Sony Pictures Classics revealed the official trailer for Daddio, the drama film starring Sean Penn as a taxi driver, and Dakota Johnson as a young woman who after landing at JFK airport in New York City, jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi driven by Penn. What begins as amusing chit chat quickly takes a turn towards mysterious and playful, then grows into viscerally honest revelations about relationships, sex and power dynamics, loss and vulnerability.
Los Frikis directed by Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz won the top jury prize, the $20,000 MARIMBAS Award, at the 41st edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival.
The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA)unveiled the complete lineup for the eleventh annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, May 3-9 at the city’s historic Music Box Theatre.
Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel section of Cannes Film Festival, announced the line-up of 21 feature films and 10 short films for the 56th edition taking place May 15 – 25, 2024.
The Holdovers, American Fiction and The Pigeon Tunnel walked away with awards at the 2024 Writers Guild Awards over the weekend.
Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for Dancing Village: The Curse Begins, the Indonesian horror thriller film and prequel to KKN Di Desa Penari, which was the highest grossing Indonesian film in history when it was released in 2022.
American Delivery directed by Carolyn Jones is the winner of the Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 48th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF48) which wrapped on Saturday, April 13th with the award ceremony. The film interweaves the stories of women and their families across the U.S. as they navigate the challenges of pregnancy, mental health, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
The psychological thriller Ghost Trail (Les Fantômes) from French director Jonathan Millet will open the 63rd Cannes Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique) taking place May 15th – 23rd, 2024. In his first feature, Millet’s Ghost Trail starring French-Tunisian actor Adam Bessa tells the story of a war criminal hunted down by one of his victims who never saw his oppressor’s face, but knows his smell, his voice, and his skin.
Coming soon to Apple TV+ is Hollywood Con Queen, a new three-part documentary series from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (“Tiger King,” “Fyre,” “100 Foot Wave”).
Filmfest DC returns for its 38th year from April 18 through April 28, 2024 with a lineup of 65 exciting films spanning across a variety of categories, including World View (international) cinema), Justice Matters (social issues), Trust No One (thrillers), The Lighter Side (comedies), Shorts and more.
Factory 25 has acquired writer/director Lucy Kerr’s award-winning feature directorial debut Family Portrait which world premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film Festival in the Concorso Cineasti del presente section, and won the Boccalino d’Oro for Best Director for Kerr.
The drama/thriller film The Ghost Trap, based on the novel of the same name by K. Stephens, will make its world premiere on April 19, 2024 at the RiverRun Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.