Indie Memphis Film Festival will close this year’s edition with JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, in which he reunites with his SHORT TERM 12 leading lady Brie Larson; the film also stars Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, and Rafe Spall and tells the powerful true story of Walter McMillian, who with the help of young defense attorney Bryan Stevenson appeals his murder conviction.
The first film by an Iranian-Armenian female filmmaker, Yeva An Armenian Story directed by Anahid Abad will open in theaters in NY on October 25 and in LA on November 1.
The documentary Watson, a revealing portrait of Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson, will open in New York on November 8th and premiere on Animal Planet later this year
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) announced the 2019 honorees to be recognized at the 22nd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place October 26 to November 2, 2019.
The World Is Full of Secrets, the exceptional and intimate directorial debut from Graham Swon drops the captivating trailer ahead of US theatrical premiere at Anthology Film Archives on October 31st.
AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will host An Evening With Peter Morgan which will include a conversation with Academy Award®-nominated, Emmy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning writer and producer in tribute to his celebrated career, followed by a Gala screening of the highly anticipated third season of Netflix’s THE CROWN. In attendance alongside Morgan will be season three cast members; Olivia Colman, Tobias Menzies, Helena Bonham Carter, Josh O’Connor and Erin Doherty. The event will be held on Saturday, November 16, at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
Film Independent announced the producers selected for its 19th annual Producing Lab. This intensive program is designed to help creative, independent producers develop their skills and further their careers by introducing Fellows to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of independent producing. Each Producing Lab Fellow will be paired with an experienced Creative Advisor with whom they’ll work to develop their project over the course of the program.
After screening 299 films from 85 countries from October 3rd to 12th, the Busan International Film Festival Awards announced the winners of the 24th edition of the festival.
Sequestrada, the debut feature by climate-change expert and producer Sabrina McCormick, co-directed by Soopum Sohn, starring and executive produced by Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), and also starring Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire) will be released in theaters in November via Outsider Pictures and Strand Releasing.
Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF) announced the full schedule of films and panels for the 26th annual Festival, this October 24-31.
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project, Matt Wolf’s (Teenage, Wild Combination) fascinating documentary portrait of the life and obsessions of an eccentric archivist, will open at the Metrograph in New York on Friday, November 15 with a national rollout to follow (including Philadelphia on Nov. 22 and LA on Nov. 29).
Farming, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s autobiographical directorial debut, starring Kate Beckinsale, Damson Idris, John Dagleish, Jaime Winstone, Gugu Mbatha-Raw will open in select theaters and on VOD on October 25, 2019.