Under the theme “See The World From Where You Are,” the Ashland Independent Film Festival presents 14 films from 15 countries for the 32nd annual World Film Week(s). The event will run virtually September 17-30, with a special outdoor screening of the documentary Torn at Lithia Park on September 18.
Kino Lorber will release The Village Detective: a song cycle, where a Soviet film from 1969 found in a fisherman’s net serves as inspiration for Bill Morrison’s (Dawson City: Frozen Time, Decasia) latest exploration of forgotten histories that endure on celluloid.
