After taking a pause in 2022, the San Pedro International Film Festival (SPIFF) returns February 2 – 5, 2023, for screenings, panels, and events. The film festival kicks off with Christopher HK Lee’s Korean War documentary, Forgotten Victory, followed by a lineup of curated shorts programs, episodic projects, a special environmentally focused documentaries, a screenwriters panel, and a screenplay competition.
XYZ Films dropped the official trailer for Huesera: The Bone Woman, the supernatural Mexican horror film starring Natalia Solián (Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser’s Venice selection Zapatos Rojos) in a star-turning performance as Valeria, a young woman expecting her first child who becomes cursed by a sinister entity. Plunged into a terrifying and dangerous world, a group of witches emerge as her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk. The film also stars Alfonso Dosal (Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico), Mayra Batalla (Prayers for the Stolen), Mercedes Hernández (Identifying Features), Aída López (Capadocia), and Martha Claudia Moreno.
Ahead of the world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Prime Video has acquired In My Mother’s Skin, the horror fairy tale written and directed by Kenneth Dagatan (Ma).
Director Doug Liman’s first documentary feature Justice will have its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the Special Screenings section. Justice presents never-before-seen evidence and key interviews with those closely involved in the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh.
All Quiet on the Western Front leads the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, with 14 nominations including Best Film. The film ties with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) as the non-English language film with the most nominations in BAFTA’s history.
Gravitas Ventures revealed the official trailer for Among The Beasts, the action thriller starring Tory Kittles, Libe Barer, Sarunas J. Jackson, Kate Easton, Jeremy Holm, Mark Mitton with Jon Bass and Jim Norton.
Focus Features debuted the official trailer for Polite Society, the action comedy film starring Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Nimra Bucha, Akshay Khanna, Seraphina Beh, and Ella Bruccoleri, set to world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Showtime revealed the official trailer for Stand, the documentary examining the life of social activist and basketball prodigy Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. The film features in-depth interviews with basketball and entertainment stars including Stephen Curry,Steve Kerr, Shaquille O’Neal, Jalen Rose, Mahershala Ali, Ice Cube and more.
Berlin International Film Festival 2023 confirms more titles for Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation, Berlinale Co-Production Market, and Berlinale Goes Kiez.
Dread debuted the official trailer for Woman of the Photographs, the multi-award-winning psychological horror film starring celebrated stage actor Hideki Nagai, dancer and actress Itsuki Otaki, Toki Koinuma, and Toshiaki Inomata, best known for his role in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning Drive My Car.
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominations for the 2022 Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) awards with a total of 11 nominations including Best Picture. With eleven total nominations, Everything Everywhere All at Once boasts recognition for both craft (Director, Screenplay, Editing and more) and the film’s entire lead ensemble, earning acting nominations for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.
