PBS will air a new three-part documentary series following teen environmental activist Greta Thunberg as she seeks to raise awareness of the accelerating climate change. The documentary titled Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (w.t.) premieres in its entirety as a special presentation on Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 at 8:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS stations nationwide. Encore airings of all three episodes air Wednesdays, April 28 – May 12, 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings).
In honor of Academy Award and BAFTA winning actress Cloris Leachman, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 94, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will screen Leachman’s final starring role “Jump, Darling” in the Bodies strand. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival runs digitally from the March 17th- 28th, 2021.
HBO released the trailer for COVID Diaries NYC, chronicling the lives of five young filmmakers, ranging in age from 17 to 21, who turn their cameras on themselves to tell the stories of their families during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The deeply personal film illuminates the plight of essential workers and their families during the early days of the COVID-19 crisis as they navigate the deadly virus and a country riven by social upheaval. COVID Diaries NYC debuts Tuesday, March 9 (9:00-9:40 ET/PT) on HBO.
The fantasy animation horror film The Spine of Night from directors Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will world premiere as part of the SXSW Midnighters section, taking place virtually next month. NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired world sales rights on the film.
Variety announced it will be giving its Creative Impact in Acting Award to Glenn Close as part of their virtual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards event with the Palm Springs International Film Society on February 26.
UniFrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the complete lineup for the 26th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the annual festival that showcases contemporary French filmmaking, scheduled for March 4-14 in the FLC Virtual Cinema.
Courage is an inspiring and encouraging documentary about the peaceful uprising of the people of Belarus against injustice and the brutal repression of their democracy movements.
Broadcast Signal Intrusion, a conspiracy thriller directed by Jacob Gentry, will have its world premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.
The 27th Annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (March 9-14) will open with Philippe Falardeau’s drama My Salinger Year, starring Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver; and the local photographer Brittany App’s environmental documentary Where There Once Was Water will celebrate its US premiere as the Closing Night film.
IFC Midnight will release the supernatural horror film The Djinn, from breakout directors, David Charbonier and Justin Powell, starring Ezra Dewey, Rob Brownstein, and Tevy Poe in select theaters and on demand on May 14, 2021.
Without Getting Killed or Caught, is a remarkable documentary film about the mythical, complicated relationship between legendary songwriters Guy Clark, Susanna Clark, and Townes Van Zandt, and the art it inspired
Berlin International Film Festival 2021 announced the 15 films, two of which are first features, which will compete for the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Productions from 16 countries are represented in the Competition.