
The documentary film Women of Troy, exploring the transcendent career of the USC women’s basketball team of the 1980s led by Cheryl Miller and their impact on women’s basketball, will debut on HBO in March 2020.
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The documentary film Women of Troy, exploring the transcendent career of the USC women’s basketball team of the 1980s led by Cheryl Miller and their impact on women’s basketball, will debut on HBO in March 2020.

Icarus Films will release filmmaker Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams (La cordillera de los sueños), winner of the L’Oeil d’or Best Documentary Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film will open on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at the IFC Center; on Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles; followed by dozens of cities across the U.S. and Canada including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

The nominees for the 51st NAACP Image Awards were announced today with Harriet, Clemency, Waves and The Apollo documentary among the films receiving nominations. The winners will be revealed during the two-hour LIVE TV special airing on BET Networks on Saturday, February 22, 2020 8/7c.

Canadian, award-winning director Heather Young’s debut feature film, Murmur tells the quiet, contemplative story of Donna (Shan MacDonald) who, grappling with alcohol dependence and loneliness, turns to a growing number of pets to ease her pain. Supported by Telefilm Canada’s Talent to Watch program and starring a cast of non-professional actors, many of whom are playing themselves in the film, Murmur explores the enduring themes of aging and the human/animal connection. Murmur will screen in competition at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival after its US Premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

GLAAD announced the 176 nominees in 30 categories for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards honoring ‘media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.’

The fifth edition of Final Girls Berlin Film Festival will take place between February 6 to 9, 2020 at City Kino Wedding continuing to raise the bar by showcasing horror written directed, and/or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers.

Netflix released the trailer for “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,” the three-part documentary series that examines what led to the murderous fall and shocking death of former NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez.

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the Motion Pictures and Television nominees for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners in these categories will be announced at the PGA awards ceremony on January 18 at the Hollywood Palladium.

The comedy-drama “The Bet” from writer/director Joan Carr-Wiggin (“If I Were You,” “Happily Ever After”) starring Natasha Little (“The Night Manager,” “Thirteen”), Douglas Hodge (“The Report,” “Black Mirror”), and Colin Salmon (“Limitless,” “Die Another Day”) is being released this week in the U.S. by Gravitas, and by Signature Entertainment in the U.K. on March 16, 2020.

American Factory won the top awards at the 2020 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking, taking the award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking’ and ‘Outstanding Achievement in Direction’ for directors Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert.