The 22nd Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will showcase over 145 works from artists representing 51 Indigenous nations giving voice to over 26 Indigenous languages- at live in-person and virtual events from October 19-24, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario.
Check out the first clip – teaser trailer for the Rwandan film Neptune Frost, described as “a radical cyber-musical” from Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.
First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt debuted the first look – clip from her remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the film, Beba reflects on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother and can be best described as “a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection.”
Here is the first clip video from Sundown, writer-director Michel Franco’s chilling drama starring Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley.
Here is the first look – teaser trailer for The Devil’s Drivers, a new documentary world premiering at Toronto International Film Festival that follows Palestinian smugglers on high-speed trips to help workers cross the border.
The French drama Happening (L’Evenement) directed by Audrey Diwan is the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The film, based on the Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, recounts the journey of a young woman’s physical and emotional battle to access illegal abortion in a desperate race against the clock.
Fantastic Fest unveiled the final wave of films for the upcoming 16th edition which will close with the U.S. Premiere of Camille Griffin’s pitch-black comedy Silent Night, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Roman Griffin Davis.
Ahead of the world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, AMC+ and RLJE Films acquired writer Camille Griffin’s directorial debut – the darkly comedic drama “Silent Night”. Silent Night is set to be released in theaters and stream exclusively on AMC+ in North America this December.
BFI London Film Festival announced the complete lineup for LFF Expanded 2021, the Festival’s immersive art and XR strand, which will run from October 6-17 2021.
Chicago International Film Festival returns to theatrical, outdoor, and virtual screens for its 57th edition running October 13 – 24, 2021.
Austin Film Festival (AFF) announced the second wave of film including six Austin-connected films and three first-time feature filmmakers joining the 2021 AFF film lineup for the festival running October 21-28, 2021.
Filmmaker Gian Cassini revealed the first look trailer for his debut documentary Comala set to World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The captivating and daring true-crime odyssey follows the director on his personal journey in search for his absent father, discovering the ghosts of Mexico’s failed war on drugs along the way.