Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story co-directed by five-time Academy Award® nominee Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern (Finding Oscar). The documentary is executive produced by Quint Davis and Jimmy Buffett and features artists Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Buffett, Katy Perry, Earth, Wind & Fire, and many others.
Neon released the first look trailer for the anthology work The Year of the Everlasting Storm, selected as part of the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film festival, where it will make its World Premiere.
The lifelong friendship between legendary writers Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams is examined in the documentary Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation. Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, and featuring the voices of Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto, Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation opens June 18 in New York at Film Forum, Los Angeles at The Nuart and Laemmle Playhouse along with Town Center 5.
Netflix released the trailer for the documentary Audible, which follows Maryland School for the Deaf high school athlete Amaree McKenstry and his close friends during their senior year. The documentary which world premiered at Hot Docs Film Festival will debut on the streaming platform on July 1st, 2021.
Vertical released the official trailer for the drama film The God Committee, starring Kelsey Grammer, Julia Stiles, Janeane Garofalo, with Dan Hedaya and Colman Domingo. Directed by Austin Stark, the film premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival, and opens in select theaters and on demand on July 2, 2021
The Lake Travis Film Festival’s 2nd edition will run (June 10-13) in beautiful Hill Country, just west of Austin, TX. The festival will kick off with an ambitious “Space Out” Opening Night Showcase with Sevgi Hirschhäuser’s Toprak and Matt Richmond’s Brauhaus: A German-American Fairytale.
Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mindy Project, The Help) stars in the live action short film Graceland directed by Bonnie Discepolo, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Filmfest München (Munich International Film festival) will honor actress and director Robin Wright along with Austrian film actress Senta Berger, German actress Franka Potente and Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska at this year’s open-air edition. Senta Berger and Robin Wright will each receive the CineMerit Award, Franka Potente will receive the Margot Hielscher Award and a special tribute will pay homage to multiple award-winning Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska. As Robin Wright is in the United States, she will be honored remotely. Senta Berger, Franka Potente, and Małgorzata Szumowska will be in Munich in person.
Screen Media released the official trailer for the mob crime drama film The Birthday Cake, starring Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, Lorraine Bracco, William Fichtner, Ashley Benson, Aldis Hodge, Penn Badgley, Vincent Pastore, Luis Guzmán, Jeremy Allen White, and Emory Cohen.
NEON released the official trailer for “Ailey”, Jamila Wignot’s documentary on dance legend Alvin Ailey which world premiered at Sundance Film Festival and opens in theaters on July 23rd.
