Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed has been selected as the Centerpiece selection for the 60th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on October 7.
Film Festivals
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Laura Poitras’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ is Centerpiece Film of New York Film Festival
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed by Laura Poitras
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Toronto Film Festival 2022 Announces Discovery, Midnight Madness and Wavelengths Lineups
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story by Eric Appel Toronto International Film Festival revealed the 2022 selection for Discovery, Midnight Madness, and Wavelengths programs. This robust lineup features 54 titles from filmmakers representing 26 countries.
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Toronto Film Festival 2022 Unveils Platform Lineup, Opens with Frances O’Connor’s EMILY
Emily directed by Frances O’Connor Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the 10 feature films that comprise the 2022 Platform program that champions bold directorial visions. Emily, the feature debut by Frances O’Connor, has been selected as the program’s opening film, and — like all 10 films in the program — is a World Premiere. This year’s selection also includes two Canadian titles: Riceboy Sleeps and Viking.
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Noah Baumbach’s White Noise to Open 60th New York Film Festival
White Noise (Netflix) Noah Baumbach’s White Noise will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 60th New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on September 30.
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70th San Sebastian Festival Reveals Official Films in Competition Lineup
A Hundred Flowers (Hyakka) by Genki Kawamura New films directed by Manuel Abramovich, Christophe Honoré, Sebastián Lelio, Diego Lerman, Marco Martins, Laura Mora, Frelle Petersen, Hong Sang-soo, Ulrich Seidl and Petr Václav will compete in the Official Selection at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, to run from September 16-24. The competition will also show the debut films from Genki Kawamura and Marian Mathias.
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Stony Brook Film Festival 2022 Award Winners ‘Berenshtein’ ‘Contra’ and ‘Glob Lessons’ Win Top Prizes
Berenshtein directed by Roman Shumunov Berenshtein, Roman Shumunov’s film on the true story of Leonid Berenshtein, the last surviving member of the World War II partisan battalion that located Hitler’s secret weapon, won the Jury Award Best Feature at the 27th annual Stony Brook Film Festival. The German film Contra directed by Sönke Wortmann took the Audience Award Best Feature, and Nicole Rodenburg’s Glob Lessons won the Spirit of Independent Filmmaking Award.
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Award Winning VR ‘Gumball Dreams’ to International Premiere at Venice Film Festival | Trailer
Gumball Dreams The virtual reality production Gumball Dreams from the award-winning VR production company Ferryman Collective and Screaming Color, will make its international premiere as an Official Selection of the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Directed by Deirdre V. Lyons, Gumball Dreams won the SXSW Audience Award XR Experience Competition.
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Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton to Showcase Apple Docuseries GUTSY at Toronto Film Festival
Chelsea Clinton and Hillary Clinton in “Gutsy” Apple TV+. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will showcase their new Apple documentary series Gutsy, based on The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience as part of Toronto International Film Festival’s Industry Conference Visionaries program.
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SXSW Film Festival Changes Name to SXSW Film & TV Festival
(SXSW) The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the Film Festival will now be called the Film & TV Festival, to reflect the event’s long standing and deep programming of episodics in the screening program, Film & TV tracks, and Keynote and Featured Speaker sessions in the Conference.
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Toronto Film Festival 2022 Announces Gala and Special Presentations Films
The Greatest Beer Run Ever Toronto International Film Festival announced the selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programs for the 47th edition taking place September 8–18, 2022. This list of films from the 2022 Official Selection features 18 Galas and 45 Special Presentations.
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13 Films to Compete for New Directors Award at 70th San Sebastian Festival
Miyamatsu to Yamashita / Roleless by Masahiko Sato, Yutaro Seki and Kentaro Hirase Thirteen film from fifteen countries will compete for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the 70th edition of San Sebastian Festival, which runs from September 16 to 24, 2022. Of the total selected movies, twelve are first works and one is the second film by its director.
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LeVar Burton’s BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY Among First 4 Films Confirmed for 2022 Nashville Film Festival
LeVar Burton in Butterfly in the Sky by Bradford Thomason, Brett Whitcomb Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) revealed four films selected for the 53rd annual event, taking place September 29 through October 5, 2022, marking the first film selections to be made public since the festival announced the Nashville premiere of The Return of Tanya Tucker as the opening night film.