499, the fourth feature film by director Rodrigo Reyes, will have its world premiere as part of the official documentary competition at the 19th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, followed by its Canadian premiere in the International Spectrum competition at the 2020 edition of the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in Toronto.
Oxford Film Festival unveiled its Weekly Virtual Film Festival series showcasing films that were programmed for the 2020 edition of the popular film festival. Beginning with the first week, scheduled for April 24-May 1, the Oxford Film Festival will roll out a different series of films each successive week, with themed presentations, throughout the summer and fall as an initial alternative to film festival that was postponed from March.
The new trailer debuted today for the dark comedy Tammy’s Always Dying starring Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Lauren Holly. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last Fall and was planning a limited theatrical release, but will now make a wide digital release – streaming online everywhere on May 1.
Miami Film Festival will present online the World Premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami, directed by Jean-Simon Chartier, after the original world premiere at its 37th edition in March was cancelled due to a mid-festival termination of public screenings, out of concern for health and safety during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
Outsider Pictures will release Our Mothers (Nuestras madres), the debut feature by director César Díaz, virtually beginning May 1st, 2020.
I thought it was a bookstore .. with a circus theme.
The first trailer debuted for Kubrick by Kubrick, a new documentary on director Stanley Kubrick considered one of the most influential filmmakers in cinematic history. Directed by French filmmaker Grégory Monro, the documentary was set to world premiere at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
German actor Dieter Laser know internationally for starring in the horror film, The Human Centipede, has died aged 78. His death was announced in a post on his Facebook page, saying that the actor had died on February 29.
IFC Midnight will release Egor Abramenko’s directorial debut Sputnik based on his short film The Passenger which played in the 2017 Fantastic Film Festival in Austin. Sputnik was set to have its world premiere in the Midnight Section at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. IFC Midnight will release the film on August 14th, 2020.
Breaking Glass Pictures will release the Italian LGBTQ comedy-drama Fairytale on DVD/VOD on May 12. Fairytale (Favola) follows Mrs. Fairytale, a perfect housewife in 1950s America who becomes aware of her own unhappiness and embarks on a process of personal liberation. Amongst stuffed poodles, whiskey-infused teas, sinful mambo lessons, and threats of alien invasion, Mr(s). Fairytale will begin to explore a world where anyone can finally be who they want to be, but behind which hides another upsetting reality.
IFC Films will release Tesla, directed and written by award-winning filmmaker Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime Experimenter, Hamlet) and starring Ethan Hawk. Four-time Academy-Award® nominee and frequent IFC Films collaborator, Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Blaze) stars in the title role as Nikola Tesla, with Eve Hewson (Behind Her Eyes, The Knick), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), Jim Gaffigan (The Jim Gaffigan Show, Drunk Parents), Donnie Keshawarz (The Wolf of Wall Street, The Adjustment Bureau), Rebecca Dayan (Celeste & Jesse Forever, H.), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade, Blaze), and Lucy Walters (Jett, Power) to round out the cast.
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain is a new film from David Midell that was set to make its Mississippi Premiere at the Oxford Film Festival, before the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.