Ahead of the release on Friday, April 2nd, Utopia released the new official trailer for the hilarious indie comedy film Shiva Baby. Written and directed by Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby stars Rachel Sennott as a bisexual college student who runs into her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend at a Jewish funeral service with her parents.
Searchlight Pictures released the trailer for the indie psychological horror film The Night House directed by David Bruckner and starring Rebecca Hall set to open in theaters on July 16, 2021.
Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the first wave of films and live events playing the upcoming festival taking place online (April 23 – May 2) and drive-ins (June 3-5, 2021).
In celebration of Earth Day 2021, Apple TV+ will debut “The Year Earth Changed,” an original documentary special narrated by Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning broadcaster David Attenborough, along with the second seasons of documentary series “Tiny World” and “Earth At Night In Color.” Set to premiere globally in more than 100 countries on April 16, 2021, each of these groundbreaking originals will captivate and inspire viewers to herald Earth Day, the world’s largest annual environmental movement.
For its 20th anniversary, the Tribeca Film Festival will return as a physical in person events with plans to transform prominent NYC locations into an expansive 12-day multi-screen outdoor celebration. The event will take place from June 9-20 as the first major film festival held in person bringing filmmakers, artists, storytellers and audiences together under the New York skyline.
Now in its fifth year, the 2021 edition of DocLands Documentary Film Festival, presented annually by the California Film Institute (CFI), returns Friday, May 7 through Sunday, May 16 for a ten-day showcase of documentary film.
Greenwich Entertainment will release The Big Scary “S” Word the directorial feature debut of Yael Bridge (producer of Saving Capitalism) in theaters on Friday, September 3 – timed with Labor Day Weekend. The documentary had its world premiere at the Hot Docs film festival followed by an impressive festival run at AFI Fest, Mill Valley Film Festival, and DOC NYC.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival released the complete schedule for its 20th annual festival presented this year as a “double feature”– online, with most films available coast-to-coast from April 15-29, and live and outdoors in Ashland and Medford from June 24-28. AIFF’s 2021 festival will present approximately 100 new independent films, including 35 feature films and a dozen shorts programs, accompanied by Q&A’s with filmmakers, virtual parties, mixers, and panels.
Set in the world of elite skiing, the Cannes-selected #MeToo drama Slalom, from debut filmmaker Charlène Favier, stars Noée Abita and Jérémie Renier (The Child). Slalom opens on April 9 nationwide in virtual cinemas through Kino Marquee and select physical theaters New York at Quad Cinema LA at Laemmle Monica (Santa Monica)
The first trailer debuted for the basketball documentary Alaskan Nets set to make its world premiere at the 36th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in the Documentary Competition on Saturday, April 3rd.
The environmentally-focused film festival EarthxFilm announced ten days and nights of drive-in, outdoor and online screenings during this year’s hybrid edition of the Dallas-based environmental film festival.
Identifying Features, the debut feature from director Fernanda Valadez, is the winner of the 44th Portland International Film Festival’s Future/future competition. The film, an intriguing and confident first feature following a mother’s journey to find out what happened to her son along the Mexican border, was awarded the honor as well as a $1,000 prize.