
ArtMattan Films acquired Brazilian action drama Marighella, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos.)
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ArtMattan Films acquired Brazilian action drama Marighella, the directing debut from journalist, musician, and actor Wagner Moura (Elite Squad; Pablo Escobar in Narcos.)

Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber will release Alison Reid’s acclaimed documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes in the U.S., with the film opening January 10, 2020 at Quad Cinema in New York and February 21 at Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, with subsequent engagements nationwide.

The NDR Film Prize of the 61st Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck), endowed with € 12,500, went to an Icelandic film, “A White, White Day” (“Hvítur, hvítur dagur”), directed by Hlynur Pálmason, with lead actor Ingvar E. Sigurðsson in attendance to accept the award. The distributor Arsenal will release the film theatrically in German beginning February 13, 2020.

Oscar nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger’s released the trailer and ‘making of’ clip for his feature documentary The Longest Wave which will have its World Premiere at the upcoming DOC NYC 2019.

Award-winning filmmakers P.D. Ebersole and Todd Hughes (Mansfield 66/67) released the trailer for the film House of Cardin, an authorized feature documentary about the life and work of iconic designer Pierre Cardin.

Award-winning filmmaker Spencer McCall (The Institute) released a trailer clip from his documentary film In Bright Axiom which will have its NYC Premiere on November 7 at DOC NYC in section: INVESTIGATIONS.

Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing debuted the official trailer for the critically-acclaimed Canadian film The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open. Directed and written by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn and starring Tailfeathers and Violet Nelson, the personal drama explores two Indigenous women living very different lives who are briefly brought together by desperate circumstances.

The critically acclaimed documentary on legendary model-turned-activist Benedetta Barzini – The Disappearance of my Mother directed by Beniamino Barrese opens in theater in December via Kino Lorber. An Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival, Hot Docs, and Frameline the film opens in NY on December 6 at Quad Cinema and Los Angeles on December 13 at LAEMMLE Monica.

The new trailer premiered today for Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia which opens in theaters on November 22 via Cohen Media Group.

Groundbreaking, subversive, brutally honest, No holds Barred… These are a few words to describe Lydia Lunch. Lydia Lunch is the original No Wave punk pioneer and priestess of New York’s Lower East Side.

Here is the fascinating trailer for 63 UP, the latest installment in Michael Apted’s acclaimed “Up Series.” The documentary has screened at 2019 Telluride Film Festival, 56th New York Film Festival, 42nd Mill Valley Film Festival, and 28th Heartland International Film Festival. 63 UP opens in NYC on November 27th at Film Forum, December 6th at Landmark Nuart in LA, and expands nationwide on December 13th.