Fantasia Film Festival announced the third wave of new feature films for its 24th edition, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for writer/director/musician John Carpenter.
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Watch Trailer for Inspiring CRITICAL THINKING, Directed by John Leguizamo
CRITICAL THINKING, directed by John Leguizamo The independent biopic film Critical Thinking, the feature directorial debut of actor John Leguizamo, released the first official trailer ahead of its release by Vertical Entertainment who recently acquired the film.
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Watch Trailer for RUTH WEISS : THE BEAT GODDESS, Fascinating Documentary on Late Beat Poet and Writer
Ruth Weiss The Beat Goddess Celebrated poet and one of the most influential writers of the Beat Generation, ruth weiss sadly left us on July 31, 2020, aged 92. ruth weiss is the subject of the new documentary Ruth Weiss : The Beat Goddess, a new film from multi-award winning filmmaker Melody C.Miller, that celebrates the life and work of a wonderful talent and woman.
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San Sebastian Festival Adds New Competition Films + Matt Dillon’s THE GREAT FELLOVE
Supernova directed by Harry Macqueen San Sebastian Festival added new films from filmmakers Danielle Arbid, Eduardo Crespo, Harry Macqueen and Julien Temple to its 2020 competition. The festival will also present a Special Screening of actor Matt Dillon’s second film as a director, El gran Fellove, on the Cuban musician Francisco Fellove.
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Sundance Winner EPICENTRO Opens in Virtual Cinemas in Late August
Epicentro Kino Lorber will release Epicentro, a richly textured portrait of the resilient people of Cuba directed by renowned documentarian Hubert Sauper (We Come As Friends, Oscar-nominated Darwin’s Nightmare). Winner of the 2020 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary, the film launches in virtual cinemas through Kino Marquee starting Friday, August 28.
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Watch Trailer for THE ANDORRA HUSTLE, Documentary on Outrageous Bank Robbery
The Andorra Hustle The Andorra Hustle, a documentary film written and directed by the award-winning filmmaker Eric Merola will be available for streaming on Amazon Prime on September 4, 2020.
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Duplass Brothers in Production on “The Lady and the Dale,” HBO DocuSeries on an Explosive Auto Scam
Brothers Jay (left) and Mark Duplass Filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass are currently in production on “The Lady and the Dale”, an HBO documentary series exploring an audacious 1970s auto scam centered around a mysterious entrepreneur.
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Watch Trailer for THE WAY I SEE IT, Documentary on Pres. Obama’s White House Photographer Pete Souza
The Way I See It Focus Features released the trailer for The Way I See It, the new documentary on former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza’s time behind-the-scenes covering Presidents Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan.
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Indie Music Comedy TEENAGE BADASS Drops Trailer + Fall Release Date
Teenage Badass Teenage Badass, the independent music comedy film directed by Grant McCord that was supposed to have its world premiere at this year’s now cancelled 2020 SXSW will be released digitally on September 18 via Freestyle as exclusively reported by Deadline.
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Mumbai Film Festival Postpones 2020 Edition
Due to the continuing global coronavirus crisis, and uncertainty over the reopening of cinemas in Mumbai, the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) has pushed the 22nd Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival to 2021. The festival will, however, be releasing its official selection of Indian films for the year later in August.
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Watch Trailer for Sebastian Junger’s “Blood on the Wall” Set to Premiere on National Geographic in September
‘Blood on the Wall’. Sinaloa man cleans guns. (Nick Quested) The new feature documentary, Blood on the Wall, from Academy Award nominee and best-selling author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger and Emmy-winning filmmaker Nick Quested, will premiere Wednesday, September 30, at 9/8c on National Geographic.