David Oyelowo’s feature directorial debut, The Water Man, will open the 24th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Oyelowo also stars in the fantasy-adventure film that follows a boy who sets out on a quest to save his ill mother by searching for a mythic figure said to have magical healing powers.
This year’s 9th edition of the Montclair Film Festival (MFF) will open on Friday, October 16, with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland and close on Saturday, October 24, with Regina King’s One Night in Miami…. The festival taking place October 16-25, 2020 in Montclair, NJ will screen the Opening, Closing, and Centerpiece Films at the Montclair Film Festival’s Carpool Theater drive-in, with the Virtual Centerpiece screening on Montclair Film’s new Virtual Cinema platform.
Hamptons International Festival (HIFF), has added new films to the 2020 lineup including the Spotlight section, as well as Signature Programs including Views From Long Island; Air, Land & Sea; and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights. The 28th Annual Festival will run October 8 – 14, 2020 with both Virtual & Drive-In screenings.
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival announced the complete lineup of 110 films, honorees, and special events for its 29th edition – a virtual/drive-in presentation taking place October 9-17. The festival will be headlined by drive-in screenings of Mary Wharton’s JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT on Opening Night, Laura Gabbert’s OTTOLENGHI AND THE CAKES OF VERSAILLES with the Centerpiece slot, and Julia Reichart and Steve Bognar’s 9-TO-5: THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT on Closing Night.
Heartland Film announced the lineup of 76 independent feature films showcased in the 29th Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF29) running via hybrid model of drive-in and virtual events, from October 8 to 18.
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival revealed the list of the 28 feature films in the competition section of the 12th edition taking place October 14th-18th, 2020. The festival will be screen as Drive-In films at Motorama at the Downs, as well as via online screening platform.
Regina King’s highly anticipated directorial debut One Night in Miami will have its UK premiere at this year’s BFI London Film Festival on Sunday October 11th. The Amazon Original film, which was the first by a Black female director to screen at the Venice Film Festival, features an exciting cast fronted by Kingsley BenAdir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr.
Film at Lincoln Center announced the Talks lineup for the 58th New York Film Festival (September 17 – October 11, 2020). Talks supplement NYFF’s screenings with a series of free and live panel discussions and in-depth conversations with a wide range of guests.
NewFest, the New York LGBTQ Film Festival will open this year with the NYC premiere of Francis Lee’s much anticipated film Ammonite, starring Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan. Winslet will also present Lee with the festival’s inaugural World Queer Visionary Award ahead of the special drive-in screening, taking place at the Queens Drive-In at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
The 34th edition of AFI FEST will open with the World Premiere of I’m Your Woman, directed by Julia Hart. The 1970s set crime drama follows a woman who is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey. The film stars Golden Globe® and Emmy® winner Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinzé Kene, James McMenamin, Marceline Hugot, Frankie Faison and Bill Heck.
The 2020 Richmond International Film festival concluded with the annual red carpet awards where the top overall Grand Jury and Audience Choice Awards of the year were announced.
