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Watch Trailer for WAITING FOR ANYA – WWII Drama Starring Noah Schnapp, Anjelica Huston

Independent Film

Waiting for Anya directed Ben Cookson

Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for the indie WWII drama film Waiting for Anya from British writer-director Ben Cookson (Almost Married). Based on the novel of the same name by Sir Michael Morpurgo (War Horse), the film stars Noah Schnapp (“Stranger Things”, Bridge of Spies), Jean Reno (Godzilla, Alex Cross, Léon: The Professional), Academy Award winner ;Anjelica Huston (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, The Addams Family, Daddy Day Care), Thomas Kretschmann (The Pianist, King Kong), Elsa Zylberstein (Bel Canto, Un + une) and Frederick Schmidt (Mission: Impossible – Fallout, “Supergirl”, Patient Zero). Waiting for Anya opens in select theaters and on VOD starting Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2020.

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AARP 19th Movies for Grownups Awards Winners – The Farewell, Pain and Glory, Harriet

Awards

Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria)

The Irishman, The Farewell, Pain and Glory and Harriet were among the films honored at the AARP The Magazine’s 19th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards held Saturday night at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills.

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Watch Trailer for MCMILLIONS – HBO DocuSeries on McDonald’s Monopoly Game Scam

Documentary

McDonald’s – The MONOPOLY Game 2016

HBO released the official trailer for “McMillions,” the documentary series directed by by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte that chronicles the stranger-than-fiction story of an ex-cop turned security auditor who rigged the McDonald’s Monopoly game promotion for a decade, stealing millions of dollars and building a vast network of co-conspirators across the U.S.

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NY Intl Children’s Film Festival Reveals 2020 Opening Night, Spotlight Films and Countries of Focus

New York International Children’s Film Festival

CHILDREN OF THE SEA: Ayumu Watanabe, Studio 4°C, GKIDS

The Oscar qualifying New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF), now in its 23rd year, runs February 21 through March 15, 2020 and will highlight the cinematic achievements of Japan in an expanded program, shine a spotlight on new Canadian animation, and introduce its first-ever Industry Forum to focus on inclusion and representation in children’s media.

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Palm Springs Film Festival 2020 Winners – Russian Film BEANPOLE Wins Top Prize

Palm Springs International Film Festival

BEANPOLE

The 31st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s juried award winners with the top prize – FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film going to the Russian film Beanpole, directed by Kantemir Balagov. Bartosz Bielenia from Corpus Christi won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Actor in an International Feature Film and Helena Zengel from System Crasher won the FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actress in an International Feature Film.

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Filmmaker Angela Schanelec Gets Complete Retrospective at Film at Lincoln Center

Filmmaking, Foreign Language Films

Angela Schanelec

Film at Lincoln Center will present Dreamed Paths: The Films of Angela Schanelec, a complete retrospective of the Berlin School filmmaker’s audacious body of work, February 7 to 13.

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Oprah Winfrey Steps Away from Controversial Russell Simmons Documentary

Documentary, People, Sundance Film Festival

Drew Dixon in On The Record (HBO)

Oprah Winfrey has stepped away and will no longer be an executive producer of the upcoming untitled documentary about music executive Drew Dixon, who accused Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. The documentary also will not air on Apple TV+, but is still expected to world premiere as scheduled at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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Rom Com Fest Announces 2020 Dates + Call For Submissions

Rom Com Fest

Rom Com Fest will officially be returning to downtown Los Angeles for a second year, set to run Thursday June 25 – Sunday June 28, 2020. The announcement was made by the festival’s Founder and Executive Director, Miraya Berke.

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WOMEN OF TROY – Doc on 1980s Cheryl Miller Led USC Women’s Basketball Team Sets HBO Date

Documentary

Cheryl Miller in HBO Documentary WOMEN OF TROY – Documentary on 1980s Cheryl Miller Led USC Women’s Basketball Team to Debut on HBO

The documentary film Women of Troy, exploring the transcendent career of the USC women’s basketball team of the 1980s led by Cheryl Miller and their impact on women’s basketball, will debut on HBO in March 2020.

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Filmmaker Werner Herzog to Receive ASC’s 2020 Board of Governors Award

Awards

Werner Herzog

The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) will honor Oscar and Emmy Award nominee Werner Herzog with its Board of Governors Award at the 34th Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Jan. 25 at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom.

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Argentine LA FLOR Wins Best Latin American Film of the Year at Cinema Tropical Awards

Awards, Foreign Language Films

La Flor directed by Mariano Llinás

The epic 14-hour-plus Argentine film La Flor by Mariano Llinás won the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 10th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.

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Cannes Winner THE CORDILLERA OF DREAMS Sets February Release Date

Documentary

Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams (La cordillera de los sueños)

Icarus Films will release filmmaker Patricio Guzmán’s The Cordillera of Dreams (La cordillera de los sueños), winner of the L’Oeil d’or Best Documentary Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The film will open on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at the IFC Center; on Friday, February 21, 2020 at the Lumiere Music Hall in Los Angeles; followed by dozens of cities across the U.S. and Canada including Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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