Filmmaker Holly Morris debuted the teaser – first look trailer for Exposure, her documentary receiving its New York Premiere at DOC NYC on November 13. Led by polar explorer Felicity Aston, the films follows eleven novice women explorers, from the Arab World and the West, embark on a physically and emotionally demanding journey to the top of the world.
“The Gravedigger’s Wife” directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed won two major awards – the NDR narrative Film Prize award and the Interfilm Church Prize at the 63rd Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage).
CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival announced the lineup of 19 features and 20 shorts documentary films that will play the 9th doc fest returning to Globe Cinema from November 24-28 for its first in-person festival in two years. In addition to theatrical screenings, this year’s hybrid festival has an online component with additional selections, including two shorts packages, available to stream on-demand.
Check out the new official trailer for C’mon C’mon, Mike Mills’ radiant portrait of the modern family starring Academy Award® winner Joaquin Phoenix, Gaby Hoffmann, and Woody Norman. C’mon C’mon opens in select theaters on November 19, 2021.
The European Film Academy announced the nominations for the 34th European Film Awards with Quo Vadis, Aida?, The Father and Titane leading with multiple nominations including for European Director 2021 and European Film 2021. Also nominated for Best European Film 2021 are Compartment No. 6 and The Hand of God. The winners will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 11, in Berlin.
Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for the award-winning documentary President by director Camilla Nielsson (Democrats) opening in theaters starting Friday, December 17 at Film Forum in New York City. The film won the Sundance Film Festival 2021 Special Jury Award for Cinema Verité Filmmaking, was nominated for the Gotham Award for Best Documentary and is an awards-contender for best documentary feature.
The IV Rock Horror Film Festival 2021 is rolling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil until November 14th with a selection of 54 genres films from 20 countries ranging from hard rock to soft blues fear levels.
The Irish documentary Young Plato from filmmakers Neasa Ní Chianáín (School Life) and Declan McGrath profiles school headmaster Kevin McAreve, who is determined to change the fortunes of an inner-city community in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The documentary film will World Premiere at the 2020 DOC NYC film festival
Here is the US trailer for Mother, I Am Suffocating. This Is My Last Film About You, the acclaimed, award-winning film from producer/writer/director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection) depicting his personal experiences after his departure from Lesotho to now residing in Germany.
Refuge, a powerful and inspiring new documentary film about fear and love in the American South from executive producer Katie Couric will World Premiere at the 2021 DOC NYC film festival. Directed by Erin Bernhardt and Din Blankenship, the film profiles a leader in a white nationalist hate group who finds healing from the people he once hated – a Muslim heart doctor and his town of refugees.
Tommy Haines’ new documentary Hockeyland takes a look at a long tradition in Minnesota’s unforgiving North Country, where senior boys from rival communities skate for a last chance to etch their names into local lore. The documentary will World Premiere at 2021 DOC NYC.
Directed by Vera Krichevskaya, the award-winning Russian documentary F@ck This Job about the fight to protect independent journalism in Russia will U.S. premiere at DOC NYC.