
The 45th Cleveland International Film Festival announced its feature film juried competitions. Twenty-six films in three categories compete for $30,000 in cash prizes.

An Afro-Cuban couple, desperately searching for a way out of Cuba, meet a lonely Iranian-Canadian woman searching for adventure in paradise, and their entire plan derails when real emotions get involved. Sin La Habana is a story about the lengths people will go to follow their dreams.

The BFI London Film Festival confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 65th edition which will take place from the October 6th to 17th, 2021, following a highly successful hybrid edition in 2020, which combined in-cinema experiences at partner venues UK-wide and an online edition for audiences at home.

Here is the first teaser trailer for “The Spine of Night” an ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped epic fantasy inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta. The fantasy/animation/horror film Spine of Night directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will have its World Premiere at SXSW on March 18, 2021.

Portland International Film Festival unveiled the films in the 2021 Future/future competition highlighting boundary-pushing new cinema from emerging filmmakers and represents some of the most exciting new voices in global cinema.

Sundance Institute is partnering with XRM Media to create Sundance Film Festival: Asia to support, connect, promote and celebrate the independent film community within Asia, while showcasing a selection of films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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.