The 49th Seattle International Film Festival came to a close with the award ceremony and Dancing Queen directed by Aurora Gossé won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Film, and 26.2 to Life directed by Christine Yoo won for Best Documentary.
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2023 came to a close on Sunday, and the audience selected Immediate Family, Denny Tedesco’s follow-up to his acclaimed documentary The Wrecking Crew, as winner of the DocLands Audience Choice Award. Immediate Family chronicles the journey of a group of close friends who became the premiere studio band for the musical icons of the ‘70s and beyond, giving us a backstage tour of rock history.
Chicago African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF Chicago) celebrates its 20th anniversary with programs and screenings at the Film Center and Facets Multimedia from June 15-18, 2023.
Neon has acquired Robot Dreams, Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger’s (Blancanieves) first animated feature film based on the award-winning graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon.
Warner Bros. continues its 100th anniversary celebration with 100 Years of Warner Bros., four Max original documentary specials narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Apple unveiled the official teaser trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, the 1920s set western crime drama, based on David Grann’s bestselling book, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons.
Frameline rolled out the full program lineup for the 47th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline47) emphasizing the interplay between past and present — both in terms of queer cinema history and the collective history of the LGBTQ+ community at large.
French actor Lambert Wilson will be President of the Jury awarding the Pardo d’oro (Golden Leopard) – to a film in the International Competition (Concorso internazionale) at the 76th Locarno Film Festival, from August 2-12, 2023.
The Gullspång Miracle, a documentary about the eerie mysteries of a bizarre family story, will world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival, running June 7-18.
DocPitch at DocLands Documentary Film Festival wrapped with its annual awards ceremony with the $45,000 Audience Award going to director Kevin Truong for an intimate tribute to his mother, Mai American.
SCAD Savannah Film Festival (SAVFF) is teaming up with Amazon Studios for a new dedicated SAVFF LGBTQ+ Short Film Competition, which will premiere during the festival, October 21–28, 2023.
