Emma Stone will be honored with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, for Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the Palm Springs International Film Festival running through January 15, 2024.
New York Times opinion columnist Charles M. Blow called for a “reverse Great Migration” of African Americans from the North back to the South in his book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto.
Janus Films debuted the official trailer for Tótem, the drama film selected as Mexico’s Official Entry for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards.
51 films representing all 27 EU member gets the spotlight at this year’s 36th AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place November 30–December 19, 2023, at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Oscilloscope Laboratories revealed the official trailer for Sometimes I Think About Dying, the indie drama film starring Daisy Ridley as a socially awkward office worker wooed by her friendly new coworker.
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie took home five awards including the top prize for Best Documentary Feature at the 8th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards in New York City. The film’s other wins were Best Director for Davis Guggenheim, Best Editing for Michael Harte, Best Narration for Michael J. Fox, and Best Biographical Documentary.
The Finnish-Swedish Christmas drama “Family Time” (“Mummola”) by Tia Kouvo won the NDR Film Prize, at 12,500 euros, the award with the highest cash prize, at the 65th Nordic Film Days Lübeck.
Brainstorm Media debuted the official trailer for Raging Grace, the SXSW award-winning horror thriller film starring Max Eigenmann, Jaeden Boadilla, Leanne Best, and David Hayman.
Neon revealed the official trailer for Perfect Days, Wim Wenders latest drama film combining four short stories, starring Kōji Yakusho as a toilet cleaner. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.
Dances With Films returns to New York City for the second time, November 30-December 3, with a film lineup nearly three times the size of last year’s NYC debut. DWF alum Dylan K. Narang’s Tapawingo is the Opening Night selection, and Nicholas Gyeney’s psychological thriller The Activated Man will make its world premiere in the Closing Night slot.
Sony Pictures Classics debuted the trailer for official trailer for They Shot the Piano Player, the hybrid animated docudrama film on the disappearance and presumed murder of Brazilian pianist Francisco Tenório Júnior in 1976,
Alex Backes’ That’s Our Time took the Grand Jury Prize, and Callie Bloem and Christopher Ewing’s Bounce House won the Audience Choice at the inaugural American Cinematheque’s PROOF: Proof of Concept Film Festival.