The new trailer for The 8th was released to coincide with International Women’s Day. Directed by Aideen Kane, Lucy Kennedy and Maeve O’Boyle’s The 8th is the first independently made documentary about the triumphant referendum campaign led by a group of women including Ailbhe Smyth and Andrea Horan to repeal the Eighth Amendment and change Ireland’s abortion laws after a 35-year long struggle.
The Balkan war drama Quo Vadis, Aida?, directed by Jasmila Žbanić, representing Bosnia and Herzegovina’s official submission shortlisted for this year’s Academy Awards earned the top prize, the $25,000 Knight MARIMBAS Award at the 2021 Miami Film Festival.
Horton Foote: The Road To Home, a documentary from director Anne Rapp, will have an in-person screening at the Oxford Film Festival on Sunday, March 28th at 5.30 PM.
The French comedy film Bye Bye Morons (Adieu Les Cons) dominated the 46th César Awards, wining Best Film along with Best Director for Albert Dupontel, Best Supporting Actor for Nicolas Mairé, Best Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design.
Rodrigo Garcia’s drama film “Four Good Days,” which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival will be released by Vertical Entertainment on April 30th in theaters, and on demand on May 21st. The mother-daughter drama stars 7-time Academy Award Nominee Glenn Close (The Wife, Fatal Attraction) and Mila Kunis (Black Swan, That 70s Show).
Samuel Goldwyn Films released the trailer for The Marijuana Conspiracy from director Craig Pryce set for release on demand and digital on April 20, 2021.
Nomadland took the top honors of 2020 at the Georgia Film Critics Association 2020 awards, winning Best Picture along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao; and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired the documentary The Lost Leonardo, directed by Andreas Koefoed.
IFC Films released the official trailer for Monday, the romance drama film directed by Argyris Papadimitroulos and starring Sebastian Stan along with Denise Gough. Monday opens in select theaters, on digital platforms and VOD on April 16th, 2021.
The 45th Cleveland International Film Festival announced its feature film juried competitions. Twenty-six films in three categories compete for $30,000 in cash prizes.
HBO is in production on a two-part documentary about the life of Pee-wee Herman’s Paul Reubens, directed by Matt Wolf (“Spaceship Earth”) and produced by Emma Tillinger Koskoff (“The Irishman,” “Joker”), Sebastian Bear-McClard (“Uncut Gems, “Good Time”), and Josh and Benny Safdie (“Uncut Gems, “Good Time”).
An Afro-Cuban couple, desperately searching for a way out of Cuba, meet a lonely Iranian-Canadian woman searching for adventure in paradise, and their entire plan derails when real emotions get involved. Sin La Habana is a story about the lengths people will go to follow their dreams.