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Must-See Streaming Film Releases
Please note that all dates are specific to the United States.
The following titles are available to stream now through VOD platforms.
Agnieszka Holland's Mr. Jones (VOD)
Ana Lily Amirpour, Gurinder Chadha, Kristen Stewart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar, Naomi Kawase, Natalia Beristáin, Rachel Morrison, and Rungano Nyoni's Homemade (Netflix)
Anu Menon's Shakuntala Devi: The Human Computer (Amazon Prime)
Axelle Laffont's MILF (Netflix)
Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry's Dark Girls 2 (OWN) Bonni Cohen's Athlete A (Netflix)
Bora Kim's House of Hummingbird (Virtual Cinemas)
Bryce Dallas Howard's Dads (Apple TV+)
Carolina Monnerat and Theodore Collatos' Queen of Lapa (Virtual Cinemas)
Deborah Kampmeier's Tape (VOD)
Eashvar Karthic's Penguin (Amazon Prime)
Elissa Down's Feel the Beat (Netflix)
Elizabeth Carroll's Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy (VOD)
Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin's Scheme Birds (VOD)
Gina Prince-Bythewood's The Old Guard (Netflix)
Hirokazu Kore-eda's The Truth (VOD)
Ina Weisse's The Audition (Virtual Cinemas)
Ivy Meeropol's Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (HBO)
Jennifer Badgely and Mary Hewey's Jack & Yaya (VOD)
João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora's The Dead and the Others (Mubi UK)
Laura Holliday's Daddy Issues (VOD)
LP's Desperados (Netflix)
Martha Kehoe's Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (VOD)
Martha Shane's Narrowsburg (VOD)
Natalie Erika James' Relic (VOD)
Riyaana Hartley and Vincent Tran's Beyond Driven (VOD)
Shannon Murphy's Babyteeth (VOD)
Sharon Liese's Transhood (HBO)
Sherry Hormann's A Regular Woman (Virtual Cinema)
Stella Meghie's The Weekend (Hulu, Prime Video)
Sue Williams' Denise Ho: Becoming the Song (Virtual Cinemas)
Upcoming Film Releases
Upcoming Film Releases
July 28
Karen Maine's Yes, God, Yes (VOD)
July 31
Jessica Swale's Summerland (VOD)
Katleho Ramaphakela and Rethabile Ramaphakela's Seriously Single (Netflix)
August 1
Allison Elwood's The Go-Gos (Showtime)
August 7
Ramona S. Diaz' A Thousand Cuts (Virtual Cinemas, Theaters)
Must-See Episodic Releases
Please note that all dates are specific to the United States.
June 26
Gloria: A Life (PBS)
Directed by Diane Paulus
June 29 and June 30
And She Could Be Next (PBS)
Directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia
June 29
The Sommerdahl Murders (Acorn TV)
Created by Lolita Bellstar
July 2
Warrior Nun (Netflix)
Directors include Jet Wilkinson, Agnieszka Smoczynska, and Sarah Walker (2 episodes each)
July 3
The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix)
Series directed by Lucia Aniello
Cable Girls Season 5B (Netflix)
Series created by Ramón Campos, Gema R. Neira, and Teresa Fernández-Valdés. Upcoming episodes directed by Antonio Hernández and Manuel Gómez Pereira.
July 8
Stateless (Netflix)
Created by Tony Ayres, Cate Blanchett, and Elise McCredie. Directed by Emma Freeman and Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Was It Love? (Netflix)
Directed by Kim Do Hyung
July 12
P-Valley (Starz)
Created by Katori Hall. Directors include Tamra Davis, Barbara Brown, Sydney Freeland, Geeta V. Patel, Kimberly Peirce, Millicent Shelton, Tasha Smith, and Karena Evans, who directed the pilot.
July 15
Oscuro Desero / Dark Desire (Netflix)
Created by Leticia López Margalli. Upcoming episodes directed by Kenya Márquez and Pitipol Ybarra.
July 17
Cursed (Netflix)
Directed by Zetna Fuentes and Sarah O' Gorman
July 31
Get Even (Netflix)
Two upcoming episodes directed by Sarah Walker
The Umbrella Academy: Season 2 (Netflix)
Upcoming episodes directed by Ellen Kuras and Amanda Marsalis
August 5
Coroner (CW, US Premiere)
Created by Morwyn Brebner. Episode 6 Season 1 directed by Sherren Lee. Episodes in both Season 1 and Season 2 directed by Adrienne Mitchell and Winnifred Jong.
SIGNINGS
Aimée-Lee Xu Hsien Curran | Sam I Am
Akinola Davies | Yard
Anita Lee | Sam I Am
Catherine Losing | Common People Films
Emma Westenberg | Epoch Films | LINK
Nadia Hallgren | Chelsea Pictures
Sinéad McDevitt | Sam I Am
COMMERCIALS
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Gale Maimane | SARS – "Higher Purpose" | Avatar Agency | Darling | LINK
Jess Coulter | Symetra Financial – "Sue and Megan At Home" | Copacino+Fujikado/Seattle | O Positive | LINK
Jess Kohl | British Vogue – "The Pride Series: Meet Britain's Most Inspiring Drag Troupe" | PRETTYBIRD | LINK
Juliana Curi | Havaianas Pride – "Say Yes #AllLoveWelcome" | Media Monks + Circus | Fauna | LINK
Kim Gehrig | Coca-Cola – "The Great Meal" | Anomaly | Somesuch | LINK
Malia James | Truly – "Entrances" | Goodby Silverstein | Strike Everywhere/The Lift | LINK
Marysia Makowska | Annovera – "Unapology" | McCann NY | Spang.TV | LINK
Sheldon Candis | M/Body – "Online Fitness Classes" | Quriosity Productions | LINK
BRANDED CONTENT
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Faride Schroeder | Nespresso – "Nespresso Talents 2020 – OASIS" | LINK
Jess Kohl | Mullen Lowe India and Chrome Pictures – "They Are Counting on Us. Let's Count Them In" | PRETTYBIRD UK | Nowness | LINK
Kathy Fusco | Tampax – "Let's Talk About It – Time to Tampax with Amy Schumer" | Hungry Man Co. | LINK
Lesly Lynch | ASOS – "Portrait Sônge" | Studio Space Cowboys | LINK
Nina Meredith | Ford, ABC, Disney – "The Bronco 4-Door with Kip Moore" | LINK
Nisha Ganatra | Bodyform/Libresse – "Bodyform: #wombstories" | AMV BBDO/London | Chelsea | LINK
Quinn Wilson | British Vogue – "The Pride Series Episode 6: Symone" | LINK
River Gallo | Badoo – "A Letter From…River Gallo" | LINK
MUSIC VIDEOS
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Adi Halfin | Asaf Avidan – "Lost Horse" | Lief | LINK
Allison Swank | NASTY C – "Eazy" | LINK
Arthur Jafa | Kanye West (ft. Travis Scott) – "Wash Us In The Blood" | Stink/USA | LINK
Samona Olanipekun | Jorja Smith – "Rose Rouge" | LINK
DAPS | City Girls (ft. Doja Cat) – "Pussy Talk" | LINK
Fiona Jane Burgess | RAYE – "Natalie Don't" | Lez Creative | LINK Hannah Lux Davis | Marshmello (ft. Halsey) – "Be Kind" | LINK
Jess Kohl | L Devine – "Don't Say It" | PRETTYBIRD UK | LINK
Kate Cox | Grace Davies – "Just A Girl" | LINK Kristian Mercado | Bob Marley – "No Woman, No Cry" | LINK
Lizzy Sanford | Jasper Lotti – "Sword" | Neighborhood Watch | LINK
Melody Maker x JGrrey | JGrrey – "Ain't So" | LINK
River Gallo | Jeshua – "DUALITY" | GapToof Entertainment | LINK
Ryan DeForeest | Maiya Blaney – "Jack" | LINK
Sadé Clacken Joseph | Samora Pinderhughes ft. Jack DeBoe – "INERTIA" | GapToof Entertainment | LINK
Sophia + Robert | Jetta – "I Wanna Know" | LINK
Sophia Ray | Ella Eyre (ft. Yxng Bane) – "Dreams" | LINK
Sophie Muller | Mae Muller – "I Don't Want Your Money" | LINK
SHORT FILMS
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Abbie Stephens and Carlos Jimenez | "PANIC BUY" | LINK
Elizabeth Lippman | "WE'VE GOT ISSUES" | LINK
Francis Agyapong, Jr. | "The Ashening" | Cracking Up in 5 | LINK
Gillian Zinser and Lyndsay van Dyke | "DOCUMENT JOURNAL X PAUSE" | Lief | LINK
M. Corey Whitted | "FISHING…NOT CATCHING" | Greater Than One Creative | LINK
Rachel Fleit (starring Ava Benjamin Shorr) | "Ava and Bianca" | Good Story Films | LINK
River Gallo and Sadé Clacken Joseph | "Ponyboi" | LINK
Sadé Clacken Joseph | "My Daughter, My Teacher" | LINK
Sally Tran | "60 Years and Still" | LINK
