Filmmaker Abel Ferrara, will be in attendance tomorrow, Saturday at San Sebastian Festival to host a ‘surprise film’ screening of his latest Sportin’ Life.
-
Abel Ferrara’s SPORTIN’ LIFE Gets Surprise Screening at San Sebastian Festival
Abel Ferrara’s SPORTIN’ LIFE
-
IFC Films will Release Chad Hartigan’s Sci-Fi Love Story LITTLE FISH Starring Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell in 2021
LITTLE FISH stars Olivia Cooke and Jack O’Connell IFC Films acquired Sundance award-winning director Chad Hartigan’s Little Fish, starring Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One, The Sound of Metal), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Seberg) Raúl Castillo (We the Animals), and Soko. Little Fish was an official selection at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival in the US Narrative Competition, and IFC Films plans to release the film on February 5th, 2021.
-
Miami Film Festival GEMS will Open with Drive-In Premiere of HBO Bee Gees Documentary
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO) The seventh annual edition of Miami Film Festival GEMS, which will be held virtually this year from October 8-11, will open with an East Coast Premiere screening of the HBO documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart at Dezerland Park Drive-in, with a virtual introduction by the film’s director, five-time Academy Award-nominee Frank Marshall (Jurassic World, Back to the Future, Jason Bourne).
-
Watch Trailer for SOUND OF METAL, Award-Winning Film Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke
Sound of Metal by Darius Marder Amazon released the new trailer for the award-winning drama Sound of Metal, coming to select theaters on November 20, and to Prime Video on December 4 in the U.S. Directed by Darius Marder, the film starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Shaheem Sanchez, Chelsea Lee, Jeremy Stone and Mathieu Amalric won the Golden Eye for Best International Feature Film at the 15th Zurich Film Festival.
-
San Diego International Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup – NOMADLAND, BLITHE SPIRIT, FAREWELL AMOR, STARDUST
NOMADLAND The re-imagined 2020 San Diego International Film Festival (October 15-18) will open with the third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND. Other spotlight features include HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING, BLITHE SPIRIT, FAREWELL AMOR, STARDUST, DRUNK BUS, ONE OF THESE DAYS and HONEYMOOD.
-
Sundance Fest Docu Series CITY SO REAL to Premiere on National Geographic in October
Amara Enyia at a rally in Chicago in “City So Real”(courtesy Participant Media) The five-part documentary series, CITY SO REAL, an official Indie Episodic selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival where it had its world premiere, will air in an unprecedented one-night, five-hour, commercial-free event on Thursday, October 29 beginning at 7:00 p.m. ET/PT on National Geographic. All five episodes will then be available on Hulu the following day – Friday, October 30.
-
HBO Acquires THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART Documentary
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO) HBO acquired the feature documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart about the legendary band who wrote more than 1,000 songs, including twenty number one hits throughout their career. The film chronicles the rise of the iconic group, consisting of brothers Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, their music and its evolution over the years. The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart will debut on HBO later this year and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
-
Virtual ‘NIGHTSTREAM’ Genre Film Festival Announces Lineup – Opening with Hulu’s RUN, Closing with MANDIBLES
Boston Underground Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, NIGHTSTREAM, North Bend Film Festival, Overlook Film Festival, Popcorn Frights Film Festival
Kiera Allen as ‘Daughter / Chloe’ and Sarah Paulson as ‘Mother / Diane’ in RUN. Photo Credit: Allen Fraser. NIGHTSTREAM – formed as a banner uniting five US genre festivals — Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook, and Popcorn Frights — who have all been affected by COVID-19, unveiled its program of films and special events set to take place virtually next month.
-
Sony Pictures Classics to Release THE DUKE Starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren
THE DUKE starring Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren Following its critically acclaimed World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival, Sony Pictures Classics acquired the dramedy film The Duke, directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and starring Oscar winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren.
-
Aspen Filmfest Announces 2020 Lineup with In Person Screenings of NOMADLAND, TRUFFLE HUNTERS, AMMONITE
The Truffle Hunters Normally held in late September, Aspen Filmfest moves to October with some of the most buzzed films of the season, including the Frances McDormand “Nomadland,” the new documentary from Oscar-winning Colorado filmmaker Bryan Fogel “The Dissident” and a drive-in screening of the Spike Lee/David Byrne concert film “American Utopia.”
-
HBO Max Greenlights Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s Documentary Series “Not So Pretty”
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering HBO Max has greenlit “Not So Pretty”, a new docuseries from award-winning investigative filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s Jane Doe Films. The four episode, half-hour investigation-driven project will bring awareness to the lurking dangers in the commodities we all use every day without question for makeup, skin-care, nails, and hair. Not So Pretty is currently in production.
-
IFC Midnight Sets a December Release Date for Deep Woods Killer-Thriller HUNTER HUNTER
Hunter Hunter IFC Midnight will release killer-thriller Hunter Hunter, starring Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Idle Hands) and Nick Stahl (Bully, Disturbing Behavior) with Camille Sullivan (The Man in the High Castle), and Summer Howell (Curse of Chucky). The film, directed and written by Shawn Linden, will be released on December 18th, 2020.