ShortList 2020: How a ‘Creepy’ A Cappella Group Inspired the Dark Comedy ‘The Devil’s Harmony’ (Video)

The New York Film Festival has added the world premiere of Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks, which sees the filmmaker reunite with her Lost in Translation star Bill Murray in a comedy about a father-daughter duo played by Murray and Rashida Jones, to its lineup. The A24 and Apple Original Films title joins a number of other high-profile titles in the Spotlight section at 58th annual event, presented by Film at Lincoln Center.

Moments ago, the New York Film Festival announced their new Spotlight section. For this 58th incarnation of the festival, a very unique one already, which will focus largely on outdoor and virtual screenings, NYFF is opening to try this approach, which will include sneak previews, gala events, screenings with live elements, and other more.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks,” centered on a father/daughter duo played by Rashida Jones and Bill Murray, will world premiere at the New York Film Festival as part of its new spotlight section.“On the Rocks” will be released in October by A24 and Apple TV.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEXCLUSIVE: After hitting the fall film festival circuit of Telluride, Venice and Toronto with her edgy coming-of-age directorial debut Palo Alto back in 2013, Gia Coppola is returning to the Lido with sophomore effort Mainstream. The film will screen in the Horizons section on September 5 with star Maya Hawke and producer Fred Berger, among others, also in town.

Sofia Coppola likes her collaborations and collaborators. It’s been a minute since her first proper feature-length narrative film, 2017’s “The Beguiled,” but the filmmaker is back with a story that includes familiar friends.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Planters, a do-it-yourself dark comedy written, directed by and starring Alexandra Kotcheff and Hannah Leder in a film they crewed themselves, has scored a North American rights deal via 1091 Pictures. A September theatrical release followed by a December 8 on-demand bow is in the works.In what could be one template for making a movie during the pandemic, Kotcheff and Leder shot for 127 days entirely without an on-set crew.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Count Sony’s Camila Cabello Cinderella movie as one of the more notable major studio features safely returning to production after the pandemic shutdown. Cinderella, directed by Kay Cannon, is resuming filming outside of London, UK with some low-level shooting commencing this week as the production felt safe and organized to move ahead.

With a number of feature films being delayed into 2021, there are fewer and fewer exciting features arriving this fall, whether it be on the big screen or streaming. However, one of the most anticipated titles that is still going to grace us in 2020 is none other than “On the Rocks,” from filmmaker Sofia Coppola and starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones.

Also Read: Netflix Reveals 'Extraction,' 'Bird Box,' 'Spenser Confidential' Top List of Most Popular FilmsThe movie is an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves.

Also Read: ShortList 2020: How 'Girl in the Hallway' Animates a Heartbreaking Tale of Abduction and Murder (Video)“Sticker” follows Dejan, a beleaguered father trying to get to his daughter’s dance recital…only to end up in an escalating crisis thanks to a simple office error. Stumbling through an overcrowded DMV office, he is told that the office has run out of stickers for vehicle registration.

Jeremy Helligar When he was making the video for the song “Slave,” off his just-released album “Help,” Duval Timothy rounded up a pair of unimaginable co-stars: Prince and Nipsey Hussle.

Also Read: The ShortList Film Festival 2020 Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for Your Favorite Films!“I’m interested in whatever medium allows me to express my weird fantastic sensibility, but on a budget, there’s something charming about the scrappiness of puppets,” he says.With the help of master puppeteer Phillip Huber, who worked on the famous puppet scene from “Being John Malkovich,” and a team of crafters and VFX artists, Langager used a mix of practical and computer effects to create

Also Read: 'Black Is King' Film Review: Beyoncé Gets Extravagant With Opulent Riff on 'The Lion King'The idea for “T” came to her quickly, Witherspoon said, from the verité-style footage of participants in the ball to the flashes of dance and music that run through the film and were a product of her collaboration with visual artist and costume designer Mumbi O’Brien. But, she added, she did get cold feet when she got into the editing room.

Also Read: ShortList 2020: How a 'Creepy' A Cappella Group Inspired the Dark Comedy 'The Devil's Harmony' (Video)In the film, one of the friends has left South London and become very successful; the other still lives in the old neighborhood and deals drugs. They meet in the shop and have a polite conversation over chicken wings, but their history comes out between the lines, augmented by flashbacks to the two men as children in the same shop.

Watch “The Clinic” above. Viewers can also screen the films at any time during the festival at Shortlistfilmfestival.com and vote from Aug. 6-19.(Tap photo and swipe to view gallery)

Watch “Broken Orchestra” above. Viewers can also screen the films at any time during the festival at Shortlistfilmfestival.com and vote from Aug. 6-20.(Tap photo and swipe to view gallery)

“‘Abortion Helpline, This Is Lisa’ was conceived with a sense of urgency in the aftermath of the 2016 election,” Goldwater said of the film, a finalist for TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival. “Barbara and I surveyed the bleak political scenario for an untold “story” that would shed a light on the increased suffering we feared this presidency would bring.