The 14th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival will close with the film Enfermo Amor (Love Sick) directed by Marco Polo Constandse and Rodrigo Nava; starring Camila Sodi, Mónica Huarte, Andrés Palacios, Fernanda Castillo, Adriana Louvier, Maya Zapata and Juan Pablo Medina. and an exciting musical performance by Mexican cumbia star Amandititita.
The Brazilian film Mars One, written and directed by Gabriel Martins, was named Best Narrative Feature, and Tracey Arcabasso Smith’s Relative earned the Best Documentary Feature award at the 53rd Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm).
AFI Fest Film Festival 2022 today unveiled the full lineup of 125 films including Bones and All directed by Luca Guadagnino, Le Pupille directed by Alice Rohrwacher, Nanny directed by Nikyatu Jusu, SR. directed by Chris Smith, and Women Talking by writer and director Sarah Polley, which will all screen in the Special Screenings section. Of the official selections, 53% are directed by women, 32% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers and 11% are directed by LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.
The Kenyan children’s film Safari, directed by Kenyan Bill Afwani will have its world-premiere at The Cinekid Festival in the Netherlands.
Actor and musician Gary Farmer will receive the 2022 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence, at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts this year’s 25th anniversary edition of SCAD Savannah Film Festival in person, October 22–29, 2022. The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will screen 143 films, including 53 narrative feature films, 20 documentary feature films, and 79 shorts, with eight world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
Samuel Goldwyn Films revealed the official trailer for Manifest West, a coming of age story told through the eyes of a young girl whose family spirals out of control after they move off the grid. The film stars Lexy Kolker, Annet Mahendru, Milo Gibson, Madison Friedman, Tim Heidecker, and Michael Cudlitz.
The 13th annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) showcases international and locally produced dance films from October 28 to November 7, 2022, in various San Francisco theaters and streamed online.
The 2022 Montclair Film Festival unveiled its program featuring over 130 films, events, parties, and conversations for the festival’s 11th edition.
Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel and director Emmanuelle Bercot reunite for Peaceful (De son vivant), a French drama described as a lyrical and moving portrait about the fragility of the human experience. Benoît Magimel won the Award for Best Actor at the 27th Lumières Awards and 47th César Awards for his performance in the film.
The boundary-pushing pop group YACHT explores the intersection of art, technology, and human intuition in Riel Roch Decter and Sebastian Pardo’s documentary The Computer Accent.
