HBO Max has ordered a two-part documentary about late actor Brittany Murphy to be directed by Emmy(R)-nominated Cynthia Hill (“Private Violence”), exploring the life and career and mysterious circumstances surrounding the tragic death of 90’s actress and rising star.
Florida Film Festival announced the program lineup of 164 films for the 30th Annual Festival, April 9-22, 2021, taking place online and in Maitland and Winter Park, Florida.The festival kicks off with the World Premiere of Because of Charley directed by Jon Binkowski, USA. Spotlight films include Mandibles directed by Quentin Dupieux, Mogul Mowgli directed by Bassam Tariq, Squish directed by Xavier Seron, Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street directed by Marilyn Agrelo and Together Together directed by Nikole Beckwit.
Check out the trailer for the award-winning documentary After the Murder of Albert Lima, directed by Aengus James (American Harmony, Scandalous) premiering exclusively on Crackle in the U.S. on Thursday, March 18.
Roadside Attractions released the trailer for the romantic drama Finding You directed by Brian Baugh, opening in theaters on May 14th, 2021.
Check out the official trailer for the horror film Jakob’s Wife directed by Travis Stevens world premiering at SXSW Film Festival 2021. The film starring horror legend Barbara Crampton, along with Larry Fessenden, Nyisha Bell, Mark Kelly, Sarah Lind, Robert Rusler, Bonnie Aarons, and Phil Brooks (aka CM Punk) opens in theaters, on demand and digital on April 16, 2021.
HBO released the trailer for the documentary The Last Cruise, debuting on Tuesday, March 30 (9:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT) following the world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in the Documentary Shorts Competition category.
The 2021 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival announced this year’s filmmaker award winners with Xuan Liu’s Bloom winning Best Narrative Feature; and Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss’ Missing in Brooks County along with Paul Michael Angeli’s Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story tie for Best Documentary Feature.
The 5th annual MidWest WeirdFest wrapped last week and announced the winning films. The stunning socio-political allegory Externo, from brothers Jonathon and Leandro Taub, captured the fest’s “Best Film” award.
Hulu released the new trailer for the documentary WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn directed by Jed Rothstein and premiering at SXSW. The documentary will debut on Hulu in the Spring.
Film Independent named Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker Shaka King as its Honorary Chair for the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. In his capacity as Honorary Chair, King helped announce the winners of three unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grants given to emerging filmmakers: the Someone to Watch Award, the Producers Award and the Truer Than Fiction Award.
Hulu released the official trailer for Sasquatch, the documentary series from Duplass Brothers Productions and director Joshua Rofé on a wild investigation into rumors of a bizarre twenty-five year old triple homicide said to be the work of a mythical creature.
“The Present”, nominated for the 93rd Academy Awards for “Best Live-action short film” category, will be streaming exclusively on Netflix on March 18th. The film is directed by the Palestinian- British director Farah Nabulsi, marking her directional debut and starring renowned actor Saleh Bakri.