Directed by Liu Jian, a professor at China Academy of Art’s School of Animation and Games, and produced by a team of teachers and students over a span of five years, the Chinese animated film Art College 1994 will world premiere in Competition section in the 73rd Berlinale.
Showtime revealed the official trailer for The 12th Victim, a four-part docuseries that sheds new light on the infamous 1958 Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate murder case, in which the teenage couple was charged and convicted of brutally killing 11 victims at random. Told through a stylistic blend of archival and recreated footage and countless film and television series inspired by the killings, The 12th Victim reexamines Fugate’s guilty verdict, who was 14 years old at the time of the killings, through a modern lens, questioning the media and judicial system’s treatment of her despite her self-proclaimed innocence.
South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the second wave of the 2023 Film & TV Festival Lineup, including all Visions, Global, 24 Beats, and Festival Favorites plus numerous additions to Headliners, TV Premieres, Narrative and Documentary Spotlight, and other sections. The Festival also announced that Janine Nabers and Donald Glover’s Swarm and Lee Sung Jin’s Beef will be the Opening and Closing Night TV premieres.
Roadside Attractions will release My Happy Ending, the comedy film starring Andie MacDowell as a famous actor who goes incognito to seek treatment for a medical issue. While at the hospital, she meets three unique and remarkable women — an aging rocker, a young mother, and a forever single retired schoolteacher. Together, they help her face adversity with humor and camaraderie while coaching her for the most challenging role she has ever played…herself.
Roadside Attractions revealed the official trailer for Moving On, a new comedy film starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as estranged friends who reunite to seek revenge on widower of their recently deceased best friend. Also starring in the film are Malcom McDowell and Richard Roundtree.
The Berlinale announced the competition jury and has added the world premiere of Art College 1994 by Chinese director Liu Jian in the Competition that will now comprise 19 films.
Winner of the top award for best film at the Sheffield DocFest, and a favorite at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Sansón and Me (Sansón y yo), the fifth feature from acclaimed Mexican-American director Rodrigo Reyes (499) will have its U.S. theatrical release starting Friday, March 3 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City, to be followed by theaters across the country.
In search of his missing brother, an army vet uncovers an extremist militia with violent plans in Northern Shade, the compelling thriller from writer/director Christopher Rucinski.
Inspired by true events, La Civil tells the story of Cielo, a mother in search of her daughter, abducted by a criminal cartel in Northern Mexico. The film stars Arcelia Ramirez, Alvaro Guerrero, Ayelén Muzo and Jorge A. Jiménez.
Gravitas debuted a trailer for The Other Fellow, a new fascinating documentary on the lives, personalities, and adventures of a diverse band of men, real men across the globe all sharing the same name – James Bond.
Saban Films presents the official trailer for Transfusion, the action-packed thriller film starring Sam Worthington as Ryan Logan, a former Special Forces operative, along with Matt Nable, and Phoebe Tonkin.
Jack Wolfe, F. Murray Abraham, Iwan Rheon, and Asha Banks star in The Magic Flute, a lavish fantasy adventure film and modern-day adaptation of Mozart’s opera.