DC/DOX, the documentary film festival in Washington, DC, will kick off its first annual edition with Joan Baez I Am A Noise, directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky, and Maeve O’Boyle, and close with Lisa Cortés and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza’s The Space Race. The inaugural DC/DOX festival will be held June 15-18, 2023 in Washington, DC.
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival return for its 20th anniversary edition in Eugene, Oregon from May 17th to 21st, 2023. The five-day event offers film screenings, feature expert speakers and the TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Media.
The 18th Annual South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) in Los Angeles, California came to a close with the world premiere of the documentary from Ukraine, “KING LEAR: How We Looked for Love During the War,” by Dmytro Hreshko. Taking a step back from the frontlines, the film focuses on internally displaced people in a small town who are transformed into Shakespeare’s characters which in turn gives a new meaning and purpose to their shattered lives.
The 33rd annual Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, set to take place both in-person and virtually from May 25th to June 4th, 2023, will showcase 107 films from 30 countries, including 33 feature films, and 7 world premieres.
Directors Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano will chair the international juries respectively of Venezia 80, the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film and the Orizzonti section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 30 – September 9, 2023.
Actor Russell Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Rooftop Films announced the lineup for its 27th annual Summer Series set to kick off on Thursday, May 25th at Green-Wood Cemetery with This is What We Mean by Short Films, showcasing some of the best new short films of the year.
Fairyland, directed by Andrew Durham and produced by Sofia Coppola, will kick-off the 47th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline47) taking place throughout San Francisco and Oakland.
Cannes Film Festival today unveiled the complete jury presided over by Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’or winner Ruben Östlund. Alongside the President, the Jury features Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021.
The Traverse City Film Festival, founded by Michael Moore, has come to a close after nearly 20 years. The TCFF board made the decision to end the era of the festival on a high note, with Moore noting that the festival is ending while it is still ahead and no longer in debt. This brings an end to a beloved film festival that has been appreciated by many over the years.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2023, taking place from 6 to 9 July, will showcase a lineup of 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The festival will close with the UK premiere of You Hurt My Feelings, from filmmaker Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing, Enough Said). The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Seinfeld) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown) as a couple whose marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book
Cannes Film Festival will honor actor Michael Douglas with the Palme d’or d’honneur at the upcoming 76th edition of the festival, “in recognition of his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema”. The Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to him during the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday, May 16.