The Asian premiere of Soi Cheang’s noir thriller, Mad Fate, starring Gordon Lam and Lokman Yeung, and the world premiere of Elegies, Ann Hui’s lyrical documentary portrayal of the topography of contemporary local poetry, will open the 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF47) on March 30, 2023.
Cargo revealed the first look – teaser trailer for Satan Wants You, a documentary on the Satanic Panic of the 1980s ignited by the bestselling book Michelle Remembers.
Sarasota Film Festival (SFF) announced the initial slate of programming for the milestone 25th anniversary event, taking place across Sarasota March 25 through April 2, 2023. The complementary virtual platform will launch on Friday, March 24 offering exclusive, pre-opening access to select titles.
Here is a first look – clip from Scrambled, a hilarious millennial-comedy, and the feature directorial debut from Leah McKendrick set to world premiere at SXSW film festival, based on Leah’s real journey through egg freezing and 30-something singledom.
The 23nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square’s arthouse hub The Brattle Theatre from March 22nd through the 26th, featuring a lineup stacked with “fearsome folk horror, mendacious miscreants, harrowing horrors and hero/es/ines, godless god-complexes, eco-thrillers and chillers, sensational sci-fi, and all manner of midnight madness.”
Quiver revealed the first look – teaser trailer for The Wrath of Becky, the sequel to 2020’s action thriller Becky, starring Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson, Courtney Gains, Michael Sirow, Aaron Dalla Villa, Matt Angel and Kate Siegel.
Sundance Film Festival: London returns for the tenth edition of the Festival from 6 – 9 July 2023 with Scrapper making its UK premiere on Thursday 6 July at Picturehouse Central as opening film.
Here is the first look – trailer for Sister & Sister (Las hijas), the debut feature by Panamanian-Costa Rican writer-director Kattia G. Zúñiga, set to world premiere in the Global section at the 2023 edition of the SXSW Film Festival, taking place March 10-19, in Austin, Texas.
Jon Garcia’s Sasquatch horror feature film Summoning the Spirit will world premiere at the Miami Film Festival on Monday March 6.
Filmmaker Mark Polish’s Murmur, an edge-of-your-seat techno-thriller, will open the 7th annual edition of MidWest WeirdFest on Friday March 3. He will also partake in a Q&A following the film’s screening.
The BFI Future Film Festival 2023 came to a close and young filmmakers aged 16-25 that took home prizes included Edie Moles for Best New Talent and Best Film for Underbelly; and Ade Femzo (Best Director for Drop Out.
