The Indian short film CatDog directed by Ashmita Guha wins the Orona – Nest Award at the 2020 San Sebastian International Film Festival. The award which comes with 10,000 euros is given to a film “for its bold but intimate storytelling capable of suggesting the depth of fictional and also real power games”. The Speech directed by Haohao Yan received a Special Mention.
”Habitual,” the second feature film from writer/director Johnny Hickey comes to theaters and VOD this November, Friday the 13th. The psychological drug thriller/horror film stars Johnny Hickey, Chris ‘CT” Tamburello (MTV’s Real World and The Challenge), Stanley Bruno, Ally Doody, Anthony Hoang, Jaylee Hickey, Dottie Daigle, and Emilee Fitzpatrick.
The documentary-thriller hybrid The Infiltrators, co-directed by Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer) and Cristina Ibarra (Las Marthas, “Dirty Laundry: A Homemade Telenovela”) makes its national broadcast debut on Monday, October 5, 2020 on POV’s 33rd season on PBS at 10p.m. ET. The film will also be available to stream for free at pov.org until November 5, 2020.
NewFest, the New York LGBTQ Film Festival, finally unveiled the complete lineup for this year’s 32nd edition of the festival. The festival will kick off with the New York City premiere of Francis Lee’s Ammonite starring Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet and Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan. and will close with the virtual New York premiere of Faraz Shariat’s Teddy Award-winner No Hard Feelings.
Emmy, Tony and Grammy-winner Billy Porter (Pose, American Horror Story: Apocalypse) narrates EQUAL, the four-part LGBTQ+ docuseries chronicling the untold events leading up to the Stonewall Uprising, premiering Thursday, October 22 on HBO Max.
Miami Film Festival unveiled the first titles in its line-up for the seventh annual edition of its acclaimed Miami Film Festival GEMS, which will be held virtually this year from October 8-11.
Olivia Colman, currently starring alongside Anthony Hopkins in the drama The Father, will be honored with the Golden Eye award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival.
Cucalorus Film Festival revealed its first round of cinematic selections for this year’s 26th annual festival presented through a series of Drive-in experiences at the Curbside Cinema at UNCW combined with online screenings and late-night performances.
Chicago International Film Festival today unveiled the full lineup for the 56th edition, screening both virtually and at the drive-in from Wednesday, October 14 – Sunday, October 25, 2020.
The award-winning Swedish feature film GHABE directed by Markus Castro will be released this October from GVN Releasing. GHABE opens in select theaters from October 16 and On Demand from October 20.
The European Film Academy has added six more film titles for the second part of this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection. Due to Covid-19 and the related restrictions, the EFA Feature Film Selection 2020 was announced in two steps: 32 films were already announced in August, with the six titles added today, the list is now complete. Together, the 38 films from part 1 and 2 form the EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2020.
This year’s Portland International Film Festival (PIFF) cut short due to the pandemic in early March will finally wrap up six months later – with new event titled PIFF 2.0. From October 1 to 3, 2020, PIFF 2.0, reimagining the final days of the 43rd Portland International Film Festival, will present 10 films, talks and happy hours from Northwest and International filmmakers, offered in virtual screening and events as well as in new additions to the Film Center’s popular Cinema Unbound Drive-In series.