After earning critical praise following the premieres at Venice and Telluride Film Festivals, Sony Pictures Classics will release Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song. The film will receive a North American theatrical release in 2022.
Dear Rider, a feature documentary from Red Bull Media House and Emmy®-winning director Fernando Villena, is a celebration of the life and vision of Jake Burton Carpenter (1954-2019), the pioneer who propelled the sport of snowboarding into a global and cultural phenomenon. The film debuts Tuesday, November 9 (9:00 – 10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
Scott Barber’s This Is GWAR documentary took top Audience Award honors for features at NIGHTSTREAM 2021, which ran from October 7-13th virtually all across the U.S.
Tribeca and CHANEL concluded the seventh annual Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program, and Maya Tanaka and Schuchi Talati are the winning recipients of this year’s grand prize for their film Honolulu. Honolulu tells the story of Yuki, a 12-year-old with a vivid fantasy life, who complicates her already morose beach vacation with her father and grandmother.
“Americanish” from director Iman Zawahry snagged the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize and “All These Sons” from Academy Award® nominee Bing Liu (“Minding the Gap” 2018) and Joshua Altman was awarded the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 30th Heartland International Film Festival.
The Korean film The Apartment with Two Women, directed by Kim Se-in, was the big winner at the 26th Busan International Film Festival, winning 5 awards including New Currents Award, KB New Currents Audience Award, NETPAC Award, Watcha Award, and Actress of the Year for Im Jee-ho. The jury was left impressed, commenting, “A film about the well explored antagonism between a mother and daughter was so particular to the world it was set in. Amazing performances by the two leading actors had me holding my breath at times.”
Netflix released the official trailer for the sports drama film Bruised, the directorial debut of Academy Award winner Halle Berry, starring Adriane Lenox, Sheila Atim, Valentina Shevchenko, and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
HBO released the official trailer for Women Is Losers, the indie drama starring Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, Lincoln Bonilla. Directed by Lissette Feliciano, Women Is Losers world premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival, and will debut exclusively on HBO Max on October 18, 2021.
Greenwich Entertainment will release the award-winning documentary President by director Camilla Nielsson (Democrats) in theaters starting Friday, December 17 at Film Forum in New York City.
Carole Baskin was thrust into the spotlight when “Tiger King” transformed the big cat activist and business owner into a pop culture phenomenon. The series fueled rumors about Baskin’s business and personal life, which she dismisses as gossip spread by her foes in an effort to detract from her life’s mission: to finally end the abuse of big cats in the United States.
FilmRise released the official trailer for Beans is the coming-of-age story of a Mohawk girl named Tekehentahkhwa, who more often goes by her quirky nickname, Beans played by Kiawentiio, a young Mohawk from the Akwesasne community.
Disney+ released the official trailer for The Beatles: Get Back, the docuseries directed by Peter Jackson, made entirely from never-before-seen, restored footage, providing the most intimate and honest glimpse into the creative process and relationship between John, Paul, George, and Ringo ever filmed.