The 2023 Jacksonville Film Festival will showcase 114 films from 22 countries over four-days from February 3-6, 2023. The 2023 Festival lineup consists of an astonishing 60% produced or directed by women.
Film Festivals
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2023 Jacksonville Film Festival Unveils Official Films – 114 Films
The Artifice Girl directed by Franklin Ritch
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BONES AND ALL, BROS, NO BEARS Among New Films Added to 66th BFI London Film Festival
Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell in Bones and All directed by Luca Guadagnino The 66th BFI London Film Festival added the UK Premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All starring Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance, to the 2022 program, screening in a Special Presentation. Bones and All is the tender story of first love between Maren (Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter, as they embark on a thousand-mile odyssey through Reagan’s America.
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Mill Valley Film Festival Announces Nominees for 2022 Mind The Gap Creation Prize
The Unknown Country directed by Morrisa Maltz The Mill Valley Film Festival announced the 3 films nominated for the 2022 Mind The Gap (MTG) Creation Prize of $10,000. Awarded to a first- or second-time Mind the Gap filmmaker, the prize recognizes exciting new voices in cinema who demonstrate creativity of vision and exceptional use of the film medium.
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Joe Hall’s The Road to Galena Wins Grand Prix at 2022 Prague Independent Film Festival
The Road to Galena directed by Joe Hall The Road to Galena was awarded the Grand Prix and Best Director prize for Joe Hall at the 2022 Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) in the stunning historical cinema Lucerna in the capital of Czechia. Other top prizes went to Troubled Mindsvby Raitis and Lauris Abele for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay prizes.
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9 Films by UK Filmmakers in Works-in-Progress Showcase at 66th BFI London Film Festival
The third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase will present nine new feature films and documentaries by UK-based filmmakers as part of the Festival’s UK Talent Days focus.
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BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS Among Red Carpet Gala Films at AFI Fest 2022
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Six Red Carpet Premiere films including Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu; the U.S. Premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson; Is That Black Enough for You?!?, directed by Elvis Mitchell; Living, directed by Oliver Hermanus; She Said, directed by Maria Schrader; and The Son, directed by Florian Zeller, will screen at AFI FEST 2022, November 2-6. All films will screen at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
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‘The Walls Can Talk’ Filmmaker Carlos Saura Cancels Visit to San Sebastian Film Festival
Carlos Saura in The Walls Can Talk (Las paredes hablan) Filmmaker Carlos Saura, who had planned to present his latest film, The Walls Can Talk (Las paredes hablan), at San Sebastian Festival, will not be able to travel due to a fall suffered at the last minute. The mishap had no serious consequences, but it has prevented him from travelling to San Sebastian.
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Laura Poitras is Guest of Honor at IDFA with Retrospective and Top 10 Programs
Laura Poitras (Credit – Jan Stürmann) Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras will be honored with the Retrospective and Top 10 programs at the 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam taking place in person from November 9 to 20, 2022. The festival will host two curated focus programs, Around Masculinity and Playing Reality, in addition to the IDFA DocLab theme of Nervous Systems – IDFA’s new media section of in-person digital and XR programming.
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2022 DTLA Film Festival Awards – Florencia Krochik’s THE REST OF US Wins Best Picture
The Rest of Us by Florencia Krochik Florencia Krochik’s The Rest of Us, a feature documentary about DACA kids shot over a decade, won Best Picture at the 13th DTLA Film Festival. Other award winners included director Martin Torrez’ “The Great American Low Rider Tradition,” a feature documentary about the Lowrider culture of East Los Angeles, which took the Audience Favorite Award, and Sophie Galibert, named Best Director for “Cherry,” a narrative dramedy that tackles the hot-button topic of abortion.
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2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival Adds More Films incl. Elegance Bratton’s THE INSPECTION
Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union star in The Inspection by Elegance Bratton Indie Memphis Film Festival added more films to its 2022 slate including this year’s Centerpiece Presentation, Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection, fresh from its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Jeremy Pope in a breakout performance as a gay black Marine who has been cast out by his mother (Gabrielle Union). This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Indie Memphis Film Festival, and will run from October 19th through 24th.
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BLONDE Starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe is Surprise Film of San Sebastian Festival | Trailer
Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde by Ana de Armas (Netflix) Blonde, based on the book of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates and starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe is the surprise film of the 70th San Sebastian Festival. The screening of the film will be attended by Ana de Armas and director, Andrew Dominik.
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Toronto Film Festival 2022 Winners: Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Wins People’s Choice Award
The Fabelmans directed by Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award and Black Ice directed by Hubert Davis won the People’s Choice Documentary Award.