The final selection of films has been announced for the Venice Classics section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival, which will be hosted this year as part of the Il Cinema Ritrovato program promoted by the Cineteca di Bologna, set to take place from August 25-31 in Bologna.
Women Texas Film Festival (WTxFF) announced the official selections for the fifth year of the critically-acclaimed Dallas-based film festival. The festival focuses solely on visionary female filmmakers and features LGBTQIA+ stories, provocative documentaries, and Texas-based female filmmakers throughout its lineup. Pivoting to an all-virtual presentation, Olivia Peace’s teenage comedy Tahara will open the festival, and Lisa Donato’s Gossamer Folds is the Closing Night Selection for WTxFF, August 13-16.
Jimmy Henderson’s The Prey will be released in virtual theaters August 21st with an on demand release to follow on August 25th.
Spike Lee’s filmed adaptation of the Broadway-acclaimed David Byrne’s American Utopia is the Opening Night Presentation of the 45th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 10th.
On the heels of the shocking guilty verdict in the Manila trial of renowned Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, A Thousand Cuts is an inside look at the key players in the escalating war between press and government in the Philippines. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz (Motherland), A Thousand Cuts is launching in over 40 indoor and virtual cinemas nationally on Friday, August 7th.
Days of the Whale (Los días de la ballena), the debut feature by Colombian writer-director Catalina Arroyave offers a vital portrait of Medellín’s urban culture. The film, which had its world premiere at the 2019 edition of SXSW, will be available through virtual cinemas across the country starting on Friday July 24, 2020.
Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) announced today that its rescheduled dates for the 2020 festival will be September 8-13, 2020. The festival plans to screen 30 plus film titles in physical theatres, pending approval from city and health officials, and the remaining festival will include its first ever virtual screenings, panels, live streaming events, and red carpets.
In honor of the recent passing of two of the original Freedom Riders, longtime Georgia congressman John Lewis and the Reverend C.T. Vivian, American Experience announced that it will stream Stanley Nelson’s Freedom Riders beginning today, Monday, July 20 on PBS.org and the PBS Video App.
HBO Max and CNN Films will take viewers on a journey following a team of female journalists as they report on the presidential election in the new documentary On the Trail: Inside the 2020 Primaries set to premiere Thursday, August 6 on HBO Max.
Florida Film Festival, which was originally scheduled for April, but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now take place August 7-20, 2020, in Maitland and Winter Park, Florida. This year’s 29th edition of the festival will screen 177 films representing 37 countries, kicking off with the World Premiere of Surviving Supercon, directed by Steven Shea.
Amidst the recent #BlackLivesMatter protest taking place nationally, HBO released the trailer for the timely documentary Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn, which premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn premieres August 12 at 9pm on HBO.
Filmmaker Ann Hui and iconic actress Tilda Swinton will receive the honors of Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 77th Venice International Film Festival to take place from September 2 – 12 September, 2020.