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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Watch Trailer for WATCH LIST, Riveting Philippines Drug War Thriller
Watch List directed by Ben Rekhi The new trailer debuted today for the indie thriller Watch List, from Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment, ahead of the release in virtual theaters August 21 before an On Demand release September 1.
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Award Winning Indie Trans Drama THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND Gets Late Summer Release
The Garden Left Behind directed by Flavio Alves Following a successful film festival run at Outfest, Frameline, Woodstock and SXSW, where it won the Visions Audience Award, The Garden Left Behind, the debut feature by Flavio Alves opens on virtual cinemas across the country on Friday, August 28, followed by a VOD release on Tuesday, September 8. The independent film is being released by Uncork’d Entertainment and Dark Star Pictures.
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Sundance Documentary CODED BIAS Gets Virtual Cinema Release in November
MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini in Coded Bias Director Shalini Kantayya’s feature documentary, Coded Bias, that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini’s startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately. As part of a national Science on Screen initiative, Coded Bias will have a virtual cinema release starting at Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in Queens, New York (Two week run opening Wednesday 11/11) and Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA (Two week run opening Friday 11/18).
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Award Winning Documentary MR. SOUL! Sets Late August Release Date
On the set of SOUL!, Host Ellils Haizlip (middle) is surrounded by members of the J.C. WHITE SINGERS after their moving performance Before Oprah – before Arsenio – there was Mr. SOUL! Ellis Haizlip made television broadcast history with SOUL!, America’s first “black Tonight Show.” The documentary titled Mr. SOUL! which brilliantly profiles Haizlip is right on time given the subject with Black Lives Matter and the current state of our country and our communities addressing racism in a meaningful manner – Haizlip’s story and his inspiration is now even more important. Mr. SOUL! comes to theaters and cinemas across the nation through the virtual cinema platform starting August 28, 2020.
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Philippines-Set Thriller WATCH LIST Gets Late Summer Release Date
Watch List directed by Ben Rekhi The powerful, timely thriller Watch List, from Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment, arrives in virtual theaters on August 21 before an On Demand release on September 1.
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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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Watch Trailer for “Get Duked!” Award Winning Black Comedy
Boyz In The Wood Amazon released the trailer for the award winning satire film Get Duked! (originally titled Boyz in the Wood) written and directed by Ninian Doff that is set to debut on Amazon Prime Video on August 28.
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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.