Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi’s new film American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself premieres on Friday, October 23 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. A visceral cross-country journey during one of the most tumultuous years in history and chilling in its foreshadowing, the feature documentary fearlessly enters the heart of a nation and reflects back urgent, and at times, uncomfortable, truths.
The 35th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) kicks-off with the premiere director George Gallo’s The Comeback Trail featuring an all-star cast including Academy Award winning actors Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones, Golden Globe nominated actor Zach Braff (Scrubs) with co-stars Emile Hirsch, Eddie Griffin and South Florida actress Kate Katzman.
For its 26th year, the Cucalorus Film Festival is taking a new approach with a hybrid format of live online events, streaming films online, and drive-in movie screenings at Curbside Cinema at UNCW. The festival is expanding dates to span fifteen days, November 11th-25th with a full lineup totaling 95 films, with everything from heartwarming dramas and important documentaries to obscure shorts and the just plain zany.
Dominican Film Festival in New York City (DFFNYC) will hold its ninth edition online, October 20-30, 2020 due to COVID-19. DFFNYC official program includes a roster of 70 films and boasts a wide range of genres, from comedy to thriller and drama to romance, plus an homage to the classics and panel discussions with the top leaders of the film industry. All foreign language films are subtitled in English.
The four-part docuseries By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem will premiere on November 8, 2020 at 10 PM ET/PT on EPIX. Inspired by the music and subjects featured in the EPIX original series Godfather of Harlem, this documentary series brings alive the dramatic true story of Harlem and its music during the 1960’s, and connects that history to our present moment.
Once upon a time, the Venezuelan village of Congo Mirador was prosperous, alive with fishermen and poets. Now it is decaying and disintegrating – a small but prophetic reflection of Venezuela itself.
Martin Eden, the sweeping romantic epic based on Jack London’s classic novel, directed by Pietro Marcello opens Friday, October 16 in virtual cinemas and select physical cinemas. The film starring Luca Marinelli currently starring in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard on Netflix, won the Platform Award at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Deep in the Heart Film Festival in Waco, Texas, announced the award winners for the 4th edition of the film festival with the top awards going to Chauncey Crail’s July Rising winning Best Narrative Feature, Aaron and Amanda Kopp’s Liyana took Best Documentary Feature, and Chris Hansen’s Seven Short Films About (Our) Marriage receiving the Audience Award.
The new documentary Madness in the Hills marking Rob Lowe’s documentary directorial debut, will premiere exclusively on Peacock this Friday, October 9th. In the documentary Lowe offers a gripping, emotional account of the deadly mudslides that devastated his neighborhood in Southern California in 2018.
IFC Midnight acquired writer-director Keith Thomas’ feature debut, The Vigil, a supernatural horror film with a Hasidic Jewish twist. The Vigil stars Dave Davis (Bomb City), Malky Goldman (Unorthodox), Menashe Lustig (Menashe), Fred Melamed (A Serious Man), and Lynn Cohen (Munich).
The comedic short film “Jersey”, written by Margaret M. Spirito and directed by and starring Lisa Ann Walter will screen at the 16th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival.
