MTV Documentary Films celebrates 4/20 with the the documentary “Going to Pot: The High and Low of It” from Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato of World of Wonder Productions. Executive produced by Sheila Nevins, Going to Pot: The High and Low of It will exclusively premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, April 20th.
Sony Pictures Classics will release 12 Mighty Orphans, the inspiring sports drama film starring Luke Wilson, Martin Sheen, Vinessa Shaw, and Robert Duvall in New York and Texas on June 11, with a wider release throughout the rest of the country on June 18. Texas theaters will do advanced screenings starting June 10.
The 2021 Tribeca Festival will kick off its 20th anniversary on June 9th, with the world premiere of In the Heights, at the United Palace theater in Washington Heights, the very neighborhood where the vibrant story takes place. Jon M. Chu directed the screen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, created and produced by New York’s own Lin-Manuel Miranda.
After the COVID-19 pandemic shut down sports, many leagues were forced to figure out how to save their seasons. ESPN Films will debut its latest documentary “144” about the unprecedented 2020 WNBA season in the bubble on May 13 on ESPN.
The official trailer official dropped for the sports drama film Under the Stadium Lights starring Milo Gibson and Laurence Fishburne. Under the Stadium Lights, previously titled “Brother’s Keeper” is directed by Todd Randall and based on the 2010 book “Brother’s Keeper” by sports writer Al Pickett and Eagles team chaplain Chad Mitchell about Abilene High School’s 2009 state championship football team.
Maryland Film Festival (MdFF) announced the full lineup of 104 films and 33 programs for the 23rd annual edition of the festival, with Women Is Losers, directed by Lissette Feliciano as the 2021 Closing Night film.
The new trailer is here for Danish action thriller film Riders of Justice starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh, and Roland Møller. Magnet Releasing will release Riders of Justice in theaters in LA and NY on May 14th, 2021.
IFC Films released the trailer for mystery thriller film The Dry, directed by Robert Connolly, and adapted from the best-selling novel by Jane Harper.
The award-winning documentary Changing The Game will make its streaming premiere on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 on Hulu as part of Hulu’s Pride Month celebration.
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, now in its 32nd year, unveiled the lineup for its second full digital edition, available nationwide in the U.S. from May 19 through 27, 2021. The film festival will feature in-depth online discussions with filmmakers, film participants and Human Rights Watch researchers and advocates.
Global Digital Releasing will release Knots : A Forced Marriage Story, director Kate Brewer’s award-winning documentary film on forced marriages in the U.S. The film will be released via The Laemmle both theatrically and on their digital platform on May 7th followed by a wider digital release June 4th.
Director, actor, and screenwriter Roberto Benigni will be honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1–11, 2021).