Gabriel Martin’s Mars One was a three-time winner at the 35th edition of Out on Film, the Atlanta-based LGBTQIA+ film festival, taking the jury awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best International Film and Best Ensemble. Magnus Gertten’s Nelly & Nadine won the jury prize for Best Documentary.
Saban Films debuted the official trailer for Hunted, an intensely thrilling, provocative film from director Tommy Boulding, starring Malachi Pullar-Lachtman, Samantha Bond, James Lance and Hannah Traylen.
Fire of Love leads the nominations for the 7th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) with seven nods, including for Best Documentary Feature, Sara Dosa for Best Director, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Narration, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary.
Directed by Nick Sweeney (“AKA Jane Roe”), the documentary film Santa Camp will have its world premiere at DOC NYC – America’s largest documentary festival, and then debut on HBO Max in November.
Samuel Goldwyn Films revealed the first official clip from A Chance Encounter, the romance drama starring Andrea von Kampen and Paul Petersen. Set in the coastal town of Taormina, Sicily, an aspiring poet in search of inspiration meets a folk singer trying to write a follow up to her breakout hit.
Gravitas Ventures released the official trailer for Dylan & Zoey, the drama film starring Claudia Doumit, and Blake Scott Lewis as two estranged friends reuniting over the course of an evening.
Netflix released the official trailer for State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith, the documentary tells the harrowing story of a woman trying to use Alabama’s Stand Your Ground law after killing a man she says brutally attacked her.
Kino Lorber acquired indie filmmaker Rob Nilsson’s Faultline, in addition to his near complete filmography including his 1979 masterpiece Northern Lights, co-directed with John Hanson. Faultline made its World Premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival, and will receive a theatrical and digital release from Kino Lorber in 2023.
Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Love, Charlie, the first documentary to chronicle the life and legacy of Chicago superstar chef Charlie Trotter. Charlie Trotter was a rock star among the first celebrity chefs revolutionizing American cuisine, but his meteoric rise came at a price.
Apple unveiled the official trailer for Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues, the documentary film on the influential jazz musician. The documentary offers an intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations.
Screen Media Films debuted the official trailer for Poker Face, the thriller directed by and starring Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe, along with Liam Hemsworth, RZA and Elsa Pataky. Set in the world of high stakes poker, Crowe stars as tech billionaire and gambler Jake Foley.
