Martin Eden, the sweeping romantic epic based on Jack London’s classic novel, directed by Pietro Marcello opens Friday, October 16 in virtual cinemas and select physical cinemas. The film starring Luca Marinelli currently starring in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard on Netflix, won the Platform Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Carlos A. Hurtado’s fashion film “Cry” is an official selection and nominated for “Best Cinematography” at Canadian International Fashion Film Festival – October 26 and 27, 2020.
Expulsion, a sci-fi thriller starring Colton Tapp (Three Days in August), Lar Park Lincoln (Friday The 13th: The New Blood), Michael Harrelson (Krampus: The Reckoning), directed by Sean C. Stephens and Aaron Jackson will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Prime Video Direct, AppleTV, VUDU and Google Play digital platforms on Tuesday October 20, 202
Dark Star Pictures release the trailer for the award-winning Australian biopic Acute Misfortune set to preview in virtual theaters in L.A and Cleveland on October 2nd, before an On Demand release on November 3rd. The film, starring Daniel Henshall (The Babadook) and Toby Wallace (Romper Stomper), tells of tortured Australian artist Adam Cullen.
A24 dropped the first trailer for Minari, the breakout festival hit that won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at this year’s 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, the film stars Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Scott Haze, with Yuh-Jung Youn and Will Patton. Release date is currently listed as “coming soon.”
Sony Pictures Classics acquired Mothering Sunday directed by Eva Husson (Girls of the Sun) and starring Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), Olivia Colman (The Favourite) along with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London). The film is written by Alice Birch (Normal People, Succession), who adapted the screenplay from Graham Swift’s critically acclaimed and best-selling novel of the same name.
The new trailer debuted for the award-winning independent film 18 to Party, from director Jeff Roda, which opens in Virtual Cinemas on November 6 in Los Angeles (Laemmle) and New York and Major Cities (Alamo On Demand) with a VOD Release to follow on all major platforms (US & Canada) on December 1.
IFC Films acquired Sundance award-winning director Chad Hartigan’s Little Fish, starring Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, The Sound of Metal), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Seberg) Raúl Castillo (We the Animals), and Soko. Little Fish was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival in the US Narrative Competition, and IFC Films plans to release the film on February 5th, 2021.
Amazon released the new trailer for the award-winning drama Sound of Metal, coming to select theaters on November 20, and to Prime Video on December 4 in the U.S. Directed by Darius Marder, the film starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Shaheem Sanchez, Chelsea Lee, Jeremy Stone and Mathieu Amalric won the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film at the 15th Zurich Film Festival.
Following its critically acclaimed World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the dramedy film The Duke, directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
IFC Midnight will release killer-thriller Hunter Hunter, starring Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Idle Hands) and Nick Stahl (Bully, Disturbing Behavior) with Camille Sullivan (The Man in the High Castle), and Summer Howell (Curse of Chucky). The film, directed and written by Shawn Linden, will be released on December 18th, 2020.
