The Newport Beach Film Festival has added Music by John Williams Centrepiece documentary, and will will honor Producer Frank Marshall with the Arts Champion Award, and Director Laurent Bouzereau will be honored as an Artist of Distinction for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking at the closing night program.
Ewa Wikiel’s Krzyk: Losing Control is the winner of the Best Narrative Feature award; and Miwene, co-directed by Keith Heyward, Jennifer Berglund, Gange Anita Yeti Enomenga, and Obe Beatriz Nenquimo Nihua, won Best Documentary Feature at the Brooklyn’s 13th Annual Greenpoint Film Festival.
The 37th edition of the Virginia Film Festival running from October 30 to November 3, 2024 in Charlottesville, Virginia, announced this year’s lineup of films including Oscar buzzed films Anora, Bird, Blitz, Emilia Pérez, The Fire Inside, The Last Showgirl, Memoir of a Snail, Nightbitch, Pavements, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, and The Room Next Door
Helmed by Michael Gracey, director of The Greatest Showman, Better Man is a biographical film about British pop sensation, and former member of the boyband Take That, Robbie Williams. The film brings a unique take to the biopic genre with a CGI monkey portraying Williams in the film.
From Star Wars to Jurassic Park, 54-time Oscar-nominated and 5-time Oscar-winner John Williams has cemented his legacy as one of the most influential composers in film history. ‘Music by John Williams’ is a new documentary honoring the legendary composer.
Ahead of its US theatrical release, Well Go USA Entertainment unveiled the official trailer for the Chinese period-piece martial arts film ‘100 Yards’. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Shanghai International Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened at the 35th Palm Springs International Film Festival and the 28th Fantasia Film Festival.
The documentary feature film Resident Orca will premiere in Canada as the closing night presentation of the Planet in Focus International Film Festival on October 20, 2024, in Toronto.
This year’s 38th AFI FEST taking place in Los Angeles from October 23 to October 27 rounds out the slate of already announced titles with a full lineup of 158 films including September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man In America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski V Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969).
The 11th Miami Film Festival GEMS set to take place from October 30 to November 3, 2024, will feature 30 films from over 15 countries, kicking off with The Room Next Door, including three Centerpiece screenings of Emilia Pérez, Maria, and The Brutalist, and wrapping up with A Real Pain.
World premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, winning actress Nicole Kidman the Volpi Cup for Best Actress award, ‘Babygirl’ is an erotic thriller film telling the story of a CEO played by Kidman having an affair with a much younger intern from her office.
The 16th annual Hola Mexico Film Festival announced this year’s award winners, with Rodrigo Alvarez Flores’ ‘Soy Lo Que Nunca Fui’ (Broken Borders) taking home the Audience Award and Ryan Lopez’s short, ‘Onnamusha’ taking home the Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Audience Award.
Tapawingo is the winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Overall Feature Film of the Year along with Best Director for Dylan Narang, at the 13th Richmond International Film Festival which ran September 24-29, 2024. The film starring Jon Heder and Billy Zane also won Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature, Best Ensemble Cast: U.S, Best Casting and Best Editing.