Dark Sky Films released the trailer for the horror/thriller film My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To from filmmaker Jonathan Cuartas set to open in theaters and VOD/digital platforms on June 25th. The film starring Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram, Owen Campbell was an official selection of the previously cancelled 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, and will now have a special screening at this year’s 2021 Tribeca Festival on June 12th.
The 2021 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi) announced the official selections for its 16th edition – a hybrid event taking place May 6-9, 2021.
Amazon Studios released the official trailer for The Boy from Medellín, Matthew Heineman’s latest documentary on Colombian reggaeton singer Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin aka J Balvin preparing for his 2019 homecoming concert. The documentary which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, debuts globally on Prime Video on May 7th, 2021.
Lionsgate dropped the new official trailer for the dark psychological thriller Siberia directed by Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant) and starring Willem Defoe in his sixth collaboration with Ferrara. The film also stars Ferrara’s wife – Cristina Chiriac and Ferrara’s daughter – Anna Chiria, along with Dounia Sichov and Simon McBurney.
Warped Dimension, the live streamed online film festival, returns for its second edition from May 7th through May 9th, 2021, showcasing Independent films from the genres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Horror, Thriller/Suspense, Warped Comedy, Animation, Slasher/Splatter, and Art/Experimental–as well as Music Videos and Documentaries with related content. 6Features and 39Short Films will be streamed over the three days of the fest.
Dark Star Pictures released the official trailer for the horror film sequel Dementia Part II, lensed in black and white by directors Matt Mercer and Mike Testin; and starring Matt Mercer, Graham Skipper, Najarra Townsend, and Suzanne Voss.
Focus Features will release the new documentary Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain from filmmaker Morgan Neville in theaters on Friday, July 16, 2021. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, June 11, 2021.
The Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) announced the full lineup of films that will screen at the 2021 festival set to take place virtually online from May 6th – May 16, 2021. “Summer of Soul” directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will open the festival on Thursday May 6th and “How It Ends” directed by Zoe Lister-Jones and Darryl Wein will close the festival on Sunday, May 16th.
Sheffield DocFest 2021 will open with the European premiere of Summer of Soul (…Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, and close with the world premiere of The Story of Looking, the latest film by Mark Cousins.
Here is the new trailer for German director Jonas Bak’s “cross-cultural, patiently perceptive debut feature” Wood and Water screening in this year’s 50th anniversary New Directors / New Films, April 28—May 8.
Hulu will release Emmy Award–winning director/cinematographer Peter Nicks’ 2021 Sundance Film Festival official selection Homeroom. Homeroom is Peter Nicks’ final chapter in a trilogy of films examining the relationship between health care, criminal justice, and education in Oakland, CA over the past decade. Hulu also has the U.S. streaming rights to The Waiting Room(2012) and The Force (2017) so audiences can experience all three projects of this groundbreaking trilogy together.
HBO released the official trailer for The Crime of the Century, a two-part documentary directed by Emmy® and Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (HBO’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” “Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief”), and presented in association with The Washington Post. The documentary, described as “a searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enabled over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates” debuts Monday, May 10 (9:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), with Part Two airing the following evening.