Filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza’s first documentary film Courtroom 3H, has its North American premiere at AFI Docs. The documentary takes inspiration from the words of James Baldwin: “If one really wants to know how justice is administered in a country, one goes to the unprotected and listens to their testimony.”
The Waco-based Deep in the Heart Film Festival returns for its 5th edition with a film lineup of 133 films (5 features, 128 shorts and music videos), including a celebratory return to theaters as part of its hybrid presentation July 22-31, 2021.
The French spy comedy film OSS 117, Alerte rouge en Afrique noire (From Africa With Love) directed by Nicolas Bedos, will premiere as the 74th edition of Cannes Film Festival “Final Screening” on July 17th in the Grand Théâtre Lumière at the Awards Ceremony.
Tribeca Festival 2021 today announce the winners of the three Audience Awards, for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary Feature and the first-ever Best Online Premiere.
Director Mati Diop, actresses Maggie Gyllenhaal and Mélanie Laurent are among the jury of the 74th Cannes Film Festival presided over by director Spike Lee tasked with selecting the winning films. Joining them are French singer Mylène Farmer, Austrian director Jessica Hausner, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, French actor Tahar Rahim and South Korean actor Song Kang-ho.
Beckett, the new film by Italian director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, starring John David Washington, Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps and Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander will open the 74th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Piazza Grande on August 4. Following its premiere at the Festival, the film will be available on Netflix from August 13.
The Fantasia International Film Festival revealed the second wave of programming for its 25th edition, taking place this summer from August 5th to August 25th, 2021. [ First wave of films]
The Story of Film: a New Generation by Mark Cousins, the latest episode of The Story of Film dedicated to the history of cinema, will launch the Official Selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, July 6th 2021
For the upcoming 46th edition, Toronto International Film Festival returns to in-person screenings from September 9 to 18, 2021 with over 100 films in its Official Selection, events featuring acclaimed industry guests, and TIFF’s Industry Conference.
The 26th annual Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) wrapped with the award winners including the recipients of the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Excellence in Filmmaking Award and of the Tony Cox Screenplay Competition.
The 2nd Lake Travis Film Festival announced its filmmaker awards with Sevgi Hirschäuser’s Toprak taking the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature Film and the directing trio of Nico Perrino, Aaron Reese, and Chris Maltby won the Best Documentary Feature Film award for Mighty Ira.
