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As Cannes ramps up, IFC Films is highlighting its connection to the festival in launching a new subscription streaming service, IFC Films Unlimited. The $6-a-month service will initially launch on Amazon Prime Video Channels, with other distribution outlets to come down the line. It will offer theatrically released…

IFC Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Premature, the Rashaad Ernesto Green coming-of-age drama based on his short film that premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. It will get a theatrical release later this year and is next up screening next month at BAMCinemaFest. Co-written by Green and Zora…

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to The Sound of Silence, Michael Tyburski's debut feature that stars Peter Sarsgaard and Rashida Jones. The pic will get a 2019 theatrical release after it world premiered at Sundance this year. Based on Tyburski’s award-winning 2013 Sundance short Palimpest, the plot centers on a…

As the UK’s Brexit political thriller plays out in real time, IFC Films has set a release date for director Gavin Hood’s take on another one from 15 years ago. Official Secrets, the story of Iraq-invasion whistleblower Katharine Gun, will hit select theaters on August 23. The film, which premiered at Sundance in…

“I will not be silent,” says the title character of Mary Magdalene at the end of this new trailer, and it’s as good a metaphor as any for the film itself. Recently acquired by IFC Films after getting mired in The Weinstein Company collapse for several years, Garth Davis’ film starring Rooney Mara in the title role now…

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Mary Magdalene, the biopic from Lion director Garth Davis that had been in the clutches of The Weinstein Company in the midst of its collapse and eventual sale. Now the pic starring Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix and Chiwetel Ejiofor joins the likes of Hotel Mumbai as a former TWC…

IFC Films has released the first trailer to Charlie Says, the film which focuses on the females who fell prey to the manipulation of the infamous murderer and cult leader Charles Manson. American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron directed the film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival last year. The Crown‘s Matt Smith…

“Diane, you need some peace.” And how. Here’s the first trailer for Diane, starring Mary Kay Place as a selfless but tortured soul trying to cope with a life of curveballs. Martin Scorsese executive produced the film from first-time writer-director Kent Jones, which won Best Narrative Feature and two other prizes at…

Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale has been acquired by IFC Films ahead of its North American premiere later this month in the Spotlight section at the Sundance Film Festival. The pic is coming off a Special Jury Prize from its world premiere in Venice, where Kent was the lone female director in the competition lineup. A…

Few actors are gifted the opportunity of a one-two punch quite like Carey Mulligan's this year. At Sundance in January she premiered Wildlife, Paul Dano's directorial debut adapted from Richard Ford's novel by Dano and Zoe Kazan. As Jeanette, the frustrated small-town housewife who makes her own 14-year-old son…

UPDATED, 9:52 AM: IFC Films issued a statement this morning about the flap over Wednesday’s screenings of an unrated version of The House That Jack Built that the MPAA says broke it ratings rules. “IFC Films has not received any written notice from the MPAA regarding sanctions in connection with The House That Jack Bui…

EXCLUSIVE: Marking the end of a remarkable four decade run at its parent company, IFC Films co-president Jonathan Sehring is stepping down at year end. The decision is his, and he will take some time for himself, but retains the right to do other things in the indie film space where he has been an important figure for…