Category Archives: Releases

Coming to Discovery+ today, Friday, November 12:
SET!

Director:
Scott Gawlik

World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021

Select Festivals:
IDFA, Melbourne, Heartland, Cork, Napa Valley, Newport Beach

About:
Seven cut-throat competitive table setting hopefuls feverishly prepare their entries for a prestigious county fair, serving up artistry, hilarity, and serious frenemy vibes on a silver platter. 

Coming to theatres and to virtual cinemas today, Friday, November 12:
MOTHER, I AM SUFFOCATING. THIS IS MY LAST FILM ABOUT YOU.

Director:
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese

World Premiere:
Berlin 2019

Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Documentary Fortnight, Docaviv, Encounters, Durban

About:
A personal essay about the filmmaker’s relationship to his home continent, Africa.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 5:
COURAGE

Director:
Aliaksei Paluyan

World Premiere:
Berlin 2021

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, Hot Docs, Fajr, Krakow, Sheffield, Dokufest

About:
In the course of the 2020 Belarussian presidential elections, an underground theatre group takes part in peaceful mass protests, narrowly escaping arrest and torture.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS

Director:
Vivian Kleiman

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021

Select Festivals:
Sheffield, AFI Docs, Frameline, Outfest, Heartland, BendFilm, GlobeDocs

About:
A profile of five pioneers of queer comedy, as they tackle everything from the AIDS crisis and workplace discrimination to the search for love and a good haircut. 

Coming to Amazon Prime Video tomorrow, Friday, November 12:
MAYOR PETE

Director:
Jesse Moss

World Premiere:
Chicago 2021

Select Festivals:
NewFest, Philadelphia, Virginia, Heartland

About:
A look at Pete Buttigieg’s campaign to be the first openly gay US president.

Coming to theatres this Friday, November 12:
PAPER & GLUE

Director:
JR

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021

Select Festivals:
Hamptons, Camden, Montclair, Mill Valley, Philadelphia

About:
From the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the US-Mexico border to the courtyard of a supermax prison, JR’s large-scale photomurals have turned some of the most provocative spaces of the world into eye-catching immersive art that challenges perspectives and unites communities.

Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, November 11:
DELPHINE’S PRAYERS

Director:
Rosine Mbakam

World Premiere:
Cinéma du Réel 2021

Select Festivals:
True/False, Documentary Fortnight, Jihlava, Indielisboa, DOXA, Sheffield, Dokufest, Open City

About:
A portrait of a young Cameroonian girl who exposes the patriarchy and colonialism that continues to suppress African women.

Coming to YouTube this Thursday, November 11:
TOM PETTY: SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE

Director:
Mary Wharton

World Premiere:
SXSW 2021

Select Festivals:
Boulder, Melbourne

About:
An intimate view of a musical icon, drawn from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film showing Tom Petty at work on his acclaimed 1994 album WILDFLOWERS.