The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle today announced the winners of the 2020 awards, with Minari named Best Picture along with receiving Best Supporting Actress honors for Yuh-Jung Youn. Nomadland received multiple honors including Best Actress for Frances McDormand along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao.
The Lady and the Dale, a four-part documentary series from Emmy®-winning producers Mark and Jay Duplass (HBO’s “Room 104”) and directed by Nick Cammilleri and Zackary Drucker, traces the audacious story of Elizabeth Carmichael, a larger-than-life entrepreneur who rose to prominence during the 1970s oil crisis with her promotion of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car known as The Dale. At a time when three big American automobile manufacturers ruled the road, Liz launched a futurist vehicle that promised to get 70 miles to the gallon.
The music documentary Yung Lean: In My Head directed by Henrik Burman on Swedish hip hop artist Yung Lean (Jonatan Leandoer Håstad) opens on digital platforms and VOD on January 18th, 2021.
A week before the release on VOD on January 12, 2021, the thriller, ‘Go/Don’t Go’ written and directed by first time filmmaker, Alex Knapp released a brand new trailer. The thriller stars Alex Knapp, Olivia Luccardi, Nore Davis, Bettina Skye, Tom Essig, and Zoey Wagner.
The new documentary 9th Circuit Cowboy – The Long, Good Fight of Judge Harry Pregerson, directed by Terry Sanders, a two-time Academy Award®-winning director, writer, producer (1995 Best Feature Documentary, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, produced with Freida Lee Mock) and as producer and cinematographer for the 1955 Best Short Subject, A Time Out of War, will be released on Vimeo on Demand and Amazon on Tuesday, January 26, 2021.
Bleecker Street release the new trailer for Supernova directed by Harry Macqueen, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a gay couple embarking on a road trip as dementia starts to take hold of one of them. Supernova opens in theaters January 29th, 2021 and on digital on February 16th, 2021
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced its 2020 AWFJ EDA winners, with Nomadland winning six awards including Best Film, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Director for Chloé Zhao.
Amazon Studios released a new official trailer for One Night In Miami… directed by Regina King, set for release in select US theaters on January 8th, 2021 and on Prime Video January 15th, 2021.
The Final Girls Berlin Film Festival, Berlin’s premier showcase of horror films directed and produced by women and non-binary filmmakers, returns in the new year for the 6th time and first virtual edition. The fest will run from February 4 – 7, 2021, with a dynamic digital line-up consisting of five features, five short blocks, and non-film events that include talks, a screenwriting workshop, special podcast episode, and more.
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announced the winners of its ninth annual awards for achievements in film. Minari won 4 awards including Best Narrative Film and Nomadland also won 4 awards including Best Director for Chloé Zhao and Best Actress for Frances McDormand. For the third year in a row, the NCFCA voted as Best Narrative Film a film not primarily in English. Parasite won the award in 2019, and Roma won in 2018.
Passion River Films will release the powerful new documentary Narratives of Modern Genocide on Tuesday January 12, 2021. Directed by Paul Allen Hunton, the compelling documentary challenges the audience to experience first-person accounts of survivors of genocide.
Described as “Summer camp meets Spinal Tap,” the new documentary Rock Camp, The Movie from filmmaker Douglas Blush whose editing and producing credits include three Oscar-winning films – 20 Feet from Stardom, Period. End of Sentence. and Icarus opens in theaters/virtual cinemas starting January 15, 2021.