French actress Catherine Deneuve will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 31 – September 10, 2022).
Film Festivals
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IRON FAMILY, Patrick Longstreth’s Award-Winning Documentary Stars Jazmine, a Charismatic Woman with Down Syndrome | Trailer
Iron Family directed by Patrick Longstreth The award-winning documentary film Iron Family from filmmaker Patrick Longstreth will make its West Coast Premiere at the 2022 Dances With Films (June 9th – 19th, 2022). Featured in the film are Jazmine Faries, Chad Faries, Kate German, Greg Banks and The Faries Family – Holly, Amy along with Faith.
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Michele Vannucci’s DELTA to World Premiere at Locarno Film Festival
Delta directed by Michele Vannucci ©Paolo Ciriello Delta, the new film from Italian director Michele Vannucci, starring Alessandro Borghi and Luigi Lo Cascio, will be presented at the 75th Locarno Film Festival (August 3-13, 2022) as an advance world premiere in Piazza Grande.
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Ruben Östlund’s TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Wins Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival
Woody Harrelson in Triangle of Sadness directed by Ruben Östlund Triangle of Sadness directed by Ruben Östlund won the Palme d’or, the top prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. In the film starring Woody Harrelson as Thomas, The Captain, models Carl and Yaya are invited for a luxury cruise with a rogues’ gallery of super-rich passengers. At first, all appears Instagrammable. But a storm is brewing, and the cruise ends catastrophically. Carl and Yaya find themselves marooned on a desert island with a group of billionaires and one of the ship’s cleaners. Hierarchy is suddenly flipped upside down, as the housekeeper is the the only one who knows how to fish.
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Cannes Film Festival 2022 Announces Winners of Un Certain Regard and La Cinef Selection
The Worst Ones directed by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret Cannes Film Festival announced the winners of the 2022 Un Certain Regard and La Cinef Selection competitions. The Worst Ones directed by Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret was awarded the top prize in the 2022 Un Certain Regard Competition and “A Conspiracy Man” (“Il Barbiere Complottista”) won the La Cinef Selection.
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Watch Teaser Trailer For HUESERA, Michelle Garza Cervera’s Occult Mexican Horror at Tribeca Fest
Huesera directed by Michelle Garza Cervera. Ahead of the premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, XYZ Films released the first teaser trailer for the Mexican occult horror Huesera, the breakout feature debut from Michelle Garza Cervera. It stars Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal (Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico), Mayra Batalla (Prayers for the Stolen), Mercedes Hernández (Identifying Features), Aída López (Capadocia), and Martha Claudia Moreno.
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THE GOOD BOSS starring Javier Bardem to Kick off Cine Las Americas Film Festival 2022 Lineup
Javier Bardem in El Buen Patrón (The Good Boss) directed by Fernando León de Aranoa The Austin-based 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) taking place June 8-12, announced the lineup of films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula, for the hybrid edition, featuring a big return to in-theater screenings after a two-year pause.
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Arresting Bolivian Drama THE VISITOR by Martín Boulocq to Premiere at Tribeca Festival | Trailer
The Visitor (El visitante) directed by Martín Boulocq Directed by Bolivian filmmaker Martín Boulocq (The Most Beautiful and My Best Years, Eugenia), The Visitor (El visitante), will have its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival. An introspective look at family relationships, class disparity, and the increasingly-dominant presence of Evangelism in Bolivia, The Visitor will premiere in the International Narrative competition of the festival taking place June 8 – 19 in New York City.
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ACID TEST, Jenny Waldo’s Coming-Of-Age Rebellion Story Fueled by Riot Grrrl Music | Trailer
Acid Test directed by Jenny Waldo Directed by Jenny Waldo, Acid Test, a coming-of-age film fueled by Riot Grrrl music, has its West Coast premiere at Dances with Films festival on June 18.
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Netflix Releases Trailer for HALFTIME, Jennifer Lopez Documentary Premiering at Tribeca Fest
Jennifer Lopez in Halftime documentary (screenshot via Youtube) 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.
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SUBJECT, Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall’s Documentary About Documentaries World Premieres at Tribeca Festival
Mukunda Angulo, participant of The Wolfpack, as seen in Subject, directed by Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall. Photo credit: Zachary Shields. Courtesy of Lady & Bird Films. 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.
