The 24th Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), running June 15 – 19, 2022 in Provincetown, MA, announced its lineup of narrative, documentary, and short films, as well as festival honorees.
Film Festivals
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Forest Whitaker to Receive the Honorary Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival
Forest Whitaker © WPDI Academy Award Winning Actor Forest Whitaker will be the honorary guest at the opening ceremony of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. He will also receive the honorary Palme d’or, which pays tribute to a sparkling artistic journey, a rare personality as well as a discreet but strong humanitarian commitment to key topical issues.
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BAMcinemaFest 2022 Announces Lineup, Opens with AFTERSHOCK Documentary
Shawnee Benton Gibson and Bruce McIntyre in Aftershock by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. | photo by Kerwin Devonish. BAM announced the lineup for this year’s BAMcinemaFest 2022 taking place in person at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn, New York, June 23—30, 2022.
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Geena Davis’ 8th Bentonville Film Festival Reveals Jury with Justine Bateman and More
Justine Bateman Bentonville Film Festival, produced by the BFFoundation and chaired by Academy Award-winning Actor Geena Davis, will take place in-person June 22-26 and virtually June 22-July 3. The Festival unveiled their Competition Jury composed of award-winning producers, directors, actors and authors, including actor Yolonda Ross, film and television producer Bird Runningwater, actor Shohreh Aghdashloo, writer and filmmaker Justine Bateman, among others.
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Paul Schrader Honored with Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of Venice Film Festival
Paul Schrader Director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).
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2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Dates
Sundance Film Festival Sundance Institute announced the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place as a hybrid festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, Utah, and beyond, from January 19 through January 29, 2023.
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20th Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces Winners – ONCE UPON A TIME IN CALCUTTA Wins Best Feature Film
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta by Aditya Vikram Sengupta The 2022 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced the award winners for its 20th annual edition with Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Once Upon a Time in Calcutta winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film, and Anmol Sidhu’s Jaggi receiving the inaugural Uma da Cunha Award for Best Feature Film Debut, as well as the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature.
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MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON to Open Overlook Film Festival 2022
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon directed by Ana Lily Amirpour The Overlook Film Festival 2022 will open with the North American premiere of Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, which features a stellar cast including Jeon Jong-soo, Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson. Shot in New Orleans, this fantastical boundary pushing tale marks the third feature from acclaimed director Amirpour.
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Watch First Trailer for TOUCHLINE, Jordanian Film by Mohammed Saffouri at Tribeca Festival
Touchline directed by Mohammed Saffouri Written and directed by Award winning Palestinian American filmmaker Mohammed Saffouri, Touchline will celebrate its North America Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
