The 65th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced the full 2021 program line-up that will be presented both in cinemas and virtually over twelve days from October 6 – 17, 2021.
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FERGUSON RISES, Tribeca Award Wining Documentary Opens in Theaters on September 17
Ferguson Rises directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu Directed by Mobolaji Olambiwonnu the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival audience award winner Ferguson Rises goes deep into the aftermath and protests following the killing of unarmed Black teen Michael Brown Jr. by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The documentary produced by David Oyelewo and Jessica Oyelowo, opens September 17th at the Laemmle Monica Film Center.
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FIRE MUSIC Trailer. Documentary Tribute to the Free Jazz Movement, Opens in Theaters on September 10
Sun Ra 1968. Fire Music directed by Tom Surgal (Photo ©Baron Wolman) Ahead of the release in theaters starting September 10, the official trailer dropped for Fire Music, filmmaker Tom Surgal’s documentary tribute to the Free Jazz Movement.
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Watch the Trailer for THREE MINUTES — A LENGTHENING. Bianca Stigter’s Documentary on a Lost Jewish Community Captured on Film
Townspeople of the predominantly Jewish village of Nasielsk, Poland in 1938 as seen in Bianca Stigter’s Three Minutes – A Lengthening. Image courtesy of Family Affair Films, © US Holocaust Memorial Museum Bianca Stigter’s ” Three Minutes – A Lengthening” narrated by Helena Bonham Carter is described as a haunting documentary essay that expands upon film’s place in history. Co-produced by Steve McQueen, the documentary world premieres at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on September 4 and will receive its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in mid-September.
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New York Film Festival Partners with Local Arthouse Theaters – Anthology Film Archives, BAM, Maysles
Anthology Film Archive The 59th New York Film Festival taking place September 24 – October 1, 2021 is partnering with local New York City arthouse theaters to bring NYFF59 films to new audiences.
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‘The Legacy of elBulli’ Documentary to Open Culinary Zinema Section of San Sebastian Film Festival
The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli) The world premiere of The Legacy of elBulli (Las huellas de elBulli), a film about the restaurant run by Ferran Adrià, will open the Culinary Zinema section of the 69th San Sebastian International Film Festival. The section will close with Délicieux / Delicious, a period fiction situated amidst kitchen stoves. The food themed films showcased in the Culinary Zinema section will be accompanied by themed dinners.
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Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST Trailer. Irish Coming-of-age Drama Opens in Theaters in November
(L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as “Pa”, Judi Dench as “Granny”, Jude Hill as “Buddy”, and Lewis McAskie as “Will” in director Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features Check out the official trailer for Belfast, Kenneth Branagh’s Irish coming-of-age drama making its world premiere this weekend at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. Belfast is described as “the humorous, tender and intensely personal story of one boy’s childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s.”
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THE RESCUE Trailer. Documentary on 2018 Thailand Cave Rescue Opens in Theaters in October
The Rescue (National Geographic) Following the world premiere at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival this weekend, National Geographic Documentary Films and Greenwich Entertainment will release The Rescue, the latest film from award-winning directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin exclusively in theaters on October 8, 2021.
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8 Films to Compete for Best Film at 65th BFI London Film Festival
True Things directed by Harry Wootliff The 65th BFI London Film Festival announced the 8 films competing for the Best Film Award in the 2021 Official Competition selection.
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Zurich Film Festival Shines Spotlight on Sex in ‘Hashtag’ Section #letSEXplore
Pleasure directed by Ninja Thyberg Since 2018, the Zurich Film Festival’s “Hashtag” section shines a spotlight on a highly topical issue. The hashtag chosen for the 17th ZFF, #letSEXplore, is all about sex – uninhibited and in all its many forms.
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Sopranos Movie ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Launches the New ‘Tribeca Fall Preview’ Series
The Many Saints of Newark Tribeca Fall Preview, a season-long series featuring film premieres, musical performances, and more, from Tribeca Enterprises, the organization behind the Tribeca Festival, will kick-off on September 22 with the premiere of the The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark at the Beacon Theatre.
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STOP AND GO Trailer. Whitney Call and Mallory Everton Star in COVID Road-Trip Comedy
Stop and Go starring Whitney Call and Mallory Everton. Blake (Mallory Everton) steels herself to exit the car during a pandemic and handle a sticky gas pump, armed with nothing but sandwich bags for gloves – and they’re snack-size. | Credit: Brenna Empey Definitely check out the official trailer for Stop and Go, the indie comedy film starring Whitney Call and Mallory Everton as two sisters braving a cross-country road trip to rescue their grandmother from a COVID outbreak at her nursing home.