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KING RICHARD Starring Will Smith will Close AFI FEST 2021

AFI FEST

(L – r) Aunjanue Ellis as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, Mikayla Bartholomew as Tunde Price, Will Smith as Richard Williams, Saniyya Sidney as Venus Williams, Demi Singleto as Serena Williams and Daniele Lawson as Isha Price in Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama King Richard, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chiabella James

AFI FEST 2021 will close with Warner Bros. Pictures’ King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green with cinematography by Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977) and starring two-time Academy Award®nominee Will Smith. The film follows Richard Williams, an undeterred father who, with the support of his family, is instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, Venus and Serena Williams. The Closing Night screening will take place on Sunday, November 14 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.

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Hamptons International Film Festival 2021 Announces Film Lineup, SPENCER as Centerpiece Film

Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF)

Spencer starring Kristen Stewart

The 2021 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch as Closing Night film and the East Coast Premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Spencer as the Saturday Centerpiece Film, and additional films to the Spotlight section, as well as Signature Programs including Views From Long Island; Conflict and Resolution; Air, Land & Sea; and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights.

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Watch First Clip for SALOUM – Senegalese Supernatural Thriller at Toronto Fest

Thriller, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Renaud Farah, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Yann GaeL in Saloum. Courtesy of LACME STUDIOS

Here is the first look clip from Saloum, the Senegalese supernatural thriller from writer/director Jean Luc Herbulot world premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in Midnight Madness.

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KNOCKING Trailer – Sundance Psychological Horror Film Opens in Theaters in October

Horror + Scifi, Independent Film

Knocking directed by Frida Kempff

Yellow Veil Pictures released the official trailer for Knocking, Frida Kempff’s psychological horror thriller film which world premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section. The film is the narrative feature debut from Swedish director Frida Kempff, whose past credits include the 2010 Cannes Prix du Jury winning short Bathing Micky and the 2015 documentary Winter Buoy.

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Indie Memphis Film Festival 2021 Announces Full Slate – Opens with RED ROCKET Starring Simon Rex

Indie Memphis Film Festival

Red Rocket directed by Sean Baker

Indie Memphis Film Festival 2021 announced the full slate of films for this year’s edition set to run as a hybrid of online and in-person screenings and events from October 20th – 25th, 2021.

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SURGE Trailer. Ben Whishaw Won a Sundance Award for Starring in Tense Thriller

Independent Film, Thriller

Surge Starring Ben Whishaw

FilmRise debuted the official trailer for Surge, a tense thriller starring Ben Whishaw as a man who goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation in the city of London. Surge premiered at the Sundance Film Festival where Whishaw won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting. Also starring in the film are Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder and Jasmine Jobson.

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‘A-ha: The Movie’ to Open Inaugural SIFF DocFest at Egyptian Theater in Seattle

Documentary, SIFF DocFest

A-ha: The Movie directed by Thomas Robsham

A-ha: The Movie, the story of the 1980s Norwegian trio’s hit Take On Me, and its impact on the synth-pop musical landscape by Thomas Robsham will open the SIFF’s first-ever DocFest at the historic SIFF Cinema Egyptian in Seattle, Washington.

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First Trailer for PAKA (River of Blood), ‘Romeo and Juliet–esque Tale Set in Kerala’

Foreign Language Films, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Paka (River of Blood)

Nithin Lukose’s debut feature film as a writer-director in the Malayalam language, PAKA (River of Blood), is having its World Premiere at the 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held from September 9-19, 2021.

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11 Films About/By Women to Compete for Otra Mirada Award at San Sebastian Festival

San Sebastian International Film Festival

107 Mothers (Cenzorka)

Eleven films will compete for the XV RTVE-Otra Mirada Award at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, running from September 17 to 25. The award is given to feature films on subjects close to the world of women; directed, starring or written by women; or also by men whose films show particular sensitivity towards the world of women.

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FRUITS OF LABOR Trailer. Touching SXSW Coming-of-Age Documentary on a Mexican-American Teen

Documentary

Ashley in the strawberry fields. | Credit: Documentary still from FRUITS OF LABOR

Check out the new trailer for Fruits of Labor, Emily Cohen Ibañez’s Mexican-American coming-of-age documentary, set to Broadcast Premiere on October 4th on PBS’s POV. The film follows a Mexican-American teenage farmworker who dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner. Fruits of Labor made its World Premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.

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imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2021 to Showcase Over 145 Indigenous Works. Opens with Danis Goulet’s ‘Night Raiders’

ImagineNative (imagineNATIVE) Film + Media Arts Festival

Waseese (Brooklyn Letexier-Hart) and Niska (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers) in Night Raiders directed by Danis Goulet

The 22nd Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will showcase over 145 works from artists representing 51 Indigenous nations giving voice to over 26 Indigenous languages- at live in-person and virtual events from October 19-24, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario.

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Watch the First Clip for NEPTUNE FROST, Rwandan Sci-fi Punk Musical Film by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

Foreign Language Films, New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)

Neptune Frost directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman

Check out the first clip – teaser trailer for the Rwandan film Neptune Frost, described as “a radical cyber-musical” from Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.

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