An Afro-Cuban couple, desperately searching for a way out of Cuba, meet a lonely Iranian-Canadian woman searching for adventure in paradise, and their entire plan derails when real emotions get involved. Sin La Habana is a story about the lengths people will go to follow their dreams.
Hot Docs Festival announced the 15 films in the 2021 Special Presentations program, showcasing high-profile premieres, award winners, and works by master filmmakers or featuring star subjects.
The BFI London Film Festival confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 65th edition which will take place from the October 6th to 17th, 2021, following a highly successful hybrid edition in 2020, which combined in-cinema experiences at partner venues UK-wide and an online edition for audiences at home.
Here is the first teaser trailer for “The Spine of Night” an ultra-violent, hand-rotoscoped epic fantasy inspired by the cult classic works of animators Ralph Bakshi and Frank Franzetta. The fantasy/animation/horror film Spine of Night directed by Philip Gelatt and Morgan Galen King will have its World Premiere at SXSW on March 18, 2021.
Check out a new clip from the indie drama “See You Then” directed by Mari Walker and world premiering at 2021 SXSW. See You Then stars Pooya Mohseni, Lynn Chen, Nican Robinson and Danny Jacobson.
Uncork’d Entertainment released the trailer for Patricio Valladares’ terrifying Embryo, which premiered at Frightest 2020, and set for released on Digital on April 6, 2021.
Portland International Film Festival unveiled the films in the 2021 Future/future competition highlighting boundary-pushing new cinema from emerging filmmakers and represents some of the most exciting new voices in global cinema.
ArtMattan Films will release the award-winning Canadian drama film Kuessipan by Myriam Verreault, adapted from the acclaimed novel Kuessipan and co-written with the novel’s First Nation Canadian author Naomi Fontaine. Kuessipan means “your turn” in the Innu language, a title chosen to mark the notion that it is the Innu people’s turn to tell their story.
IFC Films acquired Sonia Kennebeck’s documentary thriller Enemies of the State, which investigates the complicated and bizarre case of alleged Wikileaks courier and Anonymous hacker Matt DeHart. IFC Films will release the film this summer.
Netflix released the official trailer for “This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist” the new documentary series on the unsolved robbery of Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The documentary launches on Netflix on April 7th.
Sundance Institute is partnering with XRM Media to create Sundance Film Festival: Asia to support, connect, promote and celebrate the independent film community within Asia, while showcasing a selection of films from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
HBO released the official trailer for the documentary titled TINA, billed as an unvarnished and dynamic account of the life and career of music icon Tina Turner featuring a wealth of never-before-seen footage, audio tapes, personal photos, and new interviews, including with the singer herself.