GuadaLAjara Film Festival in Los Angeles set to run December 17-19, 2020, announced a 100% virtual 2020 program. Celebrating ten years since its premiere in Los Angeles, the festival, formerly known as FICG in LA also revealed its new name – GuadaLAjara Film Festival – as homage to the two cities in which it was founded.
Magnolia Pictures released the trailer for “Two Of Us” directed by Filippo Meneghetti and starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier. The film recently selected as France’s Official Submission for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards will open in theaters and on demand February 5th, 2021
Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story, a documentary from HBO Sports and Major League Baseball, debuts Tuesday, December 22 at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT on HBO.
Vision Films will release the poignant and timely film The Illegal in theaters on December 4, followed by VOD and DVD on January 12, 2021. The award-winning film about the struggles of immigration was written, produced, and directed by Danish Renzu.
Slamdance Film Festival announced the full lineup of 25 features along with 107 shorts and episodics for the 27th edition of the festival, a number that equals previous editions of the festival. This includes a new program titled Unstoppable, a showcase for creators with disabilities. Running February 12-25, 2021, this will also be Slamdance’s most accessible festival ever, with all films, Q&A’s and panels available on Slamdance.com, AppleTV, Roku, Firestick, and YouTube. In addition to a vibrant virtual experience, there will be a two-night drive-in presentation in Joshua Tree open to the public on February 13th and 14th as well as the closing night screening at a Los Angeles drive-in on February 25.
Waikiki directed by Christoper Kahunahana won the top prize for Best Feature Film along with a Special Mention (Cinematography) at the 40th Hawai’i International Film Festival. In the film described by the festival as a “cinematic allegory of love and loss,” a hula dancer fights for survival and her sanity in the shadows of Waikiki for an unflinching glimpse into paradise where there remains hope through human connection and re-connection to ʻaina (nature).
The science-fiction drama “Minor Premise” from New York filmmaker Eric Schultz starring Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, and Dana Ashbrook, opens in theaters, virtual cinemas, and Digital & On-Demand this Friday, December 4th, 2020
Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer for Alex Wheatle, the fourth film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series.
ESPN released the trailer for the “The Infinite Race,” the next installment in the Peabody and Emmy award-winning 30 for 30 series, on December 15. Directed by Bernardo Ruiz (“Harvest Season,” “Reportero”), the documentary explores the story of the Tarahumara, an indigenous community in Mexico, famed for their legendary running ability, and their preference for running barefoot, who inspired an ultrarunning craze across the world, and what’s happened as their homes and communities were ravaged by drug cartels and violence. “The Infinite Race” will premiere on December 15 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
The new teaser trailer debuted today for “Keeper of Time”, a feature-length documentary produced and directed by Michael Culyba, which will be released late Winter 2021. Before the film began production in 2018, Culyba ran a very successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, which raised over $115,000 in 35 days.
The independent post-modern science fiction feature film “The Control” written and directed by Michael Stasko and Eric Schiller, stars Mike Stasko (‘Mike’), Eric Schiller (‘Eric’) and Sharon Belle (‘Sophie’). The film is now available to rent and own on DVD and North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media.
Iceland has selected the mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (Hæ, hó Agnes Joy) directed by Silja Hauksdóttir as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.