SXSW 2021 announces full virtual lineup: Demi Lovato, Selma Blair, Charli XCX docs and more
SXSW Online will take place across several platforms – web, mobile, and premium viewing from your TV – for a dynamic viewing experience. Seven films will launch every... Read More
Film Festivals
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival submissions open, virtual event to run in June
Submissions open today and will be open until Friday, March 12 Academy Award-nominated actor Edward James Olmos, founder of the Latino Film Institute, announced today... Read More
NEON picks up Jamila Wignot’s Alvin ‘Ailey’ doc out of Sundance
NEON made its second acquisition of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, with Jamila Wignot’s Ailey, the moving and intimate portrait of dance legend Alvin Ailey. The film... Read More
NEON snaps up ‘Flee’ after Sundance premiere
NEON had made the first acquisition out of this year’s Sundance, with North American rights to Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee. In an overnight bidding war on the... Read More
Palm Springs Film Festival to honor Riz Ahmed
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Sound of Metal star Riz Ahmed is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Actor Award. “Riz Ahmed delivers one... Read More
Miami Film Festival to screen international Oscar contenders; Javier Cámara to be honored
Extending its status as a bellwether for the Oscars, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) renowned Miami Film Festival announced today its shortlist of International Feature Film submissions that will screen during... Read More
Julie Dash, Cynthia Erivo, Raúl Castillo among 2021 Sundance Film Festival jury members
22 celebrated voices across film, art and culture will bestow this year’s awards on feature-length and short films at the Sundance Film Festival, at a... Read More
Jessie Fairbanks named Director of Programming for SFFILM
SFFILM announced today a major addition to the organization’s leadership roster, with Jessie Fairbanks joining as Director of Programming, effective January 25. Fairbanks will lead the curation of... Read More
Bong Joon Ho to head 2021 Venice Film Festival jury
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho will be the president of the International Jury of the Competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival (September 1... Read More
Sundance 2021 adds ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ as world premiere
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today added two more world premiere feature films to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival lineup. Shaka King’s Fred Hampton film Judas and... Read More
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