Kino Lorber will release The Chambermaid (La camarista), the auspicious and engaging film debut by Mexican director-actress-dramatist Lila Avilés, recently named one of Variety’s “10 Latinxs to Watch 2019.”
Films
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Lila Avilés Award-Winning Mexican Drama THE CHAMBERMAID Sets June Release Date
The Chambermaid, directed by Lila Avilés
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Documentary WIG – A New York Drag Story, Debuts in June on HBO
Wig, directed by Chris Moukarbel Late one night in 1984, drag queen Lady Bunny and a few friends drunkenly wandered from the Pyramid Club in New York’s East Village to Tompkins Square Park, staging an impromptu drag show in the band shell. This annual drag bacchanal, which would become known as Wigstock, signaled the end of summer in glamorous fashion for the gay community in NYC and lasted almost 20 years.
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László Illés Historical Drama THE SHEPHERD Releases First Look Trailer
The Shepherd directed by László Illés The Shepherd directed by László Illés is a historical drama taking place in Hungarian territory occupied by the Nazi’s in 1944. The film which is poised to debut at film festivals across the globe is meant to be a tribute to everyday unsung heroes and their selfless sacrifices for mankind.
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RLJE Films to Release Horror Film SATANIC PANIC Starring Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell
SATANIC PANIC Starring Rebecca Romijn RLJE Films has acquired the horror film Satanic Panic directed by Chelsea Stardust (Hulu’s “Into the Dark”) and based on a story by Grady Hendrix (Mohawk) and Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here).
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Woody Allen to Start Filming New Movie, Starring Gina Gershon, Cristoph Waltz
Woody Allen, Gina Gershon, Cristoph Waltz Woody Allen will start production on his 51st film in San Sebastian, Spain from July 10th to August 23rd . The film features a first-rate cast made up of international and Spanish actors including Elena Anaya (Wonder Woman, The Summit, The Skin I Live In, Sex and Lucia), Louis Garrel (Godard Mon Amour, Love Songs, The Dreamers, and A Faithful Man, which he also directed), Gina Gershon (Killer Joe, Bound, The Insider and Face Off), Sergi López (A Perfect Day, The Next Skin, Pan’s Labyrinth, With a Friend Like Harry…), Wally Shawn (veteran actor who has worked with Woody Allen in films such asRadio Days, Shadows and Fog and Manhattan), and Cristoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious Bastards, -and Oscar® award-winning roles, in Carnage and Spectre).
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UK Football Comedy THE BROMLEY BOYS to Get US Release
The Bromley Boys Patrick DiCesare’s Artist Rights Distribution has acquired worldwide distribution rights to UK comedy The Bromley Boys , a well-received comedy set around football from Steve Kelly.
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Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Announces 2019 Winners. DRAG KIDS Wins Best Canadian Feature
DRAG KIDS directed by Megan Wennberg Over $40,000 in prizes were given to the winners of the 2019 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival Toronto with top honors going to Garin Nugroho for MEMORIES OF MY BODY for Inside Out Special Award for Innovation, Xiang Zi for A DOG BARKING AT THE MOON for Best First Feature, and Megan Wennberg for DRAG KIDS for Best Canadian Feature.
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Showtime to Air Documentary on Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman
Julian Edelman Narrated by actor Michael Rapaport and featuring original conversations with everyone from Mark Wahlberg to Snoop Dogg, Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and Deion Sanders, the new documentary film 100%: Julian Edelman is an imaginative look inside Julian Edelman’s underdog journey from major injury and NFL suspension to Super Bowl MVP in 2019. Showtime will air the new documentary film 100%: Julian Edelman, premiering on Friday, June 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Stylish Thriller TRESPASSERS Sets July Release Date
Trespassers directed by Orsin Oblowitz IFC Midnight will release Trespassers directed by Orsin Oblowitz starting Friday, July 12 in New York at IFC Center, Los Angeles at the Arena Hollywood and On Demand. The film starring Angela Trimbur “Trash Fire”, Janel Parrish “Pretty Little Liars and To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before”, Fairuza Balk “Almost Famous”, Jonathan Howard “Thor: The Dark World” and Zach Avery had its World Premiere at Frightfest London 2018.
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Gavin Michael Booth’s Split-Screen Drama LAST CALL to Premiere at Dances With Films
LAST CALL directed by Gavin Michael Booth Last Call, a real-time split-screen feature film shot in two true single takes with an original musical score also recorded live to picture, will have its West Coast premiere at Dances with Films at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Tuesday, June 18th at 7:15pm. The film is directed by Gavin Michael Booth (The Scarehouse), written by Gavin Michael Booth and Daved Wilkins (“The Mindy Project”), and starring Sarah Booth (“Law & Order: SVU”) and Daved Wilkins.
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ROCKABUL Documentary on Metal Band in War Torn Afghanistan, to NY Premiere at Brooklyn Film Festival
District Unknown in RocKabul directed by Travis Beard RocKabul directed by Australian filmmaker Travis Beard examines the counter culture campaign that the US government waged in Afghanistan, told through the eyes of a young band in the war torn capital of Kabul, where rock music is forbidden.
