The world premiere of Aaron Maurer’s Invisible Valley, a documentary about the people of California’s Coachella’s Valley, from the undocumented farmworkers to the wealthy snowbirds and Coachella Festival partiers of the Coachella Valley, will open the upcoming 36th annual edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival set to run March 31-April 10.
The 45th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF45 Streams) will kick off its 14-day online run with Together Together – a film exploring contemporary connections and the particulars of love.
The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will pay tribute to director Wim Wenders, presenting him with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award along with a retrospective of his selected works in the Festival’s “Tribute to” Program. The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will be held from August 13th to 20th, 2021.
80 short films are set for the Oscar-qualifying 30th annual Aspen Shortsfest taking place online from April 6 to 11, 2021. The titles include “David,” starring Will Ferrell in a short written and directed by “Silicon Valley” alum Zachary Woods; “Roborovski,” starring Dylan McDermott and co-directed by Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel; “Silverstone” directed by and starring “Ray Donovan” actor Kerris Dorsey; and “The Price of Cheap Rent” starring “Daily Show” alum Wyatt Cenac.
The coming-out drama film Sweetheart directed by Marley Morrison was voted the Audience Award winner of the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival. Sweetheart is a sharply observed coming-of-age story that charts the relationship between two young women, during a summer holiday at a caravan park in Dorset. The Audience Award is the only award given by GFF and is voted for by the audience.
The new trailer debuted for ‘Drive All Night,’ the debut film from writer-director Peter Hsieh starring Yutaka Takeuchi (Marvel’s ‘The Defenders’) set to make its World Premiere in competition at the Cinequest Film Festival, running March 20-30, 2021.
The Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF) founded by Canadian filmmaker Leslie Ann Coles, celebrates its 19th year March 8–28, 2021. Films from Canada and around the world will be screened on Encore+ and on Digital TIFF Bell Light box.
The new trailer is here for the documentary Who We Are – A Chronicle of Racism in America from filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler premiering at 2021 SXSW Film Festival.
Caetano Gotardo and Marco Dutra’s All the Dead Ones will open the sixth edition of Neighboring Scenes, the annual wide-ranging showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema presented by Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical. Neighboring Scenes is scheduled for March 31 – April 12 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc) directed by Radu Jude was awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the film, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn stars Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, and Andi Vasluianu.
Berlin International Film Festival announced the winners of the Awards of the International Juries of Berlinale Shorts and Generation 2021.
At the 61st Krakow Film Festival, on the June 1st, the Dragon of Dragon award will be given to Piotr Dumała, “the international master of animated film and the creator of original film techniques.” The 61st Krakow Film Festival will take place from May 30th to June 6th, 2021.