Greenwich Entertainment will release Israeli filmmaker Maya Sarfaty’s haunting documentary Love It Was Not in movie theaters starting Friday, November 12. The films looks at the impossible and tragic love story between Helena Citron, a young Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz, and the Austrian SS officer Franz Wunsch.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for the coming-of-age dramedy film This Is The Year, executive produced by Selena Gomez. The film, the directorial debut of David Henrie, takes a contemporary spin on classic 1980s movies, the beloved genre of that era’s youth.
Jockey starring Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Logan Cormier, and Colleen Hartnett will open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on December 29, then expand throughout the country over the following weeks via Sony Pictures Classics.
Quiver released the trailer for post-apocalyptic action, thriller film The Survivalist starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich opening in theaters and VOD on October 1.
NYC Epicenters 9/11 – 2021 1/2, a four-part documentary essay on New York City produced and directed by Spike Lee (HBO’s “4 Little Girls”, “When the Levees Broke”) debuts Sunday, August 22 on HBO.
Inferno rosso. Joe D’Amato sulla via dell’eccesso, a documentary by Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin, presented by Nicolas Winding Refn, about filmmaker Aristide Massaccesi known as Joe D’Amato, joins the line-up of Special Screenings at the 78th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia.
Three Special Screenings – two of them are documentaries that focus on the theme of architecture, along with a tribute to Italian photojournalists Pietro Coccia, complete the line-up of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1 – 11, 2021).
IFC Films released the official trailer for The Nowhere Inn, the psychological thriller film starring Annie Clark, Carrie Brownstein and Dakota Johnson which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Bill Benz, the film opens in theaters on September 17th, 2021.
Roadside Attractions released the teaser trailer for the romantic drama film Hard Luck Love Song, featuring Todd Snider’s song “Can’t Complain.” The film is based on Todd Snider’s song “Just Like Old Times” and stars Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, Dermot Mulroney, Eric Roberts, Brian Sacca, Melora Walters along with RZA.
Christina Zorich and her late mother, the Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, will receive the Mother/Daughter Women of Excellence Award for their documentary The New Abolitionists at the Richmond International Film Festival.
Toronto International Film Festival announced new additions to the 2021 Official Selection as well as details of its five-day Industry Conference, taking place September 9–13, 2021. Added to the lineup are The Forgiven directed by John Michael McDonagh and the Julia Child documentary titled Julia from Julie Cohen and Betsy West.
All My Puny Sorrows, the latest film by Michael McGowan (Score: A Hockey Musical) will open the 22nd Calgary International Film Festival, taking place from September 23 to October 3, 2021.