Dark Sky Films released the trailer for the horror comedy It Cuts Deep, making its World Premieres At Nightstream Film Festival on October 8th; and available in select theaters and on VOD + digital platform on November 13th.
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German Premiere of THE GOOD TRAITOR to Open 62nd Nordic Film Days Lübeck
“The Good Traitor” (“Vores mand i Amerika”) directed by Christina Rosendahl Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) will open this year’s 62nd edition of the festival with the German premiere of “The Good Traitor” (“Vores mand i Amerika”), directed by Christina Rosendahl, on November 4, 2020. Inspired by true events, the film is the story of Henrik Kauffmann, who was the Danish ambassador to the USA at the start of World War II, and who fought for the freedom and independence of Denmark after the Nazis occupied the country. A political rebel and man of the world, Kauffmann is masterfully embodied in the film by Ulrich Thomsen (“The Celebration”, “The World is not Enough”, “The International”). Boasting exquisite camerawork, “The Good Traitor” also looks at Kauffmann’s personal life before his tragic death in 1963.
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Olivia Colman Narrates NASRIN, Powerful New Documentary on Imprisoned Iranian Lawyer and Activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh – Iranian Human Rights Lawyer/Activist on the streets of Tehran before being imprisoned in a scene from the documentary Nasrin – directed by Jeff Kaufman. Photo courtesy of Floating World Pictures The powerful new documentary film, Nasrin, centering on the life of the unstoppable Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, Nasrin Sotoudeh will have its world festival premiere at GlobeDocs Film Festival 2020 in Boston presented by the Boston Globe newspaper.
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Alice Gu’s THE DONUT KING will Kick Off Naples International Film Festival 2020 Lineup
THE DONUT KING Artis – Naples announced the complete program lineup for the 12th Annual Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) to be held October 22-25, 2020 featuring both virtual and in-person events. NIFF’s in-person screenings will include two documentaries, opening on October 22 with Alice Gu’s award-winning documentary The Donut King, and closing on October 25 with Aurélia Rouvier and Seamus Haley’s festival favorite Banksy Most Wanted. Both screenings will be outdoors on a large screen in the Norris Garden on the Artis – Naples Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus.
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Ondi Timoner’s COMING CLEAN Documentary Puts Focus on Opioid Addiction
Coming Clean directed by Ondi Timoner From award-winning director Ondi Timoner, – whose directing credits include the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning films DIG! and We Live in Public as well as Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith – Coming Clean is a feature documentary examining addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders, as they come together to bring the profiteers to justice and rebuild in the wake of the deadliest drug epidemic in our history.
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Maïwenn Receives A Tribute To… Award at Zurich Film Festival and Premieres her Film “DNA”
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – OCTOBER 01: Maïwenn receives the Golden Eye Award during the 16th Zurich Film Festival at Arthouse Le Paris on October 01, 2020 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Thomas Niedermueller/Getty Images for ZFF) French filmmaker Maïwenn accepted the A Tribute To… Award at the 16th Zurich Film Festival. The festival’s most prestigious accolade for auteur filmmakers was presented to Maïwenn at the premiere of her most recent film ADN (DNA) at the Arthouse Le Paris cinema.
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Harlem International Film Festival Announces 2020 Filmmaker Awards, HAINGOSOA Wins Best Film
HAINGOSOA directed by Edouard Joubeaud Edouard Joubeaud’s Haingosoa was named Best Narrative Feature, with George King’s Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley taking the award for Best Documentary Feature at the virtual edition of the 2020 Harlem International Film Festival (Hi). Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er’s Omar and Us was cited as Best World Film (Narrative) and Cam Cowan’s Opeka took the prize for Best World Documentary.
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Austin Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup and US Premiere of DAVE NOT COMING BACK
Dave Not Coming Back Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF) announced today the full schedule of films and panels for the 27th annual Festival, this October 22-29, to be held exclusively online.
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Juliana Fanjul’s RADIO SILENCE and Roberto Escamilla’s CHANCES Win Hola Mexico Film Festival’s 2020 Awards
(l to r) Juliana Fanjul and Roberto Escamilla Win Hola Mexico Film Festival’s 2020 Awards Filmmaker Juliana Fanjul recipient of the most audience votes for her film Silencio Radio ‘Radio Silence,’ won the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Audience Choice Award at 2020 Hola Mexico Film Festival (HMFF).
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I’M YOUR WOMAN to Open, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI to Close Savannah Film Festival 2020 Lineup
Rachel Brosnahan and Arinzé Kene star in I’M YOUR WOMAN Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios This year 23rd annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival running as an all-virtual experience October 24 – 31, will screen 148 films, including 20 narrative films, 17 documentary films and 111 shorts, with 14 world premieres, four U.S. premieres and four North American premieres.
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Watch Trailer for THE ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENT, James Fletcher’s Documentary on How Trump Became President
Accidental President The new political documentary The Accidental President directed by British filmmaker/journalist James Fletcher, and featuring subjects Anthony Scaramucci, Piers Morgan, Kellyanne Conway and many others, is described as a play-by-play from all angles on how Trump became President of the United States…and how he may do it again. The film opens in virtual theaters on October 16 and online everywhere on October 27.
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Documentary LOS HERMANOS / THE BROTHERS to Premiere at Top Film Festivals in Fall
Los Hermanos/The Brothers co-directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider The new documentary Los Hermanos/The Brothers co-directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider World Premiere as the opening night film of Woodstock Film Festival. The film looks at Cuban-born brothers – Ilmar Gavilan the violinist, and Aldo López-Gavilán the pianist – who live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half century wide. Linked by music and dreams, their unfolding story offers a nuanced, often startling view of nations long estranged, and a vision of what can happen when borders can be crossed.