AFI FEST 2022 officially announced its dates and opened the call for entries. The 36th edition of AFI FEST will take place in Los Angeles, CA, on November 2-6, 2022.
Film Festivals
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AFI FEST 2022 Announces Dates + Expands Lineup to Include Documentary Films
Halle Berry and Ava DuVernay, Red Carpet Premiere Screening of Bruised, AFI FEST, TCL Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA – 13 Nov 2021 | Photo Credit: John Salangsang/AFI/Shutterstock
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South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup
Bodies Bodies Bodies directed by Halina Reijn (Credit: Gwen Capistran) South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals announced the full program for the 29th edition of the SXSW Film Festival set to take place in-person from March 11-20, 2022, with select films available online.
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Paraguayan Film EAMI wins Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022
EAMI by Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the competition award winners for its 51st edition with the Tiger Award going to EAMI by Paraguayan filmmaker Paz Encina. Paraguayan director Paz Encina travelled to Chaco for this film. She immersed herself in Ayoreo-Totobiegosode mythology, and listened to heartrending stories about how the people are being chased off their land. Based on the knowledge she acquired, she made a dreamy, magic-realist film about a little girl called Eami.
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Focus Features to Release BRIAN AND CHARLES, Jim Archer’s Sundance Breakout Film
Brian and Charles by Jim Archer. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Focus Features acquired Brian and Charles, the Sundance breakout film directed by Jim Archer (who also directed the original short film). It stars David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey, James Michie and Nina Sosanya. This marks Archer’s feature directorial debut after cutting his teeth shooting comedy sketches with friends before writing and directing several short films culminating in winning gold at the Young Director Awards in Cannes for the short film version of Brian and Charles.
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Sinead O’Connor Sundance Documentary NOTHING COMPARES Acquired by Showtime
Sinéad O’Connor appears in Nothing Compares by Kathryn Ferguson. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Catlin. Showtime acquired Nothing Compares directed by Kathryn Ferguson (Taking the Waters, Space to Be), the documentary charting Sinéad O’Connor’s phenomenal rise to worldwide fame and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on Sinéad’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film presents an authored, richly cinematic portrait of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.
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Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2022 to Showcase Over 60 Short Films
Puss by Leah Shore Now in its eighth year, the Nitehawk Shorts Festival taking place from March 2-6, will feature over 60 short films, with filmmakers in attendance for Q&As, including many based in New York City. Continuing its mission to represent diverse backgrounds, voices, and perspectives with our selection of exceptional short-form films, female-directed films make up a majority of this year’s festival program.
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7th Neighboring Scenes Returns to Film at Lincoln Center with Lineup of Latin American Cinema
The Other Tom directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo Film at Lincoln Center and Cinema Tropical announce the seventh edition of Neighboring Scenes, the annual wide-ranging showcase of contemporary Latin American cinema featuring established auteurs as well as fresh talent from the international festival scene, February 24–28.
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Miami Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup of 120+ Films
Plaza Catedral directed by Abner Benaim (Apertura Films) Miami Film Festival presents its 39th annual edition from March 4-13, 2022 in a hybrid format, with both in-theater and virtual presentations. The 2022 Festival will showcase more than 120 feature narratives, documentaries, and short films of all genres, from more than 35 countries worldwide.
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IFC Films to Release RESURRECTION, Sundance Psychological Thriller Starring Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall in Resurrection by Andrew Semans. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wyatt Garfield. IFC Films and Shudder acquired Resurrection, the psychological thriller written and directed by Andrew Semans (Nancy, Please), starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman and Michael Esper, that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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2022 Sundance Film Festival Announces Winners – Nanny, Navalny, The Exiles, Cha Cha Real Smooth
Nanny by Nikyatu Jusu, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of the Awards, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Nanny for U.S. Dramatic, The Exiles won for U.S. Documentary, Utama won for World Cinema Dramatic, and All That Breathes won for World Cinema Documentary.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Reveals Jury + ‘Oink’ and ‘Rookies’ to Open Generation Programs
Allons enfants | Rookies by Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai © Alban Teurlai Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the 2022 jury for the International Competition, Encounters, GWFF Best First Feature Award, Berlinale Documentary Award, and Generation – Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus.
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Kogonada ‘After Yang’ Awarded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance
Colin Farrell in After Yang by Kogonada. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Loeb / A24. Sundance Film Festival announced the artist grant recipients for the Sundance Institute Science-in-Film initiative at the twentieth annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize Reception, where the 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner – Kogonada, After Yang, was honored.