The third edition of the BFI London Film Festival Works-in-Progress showcase will present nine new feature films and documentaries by UK-based filmmakers as part of the Festival’s UK Talent Days focus.
Film Festivals
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BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS Among Red Carpet Gala Films at AFI Fest 2022
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu Six Red Carpet Premiere films including Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu; the U.S. Premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson; Is That Black Enough for You?!?, directed by Elvis Mitchell; Living, directed by Oliver Hermanus; She Said, directed by Maria Schrader; and The Son, directed by Florian Zeller, will screen at AFI FEST 2022, November 2-6. All films will screen at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
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‘The Walls Can Talk’ Filmmaker Carlos Saura Cancels Visit to San Sebastian Film Festival
Carlos Saura in The Walls Can Talk (Las paredes hablan) Filmmaker Carlos Saura, who had planned to present his latest film, The Walls Can Talk (Las paredes hablan), at San Sebastian Festival, will not be able to travel due to a fall suffered at the last minute. The mishap had no serious consequences, but it has prevented him from travelling to San Sebastian.
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Laura Poitras is Guest of Honor at IDFA with Retrospective and Top 10 Programs
Laura Poitras (Credit – Jan Stürmann) Academy Award-winning director Laura Poitras will be honored with the Retrospective and Top 10 programs at the 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam taking place in person from November 9 to 20, 2022. The festival will host two curated focus programs, Around Masculinity and Playing Reality, in addition to the IDFA DocLab theme of Nervous Systems – IDFA’s new media section of in-person digital and XR programming.
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2022 DTLA Film Festival Awards – Florencia Krochik’s THE REST OF US Wins Best Picture
The Rest of Us by Florencia Krochik Florencia Krochik’s The Rest of Us, a feature documentary about DACA kids shot over a decade, won Best Picture at the 13th DTLA Film Festival. Other award winners included director Martin Torrez’ “The Great American Low Rider Tradition,” a feature documentary about the Lowrider culture of East Los Angeles, which took the Audience Favorite Award, and Sophie Galibert, named Best Director for “Cherry,” a narrative dramedy that tackles the hot-button topic of abortion.
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2022 Indie Memphis Film Festival Adds More Films incl. Elegance Bratton’s THE INSPECTION
Jeremy Pope and Gabrielle Union star in The Inspection by Elegance Bratton Indie Memphis Film Festival added more films to its 2022 slate including this year’s Centerpiece Presentation, Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection, fresh from its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Jeremy Pope in a breakout performance as a gay black Marine who has been cast out by his mother (Gabrielle Union). This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Indie Memphis Film Festival, and will run from October 19th through 24th.
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BLONDE Starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe is Surprise Film of San Sebastian Festival | Trailer
Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe in Blonde by Ana de Armas (Netflix) Blonde, based on the book of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates and starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe is the surprise film of the 70th San Sebastian Festival. The screening of the film will be attended by Ana de Armas and director, Andrew Dominik.
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Toronto Film Festival 2022 Winners: Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Wins People’s Choice Award
The Fabelmans directed by Steven Spielberg Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans won the People’s Choice Award at the 47th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story directed by Eric Appel won the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award and Black Ice directed by Hubert Davis won the People’s Choice Documentary Award.
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2022 Hamptons Film Festival Announces Lineup, Closes with Robert Downey Sr. Documentary
SR directed by Chris Smith The 2022 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including the Closing Night presentation of the New York premiere of SR., directed by Chris Smith, and the Centerpiece screening of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The 30th edition of the festival will feature a lineup of films that are 54% female-directed and represent 34 countries from around the world.
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Nancy Svendsen’s PASANG Opens 2022 Green Film Festival of San Francisco Lineup of Environmental Films
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest by Nancy Svendsen 2022 Green Film Festival of San Francisco presented by San Francisco IndieFest will take place October 6 – 16, with 50+ independent feature and short length films from around the world that focus on green and environmental issues. The festival opens with Pasang directed by Nancy Svendsen, and Into the Weeds: Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs. Monsanto Company directed by Jennifer Baichwal as closing night film.
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PATRICK AND THE WHALE Opens 31st Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Patrick and the Whale directed by Mark Fletcher Mark Fletcher’s Patrick and the Whale opens and Kathlyn Horan’s The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile will close the 31st Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival taking place October 7-15 at the Arlington Hotel & Spa. Ben Klein and Violet Columbus’ The Exiles and Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes will screen as the Centerpiece Selections.
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Signe Baumane’s MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE Kicks off 5th New York Baltic Film Festival | Trailer
My Love Affair With Marriage by Signe Baumane The animated feature My Love Affair With Marriage by Latvian-born and Brooklyn-based Signe Baumane will open the 5th New York Baltic Film Festival (NYBFF) presented by Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America. The festival runs November 2-13, 2022 as a hybrid festival screening new and critically-acclaimed Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian films in-person in NYC November 2-6 and virtually November 4-13.