Cannes Film Festival added more films to the lineup for the 75th edition of the festival, taking place May 17 to May 28.
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Cannes Film Festival 2022 Announces Official Selections, Opens with Michel Hazanavicius’ Z (Comme Z)
Z (Comme Z) directed by Michel Hazanavicius Cannes Film Festival announced the Official Selection for the 75th edition of the festival. Michel Hazanavicius’ zombie comedy Z (Comme Z) starring Bérénice Bejo and Romain Duris will open the festival Out of Competition.
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DISFLUENCY and THE FIRST STEP Win Top Prizes at 2022 Oxford Film Festival
2022 Oxford Film Festival winners. (L to R): Hunter Heath, Emily White (Every Breath You Take), Lance Kramer (The First Step), Max Walker-Silverman (A Love Song), Luis Agusto Figueroa (“Nando”), Christina Huff (Slade Kyle), Tom Huang (Dealing with Dad), Ashley E. Gibson (The Fearless 11), Oxford FF’s Antonio Terrell, Dale Dickey (A Love Song), Brandon Kramer (The First Step) (Photo by Joey Brent) Anna Baumgarten’s Disfluency was named Best Narrative Feature, and Brandon Kramer’s The First Step won Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Oxford Film Festival. Later, it was announced that Alysia Nahmias’ Krimes was the Barton Segal Audience Award winner.
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2022 Spirit Awards Winners – The Lost Daughter, Taylour Paige, Summer of Soul Win Top Awards
Dakota Johnson, left, and Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, by Maggie Gyllenhaal. [Yannis Drakoulidis| Netflix] Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter was the big winner at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, winning Best Feature along with Best Director and Best Screenplay for Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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2022 Sundance Film Festival Announces Winners – Nanny, Navalny, The Exiles, Cha Cha Real Smooth
Nanny by Nikyatu Jusu, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of the Awards, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Nanny for U.S. Dramatic, The Exiles won for U.S. Documentary, Utama won for World Cinema Dramatic, and All That Breathes won for World Cinema Documentary.
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COMPARTMENT NO. 6 Trailer. Finnish Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens in Theaters in January
Compartment No. 6 directed by Juho Kuosmanen Sony Pictures Classics released the official trailer for Compartment No. 6, the Finnish arctic road movie which has been short-listed for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, as well as nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and the Golden Globe in their International Feature categories.
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PASSING and THE POWER OF THE DOG Win Top Women Film Critics Circle 2021 Awards
Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson in Passing by Rebecca Hall. Photo by Edu Grau. Rebecca Hall’s Passing was awarded the honor of Best Movie About Women at the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC), 2021 awards, along with Best Screen Couple for Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson. The film based on Nella Larsen’s 1929 book, Passing, stars Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson as two light-skinned Black women, one of whom passes for white.
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Whistler Film Festival 2021 Awards – CINEMA OF SLEEP Wins Best Canadian Feature
Cinema Of Sleep directed by Jeffrey St. Jules The Canadian psychological thriller film Cinema Of Sleep directed by Jeffrey St. Jules won the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 21st edition of Whistler Film Festival (WFF). Dayo Ade, star of Cinema Of Sleep, received the Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film Award, with an honorable mention to his co-star Getenesh Berhe.
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PGA Award 2022 Nominees for Documentary Motion Pictures – Summer Of Soul, Flee, Ascension
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the 2022 Documentary Motion Picture nominees that will advance to the final round of voting for the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards. Last year, producer Craig Foster was honored with the award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture for “My Octopus Teacher,” which documented a year spent by Foster forging a relationship with a wild common octopus in a South African kelp forest.
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Watch MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET Red and Green Band Trailers. The Snygg Brothers’ Horror Flick Stars Jasmin Flores
Monsters in the Closet by The Snygg Brothers Gravitas Ventures released the red band and green band trailers for The Snygg Brothers’ Monsters in the Closet starring Jasmin Flores, Shanna Bess (Manifest), Valerie Bittner (Beaster Day: Here Comes Peter Cottonhell), Tom Cikoski (Superbadazz), and Camilla Crawford. The horror film will be released on digital and on demand January 4, 2022.
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Watch Trailer for A HOLIDAY CHANCE, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Richard Lawson Star in Family Comedy in Theaters Now
A Holiday Chance starring Sharon Leal, Nafessa Williams , Amin Joseph, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Richard Lawson, Tobias Truvillion, and Dorien Wilson Here is the official trailer for the A Holiday Chance, the family comedy starring Sharon Leal, Nafessa Williams , Amin Joseph, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Richard Lawson, Tobias Truvillion, and Dorien Wilson. The film directed by Jamal Hill is now playing in movie theaters.
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JOCKEY and JUICE WRLD Win Audience Awards at AFI FEST 2021
Jockey directed by Clint Bentley and Juice Wrld directed by Tommy Oliver – 2021 AFI FEST Awards Winners Jockey directed by Clint Bentley took the Audience Award – Narrative Feature and Juice Wrld directed by Tommy Oliver took the Audience Award – Documentary Feature at AFI FEST 2021. Love, Dad (Milý tati) directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen won the Grand Jury Prize – Animation and Al-Sit directed by Suzannah Mirghani won the Grand Jury Prize – Live Action making the films eligible for the 2021 Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short Academy Awards®.