On the Fringe (En los márgenes), Juan Diego Botto’s debut behind the camera, joins the titles in the Perlak section at the 2022 San Sebastian Festival. Juan Diego Botto directs and plays the lead part in a film featuring Penélope Cruz, who is also its producer, and Luis Tosar. Prior to screening at the San Sebastian Festival the movie will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
Director, writer and producer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Last Man Standing) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The award is dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
Sony Pictures Classics debuted an official teaser trailer for The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile, the new documentary on the country music star’s bumpy ride back to the top, that had its World Premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the winners of the 2022 MIFF Shorts Awards, which reward filmmakers with more than $63,500 in prizes. A jury consisting of filmmaker Tiriki Onus (Ablaze), director James Vaughan (Friends and Strangers), and film writer Jourdain Searles selected seven out of the 78 films in the program
Twelve films set in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico complete the Horizontes Latinos section at the 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Zurich Film Festival announced the first seven titles in Gala Premieres section at the upcoming 18th edition, including the star-studded drama The Banshees of Inisherin by Oscar-winning director Martin McDonagh, the European premiere of the German film adaptation All Quiet on the Western Front by Edward Berger as well as the world premieres of Der Nachname by Sönke Wortmann and Die Goldenen Jahre by Barbara Kulcsar.
Sony Pictures Classics announced updated release dates for The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, The Son, Living and Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb.
From Tiananmen Square to the Arab Spring, Sarajevo to South Africa, and beyond, the documentary No Ordinary Life celebrates the trailblazing and courageous female photojournalists who captured much of that history.
IFC Films released the official trailer for Vesper, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller starring Raffiella Chapman (The Theory of Everything), Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes), Rosy McEwen (“The Alienist”) and Richard Brake (“Game of Thrones”).
Ahead of its World Premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival, IFC Films acquired The Lost King by director Stephen Frears. The film stars Golden Globe winning actress Sally Hawkins (The Shape Of Water) in the lead role of Philippa Langley, alongside Steve Coogan (Philomena, The Trip Series) in the role of Philippa’s husband, John Langley.
Here is the official trailer for Catherine Called Birdy, the medieval drama movie written and directed by Lena Dunham, premiering at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
The Tallgrass Film Festival announced a preview of gala film selections and special presentations for this year’s 20th Anniversary edition of the popular film festival, taking place September 28-October 2. Troma Films legend Lloyd Kaufman will be a recipient of the festival’s Ad Astra Award, and the all-documentary gala presentations will include the world premiere of Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach’s documentary, We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment, Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed’s All Man: The International Male Story, Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s Tribeca hit, Butterfly in the Sky, and Camille Hardman and Gary Lane’s Still Working 9 to 5.