Directed by award-winning filmmaker Matthew Berkowitz, Gravitas Ventures will release the psychological thriller film The Madness Inside Me in select theaters and on digital platforms on September 3, 2021.
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THE MADNESS INSIDE ME. Matthew Berkowitz’s Psychological Thriller Opens in Theaters in Fall
The Madness Inside Me directed by award-winning filmmaker Matthew Berkowitz
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Rachel Boynton’s CIVIL WAR Documentary, Exec Prod by Brad Pitt, Sam Pollard Opens in Theaters in September
Civil War: (Or, Who Do We Think We Are) Directed by Rachel Boynton (Big Men, Our Brand is Crisis), the documentary Civil War: (Or, Who Do We Think We Are), looks at how Americans tell the story of their Civil War and its legacy of slavery and racism. The documentary film will open in select theaters nationwide (including the IFC Center in NYC and Laemmle Santa Monica in LA) on Friday, September 17
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San Sebastian Festival Defends Donostia Award for Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp (dp) San Sebastian Festival is defending its decision this week to honor actor Johnny Depp with the Donostia Award, the festival’s highest honorary award at the upcoming festival. The festival while reiterating its “commitment to fighting inequality, the abuse of power and violence against women”also emphasized the “the presumption of innocence” noting that “Johnny Depp has not been arrested, charged nor convicted of any form of assault or violence against any woman.”
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Benedict Cumberbatch to Receive TIFF Tribute Actor Award at Toronto Film Festival
Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog. [Cr. Kirsty Griffin/Netflix © 2021] Actor Benedict Cumberbatch will receive this year’s TIFF Tribute Actor Award at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival.
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Paolo Sorrentino to Receive Prestigious A Tribute to… Award + Premiere THE HAND OF GOD at Zurich Film Festival
Paolo Sorrentino on the set of “The Hand of God” Photo by Gianni Fiorito Italian director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino will receive the prestigious A Tribute to… Award at the 17th Zurich Film Festival. Sorrentino will receive the honorary award on Wednesday, September 29, at the Gala Premiere of his new autobiographical film The Hand of God. The festival will also screen a retrospective of Sorrentino’s work.
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POV Shorts Season 4 Debuts Sept. 6 on PBS with 13 Short Films
Team Meryland directed by Gabriel Gaurano The fourth season of the award-winning POV Shorts series debuts on September 6, 2021 on PBS and streaming online at POV.org with 13 new short nonfiction films packed into seven unique episodes. POV Shorts was named the ‘Best Short Form Series’ at the 36th annual IDA Documentary Awards.
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14 Student Short Films to Compete in 2021 Nest at San Sebastian Festival
À la recherche d’Aline directed by Rokhaya Marieme Balde The 20th edition of Nest, San Sebastian Festival’s international competition for shorts by film students, has selected fourteen films from Argentina, Brazil, China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
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Horrible Imaginings Film Festival Reveals Second Wave of 2021 Films – Hunger, Trans, Followers
Hunger directed by Manu Herrera Horrible Imaginings Film Festival revealed the second wave of their 2021 lineup featuring five more films and five more short film blocks.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick…BOOM! to Open AFI FEST 2021
TICK, TICK…BOOM! (L-R) Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson, Alexandra Shipp as Susan in TICK, TICK…BOOM! Photo Credit: Macall Polay/NETFLIX ©2021 AFI FEST 2021 will open with the World Premiere of Netflix’s tick, tick…BOOM! directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2021 unveils Shorts + Platform Lineup with Riz Ahmed as Jury President
Montana Story directed by Scott McGehee, David Siegel Toronto International Film Festival 2021 announced the full Platform competition lineup with Academy Award–nominated actor Riz Ahmed as head of the jury.
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SAVIOR FOR SALE: DA VINCI’S LOST MASTERPIECE? Trailer. Documentary Explores Mysterious Painting
Savior for Sale: da Vinci’s Lost Masterpiece directed by Antoine Vitkine Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Savior for Sale: da Vinci’s Lost Masterpiece? the documentary on the mysterious painting titled Salvator Mundi (The Savior of the World).
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World War II Japanese Thriller WIFE OF A SPY Sets September Release Date
Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Kino Lorber will release the World War II thriller film Wife of a Spy directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse, Tokyo Sonata). Winner of the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the Venice Film Festival, the film will open at the IFC Center in New York on September 17, and at Laemmle Royal (and other Laemmle theaters) in Los Angeles on September 24. Other cities will follow.