Locarno Film Festival celebrates its 75th anniversary from August 3 through 13, and unveiled the lineup of films, which, in keeping with the event’s long history, will boldly showcase cinema in all its forms, old and new.
Film Festivals
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75th Locarno Film Festival Announces Lineup
Brad Pitt and Brian Tyree Henry in Bullet Train. © Sony Pictures Releasing
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Clement Virgo’s BROTHER to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
Brother directed by Clement Virgo (Photo credit: Courtesy of Guy Godfree/Elevation Pictures) Clement Virgo’s film Brother will make its festival debut with a World Premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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THE RETURN OF TANYA TUCKER Documentary to Open 53rd Nashville Film Festival
The Return of Tanya Tucker — Featuring Brandi Carlile directed by Kathlyn Horan The 53rd Nashville Film Festival will open with The Return of Tanya Tucker the moving new documentary by Kathlyn Horan chronicling the collaboration between Brandi Carlile, Shooter Jennings and Tanya Tucker for the latter’s triumphant return to the stage.
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ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Starring Emma Thompson to Open BFI London Film Festival | Teaser
Emma Thompson as Agatha Trunchbull in Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical. | Courtesy of Sony Pictures The Opening Night Gala of this year’s 66th BFI London Film Festival will be Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical, starring Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Sindhu Vee and introducing Alisha Weir as the eponymous Matilda.
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‘Superheroes’ to Open and ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ to Close Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Superheroes directed by Paolo Genovese The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will open with Superheroes directed by Paolo Genovese and close with Three Thousand Years of Longing directed by George Miller. This year’s edition of Karlovy Vary IFF will pay tribute to Jérôme Paillard, the long-time executive director of Marché du Film. and a 1993 film The Flood produced by Paillard will be screened as a part of the tribute.
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Knives Out 2 – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery to Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery will make its festival debut with a world premiere at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.
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21st Asian Film Festival of Dallas Announces Lineup. Opens with Wenxiong Xing’s Too Cool to Kill
Too Cool to Kill directed by Wenxiong Xing The 2022 Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) announced the lineup of 16 feature films (12 Narrative, 4 Documentary), and 11 short films for the 21st edition of the film festival taking place July 21-24, 2022. Opening Night selection is Wenxiong Xing’s Too Cool to Kill, the Closing Night selection is Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, Spotlight screenings include Park Hoon-Jung’s The Witch 2: The Other One, and Shô Miyake’s Small, Slow but Steady.
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2022 Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival Announces Winners – Mascarpone, Finlandia, Invisible Win Awards
Mascarpone directed by Alessandro Guida | Matteo Pilati Out Film CT announced the winners of the 35th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival with the Jury Awards – for Feature Film going to Finlandia, and for Documentary going to Prognosis – Notes on Living. The Audience Awards for Best Feature went to Mascarpone, and for Best Documentary went to Invisible.
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American Black Film Festival 2022 Announces Jury Award Winners
Our Father, The Devil and A Woman on the Outside – winners of 2022 American Black Film Festival jury awards The 2022 American Black Film Festival announced the Best of the ABFF Awards winners, with Our Father, the Devil winning the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature along with the John Singleton Award – Best First Feature for director, Ellie Foumbi; and A Woman on the Outside won the jury prize for Best Documentary Feature.
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Tallgrass Film’s Take 36 Film Showcase Announces Award Winners
Tallgrass Film Association – Take 36 winners Tallgrass Film Association announced the winners of Take 36 film showcase and awarded the Grand Prize to TEAM #9 Downtown Wolves directed by Judah Hansen, a team made up of high school students from Independent School.
