GKIDS will bring Belle, the Japanese animated science fantasy film from Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda and Japan’s Studio Chizu to cinemas nationwide starting January 14. From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creators of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for Broken Darkness, the post-apocalyptic thriller horror movie starring Sean Cameron Michael, Brandon Auret, Suraya Santos and Brendan Murray. Directed and written by Christopher-Lee Dos Santos, the film opens in select theaters and on demand on October 29th, 2021.
AFI FEST unveiled the full lineup for this year’s festival including Parallel Mothers, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Pedro Almodóvar, which will screen as a Red Carpet Premiere at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, November 13.
The 17th La Femme International Film Festival will run from October 14th-17th, 2021 at the Regal Cinemas LA Live and will also virtually online.
Strike Back Studios will release The United States of Insanity, the outrageous first amendment rights documentary featuring Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, and their one million die-hard fans (called Juggalos) that were classified as a gang organization by the FBI.
The official trailer is here for She Paradise, the engaging Trinidadian coming-of-age indie drama on the story of seventeen-year-old sparkle who is desperate to be a soca dancer to escape a dead end life.
Aulcie, a documentary on the incredible story of Aulcie Perry, an African American basketball player who lead Israel’s Maccabi basketball team to the 1977 European championship will open at Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on November 12 in at JCC Manhattan in New York City on November 16, and will be available virtually.
Showtime released the official trailer for the award-winning feature documentary Cusp, from first-time feature-film directors Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt, premiering Friday, November 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The European Film Academy announced the six nominees for the European Discovery 2021 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a director for a first full-length feature film.
Murina directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović took the Best Narrative Feature prize at the 2021 Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) with Ascension directed by Jessica Kingdon winning the prize for Best Documentary Feature.
Actor and filmmaker Kristen Stewart will receive a Performer Tribute and President of Magnolia Pictures, Eamonn Bowles, will receive the Industry Tribute during the 2021 Gotham Awards Ceremony taking place live and in person on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
