Film Festivals

CORSAGE Wins Best Film, BLUE BAG LIFE Wins Audience Award at 2022 BFI London Film Festival

Vicky Krieps in Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer

Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer wins Best Film Award at the 66th BFI London Film Festival. Marie Kreutzer said: “I want to say thank you to the members of the jury for choosing our film and giving us this beautiful award. For me this award, which is an award for the film, is not only my award it belongs to all of us. The most beautiful thing about my job is to collaborate with so many great creatives and artists and create something together day by day without knowing how it will turn out. For all of us I’m so happy that it turned out so well and that people love the film so much. This award is for everyone on my team. It’s hard to find the right words right now, I’m happy!”

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CLOSE and PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS Win at 2022 Hamptons International Film Festival

Close directed by Lukas Dhont

Close directed by Lukas Dhont won Best Narrative Feature and Pray For Us Sinners, directed by Sinéad O’Shea, won Best Documentary Feature at this year’s 30th anniversary edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival.

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IDFA 2022 Unveils Film Selections for Luminous, Frontlight, IDFA on Stage, and Paradocs Programs

Kenya directed by Gisela Delgadillo

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2022 unveiled the selections for Luminous and Frontlight, two premiere-only cornerstones of the program, in addition to the lineups for live cinema section IDFA on Stage and experimental section Paradocs. The 35th edition of IDFA takes place in person from November 9 to 20, 2022.

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28 Films Set for 2022 Calgary European Filmb Festival incl. CREAM, BEAUTIFUL, SONATA

Cream directed by Nóra Lakos

28 films representing 26 European countries will be featured at the 11th annual Calgary European Film Festival (CEFF), taking place at Globe Cinema and Online from November 5-13, 2022.

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20 + Documentary Films to Debut in Bay Area at SFFILM 8th Doc Stories, Opens with Jerry Brown: The Disrupter

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter directed by Marina Zenovich

San Francisco Film Festival (SFFILM) unveiled the program lineup for the 8th edition of the documentary film showcase Doc Stories headlined on opening night with the documentary Jerry Brown: The Disrupter directed by Marina Zenovich.

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2023 Sundance Film Festival Reveals First Films – Restorations of SLAM and THE DOOM GENERATION

SLAM and The Doom Generation [Sundance]

Sundance revealed the first two films in the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival – the 25th Anniversary and digital restoration screening of SLAM and the uncensored director’s cut and restoration of The Doom Generation.

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Chris Cooper and Elegance Bratton Honored at Key West Film Festival

Chris Cooper and Elegance Bratton (credit: Josiah Rundles)

The Key West Film Festival announced screen legend Chris Cooper and Elegance Bratton, director of The Inspection as the recipients of its 2022 Golden Key Awards.

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MAMA’S BOY and ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Headline 2022 NewFest: NY LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Mama’s Boy, All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

The 34th NewFest: New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival will take place from October 13 – 25, 2022, showcasing more than 130 films, in theaters in NYC and virtually throughout the United States.

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Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival 2022 Returns to Austin and Minneapolis in November with Eclectic Lineup

Meet Me In The Bathroom directed by Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern

The 23rd edition of Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival returns as a two-city film festival, from November 3-6 in Austin, and November 9-13 in Minneapolis.

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NYC’s Imagine Science Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup, Opens with UTAMA

Utama directed by Alejandro Loayza Grisi

New York City’s Imagine Science Film Festival unveiled the lineup of films and events for the hybrid presentation of its 15th edition, taking place October 14-21.

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Glass Onion, The Fabelmans, Women Talking, and The Whale Headline Miami Film Festival GEMS 2022 Lineup

Glass Onion, The Fabelmans, Women Talking, and The Whale

Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery opens the line-up for the 9th annual Miami Film Festival GEMS taking place November 3-10. GEMS 2022 festival will feature two Centerpiece Screenings of the ensemble drama Women Talking and Brendan Fraser drama The Whale, and close with Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans.

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Butterfly in the Sky Opens, Jurassic Park Closes 2022 Naples Film Festival Lineup

Butterfly in the Sky opens, Jurassic Park closes 2022 Naples Film Festival Lineup

As Southwest Florida grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, the 2022 Naples International Film Festival will take place as planned October 27-30, screening 64 films (13 narrative features, 9 documentary features and 42 short films) from 17 countries.

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