Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili’s tender family tragicomedy, Brighton 4th will world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, running June 9-20. Shot by Oscar-nominated DP Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska, The Trial of the Chicago 7) and set within the Georgian emigré community of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, the film is featured in the festival’s International Narrative Competition.
Netflix released the trailer for the documentary Sisters on Track, an intimate portrait of girlhood following three determined sisters in Brooklyn. Directed by Corinne van der Borch and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne, the film premieres at Tribeca Film Festival and debuts on the streaming platform on June 24, 2021.
The official trailer debuted for writer and comedian CJ Hunt’s The Neutral Ground ahead of the World Premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. The film will also screen at AFI DOCS next month ahead of its national television broadcast as the Opening Film for PBS POV’s 34th season on July 5th.
Ahead of its North American premiere at this year’s TriBeCa Film Festival, RLJE Films picked up the rock and roll biopic, Creation Stories, based on the life of Creation Records creator and founder Alan McGee.
Seven of her films, whether as an actress or a director, have been showcased here, and now Jodie Foster will be the guest of honor at the Opening Ceremony of the 74th Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des festivals on Tuesday July 6. Following in the footsteps of Jeanne Moreau, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jane Fonda, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Manoel de Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Agnès Varda and Alain Delon, Jodie Foster will receive the Festival’s Honorary Palme d’or.
The Lake Travis Film Festival’s 2nd edition will run (June 10-13) in beautiful Hill Country, just west of Austin, TX. The festival will kick off with an ambitious “Space Out” Opening Night Showcase with Sevgi Hirschhäuser’s Toprak and Matt Richmond’s Brauhaus: A German-American Fairytale.
The 27th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest will screen 49 curated programs showcasing 295 films in-theatre at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 22-28.
Ahead of the premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, the first official teaser trailer is here for the horror drama film Agnes directed by Mickey Reece and starring Molly Quinn, Jake Horowitz, Sean Gunn, Chris Browning, Ben Hall, Mary Buss, along with Chris Sullivan.
The first trailer is here for Perfume de Gardenias, the debut film from the queer Afro-Puerto Rican singer, multi-disciplinary artist, and filmmaker Macha Colón, set to world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Mindy Project, The Help) stars in the live action short film Graceland directed by Bonnie Discepolo, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Filmfest München (Munich International Film festival) will honor actress and director Robin Wright along with Austrian film actress Senta Berger, German actress Franka Potente and Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska at this year’s open-air edition. Senta Berger and Robin Wright will each receive the CineMerit Award, Franka Potente will receive the Margot Hielscher Award and a special tribute will pay homage to multiple award-winning Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska. As Robin Wright is in the United States, she will be honored remotely. Senta Berger, Franka Potente, and Małgorzata Szumowska will be in Munich in person.
Nana Mensah’s (Farewell Amor / 13 Reasons Why) directorial debut, the indie New York set comedy film “Queen of Glory” will celebrate its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival.