Bisbee, Arizona, was one of the largest copper mining centers in America until it became a virtual ghost town in 1975 when its two massive mines were closed. Forty years later, Bisbee is a community of eccentrics, immigrants, hippies, bikers and drifters, attempting to reckon with a dark and violent history of a forgotten event known as the Bisbee Deportation.
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable from director Aaron Lieber is a stunningly shot look at surfer Bethany Hamilton’s life and her beyond inspiring journey, following her from her incredible recovery from a devastating shark attack to become a surfing world champion.
A total of 33 projects were screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) Eastern Promises 2019, the festival’s Industry section, with the exciting mission of being a bridge between talented filmmakers from the East and their potential Western partners, festivals and audiences. The juries announced the winners at the ceremony that closed the festival’s industry program in Little Versailles in Karlovy Vary.
NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired world sales rights for neo-noir Blood On Her Name, the debut feature from Matthew Pope.
Greenwich Entertainment and 1091 have co-acquired the documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice directed by Academy Award®-Winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice will open in theaters this September. CNN Films, a co-producer of the documentary has acquired broadcast television rights for North America.
On July 11, GLIDE’s Legacy Committee of young professionals will host its third GLIDE Social Justice Film Festival. The festival is an evening of thought-provoking documentary shorts, filmed and produced by local artists, that demonstrate the resilience and grace of the human spirit and reflect GLIDE’s 50-year legacy of serving, uplifting and advocating for the most marginalized among us. The film festival will take place at PianoFight in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
Oscilloscope released the new trailer for Jay Myself that documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in February 2015 after forty-eight years, begrudgingly sold his home – the 36,000 square-foot, 100-year-old landmark building in Manhattan known simply as “The Bank.”
The ten films which make up the Official Selection of the 2019 edition of the LUX Prize Competition was unveiled at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
In 2008, 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar, and her family’s servant, Hemraj Banjade, were found dead in their home in Noida, India. More than a decade later, the case remains unsolved.
Meet the young, genius inventor Leonardo Da Vinci and his best friends, Lorenzo and Lisa, as they embark on a wild and exciting adventure. From flying cars, treasure maps, pirates, and sailing ships, it’s a family adventure everyone will love! Director Sergio Manfio’s Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa, delightful new take on the great Leonardo Da Vinci will open in cinemas across the United States this Summer, on August 2, 2019.
Momentum Pictures released the official trailer for Nekrotronic starring Monica Bellucci and David Wenham. Nekrotronic directed by Kiah Roache-Turner (Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead) and starring Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge, The Water Diviner), Monica Bellucci (The Matrix Reloaded, Mozart in the Jungle), Caroline Ford (Amazon’s Carnival Row, TV’s Once Upon a Time), Tess Haubrich (The Wolverine, Alien: Covenant), Epine Bob Savea, along with David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and Return of the King, 300) will be released in select theaters and digital HD on August 9, 2019.
In August 1969, half a million young people from all walks of life journeyed from every corner of the country to a dairy farm in upstate New York for a concert unprecedented in scope and influence. Woodstock examines the tumultuous decade that led to those three historic days — years that saw the nation deeply divided by Vietnam and racial, generational and sexual politics — through the voices of those who were present for the event that would become the defining moment of the counterculture revolution.