The Asian Film Awards Academy (“AFAA”) announced the nominations for the 14th Asian Film Awards (“AFA14”) lead by Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite with 10 nominations, followed by So Long, My Son by Wang Xiaoshuai and A Sun by Chung Mong-hong, which have both been nominated in 7 categories.
Ahead of its world premiere out of competition at Venice Film Festival on Saturday, September 5, the first trailer debuted for Quentin Dupieux’s (Deerskin) comedy Mandibles (Mandibules).
Tsai Ming-liang’s The Hole (in Mandarin with English subtitles), winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival, and Golden Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival, will have its virtual theatrical release in the US, opening at the Film at Lincoln Center in New York City on August 28, followed by other cities including the Laemmle Theaters in Los Angeles on September 11.
The film My Little Sister (Schwesterlein) directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond has been submitted by Switzerland to represent the country in the International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards. The film starring Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, along with legendary Swiss actress Marthe Keller celebrated its world premiere in Competition at the 2020 Berlin International Film Festival.
Ahead of the world premiere as the opening film of the Orizzonti (Horizons) section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, the first trailer is released via Hollywood Reporter for Apples (Mila), the feature debut of Greek director Christos Nikou.
Dark Star Pictures released the trailer for the Turkish horror film The Antenna which opens in the US in virtual theaters on October 2 and VOD (US & Canada) on October 20.
Dark Star Pictures will release the Turkish horror film The Antenna, which world premiered at 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, in virtual theaters on October 2, including: Los Angeles (Laemmle), New York and major cities (Museum Of The Moving Image (MOMI), Alamo On Demand) and Philadelphia (Film Society). The film will open on VOD in US & Canada on October 20.
Cinema Guild acquired Matías Piñeiro’s Isabella which made its world premiere earlier this year at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a special jury mention in the Encounters section. Cinema Guild plans to release the film theatrically in 2021.
Valentina, the debut feature by Brazilian writer-director Cássio Pereira dos Santos, will have its world premiere at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, taking place August 20-30, followed by a screening at OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Miami and Fort Lauderdale, on August 29. A hopeful and inspiring reflection of the real life hardships faced by a young woman seeking to embrace who she is, Valentina also marks the film debut of influential Brazilian trans YouTuber Thiessa Woinbackk, in the title role.
Poland is officially kicking off the 2021 Oscar race by selecting Never Gonna Snow Again (Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie) directed by Malgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert, as the country’s entry in the competition for Best International Feature Film.
The Cambodian drama film In the Life of Music, selected as the Cambodian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, released the official trailer ahead of the release on VOD starting August 14th. Co-directed by Caylee So and Sok Visal, the film world premiered at the 2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
ArtMattan Films has set a virtual theatrical release date of August 28 for the award winning drama film Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain, based on the life of Daliya Akter, a garment worker who escaped child marriage and went on to lead a trade union fighting for workers’ rights in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.