Actor and filmmaker Kristen Stewart will receive a Performer Tribute and President of Magnolia Pictures, Eamonn Bowles, will receive the Industry Tribute during the 2021 Gotham Awards Ceremony taking place live and in person on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Here is the first look teaser for Cat Daddies, Mye Hoang’s documentary on the unlikely bond between man and cat, premiering at the 2021 Dallas International Film Festival.
Los Angeles native and music producer Stephen DeBro trades mic for camera, aiming for a knockout in his debut film, 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium Story, the epic story of a cathedral of violence and the remarkable woman who ran it. For eighty years, boxing, wrestling, roller derby and punk rock rattled the concrete walls of the Olympic Auditorium, reverberating far beyond its downtown LA location, sending shockwaves across the world.
Fatima Shaik, an African-American author (Economy Hall) from New Orleans, and whose family has lived in Louisiana for four generations, embarks upon an unlikely quest from The Big Easy to a part of India where no African-American (or American) has ever gone. Her search for the past is fraught with uncertainty as she looks for her late grandfather Shaik Mohamed Musa’s descendants, land he claimed to own and the truth behind the stories she grew up with. Her incredible journey is told in award-winning filmmaker Kavery Kaul’s (Cuban Canvas, Long Way From Home) new feature documentary The Bengali.
The green band and red band trailers are here for The Spine of Night, the fantasy animation horror film starring Richard E. Grant, Lucy Lawless, Patton Oswalt, Betty Gabriel and Joe Manganiello.
The 63rd Lübeck Nordic Film Days (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck) will dedicate its homage section to Danish actor Trine Dyrholm and screen five of her key films. The celebrated actor will be on hand to accept her honorary award as part of the film festival’s opening night ceremonies on November 3 at the CineStar Lübeck. Her latest film “Margrete – Queen of the North”, directed by Charlotte Sieling, will be shown in Competition at the NFL, celebrating its German premiere on November 4.
The 2021 Hawai’i International Film Festival (HIFF) will open with the world premiere of Waterman directed by Isaac Halasima. The film explores the role of sports in breaking societal barriers through Duke Paoa Kahanamoku’s journey and legacy as a trailblazer, father of modern-day surfing, and five-time Olympic medalist.
Gravitas Ventures released the official trailer for The Shuroo Process, the indie comedy drama directed by Emrhys Cooper opening in theaters and on demand on November 24, 2021.
The Romanian drama Uppercase Print by Radu Jude – winner of the 2021 Golden Bear for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn – will open at the Metrograph in NYC on November 10, and at Laemmle Royal in LA on November 19. The film tells the true story of high school student Mugur Călinescu who was arrested in the early 1980s by Romania’s secret police agency for graffiti criticizing the regime of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Radu Jude also directed critically acclaimed Aferim! and “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians.”
Vertical released the official trailer for Heart of Champions, the sports drama film starring Michael Shannon, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Alex MacNicoll, Ash Santos with Lilly Krug and David James Elliott. Directed by Michael Mailer, Heart of Champions opens in select theaters on October 29th.
The 30th Philadelphia Film Festival will showcase more than 130 feature-length and short films, opening on Wednesday, October 20 with Belfast starring Dame Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan. The semi-autobiographical film, written and directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, tells the story of the life of a working-class family and their young son’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital.
After hosting part one of their 2021 festival virtually this past February, Final Girls Berlin Film Festival convenes in the flesh once more in Berlin for a second part of the 6th edition to run from October 29th-31st, 2021.