Whistler Film Festival (WFF) announced the full lineup of 86 bold and inspiring films for its 22nd edition taking place in-person from November 30, to December 4 2022 in Whistler, BC, and online from December 5 to January 2, 2023.
Film Festivals
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MIKE MIGNOLA: DRAWING MONSTERS to Open 10th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters After two years of online and hybrid festivals, the 10th edition of CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival will return to an exclusively in-cinema experience, showcasing 15 features, 10 shorts, and filmmakers in attendance at Globe Cinema from November 23-27, 2022.
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1314 FRAMES OF LOVE AND WAR Documentary Portrait of Micha Bar-Am, Living War Photographer at Other Israel Film Festival | Trailer
1341 Frames of Love and War (Photo By Micha Bar-Am. Courtesy of Photographer) Directed by Israel’s acclaimed filmmaker Ran Tal (Children of the Sun, The Museum, The Garden of Eden, What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace), 1341 Frames of Love and War is a subversive and philosophical documentary portrait of one of the world’s most important living war photographers, Micha Bar-Am. The film will celebrate its New York premiere at Other Israel Film Festival.
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Austin Butler, Jeremy Pope, Jeremy Strong Among Honorees for Virtuosos Award at 2023 Santa Barbara Film Festival
Austin Butler (Elvis), Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Nina Hoss (Tár), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), Ke Huy Quan, (Everything Everywhere All At Once), Jeremy Strong (Armageddon Time) Austin Butler (Elvis), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Nina Hoss (Tár), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Jeremy Pope (The Inspection), Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), and Jeremy Strong (Armageddon Time) will receive the prestigious Virtuosos Award at the 2023 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The honor was created to recognize a select group of talent whose noteworthy performances in film have elevated them into the national cinematic dialogue.
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AFTERSUN, ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, REMEMBER THIS Win Top Montclair Film Festival 2022 Awards
Remember This directed by Jeff Hutchens and Derek Goldman Aftersun directed by Charlotte Wells was awarded the Fiction Feature Prize at the 2022 Montclair Film Festival (MFF). All the Beauty and the Bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras, was awarded the festival’s Bruce Sinosky Award for the Documentary Feature Competition.
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Exclusive ELLIS Clip: Sascha Just’s Documentary on Jazz Pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. Premieres at DOC NYC
Ellis directed by Sascha Just Here is an exclusive clip from Ellis, a new documentary on the life and times of pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr., directed by Sascha Just, and premiering at DOC NYC on November 10, 2022.
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WOMEN TALKING Wins Best Feature Film at 2022 Twin Cities Film Fest
(l-r.) Michelle McLeod stars as Mejal, Sheila McCarthy as Greta,Liv McNeil as Neitje, Jessie Buckley as Mariche, Claire Foy as Salome, Kate Hallett as Autje, Rooney Mara as Ona and Judith Ivey as Agata in director Sarah Polley’s film, Women Talking. An Orion Pictures Release [credit: Michael Gibson © 2022 Orion Releasing ] Sarah Polley’s Women Talking took home the coveted Best Feature Film prize at the 2022 Twin Cities Film Fest. A big-screen adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel, about a group of eight women in an isolated religious community struggling to reconcile with their faith after a series of sexual assaults, Women Talking stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand in critically acclaimed roles. McDormand also served as producer on the film.
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DECIBEL to Open and DECISION TO LEAVE to Close 2022 Asian World Film Festival in LA
Decibel directed by In-ho Hwang The 8th Asian World Film Festival (AWFF) will take place November 9 – 18, 2022 in Los Angeles. AWFF kicks off Wednesday, November 9 with the world premiere of the action-thriller Decibel directed by In-ho Hwang and starring Kim Rae Won and Lee Jang Suk. The film is a sound terror action film and revolves around a bomb designer who wants to occupy the city center with a special bomb that explodes when the noise increases and a former naval deputy commander who becomes his target.
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PINBALL and SAM NOW Win Top Awards at 2022 SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Pinball – The Man Who Saved the Game, directed by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg The Savannah College of Art and Design announced the award winners for the 25th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. Pinball – The Man Who Saved the Game, directed by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg won the award for Best Narrative Feature; and Sam Now won the award Best Documentary Feature along with Best Director for Reed Harkness.
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Jamie Lee Curtis to Receive Prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All At Once (Allyson Riggs/A24) Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Curtis will receive the award on Saturday, February 11th following an in-person conversation about her career leading up to this year’s performances as Laurie Strode in Halloween Ends, a beloved character that she has portrayed for a record 44 years as well as Deidre Beaubeirdre in A24’s critically acclaimed smash hit Everything Everywhere All At Once.
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SANSÓN AND ME, HIDDEN LETTERS and THE CAVE OF ADULLAM Win Top Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2022 Filmmaker Awards
Sansón and Me directed by Rodrigo Reyes Rodrigo Reyes’ Sansón and Me won the jury prize for Best U.S. Feature, and Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing’s Hidden Letters won the jury prize and the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature at the 31st edition of Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.
