Kino Lorber released the trailer for the award winning human trafficking thriller Buoyancy, which was Australia’s submission in the International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The film, the feature directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Rodd Rathjen, originally premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Ecumenical Jury Prize in Berlinale Panorama.
Milwaukee Film will hold two 15-day virtual film festivals this fall including the 12th annual Milwaukee Film Festival (MFF2020), which although virtual, will take place during its previously announced dates of Oct. 15-29. The second Minority Health Film Festival (MHFF), presented by the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health network, will expand to 15 days, running from Sept. 10-24.
Take a look at the first look teaser trailer for the award-winning sci-fi/body horror short film Progeny, an Official Selection at 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival. The film is being presented with another sci-fi/body themed film FRIED BARRY.
Venice International Film Critics’ Week, the independent and parallel section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) during the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2-12, 2020),
will showcase of seven debut films in competition and two special events out of competition, all presented as world premiere.
The official trailer debuted this week for Chino Moya’s debut Underdogs set to premiere at 2020 Fantasia Film Festival. Described as an otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline, Chino Moya’s debut Underdogs is a collection of darkly humorous fantasy tales about a series of men whose worlds fall apart through a visit from an unexpected stranger.
The award-winning documentary feature Public Trust from director David Garrett Byars (No Man’s Land), executive producers Yvon Chouinard, Robert Redford and Patagonia Films, will be released on Friday, September 25 ahead of National Public Lands Day 2020, one day later. A series of Drive-In events will be held across the U.S. on or around September 1 ahead of the film’s release.
The Academy Awards qualifying Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) announced the Award Winners for its 38th Anniversary edition.
In response to the challenges impacting the film community amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Boston Underground Film Festival (MA), Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (NY), North Bend Film Festival (WA), the Overlook Film Festival (LA), and Popcorn Frights Film Festival (FL) will join forces under the banner of NIGHTSTREAM to present a dynamic and accessible virtual festival, to run from October 8 – 11.
The 44th Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) which was originally scheduled to take place in the spring, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now take place from Thursday, September 17 – Sunday, September 27, 2020. The festival shared the lineup of creative works, feature-length and short films selected from a record-breaking 8,500+ submissions for the 2020 event.
The 16th Zurich Film Festival revealed the first ten films in its gala section including the French comedy The Big Hit (Un triomphe) with Kad Merad, Kajillionaire by Miranda July with Evan Rachel Wood and Debra Winger and The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw.
Healing From Hate: Battle for the Soul of a Nation is the new documentary from filmmaker Peter Hutchison (Requiem for the American Dream) that examines the root cause of hate group activity and following efforts by former extremists to de-radicalize white nationalists. The film, an official selection of DOC NYC and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, opens September 4, 2020 in Los Angeles – Laemmle Theaters via virtual cinema.
Dark Sky Films released the trailer for Luz: The Flower Evil, directed and written by Juan Diego Escobar Alzate, that will be available via Digital + VOD on September 15th. Described as equally mystical and terrifying, Luz: The Flower Evil is a fantasy folk horror film where tranquility belies a simmering evil.