The 65th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced the full 2021 program line-up that will be presented both in cinemas and virtually over twelve days from October 6 – 17, 2021.
Language Lessons
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2021 Bentonville Film Festival Announces Geena & Friends Lineup + Awards for Marlee Matlin and Lisa Lu
Geena Davis (dp) The 2021 Bentonville Film Festival running August 2-8, announced the all-star lineup for Geena & Friends along with selections for the Spotlights, Special Events, and Panels programs.
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LANGUAGE LESSONS Trailer. Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales Star in SXSW Award Winning Indie Dramedy
Language Lessons directed by Natalie Morales (Credit: Jeremy Mackie) A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship in Language Lessons, the SXSW Audience Award winning indie dramedy film starring Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales. Language Lessons marks the feature directorial debut of Morales and will open in select theaters on September 10, 2021.
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Rooftop Films Summer Series Announces 2021 Feature Film Slate
Rooftop Films Summer Series at Green-Wood Cemetery Rooftop Films Summer Series returns with more than 40 outdoor screenings featuring new independent feature films, short film programs, from June 17th through mid-September. Keeping with a 25-year long tradition, the Summer Series will open with a collection of new short films on Thursday, June 17th, at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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San Francisco’s Frameline45 LGBTQ+ Film Festival Announces Lineup of In-person and Virtual Screenings
In the Heights Frameline unveiled the full program for Frameline45 LGBTQ+ film festival taking place Thursday, June 10 through Sunday, June 27, 2021. The 17-day festival will feature a hybrid of in-person and virtual offerings, along with a series of special screenings at San Francisco’s historic Castro Theatre and Roxy Theater.
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Riz Ahmed to be Honored at Provincetown Film Festival + Fest Unveils Full Lineup
Riz Ahmed in Mogul Mowgli Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal, The Night of) will receive this year’s Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF). His latest film, Mogul Mowgli, which he co-wrote, produced and stars in, will be screened during the festival. The film follows the story of a British Pakistani rapper who, on the cusp of his first world tour, is struck down by an illness that forces him to face his past, his family, and the uncertainty of his legacy. Ahmed will be honored in a virtual conversation during the festival. Strand Releasing will open the film in theaters on September 3.
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Nantucket Film Festival 2021 Announces Full Lineup, Opens with SUMMER OF SOUL
Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the documentary SUMMER OF SOUL. Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) announced its lineup for the 26th annual edition, which will run from June 17-28 in a hybrid format with both online and open air screenings and conversations.
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Berlin Film Festival 2021 Announces Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup Featuring Tina Turner, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch
“The Mauritanian” starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley, Benedict Cumberbatch Berlin International Film Festival 2021 announced the 15 films, two of which are first features, which will compete for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Productions from 16 countries are represented in the Competition.
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SXSW Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup, Closes with Charli XCX’s ‘Alone Together’
Alone Together directed by Bradley Bell, Pablo Jones-Soler SXSW Film Festival announced the full program for the 28th edition of the festival which this year will take place online. The festival will open with Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil with Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free as Centerpiece Film and Alone Together, a documentary on popstar Charli XCX, in quarantine will World Premiere as the Closing Night Film.