Anchorage directed by Scott Monahan is the winner of the Grand Prize at the 2021 Stony Brook Film Festival, held at the Staller Center for the Arts. In the film, two brothers attempt to drive a trunk full of opioids from Florida to Alaska to cash-in big in the Land of Gold, but their plans don’t go as expected.
Donnie Yen’s latest action feature Raging Fire will have its Canadian Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival.
Super LTD has acquired Andrew Gaynord’s (Netflix’s “The Characters”) feature directorial debut All My Friends Hate Me which made its World Premiere in the International Narrative Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman’s (La Americana), the SWSW award-winning documentary Not Going Quietly, debuted the official trailer ahead of the release in theaters on August 12.
The award-winning Puerto Rican drama Angélica by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad will get a virtual release in major markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on August 20 via ArtMattan Films. The virtual release will be followed by a digital and home-video release.
Fourteen Spanish films have been selected for San Sebastian Festival’s 69th edition with four of them competing for the Golden Shell: Maixabel, by Iciar Bollaín; El buen patrón / The Good Boss by Fernando León de Aranoa; La abuela by Paco Plaza and Quién lo impide, by Jonás Trueba.
Filmmaker Theodore Schaefer released the first clip from the surreal road trip drama film Giving Birth to a Butterfly, ahead of the world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival.
Greenwich Entertainment will release the NEEDTOBREATHE documentary “Into The Mystery” directed by Chris Phelps this fall, following the band’s massive 38 city tour across the United States.
The 2021 Bentonville Film Festival running August 2-8, announced the all-star lineup for Geena & Friends along with selections for the Spotlights, Special Events, and Panels programs.
Vertical released the official trailer for the Australian set family drama film Buckley’s Chance, starring Bill Nighy, Victoria Hill, Milan Burch, and Kelton Pell. Directed by Tim J. Brown, the film opens in select theaters and on demand on August 13, 2021.
Venice International Film Festival announced the lineup of Virtual Reality works selected for the upcoming 78th edition, in the section titled Venice VR Expanded. Following the success of the 2020 edition, the Venice VR Expanded section will again be held online from September 1 – 19, 2021.
Directed by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen, The Alpinist, the documentary on Canadian solo rock climber Marc-André Leclerc opens in U.S. theaters on September 10th, 2021, with a one-night-only Fathom events premiere on September 7.