Universal Pictures released the trailer for the indie drama Our Friend directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck. Our Friend, (previously titled as “The Friend”) made its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, and arrives January 22 in theaters and on demand.
HBO Max released the trailer for the documentary series “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults,” directed by Clay Tweel (“Gleason”), set to premiere on Thursday, December 3.
Crip Camp, MLK/FBI, Time and The Truffle Hunters received multiple nominations including for Best Feature, for the 36th Annual IDA Documentary Awards.
IFC released the trailer for Chad Hartigan’s sweeping sci-fi romance, Little Fish starring Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, and Raúl Castillo. IFC will release the film in theaters and on demand on February 5, 2021.
Samuel Goldwyn Films released the trailer for the romantic comedy Stars Fell on Alabama, set for release on-demand and digital on January 8, 2021.
Italy has selected Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno, as the country’s official entry for the Academy Award in the Best International Film category. From the Oscar-nominated director of Fire at Sea, the observational documentary captures the peoples and places ravaged along the borders between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon.
HBO released the trailer for the documentary The Art of Political Murder, described as a real-life political thriller about the investigation into the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi.
Lili Horvát’s “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” (Felkészülés meghatározatlan ideig tartó együttlétre) has been selected as the Hungarian entry in the International Feature Film category for the 2021 Academy Awards.
Bounce TV has acquired the exclusive world broadcast television premiere rights to With Drawn Arms, the result of a long-term collaboration between Smith and the artist Glenn Kaino, who co-directs with Afshin Shahidi. The critically-acclaimed and compelling documentary, produced by Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy, Power) and Oscar®, Emmy® and GRAMMY®-winner John Legend, explores the impact and the legacy of American track star Tommie Smith’s then-shocking symbol of protest against social injustice while receiving a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
The 29th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) held virtually this year, concluded with the livestreamed closing-night awards presentation.
This past Sunday evening, the awards for the online edition of exground filmfest 33 were presented in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the German Short Film Competition, the audience chose “keep shiftin'”by Verena Wagner as the winning film and in the International Short Film Competition, the jury chose the Mexican film Nightcrawlers (Noctámbulos) by Arturo Baltazar as the winning film.
Amazon Prime Video released the official trailer for Red, White and Blue, the third film in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology series. Small Axe premiered with Mangrove starring Letitia Wright and Shaun Parkes on Friday, November 20, and a new films will premiere each Friday as follows: Lovers Rock on 11/27 starring Micheal Ward & Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Red, White and Blue on 12/4 starring John Boyega, Alex Wheatle on 12/11 with newcomer Sheyi Cole, and the final film Education on 12/18 featuring Kenyah Sandy.