Toronto International Film Festival, alongside the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (FIPRESCI), announced the 2021 TIFF award winners.
Film Festivals
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‘Anatolian Leopard’ and ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Win Toronto Film Festival 2021 Jury Awards
Costa Brava, Lebanon directed by Mounia Akl
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10th Montclair Film Festival to Open with THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Closes with THE POWER OF THE DOG
The French Dispatch directed by Wes Anderson The 10th annual Montclair Film Festival (MFF) taking place October 21-30, 2021 in Montclair, NJ will open on Thursday, October 21 with Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch at The Wellmont Theater. In his new film The French Dispatch, Wes Anderson has assembled an all-star cast (including Benicio Del Toro, Frances McDormand, Adrien Brody, Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Owen Wilson and many more) created a love letter to journalists, following the exploits of a band of writers, editors, and essayists working to publish The French Dispatch, a fictional twentieth century magazine, published in a fictional French city.
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UNITED STATES VS. REALITY WINNER to Open 2021 Double Exposure Film Lineup
United States vs. Reality Winner The 2021 Double Exposure presents 12 investigative feature films and a selection of more than 15 shorts for its seventh season, taking place as a hybrid event, October 13-17.
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‘The French Dispatch’ will Open the 57th Chicago International Film Festival
The French Dispatch The 2021 Chicago International Film Festival’s Opening Night film will be Wes Anderson’s widely embraced and critically-acclaimed Cannes premiere The French Dispatch, a love letter to journalists with an all-star cast, including Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Stephen Park, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and Elisabeth Moss.
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KING RICHARD Starring Will Smith will Close AFI FEST 2021
(L – r) Aunjanue Ellis as Oracene “Brandy” Williams, Mikayla Bartholomew as Tunde Price, Will Smith as Richard Williams, Saniyya Sidney as Venus Williams, Demi Singleto as Serena Williams and Daniele Lawson as Isha Price in Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama King Richard, a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Chiabella James AFI FEST 2021 will close with Warner Bros. Pictures’ King Richard, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green with cinematography by Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977) and starring two-time Academy Award®nominee Will Smith. The film follows Richard Williams, an undeterred father who, with the support of his family, is instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, Venus and Serena Williams. The Closing Night screening will take place on Sunday, November 14 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
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Hamptons International Film Festival 2021 Announces Film Lineup, SPENCER as Centerpiece Film
Spencer starring Kristen Stewart The 2021 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch as Closing Night film and the East Coast Premiere of Pablo Larraín’s Spencer as the Saturday Centerpiece Film, and additional films to the Spotlight section, as well as Signature Programs including Views From Long Island; Conflict and Resolution; Air, Land & Sea; and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights.
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Watch First Clip for SALOUM – Senegalese Supernatural Thriller at Toronto Fest
Renaud Farah, Roger Sallah, Mentor Ba, Yann GaeL in Saloum. Courtesy of LACME STUDIOS Here is the first look clip from Saloum, the Senegalese supernatural thriller from writer/director Jean Luc Herbulot world premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in Midnight Madness.
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Indie Memphis Film Festival 2021 Announces Full Slate – Opens with RED ROCKET Starring Simon Rex
Red Rocket directed by Sean Baker Indie Memphis Film Festival 2021 announced the full slate of films for this year’s edition set to run as a hybrid of online and in-person screenings and events from October 20th – 25th, 2021.
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First Trailer for PAKA (River of Blood), ‘Romeo and Juliet–esque Tale Set in Kerala’
Paka (River of Blood) Nithin Lukose’s debut feature film as a writer-director in the Malayalam language, PAKA (River of Blood), is having its World Premiere at the 46th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), held from September 9-19, 2021.
