Focus Features will release Robert Eggers’ Viking drama The Northman in theaters on Friday, April 8, 2022. Universal Pictures International will release the film internationally on the same date.
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THE NORTHMAN Staring Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke Gets 2022 Release Date
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Riz Ahmed to be Honored at Provincetown Film Festival + Fest Unveils Full Lineup
Riz Ahmed in Mogul Mowgli Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal, The Night of) will receive this year’s Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF). His latest film, Mogul Mowgli, which he co-wrote, produced and stars in, will be screened during the festival. The film follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy. Ahmed will be honored in a virtual conversation during the festival. Strand Releasing will open the film in theaters on September 3.
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Sarasota Film Festival 2021 Announces Winners – ‘Best Summer Ever’ ‘Chasing Childhood’ ‘East of Middle West’
Best Summer Ever The 2021 Sarasota Film Festival wrapped its 23rd edition, which due to COVID took place in hybrid format, with a mix of outdoor screenings and virtual cinema. At the award ceremony, Best Summer Ever won the Narrative Competition Prize; Chasing Childhood won the Documentary Competition Prize; East of Middle West received the Audience Award for Feature Film and Desert Heart took the Audience Award for Short Film.
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Watch Sierra Pettengill’s THE RIFLEMAN, Documentary Short on Radicalization of the NRA
The Rifleman directed by Sierra Pettengill Sierra Pettengill’s new documentary short The Rifleman, about the architect of the modern NRA is available to watch on Field of Vision, Vimeo, YouTube, and Facebook.
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Documentary on Chef Wolfgang Puck to Debut on Disney+ Following Tribeca Premiere
Wolfgang (Alex Berliner / AB images / Disney) Legendary chef Wolfgang Puck is the subject of the new documentary titled “Wolfgang,” premiering on Disney+ on Friday, June 25. The documentary film chronicles the inspiring true story of Wolfgang Puck, a man who survived a troubled childhood filled with a series of challenging obstacles and whose perseverance led him to become one of the most prolific chefs of our time and household name. “Wolfgang,” will be available to stream on Disney+ following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 12.
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Cine Las Americas Film Festival 2021 Announces Feature Film Lineup
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It by Mariem Pérez Riera. Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas announced the feature films selected for this year’s 23rd edition taking place as a hybrid event from June 9-13; and opening with Mariem Pérez Riera’s documentary Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It.
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IFC Midnight will Release Horror Film ‘We Need To Do Something’ Premiering at Tribeca Fest
We Need To Do Something directed by Sean King O’Grady IFC Midnight is acquiring the horror film We Need To Do Something directed by Sean King O’Grady in his debut narrative feature and written by Max Booth III, based on his novella of the same name. The film stars Sierra McCormick (The Vast of Night), Vinessa Shaw (Hocus Pocus, Eyes Wide Shut), Pat Healy (Cheap Thrills, The Innkeepers), John James Cronin (NOS4A2), and newcomer Lisette Alexis.
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AFI DOCS 2021 to Open with NAOMI OSAKA Documentary
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 24, 2019: Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka of Japan in action during her semifinal match at 2019 Australian Open in Melbourne Park — (DP) AFI DOCS 2021 will open with the world premiere of Naomi Osaka, directed by Academy Award® nominee Garrett Bradley, and will close with Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt’s celebrated coming-of-age film Cusp. This year’s Centerpiece Screening will be Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, directed by Academy Award® winner Morgan Neville.
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SWEAT Trailer. Polish Drama Takes Shocking Look at Internet Celebridom
Sweat directed by Magnus von Horn MUBI released the trailer for the drama film Sweat, billed as “a shocking glimpse beneath the candy-colored surface of internet celebrity,” set to open in select theaters on June 18. The breakout second feature from writer-director Magnus von Horn, Sweat was an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Told with the pulse-pounding intensity of a thriller, this riveting drama exposes the real-life repercussions of our digital culture.
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‘Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer’ First Look. Dawn Porter’s Documentary on Tulsa Massacre to Debut on National Geographic
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (Credit: National Geographic) National Geographic Documentary Films debuted a first look teaser trailer for Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer, filmmaker Dawn Porter’s (“The Way I See It,” “Good Trouble: John Lewis”) feature documentary that sheds new light on a century-old period of intense racial conflict.
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Film at Lincoln Center Announces Lineup for Virtual 2021 Open Roads: New Italian Cinema Festival
Hidden Away/Volevo nascondermi directed by Giorgio Diritti Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà announced the complete lineup of contemporary Italian films for the 20th edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, screening May 28 – June 6 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
