Film Festivals

Cannes Film Festival Unveils Cannes Classics 2022 Lineup, ‘The Mother and the Whore,’ ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ 70th Anniversary

La Maman et la putain (The Mother and the Whore) directed by Jean Eustache

50 years after it began filming, the rerelease of The Mother and the Whore’s will World Premiere as the opening film of Cannes Classics 2022 at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on May the 17th, in the presence of François Lebrun, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Boris Eustache. Winner of the Grand Prix du Jury presided by actress Ingrid Bergmann in 1973 and winner of the Prix de la Critique, this movie caused riots at the time. Rarely seen, The Mother and the Whore will once again grace French theaters June 8th, before the rerelease of Jean Eustache’s entire body of work, slated in 2023.

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75th Cannes Film Festival Unveils Jury Headed by Vincent Lindon, Valeria Golino, Rossy de Palma

Vincent Lindon in Titane

French actor Vincent Lindon will be the President of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Together with eight jury members, the actor who won Best Actor in 2015 will present the Palme d’Or to one of the 21 films in competition.

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Rooftop Films Announces 2022 Summer Series Feature Film Slate

Rooftop Films at Green Wood Cemetery

Rooftop Films announced the lineup for the 2022 annual Rooftop Films Summer Series, and in keeping with their annual tradition, the Summer Series will open with a collection of exciting new short films on Friday, May 20th at Green-Wood Cemetery, along with a performance from New York Liberty’s own Timeless Torches, NYC’s favorite over-40 dance group, who are featured in Quitting Time, a short film that will play that evening.

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18th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces Winners – ‘The White Fortress’ Wins Audience Award for Best Picture

The White Fortress directed by Igor Drljaca

The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City announced the winners of the Golden Apple Awards for its 18th annual event! The festival awarded the main prize BHFF Golden Apple Audience Award for Best Picture to Igor Drljača’s The White Fortress. In his speech, Drljača thanked the audience and the festival for recognizing his unique cinematic vision.

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65th San Francisco Intl Film Festival Announces Winners – ‘Hit the Road’ and ‘Master of Light’ Win Top Awards

Master of Light directed by Rosa Ruth Boesten [credit: Jurgen Lisse]

SFFILM announced the winners of the juried Golden Gate Awards competition at the 65th San Francisco International Film Festival. The top awards went to the Iranian film Hit the Road by Panah Panahi for New Directors Award and Master of Light by Rosa Ruth Boesten won the Documentary Feature Award.

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Stacy Peralta’s ‘The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez’ to Close out EarthX Film Festival 2022

Patagonia’s “The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez” directed by Stacy Peralta.

EarthX Film Festival 2022, set to take place May 12-15 in the Dallas Arts District, will close out the Festival on Sunday, May 15 with Patagonia’s The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez from award-winning documentary filmmaker Stacy Peralta.

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Andrew Ahn’s Gay Romantic Comedy FIRE ISLAND to Kick Off NewFest Pride | Trailer

Fire Island directed by Andrew Ahn

Andrew Ahn’s new film Fire Island, starring Bowen Yang and Joel Kim Booster, will open the 2nd edition of NewFest Pride, the summer series of NewFest, the New York LGBTQ+ film and media organization.

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Tribeca Festival 2022 Reveals Immersive Lineup of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Evolver from Executive Producers Edward R. Pressman and Terrence Malick

The 2022 Tribeca Festival announced its line-up for Tribeca Immersive program showcasing cinematic and cutting-edge virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and participatory experiences by top artists who push the boundaries of creative and emotional storytelling.

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FATHER & SOLDIER by Mathieu Vadepied to open Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival

Father & Soldier directed by Mathieu Vadepied [Photo credit: Marie-Clémence David © 2022 – Unité – Korokoro – Gaumont – France 3 Cinéma – Mille Soleils – Sypossible Africa]

The world premiere of Father & Soldier directed by Mathieu Vadepied, starring Omar Sy, Alassane Diong and Jonas Bloquet will open Un Certain Regard program at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

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Filmmaker Laurie Anderson to Receive Vision Award Ticinomoda at Locarno Film Festival

Laurie Anderson © Ebru Yildiz

The Locarno Film Festival will honor U.S. composer, visual artist and filmmaker Laurie Anderson with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, a prize dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of the filmic image.

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27th Nantucket Film Festival Announces Film Program. Opens with Sara Dosa’s FIRE OF LOVE

Fire of Love directed by Sara Dosa

The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) announced the programming lineup for the 27th annual edition, which will run from June 22-27, 2022. The festival will open with National Geographic Documentary Film’s Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa. The documentary follows Katia and Maurice Krafft, who loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple were seduced by the thrill and danger of this elemental love triangle.

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‘The Black Phone’ Starring Ethan Hawke to Close The Overlook Film Festival 2022

The Black Phone starring Ethan Hawke

The Overlook Film Festival 2022 will close with the new horror thriller film The Black Phone starring Ethan Hawke. Based on an award-winning short story from Joe Hill’s best-selling 2005 collection 20th Century Ghosts, the new movie from the filmmakers of Sinister, marks the triumphant return to the genre for screenwriter C. Robert Cargill and director-screenwriter Scott Derrickson.

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