Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft., which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received an honorable mention from the Platform Prize jury, was acquired by Cinema Guild for release in the U.S. in 2020.
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Cinema Guild to Release Kazik Radwanski’s ANNE AT 13,000 FT
ANNE AT 13,000 FT directed by Kazik Radwanski
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Watch New Trailer for THE AERONAUTS Starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones
THE AERONAUTS directed by Tom Harper Amazon Studios release a new trailer for The Aeronauts directed by Tom Harper, and starring Eddie Redmayne along with Felicity Jones. The Aeronauts opens in Theaters on December 6, and on Prime Video on December 20.
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JUST MERCY will Open 5th Asian World Film Festival
JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy will have an American premiere screening as the opening night film for the fifth annual Asian World Film Festival in Culver City at the Arclight Cinemas on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.
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Eerie And Mystical Short Film THE CUNNING MAN Gets Latin American Premiere
The Cunning Man directed by Zoë Dobson The mystical award-winning short film The Cunning Man, created, written and produced by Ali Cook and directed by Zoë Dobson will celebrate its Latin-American premiere at the renowned genre film festival Morbido. The award-winning film stars Simon Armstrong and Ali Cook.
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Film at Lincoln Center to Spotlight Films of Director Patricia Mazuy
Paul Sanchez Is Back! (Paul Sanchez est revenu!) directed by Patricia Mazuy Film at Lincoln Center will present Rebel Spirit: The Films of Patricia Mazuy, the first American retrospective of the versatile French filmmaker’s work, November 15–17.
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35th IDA Documentary Awards Nominees Announced, FOR SAMA, LEAVING NEVERLAND and More
FOR SAMA. Sama pictured in September 2016, in the bombarded east of the city with a placard in response to US presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s infamous gaffe “What’s Aleppo” – Courtesy of Channel 4, Copyright Waad al-Kateab. The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Nominees along with the Courage Under Fire Award honoree Waad Al-Kataeb, director and producer of For Sama. For the first time, the IDA will present an award for Best Director and, notably, all of the nominated films have female directors.
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Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN will Open Cairo International Film Festival
The Irishman The 41st edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) will open on the November 20th with a premiere gala screening of Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited ‘The Irishman’ starring Academy Award winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci at the prestigious Cairo Opera House.
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HBO Picks Up Lisa Ling’s Documentary Series “Birth, Wedding, Funeral”
HBO Max has greenlit travel docuseries Birth, Wedding, Funeral as part of an overall deal with Lisa Ling. Each episode of the series will immerse viewers in a different country to reveal their cultures through the lens of the three universal rituals – births, weddings, and funerals. In a quest to understand what connects us and celebrate the diversity of deeply rooted customs around the world, each episode is a riveting investigation of the human experience in a specific region, and a dramatic dive into an intimate moment in the lives of the people who live there.
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Kim Longinotto’s Portrait of Photojournalist Letizia Battaglia – SHOOTING THE MAFIA Opens in November
Film subject Letizia Battaglia’s photo Palermo, 1982. Vicino alla Chiesa di Santa Chiara. Il gioco del killer. (“Palermo, 1982. Near the Church of Santa Chiara. The game of the killer.”) in Shooting the Mafia, directed by Kim Longinotto . Courtesy of Cohen Media Group. Veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto’s Shooting The Mafia is a portrait of fearless photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, who spent her career documenting the life and crimes of the Sicilian Mafia. Featured at the 2019 Sundance and Berlin film festivals and soon to be seen at DOC NYC, Shooting The Mafia will open at the Quad Cinema on Friday, November 22 with a national rollout to follow.
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THE TWO POPES and WILLIE Take Audience Awards at Middleburg Film Festival
Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce The Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Middleburg Film Festival went to THE TWO POPES from director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Anthony McCarten, who also received the Festival’s Distinguished Screenwriter Award. The award for Best Documentary Film went to WILLIE about NHL legend, Willie O’Ree, who attended the festival with director Laurence Mathieu-Leger.
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Showtime Releases Trailer for READY FOR WAR -Documentary on Deported US Military Veterans
READY FOR WAR directed by Andrew Renzi The documentary film Ready for War, which explores the phenomenon of deported United States military veterans, will premiere on the Showtime network on Sunday, November 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces 2020 Dates + Call for Entries
The seventeenth annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) will take place in New York City from Wednesday, April 8, through Saturday, April 11, 2020.