
The 16th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) — will take place from May 4-10, 2023 at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, which was recently purchased by Cinema St. Louis.

The 16th Annual QFest St. Louis — presented by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) — will take place from May 4-10, 2023 at the Hi-Pointe Theatre, which was recently purchased by Cinema St. Louis.

The 25th Anniversary edition of the Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) closed on Sunday, April 2 with On A Wing And A Prayer, directed by Sean McNamara, and announced the Jury and Audience Award winners.

Two highly anticipated films, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, directed by James Mangold, starring Harrison Ford, and Killers of the Flower Moon directed by Martin Scorsese starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, will world premiere at Cannes Film Festival.

A documentary on the origins of the anti-gay movement, 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture directed by Sharon “Rocky” Roggio won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 47th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF47) which took place March 22nd – April 1st, 2023. The documentary follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946.

Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the full lineup of 42 feature films and 38 shorts for the upcoming 20th edition taking place from April 20-30, 2023 at Globe Cinema.

The 47th Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) taking place Thursday, April 20 through Sunday, April 30, 2023, revealed the full lineup, headlined by the Opening Night presentation of Polite Society. Starring Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya, the film follows a martial artist-in-training who enlists her friends to help save her older sister from her impending marriage in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Filmfest Dresden announced the complete program for the 35th edition taking place April 18 to 23, 2023. A total of 371 short films from 66 countries are being presented in the competitions and special programs over 188 screenings. In addition to the competition sections, during the festival week, numerous events in the special program with an array of country-based and thematic highlights are being held under the motto of Antiracism: Exit Happyland.

Filmed over two years across the UK, Europe and the US, the documentary Ithaka follows 76 year-old retired builder, John Shipton’s tireless campaign to save his son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Director Liliana Cavani and actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai will each receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 80th Venice Film Festival (International Film Festival of the Biennale di Venezia) taking place August 30 to September 9, 2023.