The 11th Annual Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF), kicks off Tuesday, June 7th and concludes Sunday, June 12th, 2022, showcasing 171 award-winning film premieres from the U.S. and 22 countries.
Film Festivals
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Richmond International Film Festival 2022 to Showcase 171 Award-winning Films
Song For Hope: The Ryan Anthony Story
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Kelly Reichardt to Receive Pardo d’onore Manor Award at Locarno Film Festival
Kelly Reichardt | © Courtesy of David Godlis Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt, described as “one of the most original and independent voices in contemporary American filmmaking” will receive the Pardo d’onore Manor award at the Locarno Film Festival on Friday August 12 in Piazza Grande. On Saturday August 13, she will be at the center of a panel conversation with the audience, who will also have a chance to see two films from her career during Locarno75: Meek’s Cutoff (2010) and Night Moves (2013).
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival New York Edition Reveals 2022 Lineup
The Janes directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes. [HBO] The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, now in its 33rd year, will present a full edition of 10 groundbreaking new films, available both in-person and online nationwide in the U.S., from May 20 to 26, 2022. For the first time in two years, the New York festival will be back with a full program of in-person screenings at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center, with in-depth discussions with filmmakers, film participants, activists and Human Rights Watch researchers. The festival will continue to offer the opportunity to watch all 10 new films online across the U.S. with a full digital edition of the film festival.
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Jennifer Lopez Documentary HALFTIME to Open Tribeca Festival 2022
Jennifer Lopez, Halftime The 2022 Tribeca Festival will kick off with the world premiere of Halftime, a new Netflix documentary film by director and Tribeca Alum Amanda Micheli that follows global superstar Jennifer Lopez, as she reflects on her milestones and evolution as an artist, and navigates the second half of her career continuing to entertain, empower, and inspire.
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Toronto’s imagineNATIVE Film Festival 2022 Goes Hybrid in October
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival (via Facebook) The 23rd annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival welcomes artists and audiences back to Toronto/Tkaronto for IN-PERSON screenings and events October 18 – 23, 2022. imagineNATIVE will also present the Festival ONLINE from October 24 – 30, 2022.
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Brooklyn Film Festival Celebrates 25th Edition ‘Unthinkable’, June 3 – 12
Brooklyn Film Festival (via Flickr) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) celebrates its 25th edition, themed Unthinkable, from June 3-12, 2022, online via the festival website, as well as in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with select programs also showing at Union Docs in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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46th Cleveland Intl Film Festival Announces Award Winners. ‘From the Hood to the Holler’ Wins Audience Choice Award
From the Hood to the Holler directed by Pat McGee From the Hood to the Holler directed by Pat McGee won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 2022 Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF46).The documentary follows Democratic candidate Charles Booker as he runs for Senate in Kentucky, and works to unite people of all colors across Kentucky, while fighting against big money in politics, voter suppression, and systemic corruption in a historically deeply red state.
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34th Filmfest Dresden Announces Award Winners. ‘First Work, Then Play’ Wins Saxon Film Prize
First Work, Then Play directed by Brenda Lien The 34th Filmfest Dresden announced the award winners of the National, International and Regional Competitions with the Saxon Film Promotion Prize going to First Work, Then Play from Brenda Lien. The Brazilian-German co-production It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse but the Situation in Which They Live from Eduardo Mamede, Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes won both the LUCA GenderDiversity Film Award and the Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association.
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Jussie Smollett’s B-BOY BLUES to Open Outshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami
B-Boy Blues directed by Jussie Smollett OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami will open its 24th edition with the first Florida live screening of B-Boy Blues at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on April 22 at 7 p.m.
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25th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces Winners. ‘I Didn’t See You There’ Wins Grand Jury Prize
I Didn’t See You There directed by Reid Davenport I Didn’t See You There directed by Reid Davenport won the Grand Jury Award at the 25th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Filmed in and around director Reid Davenport’s apartment in Oakland, California, this documentary is part essay, part travelogue, and part formal observational inquiry, all linked by the director’s subjectivity as a disabled filmmaker.
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EarthX Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup Featuring Over 75 Films in Dallas Arts District
Ben Masters’ Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story EarthX Film Festival 2022 unveiled its lineup of over 75 feature-length and short films screening during its four-day run May 12-15 under the theme “A Celebration of the Outdoors.” This year for the first time, the EarthX Film Festival will be held in the Dallas Arts District, providing easy walking for attendees to the five theater venues tapping into the vibrant downtown community and making it an exciting cultural touchstone for the city. Each night of the Film Festival will feature a musical act performing before a showcase screening.
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Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival in NYC Announces 2022 Lineup + Screening of Jasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis, Aida?
Quo Vadis, Aida? directed by Jasmila Žbanić The 18th Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF), running from Wednesday, April 20th through Sunday, April 24th in-person at the SVA Theatre in New York City and online, announced the lineup of 10 films with an additional 4 films being shown online.