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Watch First Trailer for CUT THROAT CITY, RZA’s New Orleans Heist Thriller Starring Terrence Howard

Independent Film

Cut Throat City directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA

Well Go USA released the official trailer for New Orleans-set heist heist thriller film Cut Throat City, directed by Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists, Love Beats Rhymes) which will world premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. In the film, four friends return to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and receive no help from FEMA. Out of options, they reluctantly turn to a local gangster. The star studded cast include Shameik Moore, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Denzel Whitaker, Keean Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Eiza Gonzalez, Kat Graham, Isaiah Washington, T.I., Terrence Howard, and Wesley Snipes. Cut Throat City opens in theaters on April 10th, 2020.

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Watch Trailer for TUSCALOOSA, Coming-of-Age Indie Drama Starring Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer

Independent Film

Tuscaloosa directed by Philip Harder

Cinedigm released a new trailer for the 70s coming-of-age indie drama, Tuscaloosa by veteran music video director Philip Harder. The film set in Alabama in 1972, stars Devon Bostick (Okja), Natalia Dyer (“Stranger Things”), Marchánt Davis (The Day Shall Come), Tate Donovan (Rocketman), and Def Jam hip hop artist YG (White Boy Rick). Tuscaloosa premiered at the Nashville Film Festival in October, and will be released in theaters, on digital, and on demand on March 13, 2020.

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Tribeca Film Festival to Open with World Premiere of JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT Documentary

Tribeca Film Festival

[JIMMY CARTER ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT] Jimmy Carter and Willie Nelson White House Staff Photographer, Courtesy of Jimmy Carter Library

The Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, will open its19th edition on April 15 with the world premiere of Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President. It will set the stage for a festival featuring works that celebrate the power of change through art, politics and community. The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival will run April 15-26.

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Watch Trailer for THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Wes Anderson’s Journalism Drama

Independent Film

THE FRENCH DISPATCH directed by Wes Anderson

Searchlight Pictures debuted the first look – the trailer for Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch which opens in theaters on July 24, 2020.

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Watch Trailer for THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Starring Dev Patel

Independent Film

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Starring Dev Patel

Searchlight Pictures released the official US trailer for The Personal History of David Copperfield, director Armando Iannucci’s dazzlingly inventive and reimagined take on one of literature’s most triumphant masterpieces.

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Watch Trailer for TRANSFERENCE, Dark Sci-Fi Thriller Directed by Matthew Ninaber

Independent Film, Thriller

TRANSFERENCE Directed by Matthew Ninaber

Ahead of March 10th US Release, Epic Pictures released a new trailer for the dark sci-fi thriller Transference directed by Matthew Ninaber. In the film, hunted by an unstoppable secret agent, a brother must hide his twin sister and her supernatural abilities so that she does not fall prey to becoming an experiment in a classified government program. Transference will open in L.A. on March 6th and land on VOD March 10th and Blu-Ray March 24th.

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70 Short Films to Compete at 2020 Filmfest Dresden

Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival

ROUTE 3 by Thanasis Neofotistos

70 short films will compete at the 32nd Filmfest Dresden international short film festival ( April 21 to 26, 2020) for the much coveted “Golden Horsemen” trophies and special awards. With prize money totaling more than €67,000, Filmfest Dresden is counted among the highest endowed short film festivals in Europe. The complete program will be announced after the press conference on March 24 .

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Krakow Film Festival to Spotlight 7 Documentary Films from Denmark

Krakow Film Festival

“Q’s Barbershop” directed by Emil Langballe

Every year, the latest documentary, short and animated films from a selected country are presented at the Krakow Film Festival – this year, the special section of the Festival is dedicated to Denmark.

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Patrik-Ian Polk to Receive Cleveland Film Festival’s DReam Catcher Award

Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF)

Patrik-Ian Polk, David K. Ream (1949-2017)

Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) named pioneering LGBTQ filmmaker, Patrik-Ian Polk its second DReam Catcher Program and Award recipient.

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San Sebastian Festival to Dedicate a Retrospective to Golden Age of Korean Cinema

Classics, Foreign Language Films, San Sebastian International Film Festival

YEONSANGUN / PRINCE YEONSAN, Shin Sang-ok (1961)

The San Sebastian Festival and the Filmoteca España organize, in collaboration with the Filmoteca Vasca and the San Telmo Museum, a retrospective on the golden age of South Korean cinema, to be accompanied by a monographic book published by the Festival and the Filmoteca Española on the more than twenty titles dating from the 50s and 60s making up the season.

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Athena Film Festival Announces 2020 Honorees + Adds CLEMENCY, BLACK CHRISTMAS, LITTLE WOMEN

Athena Film Festival

Imogen Poots as Riley in “Black ChristmaS” directed by Sophia Takal.

The Athena Film Festival (AFF) at Barnard College announced honorees, additional films; and the 2020 winners and finalists of the Athena List for the 10th anniversary of the festival taking place from Thursday, February 27, through Sunday, March 1, at Barnard College in New York City.

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Watch Trailer for THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM Starring Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas

Independent Film

The Secret: Dare to Dream starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas

Roadside Attractions release the trailer for The Secret: Dare to Dream starring Katie Holmes and Josh Lucas which opens in theaters on April 17th, 2020. Directed by Andy Tennant, the film also stars Celia Weston and Jerry O’Connell.

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