The 2021 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF) announced this year’s award winners with Playing with Sharks and Everything in the End tie for Audience Award. Jury awards went to See You Then for Best Narrative and Searchers for Best Documentary feature films.
A new trailer debuted today for filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis’ warm personal documentary Duty Free which opens in theaters and virtual theaters on Mother’s Day weekend, May 7th. After his 75 year-old immigrant mother gets fired without cause from her lifelong job as a hotel housekeeper, her son filmmaker Sian-Pierre Regis takes her on a bucket-list adventure to reclaim her life. As she struggles to find work, he documents a journey that uncovers the economic insecurity shaping not only her future, but that of an entire generation
The 47th Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced the winners of the 2021 Golden Space Needle and Audience Awards. There Is No Evil won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Film and Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Documentary.
The musical film Annette, director Leos Carax’s first film in English, will open the Cannes 74th International Film Festival on Tuesday, July 6th.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will celebrate the close of its 50th edition with a full lineup of programs from June 2 to 6, extending on demand until June 9.
Following its World Premiere at CPH:DOX and a North American Premiere at SFFILM Festival, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen’s documentary film SEYRAN ATEŞ: Sex, Revolution and Islam will have its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs Festival 2021.
The 45th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF45 Streams) held entirely online April 7 – 20, 2021, held its live Closing Awards Ceremony on Saturday.
Check out the new trailer for the dystopian fantasy-thriller, Undergods, which will be coming to cinemas and digital download on May 7. The film which had its world premiere at Fantasia last year, went on to celebrate its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival in February. Since then, Undergods has gone on to receive two British Independent Film Award (BIFA) nominations.
2021 San Francisco International Film Festival announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Award (GGA) competitions and the Audience Awards with the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature going to Chase Palmer for the film Naked Singularity. The Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature was a tie between director Roberto Salinas for the film Cuban Dancer and director Jeremy Workman for Lily Topples the World.
The coming-of-age film, Pink Skies Ahead, written and directed by New York Times best-selling author Kelly Oxford, will premiere commercial free on Saturday, May 8 at 9:00PM ET/PT on MTV with a simulcast on Pop TV.
RLJE Films will release the horror/action film, Great White in theaters this summer with Shudder premiering the film on its platform later in the year.
The 23rd annual Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced its full line-up, including its Spotlight Section, Narrative Feature Competition, Independent Visions Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Documentary, and Short Films. The festival will take place from April 30th to May 9th with virtual and in-person events.