Dark Sky Films has acquired the timely new pandemic thriller Before the Fire, the debut feature from director Charlie Buhler and written by and starring Jenna Lyng Adams of The Kominsky Method. Dark Sky plans to release the film in theaters and on digital platforms by mid-summer 2020.
The We Are One: A Global Film Festival, co-curated by 21 prolific festivals including Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival, will feature over 100 films, in addition to talks, VR content and musical performances. The festival, produced and organized by Tribeca Enterprises and YouTube, will run exclusively May 29 – June 7 on YouTube.
Netflix released the official trailer for the documentary Spelling the Dream directed by Sam Rega, that explores the trend of Indian Americans ruling the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Breaking Glass Pictures will release the indie thriller This Teacher, from multi-award-winning director Mark Jackson (“Without”, “War Story”, which premiered as the Closing Night film at Slamdance Film Festival. This Teacher stars Hafsia Herzi as a French Muslim woman who travels to New York City to visit her childhood best friend but when their reunion turns disastrous, she escapes to a cabin upstate. However, she soon finds she is not alone, and her peaceful getaway devolves into a nightmare.
Ahead of the film’s release in July, Utopia dropped the teaser trailer for award-winning filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross’s Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, an official selection of this year’s Sundance Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival.
Vertical Entertainment released the trailer for writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples’ Miss Juneteenth, which world premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at the SXSW in March.
The RiverRun International Film Festival which was held virtually this year in light of COVID-19 and the cancellation of the festival announced its 2020 Jury Award Winners. The top prizes went to De Lo Mio directed by Diana Peralta for Best Film; and I Am Not Alone directed by Garin Hovannisian won Best Documentary Feature.
Following the exclusive virtual premiere at New York City’s Film Forum on Friday, May 29, 2020, the documentary Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own directed by Daniel Traub will open in major cities nationwide on Friday, June 5, 2020.
Global Digital Releasing released the trailer for the political documentary, “Madagasikara” directed and produced by former attorney turned documentarian Cam Cowan.
Because of the ongoing world health crisis, Cinema St. Louis (CSL) will move all of the organization’s 2020 film festivals and events online including CSL’s signature event in November, the 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival.
The dark comedy “Mope” starring David Arquette, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Max Adler released a new trailer ahead of its release online on June 16. The film is the darkly hilarious and tragic true story of best friends Steve Driver and Tom Dong as they struggle to make it as porn stars, but end up getting hired as “mopes,” the porn equivalent of movie extras.
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2020 which screened the films online after plans for all public Festival gatherings were dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic announced the winners.