Brittany Huckabee’s acclaimed documentary feature How to Fix a Primary provides rare inside access to a touchstone campaign in a movement that is gaining momentum as progressive candidates challenge the political system and establishment across the U.S.
Sofia Coppola, Kirby Dick, Rita Moreno and Mira Nair will each be honored at AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi with an evening of conversation celebrating their distinguished careers and will stream live online during the festival, Oct. 15-22.
The Middleburg Film Festival will launch on Thursday, October 15th with Chloé Zhao’s (“The Rider”) Nomadland starring Frances McDormand in her first role since winning the Academy Award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Mothering Sunday directed by Eva Husson (Girls of the Sun) and starring Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), Olivia Colman (The Favourite) along with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London). The film is written by Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), who adapted the screenplay from Graham Swift’s critically acclaimed and best-selling novel of the same name.
Check out the official trailer for the documentary “J .R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius” directed by Sandy K.Boone, and featuring Richard Linklater (Director: Dazed & Confused, Before Sunrise, Everybody Wants Some), Penn Jillette, Nick Offerman (“Parks & Recreation”), opening in virtual theaters on October 16 and on demand on October 20.
The new trailer debuted for the award-winning independent film 18 to Party, from director Jeff Roda, which opens in Virtual Cinemas on November 6 in Los Angeles (Laemmle) and New York and Major Cities (Alamo On Demand) with a VOD Release to follow on all major platforms (US & Canada) on December 1.
Black Women Film Network (BWFN) will host its annual BWFN Short Film Festival as a virtual experience on Saturday, October 10, 2020 in partnership with black-owned streaming service KweliTV. For 24 hours, viewers will be able to watch the 2020 festival selections online at Kweli.tv or through streaming devices and smart TVs. Tickets to access the virtual festival can be purchased HERE.
The Perfect Weapon, an HBO documentary special based on the best-selling book by New York Times national security correspondent David E. Sanger, will debut Friday, October 16 at 8:00PM ET/PT.
The history of winemaking in Lebanon is the subject of the new documentary film WINE and WAR: The Untold Story of Wine in the Middle East, by Mark Johnston and Mark Ryan. The film will have its virtual theatrical release at Laemmle Theaters on October 9th (and will be available at wineandwar.com).
Filmmaker Abel Ferrara, will be in attendance tomorrow, Saturday at San Sebastian Festival to host a ‘surprise film’ screening of his latest Sportin’ Life.
IFC Films acquired Sundance award-winning director Chad Hartigan’s Little Fish, starring Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, The Sound of Metal), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Seberg) Raúl Castillo (We the Animals), and Soko. Little Fish was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival in the US Narrative Competition, and IFC Films plans to release the film on February 5th, 2021.
The seventh annual edition of Miami Film Festival GEMS, which will be held virtually this year from October 8-11, will open with an East Coast Premiere screening of the HBO documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart at Dezerland Park Drive-in, with a virtual introduction by the film’s director, five-time Academy Award-nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Back to the Future, Jason Bourne).