Dominga Sotomayor’s Too Late to Die Young (Tarde para morir joven) starring trans actor Demian Hernández – who has transitioned since production – in the role of Sofía, and inspired by the director’s own childhood, opens on Friday, May 31 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York, and on Friday, June 7 at the Laemmle Music Hall in Los Angeles, followed by other cities.
From writer-director Miles Doleac (Demons), comes Hallowed Ground, a spine-chilling new motion picture experience in the tradition of The Green Inferno and Deliverance : Hallowed Ground.
The 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), championing innovative LGBTQ filmmakers from across the globe, revealed its short film lineup. This year’s festival will take place May 23 to June 2, 2019.
The highly anticipated Elton John biopic ROCKETMAN, starring Taron Egerton will kick off this year’s 29th annual Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival (Inside Out), and the festival will close with the Canadian premiere of the Sundance crowd-pleaser LATE NIGHT, from director Nisha Ganatra, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.
Sophie Huber’s Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes, is a revelatory journey behind the scenes of Blue Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the most ground-breaking jazz artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The film opens June 14th in New York City, and June 28th in Los Angeles with a nationwide theatrical release to follow.
Here is an exclusive clip from IN A NEW YORK MINUTE from first time writer/director Ximan Li. IN A NEW YORK MINUTE stars Celia Au, Amy Chang, Yi Liu, with Ludi Lin, along with Cheng Pei Pei, and will be in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.
Amazon Studios released the trailer for Late Night directed by Nisha Ganatra (Chutney Popcorn, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) from a screenplay by Mindy Kaling (“The Mindy Project,” “The Office”). Late Night world premiered earlier this year at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters on June 7th.
15 Down, an award-winning short film, directed by Mike Hayhurst and written/produced by Allison Moy Hayhurst, will have its Oklahoma Premiere at Twister Alley International Film Festival on Saturday, May 4th. 15 Down is nominated in two categories, Best Drama Short and Best Drama Ensemble.
Higher Ground Productions, President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company in partnership with Netflix, today announced the company’s initial slate of upcoming projects. The content encompasses a wide range of fiction and non-fiction productions for all audiences including scripted, unscripted and documentary series, as well as full-length features and documentaries.
Heavy Water follows professional big wave surfer Nathan Fletcher through the evolution of surfing and his relationship with big waves, culminating in a spectacular, never- before-performed stunt, where Fletcher “acid drops” from a helicopter into a huge wave.
Sick Sick Sick (Sem seu sangue) by Brazilian director Alice Furtado will have its World Premiere at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight) in Cannes. It is her feature debut as director.
