Gravitas Ventures will release Will Dennis’ road trip dramedy Vanilla also starring Dennis alongside Kelsea Bauman-Murphy, on VOD / digital on April 28, 2020.
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Netflix Makes Many of its Popular Documentaries FREE on Youtube
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House Netflix is making many of its documentary features and series available on the Netflix US YouTube channel for free. This is in response to teachers’ requests for access to documentaries which Netflix has previously allowed for screening in their classrooms but not possible with schools being closed.
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Napa Valley Film Festival Postponed Until November 2021 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the ongoing circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Napa Valley Film Festival which was slated to take place in November 2020, announced that the festival will now be held the following year from November 10 – 14, 2021.
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Cannes Film Festival Still Considering Options, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics Week Canceled
Cannes Film Festival is running out of options for a 2020 festival, following the French President’s statement on Monday banning any large festivals and events with large audiences before mid-July at the earliest.
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EarthxFilm Announces Virtual Lineup of Films, Panels, VR and More to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
FIRE ON THE HILL: THE COWBOYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. EarthxFilm unveiled its lineup of virtual programming celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, including 36 features and shorts; virtual options for XR experiences; various filmmaker, youth leader live-streams, Q&A’s, panels, live music and EarthxFilmYouth programming. Kicking off with Music on April 17 at 6:00PM EST, EarthxFilm will present the bulk of its programming, including Brett Falentine’s FIRE ON THE HILL: THE COWBOYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL L.A., Alexander John Glustrom’s MOSSVILLE: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL, David Byars’ PUBLIC TRUST, and Deia Schlosberg’s THE STORY OF PLASTIC on April 22-27.
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Indie Comedy Film BRAKING FOR WHALES Starring Tom Felton, Tammin Sursok Arrives on VOD in April
Braking For Whales Braking For Whales, the feature film debut from writer/director Sean McEwen (“The Dougherty Gang”) will be released by Gravitas Ventures on all VOD/Digital & DVD platforms on April 24th, 2020.
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Oxford Film Festival Unveils Weekly Virtual Fest Series
A Dim Valley by Brandon Colvin Oxford Film Festival unveiled its Weekly Virtual Film Festival series showcasing films that were programmed for the 2020 edition of the popular film festival. Beginning with the first week, scheduled for April 24-May 1, the Oxford Film Festival will roll out a different series of films each successive week, with themed presentations, throughout the summer and fall as an initial alternative to film festival that was postponed from March.
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Miami Film Festival to Present Delayed World Premiere of THEY CALL ME DR. MIAMI Online
They Call Me Dr. Miami Miami Film Festival will present online the World Premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami, directed by Jean-Simon Chartier, after the original world premiere at its 37th edition in March was cancelled due to a mid-festival termination of public screenings, out of concern for health and safety during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
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Belgian/Guatemalan Film OUR MOTHERS Gets a Virtual Theatrical Release
Our Mothers (Nuestras madres) Outsider Pictures will release Our Mothers (Nuestras madres), the debut feature by director César Díaz, virtually beginning May 1st, 2020.
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Neflix Drops Trailer for CIRCUS OF BOOKS, Rachel Mason’s Documentary on Her Parents Gay Porn Shop
CIRCUS OF BOOKS directed by Rachel Mason I thought it was a bookstore .. with a circus theme.
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Russian Sci-Fi Film SPUTNIK Originally Set for Tribeca Fest Now Lands in US in August
Sputnik IFC Midnight will release Egor Abramenko’s directorial debut Sputnik based on his short film The Passenger which played in the 2017 Fantastic Film Festival in Austin. Sputnik was set to have its world premiere in the Midnight Section at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. IFC Midnight will release the film on August 14th, 2020.
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IFC Films to Release Sundance Winner TESLA Starring Ethan Hawk
Ethan Hawke appears in Tesla by Michael Almereyda IFC Films will release Tesla, directed and written by award-winning filmmaker Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime Experimenter, Hamlet) and starring Ethan Hawk. Four-time Academy-Award® nominee and frequent IFC Films collaborator, Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Blaze) stars in the title role as Nikola Tesla, with Eve Hewson (Behind Her Eyes, The Knick), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show, Drunk Parents), Donnie Keshawarz (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Adjustment Bureau), Rebecca Dayan (Celeste & Jesse Forever, H.), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade, Blaze), and Lucy Walters (Jett, Power) to round out the cast.