Film Festivals

Cannes Critics’ Week 2023 Reveals Lineup, Opens with Marie Amachoukeli’s ‘Ama Gloria’

Ama Gloria directed by Marie Amachoukeli

11 films have been selected for this year’s 2023 Cannes International Critics’ Week (Semaine de la critique), with 7 first films and 6 directed by women. To kick off this 62nd edition, Ama Gloria, first solo film by French director Marie Amachoukeli – winner of the Caméra d’Or for Party Girl that she co-directed with Claire Burger and Samuel Theis. She delivers a delicate, intimate film about the deep connection between 6- year-old Cléo and Gloria, her nanny. Gloria must suddenly leave Cléo and return to Cape Verde. Marie Amachoukeli conveys with incredible grace cruel, heartbreaking farewells, awash in the summer sunlight.

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Dallas International Film Festival 2023 Unveils Lineup – Films on Karen Carpenter, Stephen Curry, Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox. (Apple)

The 17th edition of Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF) takes place April 28 to May 5, 2023, at the Violet Crown Cinema in West Village Uptown.

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Rama Rau’s COVEN Documentary on Witches, Priestesses, Obeah, Premieres at Hot Docs | Trailer

Coven directed by Rama Rau

In Coven, the new documentary by Rama Rau premiering at Hot Docs film festival, three millennial women who identify as witches seek guidance and travel to explore their past lives and lost traditions.

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CAAMFest 2023 Unveils Lineup, Opens with Adele Lim’s JOY RIDE at Castro Theatre

Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim

The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) announced the fully in-person program lineup for CAAMFest 2023, taking place May 11-21, 2023 in San Francisco. Opening Night of this year’s festival is headlined by the film Joy Ride directed by Adele Lim at the Castro Theatre.

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Brenda Akele Jorde’s THE HOMES WE CARRY Documents An Afro-German Family Torn Apart by World History

The Homes We Carry directed by Brenda Akele Jorde

Directed by Brenda Akele Jorde, the documentary film The Homes We Carry will make its North American premiere at Hot Docs 2023 on April 28 in the festival program “The Changing Face of Europe”.

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Over 90 Films to Compete at 2023 Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival

The One Who Never Watched Friends directed by Charlotte Gabris

The Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival (HCSFF) returns for its 7th edition, and will take place April 21-23rd in person.

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Films by Wes Anderson, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Todd Haynes on 2023 Cannes Film Festival Lineup

Monster by Kore-eda Hirokazu

Cannes Film Festival 2023 revealed the official feature films selected in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings.

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‘Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls’ to Open Chattanooga Film Festival 10th Anniversary Lineup

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls by Andrew Bowser

The Chattanooga Film Festival (CFF) celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer from June 23 – 29, 2023.

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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Strange Way of Life’ Starring Ethan Hawke to Premiere at Cannes Film Festival

Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar © Iglesias Más / El Deseo

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, the Spanish western short film Strange Way of Life will world premiere as an Official Selection of 76th Cannes Film Festival. This short is the filmmaker’s second English-language experience, after The Human Voice in 2020. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, Pedro Casablanc, Manu Ríos, George Steane, José Condessa, Jason Fernández, Sara Sálamo, Ohiana Cueto, and Daniela Medina.

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Moussa Sène Absa’s Xalé Kicks off 2023 New York African Film Festival Lineup

Xalé directed by Moussa Sène Absa

The New York premiere of Moussa Sène Absa’s Xalé will kickoff of the 30th New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) at Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) from May 10 to 16, 2023. Under the banner, Freeforms, the festival presents over 30 films from more than 15 countries.

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Stonewalling, ‘Apolonia, Apolonia’, Totem Among Winners of Hong Kong Film Festival 2023 Firebird Awards

Stonewalling stole the limelight at the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF47) taking home three Firebird Awards at the award ceremony.

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Senior Artistic Swimmers Prepare for Competition in Megan Wennberg’s UNSYNCABLE Documentary at Hot Docs | Trailer

Unsyncable directed by Megan Wennberg

Senior artistic swimmers (formerly known as synchronized swimmers) push physical, emotional and societal boundaries as they prepare for the U.S. Masters Artistic Swimming Championships in the documentary Unsyncable, set to World Premiere Hot Docs Canadian International Festival on May 3, 2023.

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