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OVID AND THE ART OF LOVE Starring Corbin Bleu of High School Musical Sets May VOD Release Date

Independent Film

OVID AND THE ART OF LOVE (credit: Glenna Lang)

Corbin Bleu of High School Musical fame stars in the indie drama Ovid and the Art of Love, based on the life of the famous Roman poet Ovid along with John Savage (“The Deer Hunter”), Tara Summers (“Boston Legal”) and Tamara Feldman (“Gossip Girl”). The classic story gets a modern twist from filmmaker Esmé von Hoffman in a mash-up world of contemporary Detroit. and ancient Rome. Ovid and the Art of Love which won the award for for Best Director for Esmé von Hoffman at Festival of Cinema NYC 2019 will be released on all major streaming and VOD platforms on May 19, 2020 via Level 33 Entertainment.

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Mailchimp and Oscilloscope Partner to Screen SXSW 2020 Short Films – Now Online

Short Films, SXSW | South by Southwest Film Festival

Stucco

When the City of Austin had to cancel this year’s SXSW Film Festival, hundreds of filmmakers lost the opportunity for their work to be seen.

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TINGLE MONSTERS, Alexandra Serio’s Horror Short Film Set for Release

Horror + Scifi, Short Films

Tingle Monsters is a short film starring, written and directed by Alexandra Serio

Tingle Monsters is a short film starring, written and directed by Alexandra Serio. After screening at Cinequest, Final Girls Berlin and the Cleveland International Film Festival and accepted into Oxford Film Festival, FilmQuest, Montclair Film Festival and more, this short film is set for release online on May 20, 2020.

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HBO Announces Winners of HBO Latinx Short Film Competition

Short Films

“The Serenade” directed by Adelina Anthony

HBO announced three short films winners of HBO Latinx Short Film competition, selected from the 2019 Official Latino Film and Arts Festival (OLFAF) alumni.

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2020 Tribeca Film Festival Goes Online

Tribeca Film Festival

Don’t count the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival out. Select programming from the 19th edition of will be presented online during the period when the main festival was scheduled to take place, April 15-26, 2020.

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American Documentary Re-opens Artist Emergency Fund for Indie Documentary Community Affected by COVID-19 Pandemic

Documentary, Filmmaking, Industry

American Documentary Gala 2019 via Facebook

American Documentary (AmDoc), the nonprofit organization behind the PBS series POV, is launching a COVID-19 Artist Emergency Fund to support the independent documentary community. This adapted fund of over $100,000 will provide rapid response grants up to $500 to assist artists with basic needs including food, immediate health needs and insurance premiums. Applications are now open and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the fund is expired. For more information about eligibility, criteria and the application process, visit www.amdoc.org/aefund

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Amazon Prime Partners with SXSW to Stream Titles from the 2020 SXSW Line-up FREE

SXSW | South by Southwest Film Festival

SXSW Film Festival

Amazon Prime Video and SXSW have joined forces to launch “Prime Video presents the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection”, following the unprecedented cancellation of the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals by the City of Austin due to concerns surrounding the Coronavirus.

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Watch Trailer for LA ORIGINALS, Documentary Directed by Estevan Oriol

Documentary

LA Originals

Netflix released the trailer for the LA Originals, a documentary that was set to World Premiere at canceled SXSW, but is now available on the streaming network.

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Documentary BASKETBALL COUNTY: IN THE WATER from Kevin Durant to Debut on Showtime

Documentary

Kevin Durant with the Oklahoma City Thunder jersey during his MVP season (2013–14).

Showtime today announced the new documentary Basketball County: In the Water, a collaboration with NBA star Kevin Durant and sports business executive Rich Kleiman’s Thirty Five Ventures will premiere on the network on Friday, May 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The film explores how one county in Maryland, Durant’s hometown, has recently produced more elite basketball players than anywhere else in the world.

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Nordic Thriller A WHITE, WHITE DAY to Premiere on Film Movement’s Virtual Cinema

Foreign Language Films

With more than 200+ theaters across North America supporting it’s new Virtual Cinema, Film Movement will offer its very first US theatrical premiere this April with A White, White Day, a thriller that was Iceland’s Official Oscar Submission.

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THE MAN WHO TRIED TO FEED THE WORLD, Documentary on Nobel Prize Winner Norman Borlaug, to Premiere on PBS

Documentary

Norman Borlaug – “The Man Who Tried to Feed the World” (AMERICAN EXPERIENCE)

The Man Who Tried to Feed the World tells the story of Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist who won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in fighting global hunger. By increasing the world’s food supply, Borlaug made it possible for the planet to support far more people than had been thought possible, saving countless lives in the process. But in doing so, he unleashed a series of unintended consequences that tarnished his reputation and forever changed the environmental and economic balance of the world. Written, directed and produced by Rob Rapley and executive produced by Mark Samels and Susan Bellows, The Man Who Tried to Feed the World premieres Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video App.

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Canceled Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Reveals 2020 Lineup

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival announced the official feature and short film selections for the festival’s 23rd edition which was originally scheduled to take place April 2-5 in downtown Durham, but was cancelled amid COVID-19 public health and safety concerns. The NEW DOCS program and Invited Program includes 44 features and 12 shorts from 26 countries

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