Bleecker Street unveiled the first look – red band teaser trailer for Mafia Mamma, the action-comedy film starring Toni Collette and Monica Bellucci. Toni Collette stars as an American woman who inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy and Monica Bellucci stars as the firm’s trusted consigliere. Also starring in the film are Giulio Corso, Francesco Mastroianni, Alfonso Perugini, Sophia Nomvete, Eduardo Scarpetta, Tim Daish and Tommy Rodger..
Uncork’d Entertainment revealed the first look – teaser trailer for Angels Fallen : Warriors of Peace, the horror film featuring Denise Richards, set for release in Summer 2023.
The French Institute Alliance Française presents the sixth edition of Animation First, the only U.S. festival dedicated to showcasing the legacy and innovation of French animation. The 2023 festival will run from Friday, January 27 through Sunday, January 29 and will present six feature-length films (including three U.S. and three NY premieres), and six short film programs with over 65 new shorts (including eight U.S. and 12 NY premieres).
Everything Everywhere All At Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (The Daniels) was named Best Picture of 2022 by the Atlanta Film Critics Circle. The film also received the honors of Best Director for The Daniels and Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan.
Coyote directed by Katherine Jerkovic took the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature and Jorge Martinez Colorado, star of the film, received this year’s Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film Award at the 22nd edition of Whistler Film Festival (WFF). The jury stated that Coyote is “a masterfully rendered film, both tragic and hopeful, about unconditional love and sacrifice. A film that holds you in poetic stillness and takes you on a genuine familial journey that resonates with you long after the film is over.”
Funny and heart-warming comedy-drama How To Please A Woman scooped four awards (out of six nominations) at the 2022 WA Screen Culture Awards – including Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with a budget over $1m; Outstanding Achievement in Editing – Merlin Eden; Outstanding Achievement in Performance – Hayley McElhinney; and Outstanding Achievement in Writing – Renee Webster.
Alice Orr-Ewing, Joe Doyle, Eveline Hall, Peter Mensah, Joe Anderson, James Faulkner, and Brian Caspe star in the sci-fi/horror film The Devil Conspiracy. Directed by Nathan Frankowski, the film opens in theaters on January 13, 2023.
Saban Films revealed the official trailer for The Last Resort, the action-packed thriller starring Jon Foo with Clayton Norcross.
Dark Sky revealed the official trailer for Night of the Bastard, a savage cultist siege film described as a”grimy, brutal take on the 70s action thriller” starring London May (The Dark Knight Rises, Verotika), Mya Hudson (A Wall Away, upcoming F*ck, Kill Mary), Hannah Pierce (Flock of Dudes, The Hunted), and Henry Mortensen (Crimson Tide).
Sony Pictures Classics debuted the official trailer for One Fine Morning, the French romantic drama starring Léa Seydoux, Pascall Greggory, Melvil Poupard, Nicole Garcia and Camille Leban Martins.
Neon unveiled the official trailer for Broker (브로커), the South Korean drama starring Song Kang-ho and Gang Dong-won, as friends running an illegal business stealing babies from the church’s baby box – boxes for people to anonymously drop off their unwanted babies -and selling the babies on the adoption black market. Also starring in the film are Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, and Lee Joo-young.
