The 33rd Annual Virginia Film Festival will present a program of more than 50 films, conversations, and special events that will include a series of virtual conversations and a series of Drive-In Movies presented in two safe and socially-distanced settings.
The 29th Philadelphia Film Festival (PFF29) will showcase 90+ of the year’s most highly anticipated, critically acclaimed, and thought provoking feature length and short films.
After this years 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival originally scheduled for July 3 –11, 2020 was canceled due to the coronavirus epidemic, the festival will now instead hold Karlovy Vary IFF 54 ½ from November 18 – 21, 2020. With this non-competition showcase of films, the festival will Czech premiere an exclusive selection of the most distinctive films from Sundance, Berlin, Venice, and Cannes film festivals.
Hulu lands untitled “WeWork” documentary chronicling the meteoric rise and fall of WeWork and the shared workspace company’s founder and former CEO Adam Neumann.
The new trailer debuted for The German Lesson directed by Christian Schwochow which premiered at the 2019 Zurich Film Festival and set for release on digital platforms on November 6th. Based on the bestselling novel “Deutschestunde” by Siegfried Lenz, the film set in Germany, just after the Second World War, stars Ulrich Noethen, Tobias Moretti, Levi Eisenblatter, Johanna Wokalek, Sonja Richter, Maria Dragus, Tom Gronau, and Louis Hoffman.
The filmmakers behind the docu-thriller The Curve will stream the entire movie ad-free free on YouTube for the entire two weeks leading up to the election.
For the first time in the festival’s history, the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival announced its juried winners on opening weekend, with the top jury prizes going to No Ordinary Man directed by Aisling Chin-Yee and Chase Joynt for Best Canadian Feature and No Hard Feelings directed by Faraz Shariat for Best First Feature.
The upcoming documentary Lennox Lewis: The Untold Story, originally titled Tough Love: The Lennox Lewis Documentary, follows the three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, as he defies all odds on his inspiring journey to become one of the most decorated boxers in history.
AFI today announced the full lineup for this year’s virtual AFI Fest presented by Audi running online October 15-22. The festival features 124 titles – 53% are directed by women, 39% are directed by BIPOC and 17% are directed by LBGTQ+.
Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming documentary Bad Hombres that chronicles the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, the world’s only binational professional baseball team. The documentary will premiere Sunday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime.
Tyler Perry will be honored with “The People’s Champion of 2020” award at the “E! People’s Choice Awards.” Perry will be recognized for his trailblazing work in entertainment, unwavering commitment to support multiple charitable organizations, and inspiring empathy and progress for humankind.
Apple TV+ has greenlit “The Supermodels,” a new docuseries that will feature exclusive access to and interviews with Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington, who will revisit their iconic modeling careers and collective disruption of the ‘90s fashion scene.