The indie comedy Elsewhere from Costa Rican filmmaker Hernan Jimenez, and starring Ken Jeong, Parker Posey, Jackie Tohn, Beau Bridges, Kathleen Munroe, Aden Young, along with Jacki Weaver released the first official trailer. Elsewhere which premiered at the Napa Valley Film Festival will be released in select US theaters and on VOD starting January 24th, 2020.
Saban Films released the trailer for Will Forbes’ directorial debut, John Henry starring Terry Crews (Deadpool 2, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) and Ludacris (The Fast and Furious franchise, Show Dogs).
Former president Barack Obama shared his list of favorite movies of 2019 which included American Factory, a film from his own production company, Higher Ground, that was recently shortlisted for an Oscar. The list features primarily some of the most critically acclaimed indie films and documentaries of 2019 including Amazing Grace, Apollo 11, Ash Is Purest White and The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
ArtMattan Films, the film distribution arm of ArtMattan Productions acquired the award winning coming-of-age drama The Last Tree by Shola Amoo which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival as the World Cinema – Dramatic Opening Night film. The Last Tree is Shola Amoo second feature length film after A Moving Image (2017).
IFC Films released the official US trailer for The Truth (La vérité) the latest film from Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) that world premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. The film starring Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Ludivine Sagnier, and Roger Van Hool, will open in select US theaters on March 20th, 2020
Patrick DiCesare’s Artist Rights Distribution will release UK comedy The Bromley Boys, starring ‘”Game of Thrones” Brenock O’Connor, on digital January 1.
Ahead of it’s early 2020 digital release, Erwan Marinopoulos’s bloody, action-packed instant classic Kill Ben Lyk will screen in L.A theaters for one night only, Jan 15.
Focus Features dropped the official trailer for Eliza Hittman’s latest film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, which is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten. Never Rarely Sometimes Always opens in select theaters on March 13th, 2020.
Magnolia released the official trailer for the indie dark comedy film Buffaloed starring Zoey Deutch that premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by Tanya Wexler, the film also stars Judy Greer, Jai Courtney, Noah Reid, and Jermaine Fowler. Buffaloed will open in select theaters on February 14th, 2020.
“Come to daddy!” A new official trailer debuted today for the indie film Come To Daddy starring Elijah Wood as a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Directed by Ant Timpson making his feature directorial debut, the film also stars Stephen McHattie, Martin Donovan, Michael Smiley, Madeleine Sami, and Simon Chin. Come To Daddy which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival will open in select US theaters and on VOD starting February 7th, 2020.
Sony Pictures Classics will release “Charm City Kings,” a new film by Angel Manuel Soto, that is set to world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Following the Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in select theaters on April 10, 2020, followed by a wide release on April 17, 2020.
