Gravitas Ventures will release Daniel Schechter’s smart comedy/drama After Class (formerly Safe Spaces) starring Justin Long, Fran Drescher, Richard Schiff and Kate Berlant.
Cinema Guild will Release Eric Baudelaire’s UN FILM DRAMATIQUE in U.S.
Éric Baudelaire’s Un Film Dramatique which played at Locarno Film Festival,Toronto Film Festival and New York Film Festival was acquired by Cinema Guild for release in the U.S.
Vertical to Release Neo-Noir Festival Hit BLOOD ON HER NAME in Early 2020
Vertical Entertainment will release Neo-Noir thriller Blood on Her Name starring Bethany Anne Lind, Will Patton, and Elizabeth Röhm.
APOLLO 11 Wins Top Awards at 4th Critics’ Choice Documentary Award
Apollo 11 took home the award for Best Documentary Feature as well as Best Editing, Best Score, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary at the 4th Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards.
Brazil Oscar Contender INVISIBLE LIFE OF EURÍDICE GUSMÃO to Open 11th Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival
Brazil’s official entry for Oscars 2020 Best Foreign Film, the Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmão, will open the 11th annual Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival on Friday, November 15th.
LINDA RONSTADT: The Sound of My Voice Documentary Sets CNN Premiere Date
LINDA RONSTADT: The Sound of My Voice, the 2019 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards winner for Best Music Documentary about singer Linda Ronstadt’s life and musical journey, directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, will premiere on CNN on Wednesday, New Year’s Day.
159 Documentary Feature Films Submitted for 2019 Oscar Race
One hundred fifty-nine features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Robert De Niro to Receive 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award
Robert De Niro has been named the 56th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Pedro Almodóvar’s PAIN AND GLORY and Roman Polanski’s J’ACCUSE Lead European Film Awards 2019 Nominations
Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) and An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse) directed by Roman Polanski lead the nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards
Renée Zellweger To Receive Actress Achievement Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival
For her performance in Judy, Renée Zellweger will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
AMERICAN FACTORY and APOLLO 11 Lead 2020 Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
American Factory and Apollo 11 lead 2020 Cinema Eye Honors nominations with 5 apiece, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature.
Irish Sci-Fi/Thriller SEA FEVER Gets Early 2020 Release in U.S.
Gunpowder & Sky will release Neasa Hardiman’s critically-acclaimed Irish sci-fi/thriller Sea Fever theatrically in the U.S. in early 2020.
Spike Lee to Receive Film at Lincoln Center’s annual Chaplin Award
Academy Award–winner Spike Lee will be honored with the Film at Lincoln Center’s 46th Chaplin Award at the annual Award Gala.
TIGHTROPE: AMERICANS REACHING FOR HOPE Featuring Journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to Premiere at DOC NYC
The documentary Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope follows Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn on a deeply personal journey examining some of the most crucial challenges facing Americans today.
IT MUST BE HEAVEN and THE FACTORY Win at 1st CineCina Film Festival -THE ROAD
Elia Suleiman’s IT MUST BE HEAVEN was named Best Film at the CineCina Film Festival – THE ROAD, the first edition of its world cinema film festival.
NARROWSBURG, The Story of a Tiny Town Caught in a Show Biz Con, Receives NY Premiere at DOC NYC
Martha Shane’s Narrowsburg, a darkly comic story of a mystery couple with Hollywood dreams who turns a tiny upstate town upside down will have its NY Premiere at 2019 DOC NYC.
FOXY, NOT YOUR DAY and SMILE Win at 1st Billy the Kid Film Festival
Canadian filmmaker Trista Suke’s FOXY won the Best Feature Film Award at the first edition of the Texas-based Billy the Kid Film Festival.
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32nd Tokyo International Film Festival Winners – UNCLE wins Grand Prix
Winners of the awards at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival were announced during the Closing Ceremony. The Grand Prix went to the Danish film Uncle directed by Frelle Petersen.
Watch Trailer for HBO Documentary LINDSEY VONN: THE FINAL SEASON
Watch the trailer for The HBO documentary Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season, chronicling the career and closing chapter of one of skiing’s most accomplished superstars.
2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival Winners – DE LO MIO and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Win Top Awards
The 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival announced this year’s winners. The Narrative Competition winner is DE LO MIO by New York-based filmmaker Diana Peralta.
Virginia Film Festival 2019 Winners – JUST MERCY Wins Audience Award
Just Mercy, starring Michael B. Jordan as social justice warrior Brian Stevenson and Jamie Foxx as wrongly-convicted death row inmate, won the Virginia Film Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.
San Diego Intl Film Festival 2019 Award Winners – STEED Wins Best Film
Steed directed by Erdenebileg Ganbold won the award for Best Feature Film at the 18th San Diego International Film Festival.
Ellen DeGeneres to Receive Carol Burnett Award from Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Three-time Golden Globe nominee Ellen DeGeneres will receive the Carol Burnett Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
LOST TRANSMISSIONS and THE TONY ALVA STORY Bookend Whistler Film Festival 2019 Lineup
Returning for its 19th edition, the Whistler Film Festival will showcase 86 fresh films, and open with the Canadian Premiere of LOST TRANSMISSIONS, starring Simon Pegg and Juno Temple.