The 20th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) will June 3 – 20, 2021 with 40 features and 38 shorts across 6 different short programs. The festival opens with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul and close with Jasmine Stodel’s Kid Candidate.
Kiss released the trailer for their new documentary Biography: KISStory premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival followed by A&E on June 27.
The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) has added new films including Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain by past NFF honoree Morgan Neville to the upcoming 26th annual edition, taking place June 17-28.
RiverRun International Film Festival announced the Jury Awards for the 2021 Festival with Best Film going to Fires in the Dark directed by Dominique Lienhard and Best Documentary Feature going to Sapelo directed by Nick Brandestini. In addition to Best Film, Fires in the Dark also won Best Director along with Best Screenplay for Dominique Lienhard and Best Cinematography for Philippe Kress.
Filmmaker Kristine Stolakis’ debut feature, the documentary Pray Away, which examines the enduring harm of conversion therapy and the “pray the gay away” movement, will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Here is the official trailer for Sunflowers, a new documentary film from Exhibition on Screen, directed by David Bickerstaff that takes a revealing look at Vincent van Gogh’s famous paintings. The documentary film opens in theaters across Australia and New Zealand this May.
Two children in contemporary New Bedford, Massachusetts spend an eventful summer in a beach house with their mother and her boyfriend in Sweet Thing, described as director Alexandre Rockwell’s “poetic, uplifting rendering of childhood.”
Narrated by NBA legend and social justice advocate Kareem Abul-Jabbar, the new one-hour documentary “Fight the Power: The Movements That Changed America” will premiere on the History Channel on Saturday, June 19, a date also known as Juneteenth, which commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
The official trailer debuted today for the indie comedy/drama film Scenes From An Empty Church, directed by Onur Tukel and starring Kevin Corrigan, Max Casella, Thomas Jay Ryan and Paul Reiser. MPI Media Group will release the films in theaters on July 2nd.
Directed by Nneka Onuorah and Giselle Bailey, the documentary The Legend of the Underground premiering at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and debuting Tuesday, June 29 on HBO, is a searing and timely look at the struggle against rampant discrimination in Nigeria today.
Director Steven Soderbergh’s highly anticipated crime drama No Sudden Move will world premiere as the Centerpiece Gala selection for the Tribeca Festival’s 20th anniversary. The outdoor premiere of the film will take place at The Battery in New York City on Friday, June 18 as part of Tribeca’s 12-day celebration to re-open New York and bring live entertainment back.
Vertical Entertainment will release writer/director Eytan Rockaway’s gangster biopic Lansky partially based on actual conversations that took place between Eytan’s father, history professor Robert Rockaway and gangster Meyer Lansky before his death.