Following a successful world premiere at the most recent edition of DOC NYC and a sold-out screening at the Havana Film Festival, Los Últimos Frikis, the debut documentary feature by Nicholas Brennan, has been selected to participate in the Documentary Achievement Award competition at the 37th edition of the Miami Film Festival, taking place March 6-15, and at the 21st annual Havana Film Festival New York, running April 27-May 5.
Virgil Films is releasing the award winning documentary – Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street – directed by Roman Chimienti & Tyler Jensen.
FilmRise released the trailer for Cindy Meehl’s documentary The Dog Doc about unconventional veterinarian Dr. Marty Goldstein who has been called everything from a maverick to a miracle-worker to a quack. Dr. Goldstein runs a clinic in South Salem, New York, that has made him and his staff famous for their integrative and even holistic approaches to pet health issues. The Dog Doc will open in theaters on March 13th, 2020.
This Spring, Ella Fitzgerald: Just One Of Those Things, directed by the award-winning Leslie Woodhead along with producer Reggie Nadelson will be released in theaters by Eagle Rock Entertainment. The film will be screened in select cinemas across the U.S, beginning April 3.
The documentary Saudi Runaway by Susanne Regina Meures has been added to Panorama program lineup of the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival. The documentary film shows a young woman striving for autonomy who flees from Saudi Arabia. She secretly films her claustrophobic everyday life with her smartphone before and during her escape.
HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to the documentary On The Record following the film’s premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and after Oprah Winfrey’s much public exit from the film.
Giving Voice is the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 128 features screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Sundance, Utah, from January 23 February 2, 2020.
The first abstract artist was a woman – Hilma af Klint. Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber will release Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint, a documentary film directed by Halina Dyrschka. The film will open at The Metrograph in New York City on April 10th, other cities will follow.
HBO has acquired worldwide television and streaming rights to the documentary feature film Siempre, Luis, directed by John James which had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Apple TV+ dropped the first teaser trailer for Beastie Boys Story, Spike Jonze ‘live documentary experience’ on the iconic rap group which is set to world premiere at the SXSW 2020.
Netflix released a trailer clip from Crip Camp, the documentary about Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teens in the 1970s that shaped the future of the disability-rights movement. Crip Camp world premiered as the opening-night film in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, and will hit the streaming service in March.
The new trailer dropped this week for A Kid From Coney Island, a documentary about basketball player Stephon Marbury that premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. The film which follows Marbury’s journey from Coney Island all the way to Beijing, is directed by filmmakers Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah (Heart of Gold: The Noonie G. Story, Benji, The First To Do It); and will be released in select theaters on March 10 by 1091, formerly known as The Orchard.