New IFC Films titles coming to VOD and IFC Films Unlimited this February include Rent-A-Pal and Kindred, as well as von Trier’s controversial Antichrist.
Seminal documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 also premieres on the streaming service this month in honour of Black History Month. The award-winning documentary serves as inspiration for the critically acclaimed MLK/FBI, which is currently available on VOD.
IFC FILMS VOD releases
Little Fish (2021) – February 5, 2021 (Romance/Sci-fi)
*Will be available on IFC Films Unlimited Summer 2021
Director: Chad Hartigan
Starring: Olivia Cooke, Jack O’Connell, Soko, Raúl Castillo, Carmen Moore, David Lennon
Synopsis: As a memory loss virus runs rampant, one couple fights to hold their relationship together before the disease can erase all memory of their love in this sweeping sci-fi romance.
Blithe Spirit (2021) – February 19, 2021 (Comedy)
*Will be available on IFC Films Unlimited Summer 2021
Director: Edward Hall
Starring: Judi Dench, Isla Fisher, Dan Stevens
Synopsis: A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer’s block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
MLK/FBI (2021)
Currently available on VOD
*Will be available on IFC Films Unlimited Summer 2021
Director: Sam Pollard
Synopsis: Based on recently declassified files, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Pollard explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
IFC FILMS UNLIMITED
*Available on Amazon Prime Video Channels and Apple TV
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) – February 3, 2021 (Documentary)
Director: Göran Olsson
Starring: Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Erykah Badu, Taleb Kweli, Angela Davis
Synopsis: Swedish journalists chronicled the Black Power movement in America combining 16mm footage, undiscovered until now, with audio interviews, this film illuminates the people and culture that fueled change.
Rent-A-Pal (2020) – February 3, 2021 (Thriller)
Director: Jon Stevenson
Starring: Brian Landis Folkins, Wil Wheaton, Kathleen Brady, Amy Rutledge
Synopsis: Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother ( While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape.
Antichrist (2009) – February 10, 2021 (Drama)
Director: Lars von Trier
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Synopsis: Focuses on a couple who retreat to a cabin in the woods to recover from the death of their child, where a battle of the nerves develop between the man and the woman.
Kindred (2020) – February 10, 2021 (Thriller)
Director: Joe Marcantonio
Starring: Fiona Shaw, Edward Holcroft, Jack Lowden, Tamara Lawrance, Chloe Pirrie, Anton Lesser, Kiran Sonia Sawar
Synopsis: A chilling tale of one young woman slowly losing her grip on reality…or is she being brainwashed and psychologically tortured by her deceased boyfriend’s family century
