The 2020 Glasgow Film Festival will open and close with the UK premiere of major feature films directed by women. The 16th annual festival will open on February 26 with Alice Winocour’s Proxima starring Eva Green and close on Sunday March 8 with Coky Giedroyc’s How to Build a Girl.
Bleecker Street Films released the official trailer for the heartbreaking tearjerker Ordinary Love starring Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville. The film also starring David Wilmot, Amit Shah, Esh Alladi, and Geraldine McAlinden premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival. Bleecker Street Films will release Ordinary Love in select US theaters starting Valentine’s Day – February 14th.
Canadian, award-winning director Heather Young’s debut feature film, Murmur tells the quiet, contemplative story of Donna (Shan MacDonald) who, grappling with alcohol dependence and loneliness, turns to a growing number of pets to ease her pain. Supported by Telefilm Canada’s Talent to Watch program and starring a cast of non-professional actors, many of whom are playing themselves in the film, Murmur explores the enduring themes of aging and the human/animal connection. Murmur will screen in competition at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival after its US Premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
British film and theater actor Jeremy Irons will serve as president of the International Jury at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
GLAAD announced the 176 nominees in 30 categories for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards honoring ‘media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.’
A24 dropped the first official trailer for First Cow directed by Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass, Ode, Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Night Moves, Certain Women), which World Premiered at 2019 Telluride Film Festival and screened at the 2019 New York Film Festival.
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2019 awards, with Parasite winning Best Film, Best Director (Bong Joon-Ho), Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Original Screenplay.
The fifth edition of Final Girls Berlin Film Festival will take place between February 6 to 9, 2020 at City Kino Wedding continuing to raise the bar by showcasing horror written directed, and/or produced by women and non-binary filmmakers.
Netflix released the trailer for “Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez,” the three-part documentary series that examines what led to the murderous fall and shocking death of former NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the Motion Pictures and Television nominees for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners in these categories will be announced at the PGA awards ceremony on January 18 at the Hollywood Palladium.
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors will honor Academy AwardⓇ winner Louis Gossett, Jr. (“Watchmen,” “An Officer and a Gentleman”) and EmmyⓇ Award-winning producer, writer, and actor, Lena Waithe (“The Chi,” “Boomerang,” “Queen & Slim”) with two of their most prominent awards which honor outstanding accomplishments in film and television.
The comedy-drama “The Bet” from writer/director Joan Carr-Wiggin (“If I Were You,” “Happily Ever After”) starring Natasha Little (“The Night Manager,” “Thirteen”), Douglas Hodge (“The Report,” “Black Mirror”), and Colin Salmon (“Limitless,” “Die Another Day”) is being released this week in the U.S. by Gravitas, and by Signature Entertainment in the U.K. on March 16, 2020.