Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) has updated its 2021/22 season to follow a hybrid format, presenting full festivals, private film previews, pop-up screenings, and its virtual program, ADFF:ONLINE. The Festival has decided not to host public screenings in September and Early October for ADFF:NY and ADFF:LA ; however ADFF:Toronto (November 3-7), ADFF:Vancouver (November 10-13), and ADFF:DC are currently still on as planned for in person events.
Greenwich Entertainment will release the documentary Try Harder! directed by Debbie Lum (Seeking Asian Female) that premiered to glowing reviews at Sundance. Greenwich will release Try Harder! this fall on December 3 during the college application season.
After wave one and two of films announcements, Horrible Imaginings Film Festival rounds out their 2021 lineup with the Sundance standout We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, directed by rising trans filmmaker, producer, and editor Jane Schoenburn as “Opening Night” film.
The Romanian film “Dogs” winner of the coveted FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and described as one of the most haunting and gruesome Western to come out of Europe in decades, opens in theaters and virtual cinemas nationwide on Friday, September 10th.
Screen Media released the official trailer for Best Sellers, the comedy-drama film starring Sir Michael Caine (The Dark Knight, The Prestige), Aubrey Plaza (Safety Not Guaranteed, “Parks and Rec”), Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim vs the World, “GLOW”), Scott Speedman (Underworld, The Strangers), and Cary Elwes (“Stranger Things”, The Princess Bride).
New York Film Festival revealed the films in the 2021 Spotlight section showcasing the season’s most anticipated and significant films and a centenary celebration of NYFF co-founder Amos Vogel.
Eight of the most anticipated international auteur films will be presented in Zurich Film Festival’s “Gala Premieres” section including the world premiere of It’s Just a Phase, Honey (Es ist nur eine Phase, Hase) by Florian Gallenberger and Chasing the Line/Klammer by Andreas Schmied, as well as The French Dispatch by Wes Anderson.
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the award winners for its 39th Anniversary edition which ran from Tuesday, August 9th through Sunday, August 15th.
Dread released the official trailer for Bad Candy, the Halloween horror anthology flick starring Zach Galligan, Derek Russo, Corey Taylor.
HBO’s Nuclear Family, a three-part documentary series debuting Sunday, September 26 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) and airing subsequent Sundays at the same time, follows filmmaker Ry Russo-Young as she turns the camera on her own past to explore the meaning of family.
A&E Network goes behind the scenes of the Playboy Mansion in the documentary Secrets of Playboy exploring the hidden truths behind the fable and philosophy of the Playboy empire through a modern-day lens.
The Calgary International Film Festival will showcase local talent in the Alberta Spotlight program, which includes four diverse feature titles and the return of the Alberta Spirit Shorts, plus a new Documentary Shorts Package for the 22nd Annual Festival taking place from September 23 to October 3, 2021.