The 24th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will take place June 2–6, 2021, two months later than the previously announced April dates. Organizers cite the pandemic’s impact on industry calendars, audiences, and the documentary filmmaking community for the date change.
The Argentine Film The Weasels’ Tale (El cuento de las comadrejas) from Juan José Campanella, the director of the Oscar Award-winning The Secret in Their Eyes opens in theaters and virtual cinemas in the U.S. on Friday, December 11 via Outside Pictures and Strand Releasing. The comedic thriller starring a cast of acclaimed, seasoned Argentine actors including Graciela Borges (La Ciénaga) and Óscar Martínez (Wild Tales), won the Audience Award at the AFI Latin American and Chicago Latino Film Festivals.
Paramount dropped the official trailer for the inspirational documentary Guitar Man, directed by Philippe Klose and Kevin Shirley, on the story of legendary bluesman Joe Bonamassa. The documentary arrives on Video-On-Demand and Digital on December 8, 2020.
The 2020 RIFF, Rome Independent Film Festival goes online with more than 85 films, including feature films, documentaries, animated and experimental videos. The XIX edition of RIFF AWARDS 2020 will take place also online, on the scheduled dates, from November 26th to December 4th.
Thomas Vinterberg drama ‘Another Round’, starring Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, about four weary high school teachers experimenting with the liberating effects of alcohol, has been selected as Denmark’s submission in the International Feature Film category for the 2021 Academy Awards.
Amazon revealed the official trailer for One Night In Miami directed by Regina King and based on the stage play “One Night In Miami…” by Kemp Powers. The film starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson with Beau Bridges and Lance Reddick, opens in select theaters December 25th, 2020 and on Prime Video January 15th, 2021.
The new trailer debuted today for the documentary Alabama Snake directed by Theo Love on the chilling tale of an Appalachian preacher’s plot to murder his wife. The documentary film debuts Wednesday, December 9 (9:00-10:25p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute’s annual documentary celebration in the nation’s capital, has opened submissions and announced the dates for the 2021 edition of the festival. Now in its 19th year, AFI DOCS will be held June 22-27, 2021.
IFC Films released the trailer for the award winning documentary MLK/FBI directed by Sam Pollard, set for release on January 15, 2021.
Long Shot Factory released the trailer “Through the Night” an intimately observed documentary by first-time feature director Loira Limbal centering on a 24-hour New York childcare center that proves indispensable for night-shift workers and single parents.
Saban Films released the trailer for the indie thriller Don’t Tell A Soul, starring Jack Dylan Grazer, Fionn Whitehead, Mena Suvari and Rainn Wilson. In the film, two teen-aged brothers, stealing money to help their sick mom, match wits with a troubled security guard who’s trapped in a well in this twist-filled, cat-and-mouse thriller written and directed by Alex McAuley.
Netflix released the official trailer for “Pieces of a Woman,” the first English-language film from acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Kornél Mundruczó, starring Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf.