• NEKROTRONIC Starring Monica Bellucci and David Wenham Releases Official Trailer

    Nekrotronic starring Monica Bellucci
    Nekrotronic starring Monica Bellucci

    Momentum Pictures released the official trailer for Nekrotronic  starring Monica Bellucci and David Wenham.  Nekrotronic directed by Kiah Roache-Turner  (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead) and starring Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge, The Water Diviner), Monica Bellucci (The Matrix Reloaded, Mozart in the Jungle), Caroline Ford (Amazon’s Carnival Row, TV’s Once Upon a Time), Tess Haubrich (The Wolverine, Alien: Covenant), Epine Bob Savea, along with David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King, 300) will be released in select theaters and digital HD on August 9, 2019.

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  • WOODSTOCK: THREE DAYS THAT DEFINED A GENERATION Debuts on PBS Tuesday, August 6

    Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation
    Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation

    In August 1969, half a million young people from all walks of life journeyed from every corner of the country to a dairy farm in upstate New York for a concert unprecedented in scope and influence. Woodstock examines the tumultuous decade that led to those three historic days — years that saw the nation deeply divided by Vietnam and racial, generational and sexual politics — through the voices of those who were present for the event that would become the defining moment of the counterculture revolution. 

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  • Captivating Documentary WHO KILLED GARRETT PHILLIPS? Debuts on HBO on July 23

    Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
    Who Killed Garrett Phillips?

    On Oct. 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in his home in Potsdam, a small town in upstate New York. Police quickly zeroed in on a suspect in this unthinkable crime: Oral “Nick” Hillary, a black man in the mostly white community, who was a soccer coach at Clarkson University and the ex-boyfriend of Garrett’s mother, Tandy Cyrus.

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  • Brock Mullins’ RETURN TO SEATTLE to Air in Primetime On NBC In Seattle On July 6

    A scene from RETURN TO SEATTLE at Mount Rainier.
    A scene from RETURN TO SEATTLE at Mount Rainier.

    Following the New York City premiere at the Chelsea Film Festival and a theatrical run in the Seattle and Los Angeles, RETURN TO SEATTLE, the debut feature film from Brock Mullins, will be broadcast in primetime on NBC in the Seattle market on KING 5 on Saturday July 6 at 8 p.m.

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  • Asian American International Film Festival in NYC Announces 2019 Film Lineup

    Ms. Purple directed by Justin Chon
    Ms. Purple directed by Justin Chon

    The 42nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF42) taking place July 25 to August 3 in New York City, announced its full film lineup of 12 narrative features, 9 documentary features, and 67 short films, from 19 countries.

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  • Samuel Goldwyn Films and Shudder to Release Dark Thriller DANIEL ISN’T REAL Starring Patrick Schwarzenegger

    Daniel Isn’t Real dirAdam Egypt Mortimer
    Daniel Isn’t Real directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer

    Samuel Goldwyn Films and Shudder have teamed up to acquire Adam Egypt Mortimer’s dark thriller Daniel Isn’t Real starring Patrick Schwarzenegger (“The Long Road Home”, “Midnight Sun”) and Miles Robbins (“Blockers,” David Gordon Green’s “Halloween”) alongside Sasha Lane (“American Honey,” “Hearts Beat Loud”), Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) and Mary Stuart Masterson (“Blindspot”). The film will come to theaters and VOD late 2019. 

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  • 7 Indie Films Win Spring 2019 SFFILM Rainin Grants

    spring 2019 SFFILM Rainin Grants Winners

    Seven narrative feature films in various stages of production will receive a total of $200,000 in funding in Spring 2019 SFFILM Rainin Grants from SFFILM, in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, to support the next stage of their creative process, from screenwriting to post-production.

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  • ROMA and GREEN BOOK Producer, Participant Media to Receive TIFF Impact Award at TIFF Tribute Gala

    Roma
    Roma

    The TIFF Tribute Gala, an annual awards fundraiser will take place Monday, September 9 at the Fairmont Royal York during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival and will introduce the new TIFF Impact Award. Participant Media will receive the inaugural award, which will be accepted by Founder and Chairman Jeff Skoll and CEO David Linde, marking an incredible 15 years of social action through storytelling.

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  • RLJE Films + Shudder Team up to Release Thriller GWEN

    Gwen directed by William McGregor
    Gwen directed by William McGregor

    RLJE Films has partnered with Shudder to release the thriller GWEN in theaters, VOD and Digital HD on August 16, 2019 prior to its release on the premium streaming platform.  Written and directed by William McGregor (“Misfits”), who is making his feature film debut, the film stars Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Maleficent) and Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything).   

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  • Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 Winners – Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s FARMING Wins Best British Film

    FARMING directed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
    FARMING directed by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

    British filmmaker Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje took the top prize, the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, for his directorial debut Farming, which received its UK Premiere at the Festival.

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  • Traverse City Film Festival Releases 2019 Lineup, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, Kathy Griffin

    Jillian Bell appears in BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON by Paul Downs Colaizzo | photo by Jon Pack.
    Jillian Bell appears in BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON by Paul Downs Colaizzo | photo by Jon Pack.

    Traverse City Film Festival released the 2019 program marking the 15th Anniversary Year with a “Cinema Saves The World” theme, and featuring over 200 films and events. The Festival opens with BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON; AFTER THE WEDDING as Centerpiece; and closes with BLINDED BY THE LIGHT.

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  • Award-Winning Argentine Film ROJO Sets July Release Date

    Rojo directed by Benjamín Naishtat
    Rojo directed by Benjamín Naishtat

    The Argentine film Rojo directed by Benjamín Naishtat (History of Fear, El Movimiento), winner of the Silver Shell Awards for Best Director and Best Actor and the Jury Award for Best Cinematography at the last edition of the San Sebastián Film Festival will open on Friday, July 12 at Film at Lincoln Center and the Quad Cinema in New York City, and on Friday, July 19 at the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles, followed by other cities.

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