International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the first titles in the Bright Future and Limelight programs for its next full in-person edition taking place from January 25 to February 5, 2023.
Film Festivals
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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.
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The Quiet Girl, Lovely Jackson and Four Samosas Lead Newport Beach Film Festival 2022 Award Winners
The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) by Colm Bairéad The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) handed out its 2022 awards, with The Quiet Girl, the Irish film on a quiet, neglected girl sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer, winning the Jury award for Best Film. Lovely Jackson, the true life story of Rickey Jackson who spent 39 years on death row and in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, won for Best Feature Documentary.
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Brazil’s Oscar Submission MARS ONE to Open 2022 Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival
Mars One (Marte Um) directed by Gabriel Martins The 14th edition of Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival takes place Tuesday, November 15 through Saturday, November 19, in Los Angeles. The festival will open with Gabriel Martins’ Mars One (Marte Um), which had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and is the official selection to represent Brazil for Best International Feature at the upcoming Oscars®.
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Laura Dern, Regina Hall, Frank Grillo Among Honorees for 2022 Napa Valley Film Festival Film, Food and Wine Showcase
Regina Hall stars as Trinitie Childs in Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.., a Focus Features release. Credit: Steve Swisher / © 2021 Pinky Promise LLC The 2022 Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) Film, Food and Wine Showcase takes place at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia on November 10 – 13 featuring a curated group of films and honoree tributes.
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EMPIRE OF LIGHT and WOMEN TALKING Headline 2022 St. Louis International Film Festival Lineup
Empire of Light starring Olivia Colman The 31st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) runs November 3-13, 2022, showcasing 256 films, including more than 100 documentary and narrative features and 21 short film programs. A small selection of films will also be available online.
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MOTHER SUPERIOR, SICK OF MYSELF, and FALCON LAKE Win Multiple Awards at 2022 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Mother Superior directed by Marie Alice Wolfszahn The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival ended its 7th edition with the U.S. Premiere of the new 20th anniversary 2K restoration of Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible: Straight Cut. The horror fantasy thriller Mother Superior was awarded the top honors of Best Feature and Best Director for Marie Alice Wolfszahn in the Main Competition Features program.
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SWALLOWED, THE BLUE CAFTAN and THE RISING FOREST Win Top Jury Awards at 2022 NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Swallowed (Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature), The Blue Caftan (Grand Jury Prize, International Feature), Uyra – The Rising Forest The 34th NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film festival announced the winners of the juried awards, with top honors going to director Carter Smith for Swallowed (Grand Jury Prize, Narrative Feature), director Maryam Touzani for The Blue Caftan (Grand Jury Prize, International Feature), director Juliana Curi for Uyra – The Rising Forest (Grand Jury Prize, Documentary Feature), as well as director Nyala Moon for How Not to Date While Trans (Grand Jury Prize, New York Short).
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2022 imagineNATIVE Film Festival Announces Award-Winning Films – We Are Still Here, Šaamšiǩ – Great Grandmothers Hat
We Are Still Here and Šaamšiǩ – Great Grandmothers Hat We Are Still Here won the Dramatic Feature Award, and Šaamšiǩ – Great Grandmothers Hat took the Documentary Feature Award at the 2022 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
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OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL and SAM NOW Win Top Awards at 2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival
Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil and and Reed Harkness’ Sam Now The 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival announced the 2022 award winners with the top jury prizes going to Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil for Best Narrative Feature and Reed Harkness’ Sam Now for Best Documentary Feature.
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SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2022 Announces More Award Honorees – Anna Diop, Banks Repeta, Vanessa Burghardt and More
Vanessa Burghardt, Anna Diop, Banks Repeta The 25th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival announced the Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big honorees as well as additional honorees and guests.
