Independent Film
MUBI will release Azor, a slow-burn political thriller from Andreas Fontana, which had its World Premiere at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival and US Premiere at New Directors/New Films. The film will open in New York at IFC Center on September 10th, with a nationwide theatrical rollout to follow.
Vertical released the trailer for the indie drama film Lorelei starring Jena Malone, Pablo Schreiber, Amelia Borgerding, Chancellor Perry, and Parker Pascoe-Sheppard. Directed by Sabrina Doyle, the film opens in select theaters and on demand on July 30th, 2021.
White as Snow, the French dark comedy film by Anne Fontaine starring Lou de Laâge and Isabelle Huppert, opens in theaters on August 13, 2021. Damien Bonnard, Vincent Macaigne, Benoît Poelvoorde, and Charles Berling also star in the film which premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
Magnet Releasing released the trailer for the indie coming-of-age comedy film First Date directed by Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp that premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film starring Tyson Brown and Shelby Duclos, opens in theaters and on demand on July 2.
The french period romance drama Casanova, Last Love, a film by Benoît Jacquot (Farewell, My Queen, Diary of a Chambermaid) based on Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th-century Italian adventurer, opens July 14 at the Quad Cinema in New York City.
Magnolia Pictures released the official trailer for the indie dramedy film Swan Song directed by Todd Stephens, and starring Udo Kier, Jennifer Coolidge, Linda Evans, Michael Urie, Ira Hawkins along with Stephanie McVay. Swan Song, winner of the Pride Audience Award at 2021 NewFest, New York LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, opens in theaters on August 6th, 2021 and on demand on August 13th, 2021.
Apple dropped the official trailer for CODA, the Sundance award-winning indie film starring Emilia Jones, Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, Amy Forsyth, Kevin Chapman and Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin.
Too Late, the horror comedy film set in the Los Angeles indie comedy scene starring Alyssa Limperis, Ron Lynch, Fred Armisen and Mary Lynn Rajskub opens in theaters and digital on Friday, June 25th.
The acclaimed French drama Angel (Un Ange), directed by Koen Mortier and starring Vincent Rottiers and Fatou N’Diaye, opens in virtual theaters on June 25 from Oration Films. In the film top cyclist Thierry and sex worker, Fae feel an instant connection but his career disgrace and her illegal status, threaten their dreams of escape.
Amazon released the official trailer for the musical film Annette starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard. Directed by Leos Carax, in his English-language debut, the film will open in theaters on August 6 and August 20 on Prime Video, following its premiere as the opening night film of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Dark Sky Films will release Night Drive, a shocking ride with a wicked sense of humor from Bradford Baruh (John Dies at the End, Dead Night) and Meghan Leon (Dead Night), the filmmakers behind the cabin-in-the-woods thriller Dead Night, in theaters and digital/VOD on August 6th.
A24 released the short doc titled Legends Never Die: An Oral History of ‘Sir Gawain and The Green Knight,’ narrated by Ralph Ineson, billed as a crash course on the 14th century epic poem that inspired David Lowery’s upcoming film.