IFC Films acquired the The Nowhere Inn, produced, written by, and starring Carrie Brownstein and Annie ‘St. Vincent’ Clark from first-time filmmaker and frequent Portlandia collaborator / writer Bill Benz. The film marks the first feature length film in which Clark has simultaneously produced, starred and composed all the original music.
Ahead of the world premiere at Cinequest, check out the teaser trailer for the drama and sci-fi film “A Hard Problem” from filmmaking duo hazart. A Hard Problem stars Johnny Berchtold, Catherine Haena Kim, Jennifer Hasty, and Victoria Platt.
A total of 63 films, including 34 titles for the International Competition and 28 titles for the National Competition, will compete at 33rd Filmfest Dresden set to take place July 13 to 18, 2021.
Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” won top movie honors at the 78th Golden Globe Awards taking the prizes for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Director – motion picture for Zhao. “Minari” won for Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language.
RLJE Films will release Simon Barrett’s horror film, Seance starring Suki Waterhouse in theaters, on demand and digital on May 21, 2021 and Shudder will premiere the film on its platform later in the year.
MidWest WeirdFest returns to the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, March 5-7, 2021 with a lineup described as – “all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird.”
The Brazilian film The Fever (A Febre), the debut fiction feature from Brazilian director Maya Da-Rin will open virtually on Friday, March 19 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City, and other virtual cinemas nationwide via KimStim.
The 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival unveiled the full program of 26 features and 38 free shorts LGBTIQ+ films from 23 countries, for this years virtual edition of the festival.
Hulu released the trailer for “kid 90,” Soleil Moon Frye’s documentary on growing up as a teen star in the 90’s, premiering on March 12 on Hulu.
HBO released the first official teaser trailer for TINA, a revealing and intimate look at the life and career of musical icon Tina Turner, from Academy Award®-winning directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin. Angela Bassett, Oprah Winfrey, journalist Kurt Loder, playwright Katori Hall and Tina’s husband Erwin Bach are among the interviews in the intimate documentary. The documentary debuts Saturday, March 27 (8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET/PT) on HBO.
Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival (MFF) announced the program line-up for a new category addition, Miami Film Festival Culinary Series presented by Miami Design District.
The Vancouver Film Critics Circle named Nomadland as its best international feature film of 2020 with Chloé Zhao’s receiving the award for Best Director and Frances McDormand won for Best Actress.