Panah Panahi’s thrilling debut Hit the Road described as “by turns tender, quirky, even laugh-out-loud funny” won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival 2021.
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Iranian Film ‘Hit the Road’ Wins Best Film at BFI London Film Festival 2021
Hit the Road directed by Panah Panahi
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‘The Scary of Sixty-First’ Trailer. Dasha Nekrasova’s Berlin Fest Winning Thriller Set in Jeffrey Epstein’s Old NYC Apartment
The Scary of Sixty-First by Dasha Nekrasova Actor and podcast host Dasha Nekrasova makes her feature directorial debut with The Scary of Sixty-First, the thriller film starring Betsey Brown, Quinn, Nekrasova and Mark Rapaport. Winner of Best First Feature Award at 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, the film follows two women who move into a New York apartment once owned by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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‘I Was A Simple Man’ Trailer – Hawaiian Ghost Story Drama Stars Constance Wu, Steve Iwamoto
I Was A Simple Man directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi Here is the official trailer for I Was A Simple Man, the Hawaiian ghost story drama starring Constance Wu and Steve Iwamoto which premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Hawaiian filmmaker Christopher Makoto Yogi, the film stars a cast of Asian American and Native Hawaiian actors including Steve Iwamoto, Tim Chiou, Kanoa Goo, Chanel Akiko Hirai, Hau’oli Carr, and Nelson Lee.
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SO LATE SO SOON Trailer. Intimate Documentary Portrait of Artists Jackie and Don Seiden, Married for Five Decades
Artists Jackie and Don Seiden in So Late So Soon Oscilloscope Labs debuted the official trailer for the documentary, So Late So Soon, “An intimate portrait of the energetic and beautifully eccentric Chicago-based artists Jackie and Don Seiden, married for five decades.” Directed by Daniel Hymanson, the documentary was an official selection of multiple festivals including True/False Documentary Film Festival, DOC NYC, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Calgary Underground Film Festival. Oscilloscope Labs will release the documentary in theaters in November 2021.
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THE BETA TEST Trailer. Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe Direct and Star in Horror-Thriller
PJ McCabe as ‘PJ,’ Jacqueline Doke as ‘Jaclyn,’ and Jim Cummings as “Jordan’ in Jim Cummings’ and PJ McCabe’s THE BETA TEST. Courtesy of IFC Films. An IFC Films Release. IFC Films dropped the official trailer for The Beta Test, the horror-thriller film directed by and starring Jim Cummings and PJ McCabe along with Virginia Newcomb, Kevin Changaris, Olivia Grace Applegate, Jessie Barr, Malin Barr, and Christian Hillborg. In the film, a married Hollywood agent receives a mysterious letter for an anonymous sexual encounter and becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity.
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LOVE IT WAS NOT Trailer. Maya Sarfaty’s Haunting Documentary on Tragic Love Story Between a Prisoner and a Nazi
Love It Was Not directed by Maya Sarfaty The official trailer is here for Israeli filmmaker Maya Sarfaty’s haunting documentary Love It Was Not opening in movie theaters starting Friday, November 5 including at Quad Cinema in New York City, Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles, and Laemmle Town Center 5 in Encino.
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Sean Baker, Kodi Smit-McPhee And Clint Bentley Honored at Key West Film Festival
Sean Baker, Kodi Smit-McPhee And Clint Bentley [Clint Bentley Headshot (Credit: Sony Pictures Classics); Sean Baker Headshot (Credit: Daniel Bergeron); Kodi Smit-McPhee (Credit: Key West Film Festival)] Key West Film Festival announced the recipient of its annual Golden Key Awards, including two new awards honoring Emerging Talent and Breakthrough Florida director.
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG Critically Acclaimed Documentary
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song After earning critical praise following the premieres at Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, Sony Pictures Classics will release Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song. The film will receive a North American theatrical release in 2022.
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DEAR RIDER Documentary on Snowboarding Pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter Debuts on HBO
Dear Rider by director Fernando Villena Dear Rider, a feature documentary from Red Bull Media House and Emmy®-winning director Fernando Villena, is a celebration of the life and vision of Jake Burton Carpenter (1954-2019), the pioneer who propelled the sport of snowboarding into a global and cultural phenomenon. The film debuts Tuesday, November 9 (9:00 – 10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
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Scott Barber’s THIS IS GWAR Takes Top Audience Awards Honors at NIGHTSTREAM 2021
This Is GWAR directed by Scott Barber Scott Barber’s This Is GWAR documentary took top Audience Award honors for features at NIGHTSTREAM 2021, which ran from October 7-13th virtually all across the U.S.
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Through Her Lens : The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program Announces 2021 Winners
Through Her Lens Winners Shuchi Talati and Maya Tanaka (C) attend Through Her Lens: The Tribeca CHANEL Women’s Filmmaker Program Cocktail Celebration at Soho House on October 14, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage ) Tribeca and CHANEL concluded the seventh annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, and Maya Tanaka and Schuchi Talati are the winning recipients of this year’s grand prize for their film Honolulu. Honolulu tells the story of Yuki, a 12-year-old with a vivid fantasy life, who complicates her already morose beach vacation with her father and grandmother.
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‘Americanish’ and ‘All These Sons’ Win Top Jury Awards at 30th Heartland Film Festival
Americanish directed by Iman Zawahry “Americanish” from director Iman Zawahry snagged the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize and “All These Sons” from Academy Award® nominee Bing Liu (“Minding the Gap” 2018) and Joshua Altman was awarded the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 30th Heartland International Film Festival.