Directed by Liora Spilk Bialostozky, Pedro, a documentary on plastic artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg will feature in Mexico City’s National Autonomous University of Mexico International Film Festival (FICUNAM) as part of the “AHORA MEXICO” competition, which awards the best in contemporary Mexican cinema. FICUNAM will hold its thirteenth edition from June 1st to June 11th, 2023.
Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart, the award-winning documentary film Fanny: The Right To Rock chronicles the life and revival of this groundbreaking all-female rock group in 1970s America, revealing the fascinating untold story of a phenomenal band that were dubbed the “female Beatles”.
The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced the fully in-person program lineup for CAAMFest 2023, taking place May 11-21, 2023 in San Francisco. Opening Night of this year’s festival is headlined by the film Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim at the Castro Theatre.
Directed by Brenda Akele Jorde, the documentary film The Homes We Carry will make its North American premiere at Hot Docs 2023 on April 28 in the festival program “The Changing Face of Europe”.
Inspired in part by filmmaker Sarah Watts’ own upbringing in a Jehovah’s Witness community, the Canadian drama film You Can Live Forever stars Anwen O’Driscoll as a teenager sent to live with her aunt in a devoutly religious Jehovah’s Witness, and develops a relationship with another young woman in the community.
RLJE Films revealed the official trailer for The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Bomani J. Story’s horror film inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and starring Laya DeLeon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, along with Keith Holliday.
Cinedigm dropped the official trailer for Giving Birth to a Butterfly, Theodore Schaefer’s hauntingly surreal debut feature film set to open in theaters followed by a streaming exclusive on Fandor, next month, in May.
Cannes Film Festival 2023 revealed the official feature films selected in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings.
The eye-opening documentary The Cure for Hate: Bearing Witness to Auschwitz follows Tony McAleer, a former Neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier, who went on to become a founding member of the anti-hate activist group Life After Hate.
Neon revealed the official trailer for Sanctuary, described as a wickedly dark comedy starring Margaret Qualley as dominatrix Rebecca, and Christopher Abbott as her wealthy client, Hal.
Filmmaker Billy Miossi combines his love of history, space, and science in It’s Quieter in the Twilight, a documentary following a select group of aging engineers sacrificed promotion, postponed retirement, and dedicated their lives to stay with the longest running and farthest reaching mission in NASA’s history. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager’s flight-team pursues humankind’s greatest exploration.
