Films

IFC Films to Release HOLLER, Nicole Riegel’s Directorial Debut Starring Jessica Barden

HOLLER directed by Nicole Riegel

IFC Films has acquired Holler written and directed by Nicole Riegel, one of Variety’s ‘10 Directors to Watch’ in 2020. The film marks Riegel’s directorial debut, and stars a breakout performance from Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World), Gus Halper (Sing Street), Pamela Adlon (Better Things, Californication), Becky Ann Baker (Freaks and Geeks, Girls), and Austin Amelio (AMC’s The Walking Dead). Holler was selected by the Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW Film Festival, and Deauville Film Festival in 2020, and IFC Films will release the film in June 2021.

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Jill Li’s Golden Horse Award-Winning Documentary LOST COURSE Sets March Release Date

LOST COURSE directed by Jill Li. Credit: Courtesy of the dGenerate Collection at Icarus Films.

When corrupt officials illegally sell villagers’ land in China, the villagers rise up in an unprecedented experiment in democracy in first-time documentarian Jill Li’s Lost Course — Winner, Best Documentary Golden Horse Awards 2020, and Official Selections of International Documentary Festival Amsterdam and Hong Kong Asian Film Festival.

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TYGER TYGER Trailer, Pandemic Fantasy-Thriller Stars Dylan Sprouse

Tyger Tyger, starring Dylan Sprouse

Gravitas Ventures released the trailer for Kerry Mondragon’s stylized indie drama Tyger Tyger, starring Dylan Sprouse, set to be released in select theaters, drive-ins, digital/VOD on February 26, 2021.

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‘Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten’ PBS Documentary Examines the Tulsa Race Massacre 100 Years Later

“Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten” Washington Post reporter DeNeen Brown confers with community activists observing the second mass grave excavation at Tulsa’s Oaklawn Cemetery. October 19, 2020.

One of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history occurred 100 years ago, May 31-June 1, 1921. Known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, a mob of white residents set fire to “Black Wall Street” – hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma – killing an estimated 100-300 Black residents and leaving an estimated 10,000 Black residents homeless.

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‘Playing with Sharks’ Sundance Documentary on Australian Conservationist and Filmmaker Valerie Taylor Acquired by National Geographic

Playing with Sharks by Sally Aitken, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ron & Valerie Taylor.

The feature documentary Playing with Sharks, from two-time Emmy-nominated director Sally Aitken, documenting the life of Australian icon, conservationist and filmmaker Valerie Taylor was acquired by National Geographic Documentary Films at Sundance Film Festival

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SUMMERTIME Trailer – Carlos López Estrada’s Spoken-word Poetry Film

Raul Herrera, Jason Alvarez, Benet Benton, Amaya Blankenship, Tyris Winter, Gordon Ip, Lydia Ip, Maia Mayor, and Marquesha Babers appear in Summertime by Carlos Lopez Estrada.

Good Deed Entertainment released the new trailer for Summertime, from Blindspotting director Carlos López Estrada, which premiered as one of the opening night films of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Summertime is scheduled to be released in the summer.

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FAUCI Trailer – First Look at National Geographic Documentary on Dr. Anthony Fauci

“Fauci” Dr. Anthony Fauci during an interview at the NIH in Bethesda, MD. (National Geographic/Visko Hatfield)

National Geographic Documentary Films announced today a new feature documentary about the nation’s top infectious disease expert and dedicated public servant, Dr. Anthony Fauci, M.D., from Emmy winners John Hoffman (“The Weight of the Nation,” “Sleepless in America”) and Janet Tobias (“Unseen Enemy”) and Academy Award winner Dan Cogan (“Icarus”), and two-time Academy Award nominee Liz Garbus (“What Happened, Miss Simone?,” “The Farm: Angola, USA”).

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Artsploitation to Release PLAYDURIZM, Bizarre Fantasy Romance Drama

Playdurizm

Artsploitation Films acquired Playdurizm, a neon-colored fantasy/romance/drama directed by Turkish-born, 24-year-old Gem Deger. The independent English-language Czech Film, which world premiered at the Lausanne Underground Film Festival (and won its Jury Prize for Best Picture), blends violence, romance, sex and wry comedy into a story about a young man who awakens to finds himself in an exciting but troubling new reality.

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5 Young Filmmakers Navigate the Pandemic in HBO’s COVID DIARIES NYC

COVID Diaries NYC

The short documentary COVID Diaries NYC, debuting Tuesday, March 9 (9:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO, chronicles the lives of five young filmmakers, ranging in age from 17 to 21, who turn their cameras on themselves to tell the stories of their families during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The deeply personal film illuminates the plight of essential workers and their families during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis as they navigate the deadly virus and a country riven by social upheaval.

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Clint Bentley’s JOCKEY Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance

Clifton Collins Jr. appears in Jockey by Clint Bently, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Adolpho Veloso.

Sony Pictures Classics acquired Clint Bentley’s Jockey premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section. Jockey stars Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, and Moises Arias.

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Neon Acquires AILEY, Documentary on Pioneering Dancer Alvin Ailey at Sundance

A still from Ailey by Jamila Wignot, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jack Mitchell.

Jamila Wignot’s documentary “Ailey, ” an intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey which world premiered at Sundance Film Festival, has been acquired by NEON for release.

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Watch First Look Clip from REBEL HEARTS – Sundance Documentary on Pioneering Radical Nuns

Rebel Hearts by Pedro Kos, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles.

Watch the first clip from Rebel Hearts, the new documentary directed by Pedro Kos world premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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