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A24 released the official trailer for ZOLA, from writer-director Janicza Bravo and based on the #TheStory by A’Ziah “Zola” King. The film starring starring Taylour Paige, Riley Keough, Nicholas Braun, and Colman Domingo premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters this Summer.
Nomadland snagged the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the virtual Producers Guild of America’s 32nd annual PGA Awards ceremony. Other films receiving awards included My Octopus Teacher for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures; and Soul for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures.
Ahead of the world premiere at 2021 Hot Docs film festival, the first look trailer debuted for the documentary film The Face of Anonymous, directed by Gary Lang.
The 45th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF45) will highlight the works of a new generation of filmmakers from Iran and Italy this year. HKIFF45 will feature eight films by talented and innovative filmmakers in a curated section entitled Iranian New Cinema.
Minari dominated the Austin Film Critics Association’s 2020 awards, winning 6 prizes including Best Film, Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Director for Lee Isaac Chung, and Best Ensemble. Youn Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.
Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Oscars® nominations today.
The Balkan war drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, directed by Jasmila Žbanić, representing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official submission shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards earned the top prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award at the 2021 Miami Film Festival.
The Iowa Film Critics Association named Nomadland the Best Film of 2020, and awarded Best Director to Chloé Zhao, Best Actress to Frances McDormand and Best Score to Ludovico Einaudi.
The Nevada Film Critics Society announced its 2020 award winners for achievement in film with top honors for Best Film going to the revenge thriller Promising Young Woman. The film won a total of four awards including Best Actress: Carey Mulligan and Best Director and Best Originally Screenplay: Emerald Fennell.
SXSW Film Festival announced the full program for the 28th edition of the festival which this year will take place online. The festival will open with Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil with Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free as Centerpiece Film and Alone Together, a documentary on popstar Charli XCX, in quarantine will World Premiere as the Closing Night Film.
When corrupt officials illegally sell villagers’ land in China, the villagers rise up in an unprecedented experiment in democracy in first-time documentarian Jill Li’s Lost Course — Winner, Best Documentary Golden Horse Awards 2020, and Official Selections of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.
Gravitas Ventures released the trailer for Kerry Mondragon’s stylized indie drama Tyger Tyger, starring Dylan Sprouse, set to be released in select theaters, drive-ins, digital/VOD on February 26, 2021.