Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Sam Mendes will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award at TIFF Tribute Awards at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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Empire of Light Director Sam Mendes to Receive TIFF Ebert Director Award at Toronto Film Festival
Sam Mendes (Francois Duhemal /Searchlight Pictures)
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60th New York Film Festival Reveals Spotlight Films incl. World Premiere of Maria Schrader’s SHE SAID
She Said directed by Maria Schrader The 60th New York Film Festival unveiled the Spotlight section, the festival’s showcase of the season’s most anticipated and significant films.
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SUBLIME by Mariano Biasin Wins Sebastiane Latino Award at San Sebastian Festival | Trailer
Sublime directed by Mariano Biasin Sublime, directed by Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Biasin, will receive the tenth Sebastiane Latino Award at the 70th edition of San Sebastian Festival. The award, decided by a jury of members of GEHITU, the Basque Association of Gays, Lesbians, Trans, Bisexuals and Intersexuals, recognizes the Latin American film of 2022 that best represents sexual and gender diversity, will take place during the
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Sydney Underground Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
I Get Knocked Down featuring Chumbawamba singer Dunstan Bruce Sydney’s festival for cult, underground and independent films, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), returns with a packed program from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th September at a new location, Event Cinemas George Street, for the Festival’s first in-person edition of the since 2019.
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Last Dance and Annie Colère Win Final Awards at 75th Locarno Film Festival
Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey The 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival ended over the weekend, and the audience selected Last Dance by Delphine Lehericey for the Prix du Public (audience award), while the seventies drama Annie Colère by Blandine Lenoir clinched the Variety Piazza Grande Award.
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75th Locarno Film Festival Award Winners. Julia Murat’s Rule 34 Wins Pardo d’oro Prize
Rule 34 (Regra 34) by Julia Murat The controversial Brazilian film Rule 34 (Regra 34) by Julia Murat was awarded the Pardo d’oro at the 75th Locarno Film Festival. In the sexual film, Simone is a young law student who finds a passion for defending women in abuse cases, yet her own sexual interests lead her to a world of violence and eroticism.
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30th Hamptons Film Festival Reveals First Films + Special Award for Mariska Hargitay
Actress Mariska Hargitay (Photo by Erik Tanner/Contour by Getty Images) Emmy Award-winning actress Mariska Hargitay will be honored with the 2022 Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award at the 30th Anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival in October.
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Juan Diego Botto’s Directorial Debut ON THE FRINGE Starring Penélope Cruz Joins San Sebastian Festival Lineup
Penélope Cruz in On the Fringe (En los márgenes) by Juan Diego Botto On the Fringe (En los márgenes), Juan Diego Botto’s debut behind the camera, joins the titles in the Perlak section at the 2022 San Sebastian Festival. Juan Diego Botto directs and plays the lead part in a film featuring Penélope Cruz, who is also its producer, and Luis Tosar. Prior to screening at the San Sebastian Festival the movie will have its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
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Director Walter Hill to Receive Filmmaker Award and Premiere ‘Dead For A Dollar’ at Venice Film Festival
Walter Hill (credit: Nicolas Aproux) Director, writer and producer Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 Hrs., Last Man Standing) is the recipient of the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. The award is dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to the contemporary film industry.
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Melbourne International Film Festival Announces Winners of 2022 MIFF Shorts Awards
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It by Lachlan Pendragon Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the winners of the 2022 MIFF Shorts Awards, which reward filmmakers with more than $63,500 in prizes. A jury consisting of filmmaker Tiriki Onus (Ablaze), director James Vaughan (Friends and Strangers), and film writer Jourdain Searles selected seven out of the 78 films in the program
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12 Latin American Films Compete for Horizontes Awards at 2022 San Sebastian Film Festival
Charcoal (Carvão) by Carolina Markowicz Twelve films set in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico complete the Horizontes Latinos section at the 2022 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
