Sasie Sealy’s Lucky Grandma will be available on Blu-ray and DVD August 11. Starring Tsai Chin (The Joy Luck Club), this darkly-humorous action heist comedy has been a hit with critics and audiences alike.
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Venice International Film Festival Pre-Opening Night Film: ‘Molecole’
Venetian director Andrea Segre’s (Io sono Li, La prima neve, Il pianeta in mare) documentary Molecole (68′), made in Venice during the coronavirus lockdown, will be screened on the Pre-opening night of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The pre-opening night screening will take place on Tuesday, Septemeber 1st, in Sala Darsena (Palazzo del Cinema) at the Lido.
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49 films to Compete at 26th Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival 49 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 26th Sarajevo Film Festival. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 29 world, 6 international, 2 European, 11 regional and 1 Bosnian-Herzegovinian premieres.
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Werner Herzog’s Documentary ‘Fireball’ to Premiere on Apple TV+
Werner Herzog “Fireball,” a new feature documentary film directed by acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog and professor Clive Oppenheimer will premiere around the world, in over 100 countries, on Apple TV+.
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Montclair Film Festival Reschedules 2020 Edition
Montclair Film announced that the 9th Annual Montclair Film Festival, originally scheduled to take place May 1-10, 2020 before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been rescheduled for October 16th through 25, 2020.
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Watch Keanu Reeves in ‘Ted & Bill Face the Music’ Official Trailer
Think time travel, rock and roll, and destiny, and you get Bill & Ted Face the Music, releasing on demand and in theaters September 1st.
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Watch The Trailer for Barbara Kopple’s ‘Desert One’
Forty years later, one of the most daring military rescue attempts in U.S. history is coming to the big screen in the acclaimed documentary feature Desert One from two-time Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA and American Dream) will be released on Friday, August 21st. The documentary feature recounts the April 24/25, 1980 thrilling attempt to rescue 52 U.S. citizens who were taken hostage by Iranian revolutionaries in Tehran.
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Ron Howard’s REBUILDING PARADISE Documentary Gets a July 31 Release Date
A still from Rebuilding Paradise by Ron Howard, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Noah Berger. National Geographic Documentary Films will release Rebuilding Paradise, the new documentary from Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard, in virtual and physical theaters on July 31, 2020.
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American Black Film Festival Unveils 2020 Lineup with ‘Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn’ as Spotlight Film
Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn The 24th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) scheduled to take place online from August 21-30th, due to the COVID19 pandemic, promises to continue the tradition of the live festival: featuring the best of independent Black cinema, studio premieres, conversations and panels, along with virtual networking events.
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Italian Film ‘Lacci’ by Daniele Luchetti to Open Venice Film Festival
Set of “Lacci” by Daniele Luchetti. in the picture Luigi Lo Cascio, Alba Rohrwacher, Giulia De Luca and Joshua Cerciello. Photo by Gianni Fiorito Lacci, directed by Daniele Luchetti (La nostra vita, Mio fratello è figlio unico, Il portaborse) starring Alba Rohrwacher, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Adriano Giannini, Linda Caridi is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 – 12 September, 2020).
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10 Cities Added to ‘River City Drumbeat’ Release
River City Drumbeat will have its virtual cinema release on August 7th and will also run for two weeks in each city through at least August 21st, with expansion to follow.
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Hong Kong International Film Festival Cancels 44th Edition
The Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS) has canceled this year’s festival in response to the recent upsurge in local COVID-19 infected cases. HKIFFS Executive Director Albert Lee also confirmed the cancellation of Cine Fan’s September/October bi-monthly program. However, the 18th Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) will still take place online from August 26-28.