Actor Delroy Lindo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 36th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his many attributes to the art of film over the years, and most recently, his work in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods from Netflix.
“Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time … ” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
Neon released the trailer for Philippe Lacôte’s sophomore feature, Night of the Kings, the Ivory Coast submission for this year’s Academy Awards, set to debut in the U.S. at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Son of Monarchs directed by Alexis Gambis has been awarded the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival along with the $20,000 cash award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Prize is selected by a jury of film and science professionals and presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character, and will be recognized at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival closing Awards Night.
The documentary Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and executive produced by Riz Ahmed along with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, which made its debut on opening night of Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary Competition was acquired by Neon for release in the U.S.
Ahead of its online World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, the first trailer debuted for Debbie Lum’s Try Harder!. The documentary follows seniors at Lowell High School in San Francisco as the pressure intensifies to impress admissions officers at elite universities with their report cards, test scores, and overall awesomeness.
Focus Features released a new video clip from Land, actress Robin Wright’s directorial debut, world premiering at Sundance Film Festival. Following the Sundance premiere, Land which also stars Robin Wright, along with Demián Bichir, and Kim Dickens, opens in theaters on February 12, 2021.
Variety will honor director Steve McQueen with its annual Creative Impact in Directing Award for his work on Amazon Studios’ collection of films Small Axe. McQueen directed all five films in the anthology that includes Mangrove, Lovers Rock, and Red, White and Blue.
The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that The Trial of the Chicago 7 is the recipient of the Vanguard Award, which is presented to the cast and director Aaron Sorkin. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project.
Cannes Festival announced that the 74th edition of the festival originally scheduled to take place in May will now tentatively take place in July.
Gravitas Ventures released the trailer for the powerful indie drama Donna: Stronger Than Pretty directed by Jaret Martino and starring Shameless star Kate Amundsen. Stronger Than Pretty premieres on streaming platforms on February 23.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 93rd Academy Awards®.