The new teaser trailer debuted today for “Keeper of Time”, a feature-length documentary produced and directed by Michael Culyba, which will be released late Winter 2021. Before the film began production in 2018, Culyba ran a very successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, which raised over $115,000 in 35 days.
The independent post-modern science fiction feature film “The Control” written and directed by Michael Stasko and Eric Schiller, stars Mike Stasko (‘Mike’), Eric Schiller (‘Eric’) and Sharon Belle (‘Sophie’). The film is now available to rent and own on DVD and North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media.
Iceland has selected the mother-daughter drama Agnes Joy (Hæ, hó Agnes Joy) directed by Silja Hauksdóttir as its submission for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.
The 2020 Key West Film Festival wrapped with the annual awards ceremony, awarding prizes to the winning films. The top prizes including KWFF Critics’ Award went to I Carry You With Me, directed by Heidi Ewing and Best Florida Film went to Cuba, Reframed, directed by John Biffar. The Best LGBTQ Film went to Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation, directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland and Best Women’s Film went to 9 to 5: Story of a Movement, directed by Julia Reichert.
The Malayalam-language action film “Jallikattu” directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery has been selected as the Indian entry at 93rd Oscar Awards in Best International Feature Film category. The film is based on a story by S. Hareesh, its title a reference to a traditional spectacle in which individuals attempt to wrangle a bull.
Disney+ released the new trailer for the upcoming original six-part docu-series, “On Pointe,” which will debut exclusively on the streaming service Friday, December 18, 2020.
The Philippines selected the war drama Mindanao directed by Brillante Mendoza as the country’s representative in the International Film Feature category of the 93rd Academy Awards.
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) announced the winners of the competition programs during the IDFA 2020 Awards Ceremony. Radiograph of a Family by Firouzeh Khosrovani won the IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, along with the Beeld en Geluid IDFA ReFrame Award for best creative use of archive.
Whistler Film Festival (WFF) will shine a spotlight on Colm Feore, Kelly McCormack, Gabriel Byrne, Rémy Girard and Tzi Ma with films in the festival through its popular signature series of talent talks that recognize distinguished artists and rising stars of our time with an intimate interview and award.
IFC Films will release No Man’s Land, the dynamic modern-day Western is set in the Rio Grande Valley along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. No Man’s Land opens in select theaters, on digital platforms and VOD on January 22nd.
Disney Plus released the official trailer for the new Taylor Swift documentary “folklore: the long pond studio” sessions. The documentary which is also directed by Taylor Swift, premieres exclusively on Disney+ on November 25.
Directed by Dan Vernon, The Changin’ Times of Ike White, the new revelatory documentary on jailed musical genius Ike White, protégé of Stevie Wonder and Jerry Goldstein, will open nationwide in Virtual Cinema on December 4.