The first-ever Shortie Film Festival showcasing independent and international films 30 minutes or less, will be held October 3rd and 4th 2019 in Brooklyn, New York. The festival fosters and propels emerging and provocative filmmaking with two days of screenings, Q&As, and afterparties for an audience seeking new voices and perspectives.
Marshal Hilton and Mario Van Peebles Star in Director Nick Leisure’s gripping hostage drama feature “A Clear Shot”.
The Canadian drama The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open which debuted at the Berlin Film Festival 2019 and had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019 was acquired by Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing.
The Ukrainian romantic comedy Just Sex, Nothing Personal from director Olga Ryashina, and starring Roman Lutskiy, Angelika Nikolaeva, Natalya Mazur, Sergey Pritula, and Andrey Danilko, comes to North America this October. The Artist Rights Distribution release makes out with L.A theater screens on October 23.
Brian and Laurence Avenet-Bradley’s award winning horror film Echoes of Fear which World Premiered at the 18th annual Shriekfest Horror Festival, the longest running horror festival in Los Angeles, where it won Best Supernatural Horror Feature will open in theaters beginning this October. The film has gone on to play in over a dozen film festivals and has won six Best Feature Awards.
The Painted Bird directed and written by Václav Marhoul ( Tobruk, Smart Philip) and Czech Oscar® entry for the International Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards has been acquired by IFC Films for a 2020 release date.
May el-Toukhy’s Queen of Hearts, winner of the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival, has been selected as Denmark’s contender in the International Feature Film category at the 2020 Academy Awards.
A24 released the the brand new trailer for the crime comedy Uncut Gems, directed by the Josh and Benny Safdie; and starring Adam Sandler, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, along with Eric Bogosian.
The award winning documentary – PBS FRONTLINE presents On The President’s Orders co-directed by James Jones and Olivier Sarbil, offers alarmingly close, intimate access to the harsh battle for the streets and soul of the Philippines. With bold and unflinching imagery, this cinematic new documentary which has captivated festival audiences worldwide will be making it’s US Theatrical release opening in New York October 4th and LA October 18th as well as nationwide PBS Broadcast in October.
Animal Planet acquired the documentary film Watson, which chronicles Sea Shepherd founder Captain Paul Watson, who has spent his life sailing the globe to keep our oceans and their inhabitants safe. Watson had its World Premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, where it was runner-up for the Documentary Audience Award. Additional screenings this year will include Zurich Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, among others. Watson will open in select U.S. theaters this fall and premieres on Animal Planet later this year.
Young Venezuelan director, Maria Gabriela Cardenas released the trailer for her psychological thriller and horror film ‘A Dark Foe,’ featuring courageous Selma Blair (Mom and Dad, Hellboy, Legally Blonde), in the movie she shot before announcing that she is battling Multiple sclerosis. The film also stars Academy Award nominee Graham Greene, (Dances With Wolves, Wind River), Bill Bellamy, (Insecure), Ireland Baldwin, (Grudge Match), Julie Gonzalo, (Supergirl), Tokala Black Elk, (Yellowstone, Skins), Jon Lindstrom (True Detective), Kenzie Dalton (Feud), and Oscar Cardenas, (The Grand Guignol, Bon Appetit) in the role of tortured FBI agent Tony Cruz.
The bloody psychological thriller short film Glass Cabin, written and directed by Can Türedi, produced by Luca Marcovici, and executive produced by Maya Korn will World Premiere at the horror film festival Screamfest LA. The spine-chilling short stars Revell Carpenter (Cypress Cake, Queen Mab Was Here) as Scarlett, newcomer David Mar Stefansson as David the caretaker and Jabari AmirJones (Tennis Coach).