From September 21-26, 2021, the 42nd Aspen Filmfest will showcase top filmmaking from across the globe including films featuring Jessica Chastain, Jake Gyllenhaal, Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy and more.
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Aspen Filmfest 2021 Unveils Lineup of Films Starring Jessica Chastain, Jake Gyllenhaal, Benedict Cumberbatch
The Eyes of Tammy Faye, starring Andrew Garfield and Jessica Chastain
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Paolo Sorrentino Hosts a Master Class + Premieres ‘The Hand of God’ at San Sebastian Festival
Paolo Sorrentino on the set of “The Hand of God” Photo by Gianni Fiorito Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino will give a masterclass and present his latest film The Hand of God at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Festival. The author of The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza ) will talk about his latest film and its connections with the seventh art.
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Oliver Stone to receive Santa Fe Independent Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Oliver Stone Academy Award-Winning writer and director Oliver Stone will receive the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival (SFiFF) Lifetime Achievement Award at the festival’s upcoming 13th edition. The Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony will be followed by a screening of an Oliver Stone film.
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Paul Schrader to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival
Paul Schrader © Franck Ferville Each year, the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) presents honorary awards to celebrated filmmaker, director and screenwriter Paul Schrader will receive this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his life’s work. Paul Schrader will accept the award in person on Friday, October 1 before presenting his new film The Card Counter, which he wrote and directed; and give insights into his career at a ZFF Masters.
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FERGUSON RISES, Tribeca Award Wining Documentary Opens in Theaters on September 17
Ferguson Rises directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival audience award winner Ferguson Rises goes deep into the aftermath and protests following the killing of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown Jr. by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The documentary produced by David Oyelewo and Jessica Oyelowo, opens September 17th at the Laemmle Monica Film Center.
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FIRE MUSIC Trailer. Documentary Tribute to the Free Jazz Movement, Opens in Theaters on September 10
Sun Ra 1968. Fire Music directed by Tom Surgal (Photo ©Baron Wolman) Ahead of the release in theaters starting September 10, the official trailer dropped for Fire Music, filmmaker Tom Surgal’s documentary tribute to the Free Jazz Movement.
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Watch the Trailer for THREE MINUTES — A LENGTHENING. Bianca Stigter’s Documentary on a Lost Jewish Community Captured on Film
Townspeople of the predominantly Jewish village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938 as seen in Bianca Stigter’s Three Minutes – A Lengthening. Image courtesy of Family Affair Films, © US Holocaust Memorial Museum Bianca Stigter’s ” Three Minutes – A Lengthening” narrated by Helena Bonham Carter is described as a haunting documentary essay that expands upon film’s place in history. Co-produced by Steve McQueen, the documentary world premieres at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 4 and will receive its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in mid-September.
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New York Film Festival Partners with Local Arthouse Theaters – Anthology Film Archives, BAM, Maysles
Anthology Film Archive The 59th New York Film Festival taking place September 24 – October 1, 2021 is partnering with local New York City arthouse theaters to bring NYFF59 films to new audiences.
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‘The Legacy of elBulli’ Documentary to Open Culinary Zinema Section of San Sebastian Film Festival
The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli) The world premiere of The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli), a film about the restaurant run by Ferran Adrià, will open the Culinary Zinema section of the 69th San Sebastian International Film Festival. The section will close with Délicieux / Delicious, a period fiction situated amidst kitchen stoves. The food themed films showcased in the Culinary Zinema section will be accompanied by themed dinners.
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Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Trailer. Irish Coming-of-age Drama Opens in Theaters in November
(L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as “Pa”, Judi Dench as “Granny”, Jude Hill as “Buddy”, and Lewis McAskie as “Will” in director Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features Check out the official trailer for Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s Irish coming-of-age drama making its world premiere this weekend at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. Belfast is described as “the humorous, tender and intensely personal story of one boy’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s.”
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THE RESCUE Trailer. Documentary on 2018 Thailand Cave Rescue Opens in Theaters in October
The Rescue (National Geographic) Following the world premiere at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival this weekend, National Geographic Documentary Films and Greenwich Entertainment will release The Rescue, the latest film from award-winning directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin exclusively in theaters on October 8, 2021.
