Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster, the filmmakers behind the successful Emmy Award-winning, Sundance and SXSW audience film “Science Fair,” team up with National Geographic Documentary Films on the feature documentary “Own the Room”, which will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on March 12.
Magnolia Pictures released a new trailer for the documentary A Glitch in the Matrix, directed by Rodney Ascher, that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in select theaters and on VOD on Friday, February 5th, 2021.
A24’s critically acclaimed horror film Saint Maud” the debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, will be available exclusively on EPIX starting on February 12, 2021.
IFC Films acquired Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ latest feature film, the steamy romantic drama Monday starring Sebastian Stan (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, I Tonya) and Denise Gough (Colette, The Other Lamb). Monday is Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ fourth feature. Monday was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. IFC Films will release the film on April 16th, 2021 in select theaters and on demand.
HBO today announced Allen v. Farrow, a four-part documentary series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood’s most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow; their subsequent custody trial, the revelation of Allen’s relationship with Farrow’s daughter, Soon-Yi; and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed. Once celebrated for their on and off-screen partnership, Farrow and Allen’s lives were irrevocably fractured and their sprawling family torn apart with the public disclosure of the abuse allegations and the vitriolic disputes that followed.
Questlove’s “Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” winner of the Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, has landed with Searchlight Pictures and Disney General Entertainment’s BIPOC Creator initiative, led by Tara Duncan for theatrical release as well as exclusively streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and internationally on Star and Star+.
YouTube Originals released a new trailer featuring a cover of The Kinks’ “Strangers,” performed by Black Pumas, who are currently nominated for multiple 2021 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, and critically acclaimed duo Lucius for the feature length documentary, “Life In A Day 2020.” The trailer will have its broadcast debut on CBS in the final lead-up to Sunday’s Big Game. YouTube Originals “Life In A Day 2020” is the sponsor of the CBS Prekick Show on CBS February 7th at 6pm ET.
Netflix released the trailer for their documentary “Pelé” directed by David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas, on the life of Edson Arantes do Nascimento – better known as the Brazilian football legend Pelé. The documentary launches globally on Netflix on Tuesday February 23rd, 2021.
Ahead of the release in select theaters this Friday, February 5, 2021, 101 Studios released a new video clip titled “Hide” from Dara of Jasenovac, Serbia’s official Academy Awards selection for Best International Feature. In “Hide,” 10-year-old Dara (Biljana Cekic) must save her baby brother from being taken away by a murderous Ustase soldier.
The Brazilian documentary film My Darling Supermarket (Meu Querido Supermercado), filmmaker Tali Yankelevich’s witty and humorous portrait of a Brazilian supermarket will get a U.S. virtual theatrical release via Cinema Tropical, opening on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Film Forum in New York City, followed by other cities nationwide.
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.
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.