In response to growing concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant across Europe and a nationwide lockdown in the Netherlands, the 2022 International Film Festival Rotterdam will now be held online.
Film Festivals
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W. Kamau Bell’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY Sundance Docu Series to Premiere on Showtime [Teaser Trailer]
We Need to Talk About Cosby directed by W. Kamau Bell From Emmy-winning director W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell), We Need to Talk About Cosby is a four-part docuseries that offers an in-depth look at the revolutionary career and personal descent of Bill Cosby.
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YOU WON’T BE ALONE Trailer. Noomi Rapace Stars in Witchy Horror Film at Sundance
You Won’t Be Alone directed by Goran Stolevski and starring Noomi Rapace Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska star in You Won’t Be Alone, the horror film from visionary director Goran Stolevski premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Following the premiere You Won’t Be Alone opens in theaters on April 1, 2021.
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Whistler Film Festival 2021 Awards – CINEMA OF SLEEP Wins Best Canadian Feature
Cinema Of Sleep directed by Jeffrey St. Jules The Canadian psychological thriller film Cinema Of Sleep directed by Jeffrey St. Jules won the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 21st edition of Whistler Film Festival (WFF). Dayo Ade, star of Cinema Of Sleep, received the Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film Award, with an honorable mention to his co-star Getenesh Berhe.
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Berlin Film Festival Unveils 2022 Berlinale Retrospective and Classics
Mae West in Klondike Annie by Raoul Walsh, Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing, LLC (Berlinale) The Berlinale Retrospective “No Angels – Mae West, Rosalind Russell & Carole Lombard” postponed due to the pandemic will now be presented at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in February. The section’s 27 films were made during the heyday of the screwball comedy from 1932 to 1943, and each one showcases the distinctive style of its star. Ten of the movies will be shown with German subtitles.
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Beaufort Film Society to Honor Cinematographer John Bailey and Film Editor Carol Littleton
Cinematographer John Bailey and Film Editor Carol Littleton – honored at Beaufort International Film Festival (via Beaufort Film Society) The Beaufort Film Society will present the Pat Conroy Lifetime Achievement Award to both John Bailey, immediate Past President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), and his wife Carol Littleton, past member of the AMPAS Board of Governors, at the 2022 Beaufort International Film Festival (BIFF). They will be the first-ever co-honorees of the award.
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Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup for MLK Weekend
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. Jeffery Robinson with civil rights activist and lawyer Faya Ora Rose Touré and Senator Henry “Hank” Sanders on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. | Credit: Emily Kunstler) The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM) announced the lineup for its 3rd annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival, which will screen in person and virtually January 13–17, 2022. Building on the festival’s success over the past two years and the ongoing global conversations around racial and social justice, the festival will present impactful films and conversations exploring inequality, injustice, advocacy, and social responsibility through the lens of issues such as racial and economic discrimination, environmental justice, immigrants’ rights, and religious intolerance.
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ALICE Starring Keke Palmer and Common Gets Release Date Following Sundance Premiere
Alice starring Keke Palmer and Common Keke Palmer and Common star in the dramatic thriller Alice, world premiering at 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film marks the feature debut of Krystin Ver Linden (American Roulette) who was recently named one of Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” for 2022. Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions acquired the film, and set a theatrical release date of March 18, 2022.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Reveals First Films
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole in Against the Ice by Peter Flinth © Lilja Jonsdottir / Netflix Berlin International Film Festival confirmed the first films for the 2022 edition of the festival, including seven films for Berlinale Special, thirteen titles for Panorama, ten feature-length films and seven short films for Generation, and ten titles for the Forum.
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Sarah Fortin’s NOUVEAU QUEBEC and Robin Hauser’s $AVVY Win AWFJ EDA Awards
Nouveau Québec directed by Sarah Fortin Whistler Film Festival (WFF) and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) announced the winners of this year’s AWFJ EDA Awards at the 21st edition of the Whistler Film Festival .
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Isabelle Huppert to Receive Homage and Honorary Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Isabelle Huppert in Frankie directed by Ira Sachs The Homage section of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will be dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert, who will be awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. In conjunction with the Award Ceremony on February 15, 2022 at the Berlinale Palast, the festival will screen as Berlinale Special Gala À propos de Joan (About Joan, dir: Laurent Larivière). Huppert is one of the most versatile actors in the world, and has played an impressive range of characters in almost 150 cinema and television productions.
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Mijke de Jong’s ‘Along the Way’ to Open International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022
Along the Way by Mijke de Jong Along the Way by award-winning Dutch director Mijke de Jong will open the on-site 51st edition of International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on January 26, 2022. This moving yet unsentimental feature is based on the story of daring, young Afghan twins Nahid and Malihe – who the filmmaker met during her volunteer work at Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos. The festival invites audiences, press and industry guests to attend film screenings, performances and installations in Rotterdam from January 26 to February 6, 2022, subject to the latest governmental regulations,