Just like the Tribeca Film Festival, the Sundance Film Festival is making big changes for 2021 including plans to change the dates and shorten the event.
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First All-Access Frank Zappa Documentary to Hit Theaters and VOD in November
Zappa, directed by Alex Winter Magnolia Pictures will release the new documentary Zappa, directed by Alex Winter (Bill & Ted, Showbiz Kids, The Panama Papers) that will arrive in theaters and VOD on November 27.
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A24 Releases First Teaser Tailer for ZOLA, Comedy Based on Viral Twitter Stripper Saga
Zola directed by Janicza Bravo A24 released the first look teaser trailer for Janicza Bravo’s Zola that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The indie comedy/drama film is based on the Twitter thread that went viral after stripper A’ziah “Zola” King posted it in October 2015.
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Tribeca Film Festival Shakes Up Calendar, Moves to June 2021
2021 Tribeca Film Festival Dates The 20th anniversary edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, will take place in June 2021, reflecting shifting calendars and efforts to ensure the Festival moves forward in the safest environment. The Festival will return to New York City on June 9 to 20, 2021.
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Watch Powerful Trailer for Steve McQueen’s MANGROVE Timed to 50th Anniversary of Historic March
Steve McQueen’s “MANGROVE” The official trailer debuted today for Mangrove, one of five films featured in Small Axe, the highly anticipated anthology series from Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen (Hunger, 12 Years A Slave).
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Horror Film ANTEBELLUM Starring Janelle Monáe to Premiere On-Demand
Antebellum starring Janelle Monae Lionsgate will release the upcoming horror film Antebellum, starring Janelle Monáe and written and directed by the advocacy filmmakers Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz, as a Premium On-Demand release, debuting on all platforms on September 18. The film will be released theatrically in select international markets.
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Award Winning MADE IN BANGLADESH Sets a Late August Virtual Release Date
Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain ArtMattan Films has set a virtual theatrical release date of August 28 for the award winning drama film Made In Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain, based on the life of Daliya Akter, a garment worker who escaped child marriage and went on to lead a trade union fighting for workers’ rights in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
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HBO to Premiere Documentary Chronicling Double Life And Downfall of Sports Radio Personality Craig Carton
Craig Carton Prominent New York sports radio personality Craig Carton is the subject of the upcoming documentary titled Wild Card: The Downfall of a Radio Loudmouth. Through a series of candid and intimate first-person interviews with Carton, the film reveals how the radio host’s secret insatiable gambling addiction, financed by an illicit ticket-broking business, brought his career to a sudden halt when he was arrested by FBI agents and charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and securities fraud on September 6, 2017. Directed and produced by Martin Dunn & Marie McGovern of StreetSmartVideo, the film debuts Wednesday, October 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
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Watch Trailer for WATCH LIST, Riveting Philippines Drug War Thriller
Watch List directed by Ben Rekhi The new trailer debuted today for the indie thriller Watch List, from Dark Star Pictures and Uncork’d Entertainment, ahead of the release in virtual theaters August 21 before an On Demand release September 1.
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Watch Trailer for THE 24TH, True Story of All-Black Infantry Regiment and Houston Riot of 1917
(Left to Right) Mo McRae and Trai Byers in ‘The 24th’ Courtesy of Vertical Entertainment Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for the indie period drama The 24th, directed by Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman co-writer Kevin Willmott. The film which was originally set to premiere at now cancelled SXSW will be released on VOD/digital on August 21 by Vertical Entertainment, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Houston Riot of 1917.
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Watch Trailer for MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Modern Shakespeare Adaptation Starring Hugo Weaving
MEASURE FOR MEASURE starring Hugo Weaving Samuel Goldwyn Films will release Paul Ireland’s feature drama Measure for Measure, a contemporary re-telling of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, starring Hugo Weaving, on-demand and digital on September 4, 2020.
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Fantasia Festival Drops Third Wave of Films + Tribute for John Carpenter
John Carpenter Fantasia Film Festival announced the third wave of new feature films for its 24th edition, along with a Lifetime Achievement Award for writer/director/musician John Carpenter.