Boys State (2020)

  • AFI DOCS 2020 Goes Online. Fest to Open with BOYS STATE

    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thorsten Thielow.

    In the new era of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, AFI DOCS, the American Film Institute’s annual documentary celebration in the nation’s capital, announced the festival’s 18th annual edition is going global. AFI DOCS will showcase current non-fiction fare in a re-imagined online film festival – “where the best seat is in your house.” AFI DOCS 2020 will open with BOYS STATE, directed by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. The festival will run June 17–21 and films will be available to view on DOCS.AFI.com.

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  • Canceled Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Reveals 2020 Lineup

    Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
    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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  • Canceled 2020 SXSW Winners – SHITHOUSE and AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Win Top Grand Jury Prizes

    Shithouse directed by Cooper Raiff
    Shithouse directed by Cooper Raiff

    The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals which was cancelled by the City of Austin due to concerns surrounding Covid-19, announced the 2020 Jury and Special Award winners of the 27th SXSW Film Festival. The Grand Jury Prize for Best Film went to Shithouse directed by Cooper Raiff and An Elephant in the Room directed by Katrine Philp won for Best Documentaray.

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  • San Francisco International Film Festival Reveals What Would’ve Been 2020 Lineup

    I Carry You with Me directed by Heidi Ewing
    I Carry You with Me directed by Heidi Ewing

    SFFILM has announced the complete lineup for the 2020 San Francisco International Film Festival (originally scheduled for April 8–21), though the event itself was canceled due to growing safety concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Sundance Winning Documentary BOYS STATE to Open San Francisco Film Festival

    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine

    The 2020 San Francisco International Film Festival which runs April 8 to 21, will open with the hometown premiere of Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine’s Boys State, on Wednesday, April 8, 7:00 pm at the Castro Theatre. The documentary world premiered earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival where the film won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.

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  • Sun Valley Film Festival to Honor Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman + Announces 2020 Lineup

    Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman
    Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman

    The 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF),announced its honorees – Amy Poehler, Winston Duke, Eliza Hittman and Druyan along with the film line-up for its ninth annual event, taking place March 18-22, 2020. The festival will open on March 18 with a special presentation of the documentary RUTH – Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words with Oscar®-winning director and Sun Valley part-time resident, Freida Lee Mock attending, and close on March 22 with The Last Shift, director Andrew Cohn attending for Q&A following the screening.

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  • New Directors/New Films Announces 2020 Lineup. Opens with Sundance Winner BOYS STATE

    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine
    Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Thorsten Thielow.

    This year’s 49th annual New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) will introduce 27 features and 10 short films to New York audiences from March 25 to April 5.

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  • SXSW 2020 Announces Midnighters, VR, and Shorts Lineups

    Horror-thriller film "Dembanger" directed by John Berardo | Credit: Jonathan Pope
    Horror-thriller film “Dembanger” directed by John Berardo | Credit: Jonathan Pope

    The South by Southwes (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the second round of films and programs for the 27th edition of the Film Festival, running March 13 to 22, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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  • Documentary GIVING VOICE Wins Sundance Festival Favorite Award

    Giving Voice by James D. Stern and Fernando Villena, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jonathon Narducci.
    Giving Voice by James D. Stern and Fernando Villena, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jonathon Narducci.

    Giving Voice is the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 128 features screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Sundance, Utah, from January 23 February 2, 2020.

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  • Miami Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup. THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY to Open, MUCHO MUCHO AMOR to Close

    Mucho Mucho Amor
    Mucho Mucho Amor

    The Burnt Orange Heresy, the fifth screen adaptation of the works of late Miami noir novelist Charles Willeford, starring Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang, will open the 37th edition of Miami Dade College (MDC)’s acclaimed Miami Film Festival, on Friday, March 6 at downtown Miami’s historic Olympia Theater.

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  • Sundance Film Fest Announces 2020 Awards: MINARI, CRIP CAMP, BOYS STATE, CHARM CITY KINGS

    Steven Yeun appears in Minari by Lee Isaac Chung, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.
    Steven Yeun appears in Minari by Lee Isaac Chung, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    The 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place last night, with top awards – Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Minari for U.S. Dramatic, Boys State for U.S. Documentary, Epicentro for World Cinema Documentary and Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness for World Cinema Dramatic.

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  • Complete List of 118 Feature-length Films Selected for 2020 Sundance Film Festival

    Cuties by Maïmouna Doucouré,
    Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, and Maimouna Gueye appear in “Cuties” by Maïmouna Doucouré, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. ‘Courtesy of Sundance Institute.’

    The 2020 Sundance Film Festival revealed the 118 feature-length films, representing 27 countries and 44 first-time feature filmmakers that will be showcased at the upcoming festival. Films range from indie films to star studded cast featuring Meek Mill, Wilmer Valderrama, Elisabeth Moss, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck and more. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 23 to February 2, 2020.

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