AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig has revealed the five films she has curated for this year’s 37th edition of festival taking place in Los Angeles. Films include All That Jazz, An American In Paris, A Matter Of Life And Death, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Wings of Desire. Gerwig will introduce select films including A Matter Of Life And Death, as well as Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, which is set to screen in the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre on Thursday, October 26.
Andrew Bowser’s Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls will kick off the 21st HorrorFest International Film Festival taking place October 18-21, 2023, in St. George, Utah, with Southern Utah’s historic Electric Theater once again serving as the primary venue for the event.
15 feature-length films are slated to screen alongside 15 shorts, webseries and TV pilots at the 15th annual DTLA Film Festival, set to run from November 1 through 5, 2023, at the Regal L.A. Live.
Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup of 26 films from 14 countries for its 10th Miami Film Festival (MFF) GEMS taking place from November 2 – 5, 2023.
The European Film Academy added 21 more films to the shortlist for the European Film Awards’ Feature Film Selection 2023, now comprising 40 European feature films. This year’s feature film selection includes an increased number of female filmmakers with 18 female directors out of all 43 directors of the 40 selected films.
The 36th Virginia Film Festival set for October 25-29 announced its lineup with Maestro written, produced, and directed by Bradley Cooper as Opening Night Film. The film focuses on the relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).
The 15th annual Naples International Film Festival (NIFF) set for October 26-29, 2023, will open with the East Coast premiere of R.J. Daniel Hanna’s epic cycling drama, Hard Miles, and will close with a special presentation of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, featuring a live performance of John Williams’ iconic score by the Naples Philharmonic and conducted by Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly.
Master Of The House, the narrative debut from award-winning commercial director Dylan Maranda, will have its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on Friday, September 29th at 8:30 pm at Vancity Theatre.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person directed by Ariane Louis-Seize won the Grand Jury Prize – Emerging Canadian Artist Award at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival. The film stars Sara Montpetit as Sasha, a teenage vampire who struggles with the morality of killing people for their blood.
Music Box Films shared the official trailer for The Road Dance, the Scottish period drama film set in a small Scottish village at the dawn of World War I – based on the book by John Mackay.
Utopia shared the first look teaser trailer for Chestnut, the LGBTQ drama film starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), Danny Ramirez (The Falcon, The Winter Soldier, and Captain America: Brave New World,) and Rachel Keller (Legion) star.
