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Calgary International Film Festival 2020 Announces Lineup of 175+ Films – In Cinema and Online

Calgary International Film Festival

Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau

With over 175 films and 40+ countries represented, Calgary International Film Festival announced the 2020 lineup of much of the year’s most groundbreaking and must-see movies. The hybrid festival rolls out with 90+ in-cinema feature films and shorts package screenings and 160+ films that you can watch online. This will be first time the festival will be accessible by audiences outside Calgary – with streaming available across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba from September 24 to October 4, 2020.

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Faith Based Film MY BROTHERS’ CROSSING Released In Theaters

Faith Film, Independent Film

My Brothers’ Crossing

“My Brothers’ Crossing” is a spiritually uplifting film that depicts a true story about a black pastor that unintentionally has a head on collision with his car into a motorcycle killing a white couple shortly after the Missouri riots in August 2014. The movie will play in select Regal and AMC theaters throughout the US starting Thursday September 3^rd.

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RIP: Jiri Menzel, Oscar-Winning Czech Director of “Closely Watched Trains” Dies at 82

People

Jiri Menzel

Czech director Jiri Menzel, winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 1967 for “Closely Watched Trains”, died on Saturday, September 5, his wife, Olga Menzelova, announced on her Facebook page. He was 82.

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Fernando Trueba’s FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE Will Close 68th San Sebastian Festival

San Sebastian International Film Festival

Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos), directed by Fernando Trueba

The international premiere of the Colombian film Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos), directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Javier Cámara, will close, out of competition, the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition. The film, an adaptation of Héctor Abad Faciolince’s homonymous novel, is part of the Official Selection of Cannes 2020, cancelled due to the pandemic.

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Uma Thurman Narrates THE AGE OF NATURE, PBS Nature and Wildlife DocuSeries

Documentary

The Age of Nature

The Age of Nature, a three-part documentary series, explores how an increased awareness of the natural world is leading to a new chapter in the story of both humanity and the planet. With stunning photography, the series focuses on the resiliency of Earth’s ecosystems through stories of success, as scientists, citizens and governments act to fix past mistakes and restore the environment. With the current pandemic exposing the fragility and vulnerability of humankind, the balance of nature and our relationship with it is more important than ever. Narrated by Uma Thurman, The Age of Nature premieres Wednesdays, October 14-28, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET..

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Watch Trailer for ALIEN ADDICTION, Shae Sterling’s Award-Winning Sci-fi Comedy

Independent Film

Alien Addiction

Gravitas Ventures debuted the official trailer for the award-winning sci-fi comedy Alien Addiction directed by Shae Sterling.

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SOFTIE, First Kenyan Film to Premiere at Sundance, Sets September Release Date

Documentary

Softie directed by Sam Soko

Written and directed and by Kenyan filmmaker Sam Soko, Softie is the first film from Kenya to ever premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary film which won the Special Jury Award for Editing at the festival will be released in virtual cinemas nationwide starting September 18th.

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Story of Broadway’s First African-American Leading Man in THE BLACK EMPEROR OF BROADWAY, Releases in Fall

Independent Film

The Black Emperor of Broadway

Directed by Arthur Egeli (Murder on the Cape), The Black Emperor of Broadway is the story of the first African-American leading man on Broadway, Charles Gilpin. Gilpin was cast by playwright, Eugene O’Neill to be the lead in his play “The Emperor Jones” in 1920, a time when “blackface” was the norm on stage. O’Neill and Gilpin clashed numerous times over the cultural representation of Gilpin’s Emperor Jones, and while O’Neill’s name became celebrated, Gilpin’s was tragically lost to history.

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ARMY OF LOVERS IN THE HOLY LAND, Doc on Swedish Queer Disco-pop Band, to Premiere in NYC

Documentary, LGBTQ

ARMY OF LOVERS IN THE HOLY LAND

Army of Lovers in the Holy Land, is Asaf Galay’s new award-winning documentary about the Jewish roots of the Swedish queer disco-pop band Army of Lovers and its charismatic singer Jean-Pierre Barda’s extraordinary journey to make aliyah – examining the notions of home, identity and family along the way.

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JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, Documentary on Late Civil Rights Icon to Air on CNN

Documentary

President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Congressman John Lewis in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House February 15, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

John Lewis: Good Trouble, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter (Trapped, Gideon’s Army), will premiere for television Sunday, Sept. 27 at 9:00pm Eastern and Pacific on CNN. The documentary, an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, explores the extraordinary life of the legendary civil rights activist and legislator, the now-late Rep. John R. Lewis.

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Watch First Trailer for MANDIBLES, Quentin Dupieux’s Comedy Flick Starring Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais

Foreign Language Films, Venice International Film Festival

Mandibles (Mandibules)

Ahead of its world premiere out of competition at Venice Film Festival on Saturday, September 5, the first trailer debuted for Quentin Dupieux’s (Deerskin) comedy Mandibles (Mandibules).

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2020 Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival Announces Lineup. Opens with DONUT Documentary

Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival

THE DONUT KING

This year’s 15th edition of Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival will run September 8-13th, 2020. Due to COVID, the festival will be a hybrid affair, with socially distanced seating (of 25 or less) at the Film Center’s screenings, virtual interviews, and all festival films available online for viewing.

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