Making its North American premiere, Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers will be the Closing Night film of the 59th New York Film Festival, on October 8 at Alice Tully Hall. Sony Pictures Classics will release Parallel Mothers in theaters on December 24.
The 23rd edition of Sidewalk Film Festival, the Birmingham-based film festival will take place August 23-29, 2021, with Jeff Daniels’ Television Event as the Opening Night film and Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe’s The Beta Test will be the Closing Night screening.
Hola México Film Festival in Los Angeles returns for its 13th annual edition this September 17-25, 2021 during Hispanic Heritage Month. The 2021 Hola México Film Festival will feature 21 films, kicking off with Perdida from Mexican director Jorge Michel Grau.
The Tribeca Festival announced that its 21st edition will take place June 8-19, 2022 at various indoor and outdoor venues throughout New York City.
The new documentary film Becoming Led Zeppelin featuring Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant, will feature in the out-of-competition section at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.
Anchorage directed by Scott Monahan is the winner of the Grand Prize at the 2021 Stony Brook Film Festival, held at the Staller Center for the Arts. In the film, two brothers attempt to drive a trunk full of opioids from Florida to Alaska to cash-in big in the Land of Gold, but their plans don’t go as expected.
Donnie Yen’s latest action feature Raging Fire will have its Canadian Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival.
Fourteen Spanish films have been selected for San Sebastian Festival’s 69th edition with four of them competing for the Golden Shell: Maixabel, by Iciar Bollaín; El buen patrón / The Good Boss by Fernando León de Aranoa; La abuela by Paco Plaza and Quién lo impide, by Jonás Trueba.
Filmmaker Theodore Schaefer released the first clip from the surreal road trip drama film Giving Birth to a Butterfly, ahead of the world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival.
The 2021 Bentonville Film Festival running August 2-8, announced the all-star lineup for Geena & Friends along with selections for the Spotlights, Special Events, and Panels programs.
Venice International Film Festival announced the lineup of Virtual Reality works selected for the upcoming 78th edition, in the section titled Venice VR Expanded. Following the success of the 2020 edition, the Venice VR Expanded section will again be held online from September 1 – 19, 2021.
Ahead of the World Premiere this summer at the 2021 Fantasia Film Fest, the new trailer debuted for the South African thriller film Indemnity, directed by Travis Taute.