Greenwich Entertainment shared the official trailer for Inshallah a Boy (Inshallah Walad), the Arabic thriller selected as Jordan’s official submission for Best International Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Mouna Hawa stars as Nawal, a widow who pretends to be pregnant with a son in order to save her daughter and home from a relative exploiting Jordan’s patriarchal inheritance laws.
The European premiere of M. Raihan Halim’s La Luna will close the upcoming 2024 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2024. The film playfully pits religious orthodoxy against liberal values when a traditional Malaysian village is shaken up by the arrival of an upscale lingerie store.
Neon debuted the new official trailer for Origin, the drama film starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as journalist Isabel Wilkerson, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism.
Mads Mikkelsen stars as a war hero in The Promised Land, the epic historical drama film selected as the Danish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Also starring in the drama film are Amanda Collin, Gustav Lindh, and Melina Hagberg.
Focus Features debuted the official trailer for The American Society of Magical Negroes, a satirical comedy film starring Justice Smith as a new recruit in a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to a cause of utmost importance: making white people’s lives easier.
Todd Haynes’s May December, Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon claimed the top spots among films released in the U.S. in 2023 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not yet announced stateside distribution, Eduardo Williams’s The Human Surge 3, Lisandro Alonso’s Eureka, and Víctor Erice’s Close Your Eyes received top rankings.
Focus Features revealed the official trailer for Housekeeping For Beginners, the family drama film selected as North Macedonia’s Official Selection for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President, the documentary directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp on pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, as he runs in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, won the top award – Best Feature Documentary at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards.
Big World Pictures will release Disco Boy, the award-winning drama film starring Franz Rogowski (Passages; Transit) as a Belarusian immigrant haunted by his actions as a mercenary in the French Foreign Legion.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted The Zone of Interest the Best Picture of 2023, along with Best Director for Jonathan Glazer, Best Actress for Sandra Hüller (who also won for The Zone of Interest) and Best Music/Score.
Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine named Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon the Best Film of the Year 2023.
Magnet Releasing revaled the official trailer for The Seeding, the horror film starring Scott Haze (Venom, Jurassic World Dominion) as a hiker lost in the desert, who takes refuge with a mysterious woman played by Kate Lyn Sheil (You’re Next, V/H/S).