My Name Is Pauli Murray directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG) was voted the Audience Award winner of the 42nd annual Aspen Filmfest. The film made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be released digitally on the Amazon platform October 1, 2021.
Focus Features released the official trailer for Wolf, thriller film starring George MacKay as a man who believes he is a Wolf trapped in a human body. The film also starring Lily-Rose Depp, Paddy Considine, Eileen Walsh, Fionn O’Shea and Lola Petticrew had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.
Aneil Karia’s The Long Goodbye starring Riz Ahmed won the Grand Prix at the Academy Awards®-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival’s 17th edition. Best Live Action went to Little Bear from director Nicolas Birkenstock and the prize for Best Animation short went to I Am A Pebble from Berteraut Mélanie, Bresson Yasmine, Coulombier Léo, Grondin Nicolas, le Chapelain Maxime, and Massé Louise. The three films now qualify to compete at the 2020 Oscar®.
The prizes of the 17th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) were presented during the Award Night with the Golden Eye prizes going to The Fam (La Mif) by Fred Baillif in Focus Competition, A Chiara by Jonas Carpignano won the Golden Eye for Best Feature Film, and Life Of Ivanna by Renato Borrayo Serrano won the Golden Eye for Best Documentary Film. The ZFF Children’s Jury presented the Little Golden Eye to The Wolf and the Lion (Le loup et le lion).
Here is the official trailer for What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, the Georgian romance drama having its North American premiere this weekend at the 59th New York Film Festival. The film, directed by Alexandre Koberidze, received its World Premiere at the 2021 Berlinale, where it won the FIPRESCI prize. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? opens theatrically in NY on November 12 at Film at Lincoln Center and Metrograph, and will expand nationwide.
Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for the Romanian drama Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, winner of the Golden Bear – 2021 Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Radu Jude and starring Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Malai, along with Nicodim Ungureanu, the film opens in theaters on November 19th, 2021.
The 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival returns in-person and virtually from October 23–30, 2021 with 157 films, including 45 narrative feature films, 15 documentary feature films and 97 shorts – with 63 of these films directed by women.
Virginia Film Festival is back in-person in its 34th year with a vibrant and diverse program of more than 85 films, including 60 features, and an outstanding lineup of special guests and discussions. The 2021 VAFF will feature theatrical presentations as well as reprise last year’s popular drive-in series at the picturesque Morven Farm in eastern Albemarle County.
The 63rd Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) will open with the German premiere of the Icelandic action-comedy Cop Secret (Leynilögga, Iceland, 2021) about a cop in denial of his sexuality, who falls in love with his new partner, while investigating a string of bank break-in.
Showtime released the official trailer for the upcoming documentary Passion Play: Russell Westbrook, an intensely personal examination of one of the most dynamic and complex figures in professional sports. The documentary premieres on Friday, October 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
The 13th edition of Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) will present a slate of 19 films both online and in-person throughout the 2021/22 season, with Festivals and screenings in New York, Toronto, Vancouver, DC, Cairo, and online.
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