Film Festivals

Indy Shorts Film Festival 2022 Winners – ‘Black Slide’, ‘Ousmane’, ‘Stranger at the Gate’ Win Grand Prizes

Award winners of 2022 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts)

The 2022 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) presented by Heartland Film announced its award winners. The Grand Prize for Narrative Short went to “Ousmane” directed by by Jorge Camarotti; the Grand Prize for Documentary Short went to “Stranger at the Gate” by Joshua Seftel and the Grand Prize for Animated Short went to “Black Slide” by by Uri Lotan. The Festival’s three Grand Prize-winning films will receive Academy Award® qualification in their respective categories and $5,000 in cash prizes.

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22nd Whitaker STL Filmmakers Showcase Announces Winning Films and Filmmakers

All Gone Wrong by Josh Guffey

The 22nd Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis (CSL), serving as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists, announced the winning films and filmmakers. The Showcase screened works that were shot in the St. Louis region or were written, directed, or produced by St. Louis-area residents or by filmmakers with strong local ties who are now working elsewhere. The Showcase’s 14 film programs ranged from narrative and documentary features to multi-film compilations of fiction, experimental, and documentary shorts.

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37th Venice Critics’ Week Announces Lineup. Opens with Florent Gouëlou’s Three Nights A Week

Three Nights A Week by Florent Gouëlou

The 37th edition of Venice International Critics’ Week (Venice Settimana Internazionale della Critica (SIC)) set to take place August 31 to September 10 alongside the Venice International Film Festival, announced the films in competition.

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Lena Dunham’s Medieval Drama CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival | Clip

Catherine Called Birdy by Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham’s Catherine Called Birdy will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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WHITE NOISE Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle to Open 79th Venice Film Festival

White Noise directed by Noah Baumbach

White Noise, written and directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin and Lars Edinger is the Opening Film, in Competition, of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022). This is Baumbach’s return to the Lido; he premiered Marriage Story at the festival in 2019.

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Venice Film Festival Reveals 2022 Venice Classics Restored Films Selections

Monica Vitti in Teresa the Thief, directed by Carlo Di Palma

The Venice Classics section returns to the 79th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, following two years in which, due to the pandemic, it was hosted in Bologna by the Il cinema ritrovato festival (August 2020), and held last year in the historic city centre of Venice.

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UK’s Windrush Caribbean Film Festival Announces 2022 Winners

Arts of Conflict – The Discourse of Notting Hill Carnival by Tony Oldham

Tony Oldham’s Arts of Conflict – The Discourse of Notting Hill Carnival won the Best Feature Film prize at the 2022 Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) in Birmingham, UK. The documentary looks at the Notting Hill Carnival, described as Europe’s largest street festival, but in the UK, many feel it’s been demonized by the media, police, politicians and local residents unfairly. This is the story of the controversial event, from its inception out of the 1950s London race riots, to its present-day.

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2022 HollyShorts Film Festival Unveils Line-up Featuring Colman Domingo, Penn Badgley and More

Colman Domingo in North Star

The Oscar® Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival returns for its 8th edition from August 11- 20th, 2022, with nearly 400 films on the program featuring Academy Award Nominee® James Franco, Golden Globe and Grammy Nominee Wiz Khalifa, Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, Rosario Dawson, Nina Dobrev, Penn Badgley, Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox, Academy Award nominee June Squibb, SAG Winner Zachary Levi and more

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Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

Steven Spielberg (credit: Gage Skidmore)

Steven Spielberg will make his first ever appearance at the Toronto International Film Festival for the World Premiere of his new film, The Fabelmans.

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51 Films to Compete for Heart of Sarajevo Awards at 28th Sarajevo Film Festival

Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer

51 films will compete for the Heart of Sarajevo awards at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival taking place from August 12th to 19th, 2022. The Festival’s four competition sections – for feature, documentary, short and student film – will feature 21 world, 7 international, 1 European, 21 regional and 1 B&H premiere.

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75th Edinburgh International Film Festival Unveils Lineup with NUDE TUESDAY as Central Gala Film

Nude Tuesday directed by Armağan Ballantyne

For its 75th Anniversary edition, Edinburgh International Film Festival announced the program of 87 new feature films structured across 3 Galas, 5 themed strands, 1 Big Screen Presentation and 10 films in competition as part of the new The Powell & Pressburger Award for Best Feature Film. Edinburgh International Film Festival runs from August 12th to 20th, 2022.

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Gay Romantic Drama My Policeman Starring Harry Styles to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival | Trailer

My Policeman directed by Michael Grandage

My Policeman, the gay romantic drama starring Harry Styles will have its World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Directed by Michael Grandage, the film also stars Emma Corrin, Gina Mckee, Linus Roache, David Dawson and Rupert Everett.

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