Academy Award®–winning Icelandic artist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir will be honored with the Variety Artisan Award, and Award-winning Welsh Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini will be honored with the TIFF Emerging Talent Award at the annual TIFF Tribute Awards at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
From a thrilling and uncompromising Argentinian political drama to a chilling British folk horror tale; and a breathtaking story of brotherly love to the poignancy of family displacement during the Syrian conflict in Damascus, 8 films have been selected for the Official Competition for the Best Film Award at the 66th BFI London Film Festival
The European Premiere of Sally El Hosaini’s drama The Swimmers based on the inspirational true-life story of the Mardini sisters’ will open the 18th Zurich Film Festival on September 22, 2022.
Award-Winning filmmaker Godfrey Reggio will receive the Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) Lifetime Achievement Award at the festival’s 14th edition, presented this upcoming October. The Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony will be followed by the World Premiere of Reggio’s latest film, Once Within a Time.
Zabaltegi-Tabakalera will showcase 22 films: 13 features, eight shorts and one mid-length movie at the San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, including films by Santiago Loza alongside Ruth Beckermann, Lee Chang-dong, Bi Gan, Natalia López Gallardo and Hlynur Pálmason. Pending the addition of another title, for the time being
The Mexican comedy Love & Mathematics (Amor y matemáticas), the fifth feature film from director Claudia Sainte-Luce (The Amazing Catfish), a satirical and engaging comedy of the ambitions and aspirations of upper-middle-class Mexican society, will have its world premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema showcase at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), taking place September 8-18, 2022.
Ahead of the International premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the first trailer debuted for the South African caper heist comedy feature film, The Umbrella Men.
The Iranian film Winners directed by Hassan Nazer, won the Audience Award at the 75th anniversary edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival. In the film, set in a small Iranian town, nine-year-old Yahya finds an unclaimed Oscar statue, the curious item leading the boy into an adventure filled journey that doubles as a loving ode to the history of Iranian cinema.
The Tribeca Festival announced that the 22nd edition of the festival will take place from June 7-18, 2023 in New York City.
This year’s In Conversation With… series at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival connects audiences and film lovers around the world with some of the most talented artists working in film and television including engaging sessions with Damien Chazelle, Viola Davis & Gina Prince-Bythewood, Lee Jung-jae & Jung Woo-sung, and Eddie Redmayne.
Rounding out the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival lineup is TIFF Industry Selects, a curated selection of 10 audience friendly films beyond the Official Selection that are available for worldwide acquisition. These films will each have an in-person screening during the Festival for accredited buyers and industry professionals..
