2021 Bentonville Film Festival announced the narrative, documentary feature, short, and episodic film selections in the competition program set for August 2-8 in Bentonville, AR. For this year’s 7th edition, BFF will combine virtual and safe in-person activations, including premieres, conversations, awards, and events to produce a hybrid experience for Festival attendees.
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will return return for its 24th edition, as in-person and virtual event from Saturday, Oct. 23 through Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.
The Boston Underground Film Festival (MA), Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (NY), North Bend Film Festival (WA) and the Overlook Film Festival (LA) team up again to present a second edition of NIGHTSTREAM, set to run in the Fall from October 7 to 13, 2021.
Dominik Moll’s Only the Animals won the ARRI/Osram Award in the CineMasters competition at the 38th Filmfest München (Munich International Film Festival), while the CineVision Award for best international film by an emerging director went to Philippe Lacôte for Night of the Kings, a co-production from Côte d’Ivoire, France, Canada, and Senegal. The FIPRESCI Prize for the best film in the New German Cinema section went to Monday um zehn by Mareille Klein; and the Audience Award went to Trans – I Got Life by Imogen Kimmel and Doris Metz.
Under the theme “This is Richmond,” the Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) celebrates its special 10th Year Anniversary edition with more than 150 award-winning films from 20 countries from Monday, September 7th to Sunday, September 12th.
Belle, the animation film by the Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda will world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in the Cannes Premiere section. FollowingcWolf Childrenc(2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015), and Mirai (2018), it is the first official Selection for Mamoru Hosoda.
The short documentary film Junior directed by A.J. Wilhelm will play at the 2021 Maine International Film Festival. Featuring Jérôme “Junior” Simeon along with Ajayi Jackson, the film follows the acclaimed Haitian musician as he struggles to keep the beat of his passion alive.
Locarno Film Festival announced the lineup for the 74th edition of the festival set to run August 4 through 14, 2021. The festival opens with Beckett directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino and starring John David Washington, Alicia Vikander, Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, along with Panos Koronis.
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2021 which took place June 23-27, featured many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage, as well as in-person presentations by Jaime Bach, an anthropologist and archaeologist who played a key role in the search for Amelia Earhart.
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 78th Venice International Film Festival taking place September 1–11, 2021. The ceremony will take place before the out-of-competition screening of Halloween Kills, directed by David Gordon Green and starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Halloween Kills arrives in theaters on October 15.
The 2nd Big Bear Film Summit wrapped with the filmmaker awards ceremony at Big Bear Bar, with Lane Michael Stanley’s Addict Named Hal taking home the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature Film and the Chris Hite and Dennis Ford’s Firestorm ’77: The True Story of the Honda Canyon Fire won the Best Documentary Feature Film award.
