
Revelation Perth International Film Festival announced the nominations for the 2022 WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs), honoring the film industry in Western Australia.

Revelation Perth International Film Festival announced the nominations for the 2022 WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs), honoring the film industry in Western Australia.

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is ‘pausing’ its 2023 edition, as the organization Center for Documentary Studies continues what it describes as a “strategic planning process around the Center’s next chapter.” Plans are to return to an in-person event in 2024.

Peacock revealed the official trailer for Who Killed Jenni Rivera?, the documentary exploring the death of Dolores Janney “Jenni” Rivera Saavedra, Mexican-American superstar of banda music, who died in a plane crash on December 9, 2012 at age 43.

Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo explores the horrifying, yet relatively unknown story of the Christian church La Luz del Mundo (LLDM) and the sexual abuse that scores of members, many of them minors, say they have suffered at the hands of its successive leaders, known as the “Apostles.”

Here is the official trailer for Fear, the horror film starring Joseph Sikora, Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Annie Ilonzeh, Ruby Modine, Iddo Goldberg, Terrence “Terrence J” Jenkins, Jessica Allain and Tip “T.I.” Harris.

Netflix debuted the official trailer for White Noise, the apocalyptic film starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Raffey Cassidy, André Benjamin, Alessandro Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Don Cheadle.

The American Film Institute (AFI) named Nicole Kidman the recipient of the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest honor for a career in film, celebrating her career achievements thus far. The award will be presented to Kidman at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 10, 2023. She is the first Australian actor to receive this honor.

Director Steven Spielberg will be presented with an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement and celebrated with the Homage at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. During the Award Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast, the festival will screen his most recent work, The Fabelmans.

The Last Film Show (India), directed by Pan Nalin, won the Snow Leopard Award for Best Film at the eighth annual Asian World Film Festival (AWFF). Mohsen Tanabandeh garnered the Snow Leopard for Best Actor for World War III (Iran), and Hui Fang Hong was honored with the Snow Leopard for Best Actress for Ajoomma (Singapore).

Everything Everywhere All At Once led the nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards with eight total nominations, including Best Director for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, and acting nominations for stars Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu. Tár received seven nominations including Best Director for Todd Field and acting nominations for Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss.

The Billy the Kid Film Festival (BTKFF) announced the filmmaker award winners for the fourth edition, including the honoree presentation to Dennis Moore and Pine Moore Studios, the first Pine Moore Studios Award, which went to Arik Hess’ Big Iron, and the first Ruth Buzzi Comedy Award, given to Lisa Belcher for her film Terminator: Bad Judgement Day.