Netflix released the official trailer for Halftime, the new documentary about superstar Jennifer Lopez, set to World Premiere as the opening night film of the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 8th. Following the premiere, the documentary directed by Amanda Micheli will be released on Netflix on June 14th.
Directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, Subject, a thought-provoking documentary about documentaries exploring the POV of their participants, will World Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, in the festival’s Documentary Competition section.
The 21st edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, returns to Film at Lincoln Center from June 9 to 15, 2022, offering U.S. audiences a diverse and extensive lineup of contemporary Italian films. With films by directors such as Laura Bispuri, Mario Martone, Nanni Moretti, and Paolo Taviani, this year’s edition features emerging talents and esteemed veterans, commercial and independent fare, gripping dramas and captivating documentaries.
Sony Pictures Classics will release Return to Seoul written and directed by Davy Chou, previously titled as All the People I’ll Never Be, an official selection of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream will open Sheffield DocFest 2022 on June 23, 2022. Written, directed, edited and produced by Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) the film which premiered in the Midnight Screenings’ section of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, presents a genre-defying immersion into the art and sounds of David Bowie.
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival which took place May 11-15, featuring many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage announced the award winners with the top jury award (Best Film by Jury) going to Songs of the Water Spirits directed by Nicolò Bongiorno. Songs of the Water Spirits highlights the struggle in the Ladakh region of northern India to preserve traditional cultural identity and a pristine environment without withdrawing into a shell, giving value to the incentives of a modernity that does not imply a cultural mutation. This film shows how brave and visionary minds are working to overcome this conflict by proposing a virtuous mediation.
Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel, executive produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Belgian filmmakers Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier, takes a look at the mythical past and uncertain future of one of the last enclaves of New York bohemia.
Welcome, Violeta! (Bem-vinda, Violeta!), the second feature film from Brazilian director and writer Fernando Fraiha, produced by Rodrigo Teixeira (Call Me By Your Name; The Witch; The Lighthouse), and written by Fraiha and Inés Bortagaray (Invisible Life) is set to have its World Premiere in the Narrative Feature competition at the 2022 Brooklyn Film Festival, taking place in person and online from June 3–12 in New York City.
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival: London today added new films and events including a new podcast strand with live audiences, including Girls on Film and Evolution of Horror; a 25th-anniversary screening of Love Jones, a special screening of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave; and a screening of Janicza Bravo’s Lemon chosen by keynote speaker, producer Christine Vachon.
Rooftop Films announced the short film slate for this year’s 2022 Rooftop Films Summer Series including Opening and Closing Night short film programs, their annual New York Non-Fiction screening featuring a live performance by the Freedom Dabka Group, short films to play before live musical performances at Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in Central Park, a Cemetery Shorts program in historic Green-Wood Cemetery, a program of twisted romantic tales, and free screenings of short animation, thrillers and documentaries throughout the city.
My Friend Tommy, a seriously comedic feature documentary by filmmaker Nem Stankovic, is set to World Premiere at the Dances With Films (DWF 25) film festival, taking place June 9-19 in person at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
The new true crime tale, American Pain, directed by Emmy® Award-winner Darren Foster traces the rise and fall of Chris and Jeff George, identical twins who are believed to be America’s most prolific opioid kingpins. In just a few short years of operation, the Georges ran a pill mill empire that attracted clients from around the country, and spawned a prescription drug trafficking network with an estimated street value of more than $500M. The film will premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in June, and is currently slated for release in 2023.