
The Philippines selected the war drama Mindanao directed by Brillante Mendoza as the country’s representative in the International Film Feature category of the 93rd Academy Awards.

The Philippines selected the war drama Mindanao directed by Brillante Mendoza as the country’s representative in the International Film Feature category of the 93rd Academy Awards.

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced the winners of the competition programs during the IDFA 2020 Awards Ceremony. Radiograph of a Family by Firouzeh Khosrovani won the IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, along with the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award for best creative use of archive.

Whistler Film Festival (WFF) will shine a spotlight on Colm Feore, Kelly McCormack, Gabriel Byrne, Rémy Girard and Tzi Ma with films in the festival through its popular signature series of talent talks that recognize distinguished artists and rising stars of our time with an intimate interview and award.

IFC Films will release No Man’s Land, the dynamic modern-day Western is set in the Rio Grande Valley along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. No Man’s Land opens in select theaters, on digital platforms and VOD on January 22nd.

Disney Plus released the official trailer for the new Taylor Swift documentary “folklore: the long pond studio” sessions. The documentary which is also directed by Taylor Swift, premieres exclusively on Disney+ on November 25.

Directed by Dan Vernon, The Changin’ Times of Ike White, the new revelatory documentary on jailed musical genius Ike White, protégé of Stevie Wonder and Jerry Goldstein, will open nationwide in Virtual Cinema on December 4.

Universal Pictures released the trailer for the indie drama Our Friend directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck. Our Friend, (previously titled as “The Friend”) made its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and arrives January 22 in theaters and on demand.

HBO Max released the trailer for the documentary series “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults,” directed by Clay Tweel (“Gleason”), set to premiere on Thursday, December 3.

Crip Camp, MLK/FBI, Time and The Truffle Hunters received multiple nominations including for Best Feature, for the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.

IFC released the trailer for Chad Hartigan’s sweeping sci-fi romance, Little Fish starring Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, and Raúl Castillo. IFC will release the film in theaters and on demand on February 5, 2021.

Samuel Goldwyn Films released the trailer for the romantic comedy Stars Fell on Alabama, set for release on-demand and digital on January 8, 2021.

Italy has selected Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno, as the country’s official entry for the Academy Award in the Best International Film category. From the Oscar-nominated director of Fire at Sea, the observational documentary captures the peoples and places ravaged along the borders between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon.