Los Angeles-based filmmaker Garin Hovannisian took the Best of Fest award at the 2023 LA Shorts Film Festival for his film Nowhere, and punched his ticket for the Oscar race. Set in the city called Nowhere, shadows dream of a life without their human masters.
The new Hulu Original documentary Sound of the Police, examines the “fraught relationship” between African Americans and the police from slavery to the present.
Michael Moshe Dahan’s Yes Repeat No, a challenging and engaging meta masterpiece film, won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the 28th Stony Brook Film Festival. “Thank you to all of the people who believe in human rights and democracy all over the world … and to all the people who want to make difficult material all over the world because finding the questions to ask is sometimes harder than getting the answers,” Dahan said in his acceptance speech.
Greenwich Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, a documentary portrait of the iconic author of more than 100 books, including Them, We Were the Mulvaneys, and Blonde, described as “America’s foremost woman of letters.” Featuring readings by Oscar winner Laura Dern.
Ted Raimi led psychological thriller Failure! will have its World Premiere at FrightFest on August 28th. The film also stars Merrick McCartha (Senior Year), Melissa Diaz (Ruthless), John Paul Medrano (Seven Days) and Daniel Kuhlman (Voodoo MacBeth) and Noel Douglas Orput.
Eleven films – seven first works and four second films – from nineteen countries will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 71st San Sebastian Festival running from September 22 to 30, 2023.
Ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on August 8th, the first teaser dropped for John Rosman’s buzzy feature directorial debut New Life starring Sonya Walger (For All Mankind, Lost), Hayley Erin (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists), and Tony Amendola (Annabelle, Curse of Llorona).
The Oscar® Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival returns for its much-anticipated 19th edition from August 10- 20th, 2023 with over 400 short films produced in 40 minutes or less.
Venice Film Festival unveiled the 2023 lineup with new films by Luc Besson, Bradley Cooper, Sofia Coppola, David Fincher, Ava DuVernay, Michel Franco, Michael Mann, Pablo Larraín and Agnieszka Holland premiering in official competition.
The Academy Award®-Qualifying 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts), presented by Heartland Film ended on Sunday and announced its award winners and presented more than $30,000 in cash prizes at its Awards Ceremony.
Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Film Festival unveiled the film lineup for its 12th edition, which will return to indoors screenings for the first time in two years August 2-6. GFF will kick off with Opening Night “Echoes of Ukraine” theme featuring Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Roslowski’s documentary The Hamlet Syndrome. Saim Sadiq’s Joyland will be the Closing Night selection.
Toronto International Film Festival 2023 unveiled the first wave of 60 films in Galas and Special Presentations.