This year’s 2020 Stony Brook Film Festival, will be offered virtually and over an extended 3 months. The Festival will showcase 24 new and independent films, all available to view online from September 10, 2020 through December 15, 2020.
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Award Winning MADE IN BANGLADESH Sets a Late August Virtual Release Date
Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain ArtMattan Films has set a virtual theatrical release date of August 28 for the award winning drama film Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain, based on the life of Daliya Akter, a garment worker who escaped child marriage and went on to lead a trade union fighting for workers’ rights in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
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Supernatural Thriller WIDOW’S POINT Drops Trailer + Release Date
Widow’s Point Widow’s Point, Gregory Lamberson’s award-winning adaptation of the book of the same name, premieres on DVD and Digital in the USA and Canada September 1 via 101 Films.
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11 Films to Compete for New Directors Award at 68th San Sebastian Festival
Memory House (Casa de Antiguidades) directed by João Paulo Miranda Eleven films from Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Russia, the United Kingdom and Vietnam will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 68th San Sebastian Festival, taking place from September 18 to 26.
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Steve James’ Chicago Docu Series CITY SO REAL to Debut on National Geographic in Fall
Amara Enyia at a rally in Chicago in “City So Real” (courtesy Participant Media) From twice Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James (America to Me, Hoop Dreams) and his longtime producing partner Zak Piper (Life Itself, The Interrupters), City So Real, an official Indie Episodic selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will premiere on the National Geographic network this fall. The fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election.
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Kevin Tran’s Indie Drama THE DARK END OF THE STREET Sets August Release Date
The Dark End of the Street Written and directed by Kevin Tran, the independent dark drama film The Dark End of the Street follows various characters over the course of one night in a suburban neighborhood where it has been recently discovered that someone has been killing people’s pets.
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Watch Trailer for THE BLECH EFFECT, Documentary on Fallen ‘King of Biotech’ David Blech
THE BLECH EFFECT Virgin Films released the official trailer for The Bleech Effect, the documentary on fallen “King of Biotech” David Blech from award-winning filmmaker David Greenwald. The documentary film chronicles David Blech trying to keep his family afloat as he battles a gambling addiction and a possible jail sentence, while racing to develop an Alzheimer’s drug that could reverse his fortunes and rebuild his legacy. The Bleech Effect will be available on Digital/HD on August 25, 2020.
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New Films by Pedro Almodóvar and Regina King Added to Venice Film Festival Lineup
The Human Voice by Pedro Almodóvar New films directed by Pedro Almodóvar and Academy Award winner Regina King have been added to the lineup in Out of Competition of the 77th Venice International Film Festival scheduled to take place from September 2 to 12 2020.
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BOOKSMART and RAFIKI Win at 31st GLAAD Media Awards
Kaitlyn Dever stars as Amy and Beanie Feldstein as Molly in Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, BOOKSMART, an Annapurna Pictures release. Credit: Francois Duhamel / Annapurna Pictures Indie films Booksmart, and Rafiki are among the winners of the 31st GLAAD Media Awards held for the first time as a virtual ceremony. Booksmart won the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release and Rafiki won for Outstanding Film – Limited Release. The award for Outstanding Documentary went to State of Pride.
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Jordan Graham’s Demonic Chiller SATOR Set for North American Winter Release
Sator Jordan Graham’s haunting feature Sator has been acquired by 1091 Pictures for North American release. The film, hailed as “strikingly atmospheric” by Variety, premiered at the 2019 Fantasia International Film Festival and went on to have celebrated screenings at Telluride Horror Show and the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival before being brought to the Marche Du Film Online by arthouse genre film sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures.
