Brooklyn Horror Film Festival returns for its 2022 edition, running October 13th to the 20th with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas.
Film Festivals
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Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2022 Reveals First Wave of Films, Opens with NOCEBO Starring Eva Green,
Nocebo directed by Lorcan Finnegan
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46th Hong Kong Film Festival Announces Winners, A New Old Play Wins FIPRESCI and Firebird Prizes
A New Old Play directed by Qiu Jiongjiong Qiu Jiongjiong’s A New Old Play from China – a fascinating tale of a family of Sichuan Opera artists living through a tumultuous era – has been named Best Film for the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF46). Besides winning the Firebird Award, A New Old Play was also the pick of the FIPRESCI Prize jury, who commended the film for “its masterful approach and inventive visual style.”
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5 World Premiere of Foodie Films Debut in Culinary Zinema at 70th San Sebastian Festival
Mibu. The Moon on a Dish (Mibu. La luna en un plato) directed by Roger Zanuy Five world premieres will make up the Culinary Zinema section at the 70th San Sebastian Festival, which opens with Mibu. The Moon on a Dish (Mibu. La luna en un plato), taking an in-depth look at the famous Japanese restaurant. Virgilio, a portrait of the chef at the restaurant in Lima, Central, will close the section also including a third documentary, La Huella, historia de un parador de playa, and two fictions, Xiao shan he (Nostalgia) and The Zen Diary (Tsuchi wo kurau junikagetsu).
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Jordan Peele’s Nope Added to Toronto Film Festival Lineup
Nope directed by Jordan Peele Writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope has been added to the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival lineup as a special screening. Nope will screen as a special IMAX® presentation at the Cinesphere Theatre at Ontario Place, which has the distinction of being the world’s first permanent IMAX® theatre. Following the screening, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey will lead an engaging Q&A session with Jordan Peele.
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13 Films in Made in Spain at 70th San Sebastian Festival, incl. Color of Heaven, The Critic
Color of Heaven (El color del cielo) directed by Joan-Marc Zapata Thirteen feature films will be showcased in Made in Spain, the non-competitive section for a selection of the year’s Spanish films at the 70th edition of San Sebastian Festival.
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Michelle Yeoh to Receive TIFF Tribute Award at Toronto Film Festival
Michelle Yeoh ( credit: Thomas Laisne/Getty Images for Richard Mille) Michelle Yeoh will receive the inaugural TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award presented by BVLGARI at TIFF Tribute Awards during the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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2022 Tallgrass Film Festival Reveals Official Selections, Opens with Ravi Kapoor’s FOUR SAMOSAS
Four Samosas directed by Ravi Kapoor Tallgrass Film Festival celebrate its 20th Anniversary on September 28-October 2, with a lineup including 53 features and 14 short film programs with 195 films; opening with Ravi Kapoor’s Four Samosas, joining the other gala presentations, which include the world premiere of Daniel Fetherston and Danny Szlauderbach’s, We Were Famous, You Don’t Remember: The Embarrassment, Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed’s All Man: The International Male Story, Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb’s Butterfly in the Sky, and Camille Hardman and Gary Lane’s Still Working 9 to 5.
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‘Four Samosas’ Launches 20th San Francisco South Asian Film Festival in September
Four Samosas directed by Ravi Kapoor 3rd i’s 20th Annual San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival: Bollywood and Beyond (SFISAFF) will take place at the Roxie and Castro theaters in San Francisco from September 23-25!
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10 Films to Compete for Irizar Basque Film Award at 70th San Sebastian Festival
Dear Grandma (El vasco) directed by Jabi Elortegi Seventeen films – thirteen features and four shorts – make up the Basque participation at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition. Zinemira, the section specifically dedicated to Basque cinema at San Sebastian Festival will showcase seven fictions and non-fictions. A total of ten films, four of these, being a world premiere at the Festival, will compete for the Irizar Basque Film Award alongside another six works screening in other Festival sections.
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NANNY Director Nikyatu Jusu to Receive MVFF Award for Feature Debut at Mill Valley Film Festival
Nikyatu Jusu The Mill Valley Film Festival will honor writer, director Nikyatu Jusu with a Spotlight program including a special onstage conversation, screening of the 2022 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner and first feature Nanny, and the MVFF Award for Feature Debut.
