The Polish film Sweat directed by Magnus von Horn won the Gold Hugo for Best International Feature Film at the 56th Chicago International Film Festival. The film also won the Silver Hugo for Best Art Direction for Jagna Dobesz. The insightful drama about loneliness and insecurity in the digital age chronicles three days in the candy-colored life of social media celebrity Sylwia Zajac played by stage actress Magdalena Kolésnik.
REVOLT will premiere its new documentary “From Pain to Power: A REVOLT Special” that takes a close look at the passionate struggle for social equality happening today, and the robust grassroots efforts propelling the movement forward. “From Pain to Power: A REVOLT Special” will premiere on Monday, Oct. 26.
Nomadland director Chloé Zhao will be honored with the American Perspectives Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema at the 33rd Annual Virginia Film Festival running October 21-25.
Showtime released a first look trailer for the upcoming provocative documentary series Supervillain, profiling hip-hop artist Tekashi 6ix9ine’s epic rise to notoriety. Directed by Karam Gill and Featuring a Post-Prison Interview, the three-part docu-series is set to premiere in early 2021.
Investigation Discovery exposes the injustices of the juvenile criminal justice system through the tragedy of one single family in the documentary premiere of “The Witmans” directed by Academy-award nominee David Petersen.
Oscar nominee Deepa Mehta’s latest film Funny Boy was acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing. Widely known for her trilogy films, Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), Mehta’s latest is based on the best-selling Canadian novel by Shyam Selvadurai. ARRAY will release Funny Boy in select cities and on Netflix beginning Thursday, December 10.
Óscar Catacora’s acclaimed debut feature, Wiñaypacha (Eternity), -winner of the Best First Film and Best Cinematography awards at the Guadalajara Film Festival and the first Peruvian film shot entirely in the indigenous Aymara language, premieres on Tropical on Demand on Thursday, October 29, 2020.
Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming docu-series The Reagans. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer (Where’s My Roy Cohn?, Studio 54), the four-part series contextualizes the legacy of Ronald and Nancy a generation later while exploring the palace intrigue of the Reagan White House years. The Reagans will premiere on Sunday, November 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival announced the award winning films and filmmakers for this year’s 29th edition of the festival with Jessica Earnshaw’s Jacinta winning the jury prize for Best US Feature as well as earning a Special Jury Mention for the Critics Prize. Anabel Rodríguez Ríos’ Once Upon a Time in Venezuela won the jury prize for Best International Feature, and Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss’ World Premiere of Missing in Brooks County earned the award for Best Southern Feature. Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s The Viewing Booth was the recipient of this year’s HSDFF Critics Prize, and Sami Khan and Michael Gassert’s The Last Out won the Matt DeCample Audience Choice Award.
Clea DuVall’s LGBTQ+ holiday romantic comedy, Happiest Season will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on Wednesday, November 25. The film stars Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Mary Holland, Burl Moseley, Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen.
Tony and Emmy award winner Billy Crystal will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place as a virtual experience October 24 – October 31. Crystal will receive his award on Monday, October 26 following the screening of his latest critically acclaimed film Standing Up, Falling Down.
Vertical Entertainment will release the sci-fi thriller Parallel from director Isaac Ezban in theaters and on demand on December 11, 2020.