Republic Film Distribution will release documentary, HANDSOME, on all major digital platforms on 30th August.
Republic Film Distribution have announced that their touching new documentary, HANDSOME, will be coming to all major digital platforms on 30th August. HANDSOME follows two brothers, Nick & Alex, as they embark on a worldwide journey to discover what life is like for other siblings living with Down’s Syndrome. From Cornwall to New York, to Vietnam and Mumbai, they encounter families from different cultural backgrounds who each have their own outlook on living with disabilities. Along the way, with joy, laughter, and the day-to-day challenges they face, they learn more about their own relationship and the special bond they have with one another.
Handsome is made by twin brothers and filmmakers Luke White (Director) and Ed White (Producer, Director of Photography) who were given complete access to the lives of Nick and Alex. What unfolds is a compelling exploration of sibling bonds pushed to breaking point, personal challenges that cross continents and cultures, and a bittersweet road movie of tears, tantrums and laughter.
THE ALPINIST is in UK & Eire Cinemas from 24th September 2021.
An intimate portrait of Marc-André Leclerc, a visionary solo climber driven by a simple love of the mountains, THE ALPINIST is produced by Red Bull Media House in association with Sender Films (THE DAWN WALL) and was an official selection of 2020 Telluride and SXSW Film Festivals.
Marc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. On remote alpine faces, the free-spirited 23-year-old Canadian makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. Yet, he draws scant attention. With no cameras, no rope, and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure. Nomadic and publicity shy, he doesn’t own a phone or car, and is reluctant to let a film crew in on his pure vision of climbing. Veteran filmmaker, Peter Mortimer (THE DAWN WALL) sets out to make a film about Leclerc but struggles to keep up with his elusive subject. Then, Leclerc embarks on a historic adventure in Patagonia that will redefine what is possible in solo climbing.
FINDING KENDRICK JOHNSON will be released in US theaters & on video on demand beginning Friday, July 30, 2021.
On January 11th, 2013, Kendrick Johnson was found dead in his high school gymnasium rolled up in a gym mat. The state of Georgia ruled his death as an accident, having died from positional asphyxia. When the family hired their own Forensic Pathologist, not only did he find KJ’s organs missing from his body during the autopsy, he determined the cause of death to be from non-accidental blunt force trauma. To this day, no one knows where KJ’s organs have gone.. So what really happened to KJ?
FINDING KENDRICK JOHNSON is the feature documentary product of a 4-year undercover investigation into the facts of this case. From the creator of 'Stranger Fruit', this new documentary hopes to shed light on one of the most important American stories of our time.
Told through the eyes of KJ's family and close friends, Narrated by Hollywood legend, Jenifer Lewis, Directed by 'Stranger Fruit' creator, Jason Pollock, with an amazing team of Producers including Actor Hill Harper, and Space Jam 2 Director Malcolm D. Lee, FINDING KENDRICK JOHNSON shares this truly historic, heartbreaking, and unbelievable story with the world for the first time.
“The case of Kendrick Johnson is one the most important cases in U.S. history,” says writer/director Jason Pollock. “KJ deserves justice, and hopefully our film will help his family get one step closer to that outcome.”
"This is the most important film I've ever worked on,” says actor and activist Jenifer Lewis. “What this family has gone through is unspeakable but we must speak it so the public knows the truth. Jason has done a brilliant job on this vital story of injustice.”
SACRILEGE will be released 27th September 2021 by Bad Blood Films.
Synopsis: Four lifelong friends head to a remote lodge for a weekend of fun.What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into a fight for their lives when a local Pagan cult offer them up to their Goddess as a sacrifice for the Solstice.
SACRILEGE is director by David Creed, stars Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt, Sian Abrahams, Ian Champion, Rory Wilton & Emma Spurgin Hussey.
A DIRTY FRENCH NOVEL Premieres at Dances With Films film festival, August 28 at midnight.
LIKE A DIRTY FRENCH NOVEL, a riveting, high-energy mix of PULP FICTION and LOST HIGHWAY, is a grindhouse noir following a sexually-charged phone operator, two estranged twin brothers, and a cosplaying femme fatale.
Synopsis: A grindhouse noir following a sexually-charged mysterious phone operator, two estranged twin brothers, and a cosplaying femme fatale.
On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky will be available to purchase or rent on August 3rd on a number of platforms from 1091 Pictures, including iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu and FandangoNOW.
Small Town Monsters Follows Leads for Extraterrestrial Life ON THE TRAIL OF UFOS DARK SKY Lands August 3rd on VOD in US. ON THE TRAIL OF UFOS DARK SKY Investigates Connections Between Unidentified Objects and Energy Sources. https://www.smalltownmonsters.com/
Wadsworth, OH - Cryptid documentarian Seth Breedlove and paranormal researcher Shannon LeGro continue their search for the truth behind the enigma of unidentified flying objects in the latest Small Town Monsters release: On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky. Dark Sky explores the UFO topic from the point of view of LeGro; a podcast host and author, and focuses more heavily on eyewitness accounts than typical alien fare. “ This project excited us because we were able to look into reports from real people in real places that still connect what they’re seeing to what is being talked about in the mainstream media today,” Breedlove said. “Particularly, this idea of why these objects or lights in the sky might actually be here on earth and how they might be closer connected to us than we think.” On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky will be available to purchase or rent on August 3rd on a number of platforms from 1091 Pictures, including iTunes, Amazon Prime Video, Vudu and FandangoNOW.
On the Trail of UFOs: Dark Sky, is a follow-up to 2020’s On the Trail of UFOs: Season 1", an episodic series created by Breedlove and LeGro and distributed by 1091. "On the Trail of UFOs" explored the long history of the topic and became one of the most-viewed independent UFO documentary series in history, racking up nearly 10 million views on Amazon, alone. Dark Sky goes beyond the history of the subject, exploring modern-day accounts, with additional filming taking place as recently as early May.
WENDY will be released in UK and Irish Cinemas on 13 August 2021.
The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic starring a stunning cast of young actors, headlined by Devin France in the title role of Wendy. The film is directed by Benh Zeitlin and written by Benh and his sister Eliza Zeitlin. The producers are Becky Glupczynski (Maria Full of Grace), Dan Janvey (Nomadland), Paul Mezey (Maria Full of Grace) and Josh Penn (Monsters and Men), who all collaborated previously with Zeitlin on Beasts of The Southern Wild.
Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Writer/director Zeitlin recalls how “On every birthday of our childhoods, my sister Eliza and I wished as we blew out the candles that we would never grow up. We were terrified of our older selves and desperate to determine what kind of loss turns kids into grown-ups, before it was too late, and that door closed forever.” Following the global success of his debut film Beasts of The Southern Wild, Zeitlin turned his attention to reinventing the childhood myth that had captivated him and his sister. Rather than Peter’s story, their tale focusses on Wendy who experiences Neverland but has to leave it behind.
As with BEASTS, for which Zeitlin cast breakout star 10-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis who received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for the role, Zeitlin’s vision for WENDY hinged on using performers who had never acted before, to bring a sense of realism to these mythic figures. When Zeitlin and his team met Louisiana native Devin France, he recalls, “She was incredibly open and vulnerable and bursting with curiosity. Her imagination would light her up from within and you could see how much it thrilled her to make believe.”
Further stripping away the elements of the myth that distanced it from reality, Zeitlin replaced fairy magic and flying with wonders of nature bringing an earthier, more naturalistic idea of how Peter’s wildness could exist in the world. The film was shot both in Zeitlin’s home state of Louisiana and, for Neverland, the mountainous Caribbean island of Montserrat, home to a still active volcano and diverse landscape of lush rainforests, towering cliffs and surreal rock formations in the ocean.
With many of the same team he collaborated with on BEASTS, Zeitlin shot every scene of the film in a real location, often ones that were challenging. Staircases were built into cliff faces, roads were created through the volcanic wasteland, equipment (and lunch) arrived by zipline into deep valleys, and a fifty-foot steel ship was sunk and then raised off the coast of Antigua where the film’s water locations were shot.
The breathtaking cinematography by Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Another Round, Victoria) was filmed with a handheld camera to capture the young actors’ eye-levels using as much natural light as possible. For the haunting score, Benh Zeitlin collaborated again with Dan Romer (Beasts of the Southern Wild, Luca) creating the melodies influenced by lullabies and sea shanties that weave through the unique soundtrack.
In the end, the making of WENDY was an adventure every bit as epic as the story itself.
WENDY is the second theatrical release from Elysian Film Group, the newly established UK distribution company headed up by CEO Danny Perkins. Also on the slate for 2021 is Elysian’s first UK production currently in development GREATEST DAYS, a feel-good film based on the stage musical The Band which features 16 hit songs from UK boy-band, Take That.
Signature Entertainment presents DEED OF DEATH in UK on Digital Platforms 23rd August.
Synopsis: When a brother falls in with the wrong crowd and gambles his family’s land away, it’s up to his siblings to save the day. Descending into a world of underground street races and illegal street fights, this family must fight tooth and nail to win back what they’ve lost and bring their brother home. Prepare for all out martial arts action in The Deed of Death. Directed by Areel Abu Bakar, written by Hafiz Derani and starring Namron, Khoharullah Majid and Feiyna Tajudin.
DEED OF DEATH is Directed by Areel Abu Bakar, written by Hafiz Derani and stars Namron, Khoharullah Majid and Feiyna Tajudin.
UNDER THE VOLCANO the rise & fall of AIR Studios available on Digital & BluRay 26th July 2021.
On 26 July 2021, UNDER THE VOLCANO, the untold story about the studio that changed the world from an isolated island paradise, will be on available on digital UK, DVD & Blu-ray release. Directed by Gracie Otto (The Last Impresario) and produced by Cody Greenwood, UNDER THE VOLCANO charts the rise and fall of AIR Studios Montserrat, the recording studio at the centre of the pop universe in the 1980s.
Built by Beatles’ producer Sir George Martin in 1979, AIR Studios Montserrat was a custom-built, state-of-the-art recording facility tucked away on a Caribbean paradise. In the shadow of an active volcano, the studio not only attracted the biggest musical talent on the planet but was the birthplace of mega-hits such as Money for Nothing and Every Breath You Take.
For a decade, AIR Montserrat formed the backdrop to monumental events in music history including the break-up of The Police, the reunion of The Rolling Stones, and the reinvigoration of Paul McCartney after the tragic murder of John Lennon. After a decade of hits, and at the peak of its popularity, the studio was destroyed when the island was hit by a series of devastating natural disasters.
Through personal accounts and backed by a blistering soundtrack, UNDER THE VOLCANO is the definitive account of Sir George Martin’s studio at the end of the world, a place that generated a perfect storm of talent, technology and isolation, ushering in music that would live on long after the last tape rolled.
UNDER THE VOLCANO is the electrifying story of musical powerhouse and the secluded hit factory that produced some of the 70s and 80s most iconic records from the world’s most famous artists.
