Eleven films will compete for the XV RTVE-Otra Mirada Award at the 69th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival, running from September 17 to 25. The award is given to feature films on subjects close to the world of women; directed, starring or written by women; or also by men whose films show particular sensitivity towards the world of women.
Check out the new trailer for Fruits of Labor, Emily Cohen Ibañez’s Mexican-American coming-of-age documentary, set to Broadcast Premiere on October 4th on PBS’s POV. The film follows a Mexican-American teenage farmworker who dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner. Fruits of Labor made its World Premiere at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival.
The 22nd Annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will showcase over 145 works from artists representing 51 Indigenous nations giving voice to over 26 Indigenous languages- at live in-person and virtual events from October 19-24, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario.
Check out the first clip – teaser trailer for the Rwandan film Neptune Frost, described as “a radical cyber-musical” from Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.
First-time feature filmmaker Rebeca “Beba” Huntt debuted the first look – clip from her remarkable coming-of-age documentary/cinematic memoir BEBA premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the film, Beba reflects on her childhood and adolescence in New York City as the daughter of a Dominican father and Venezuelan mother and can be best described as “a courageous, deeply human self-portrait of an Afro-Latina artist hungry for knowledge and yearning for connection.”
Here is the first clip video from Sundown, writer-director Michel Franco’s chilling drama starring Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley.
Here is the first look – teaser trailer for The Devil’s Drivers, a new documentary world premiering at Toronto International Film Festival that follows Palestinian smugglers on high-speed trips to help workers cross the border.
The French drama Happening (L’Evenement) directed by Audrey Diwan is the winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. The film, based on the Annie Ernaux’s novel of the same name, recounts the journey of a young woman’s physical and emotional battle to access illegal abortion in a desperate race against the clock.
Fantastic Fest unveiled the final wave of films for the upcoming 16th edition which will close with the U.S. Premiere of Camille Griffin’s pitch-black comedy Silent Night, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Roman Griffin Davis.
Here is a first look teaser at Ahed’s Knee, Nadav Lapid’s dynamic, blistering drama and winner of the Prix du Jury prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film starring Avshalom Pollak and Nur Fibak has its North American Premiere at 2021 Toronto International Film Festival followed by a screening at 2021 New York Film Festival.
Ahead of the world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival, AMC+ and RLJE Films acquired writer Camille Griffin’s directorial debut – the darkly comedic drama “Silent Night”. Silent Night is set to be released in theaters and stream exclusively on AMC+ in North America this December.
Momentum released the official trailer for Witch Hunt, the supernatural thriller starring Gideon Adlon, Abigail Cowen, Christian Camargo, and Elizabeth Mitchell. Directed by writer-director Elle Callahan, Witch Hunt opens in theaters, on demand and digital on October 1, 2021.