
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2022 set to take place Thursday, May 5 through Wednesday, May 11, 2022, announced the full lineup of films.

Australian director Baz Luhrmann will attend the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to present the world premiere of his latest feature film Elvis, biopic of legendary rock and roll star, Elvis Presley.

The 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), announced this year’s award winners with We Feed People, directed by Ron Howard winning the Audience Award; and top juried prizes going to Linoleum, directed by Colin West for Best Narrative Feature Film and Mama Bears, directed by Daresha Kyi for Best Documentary Feature Film.

Move Me, a feature film made by and about a quadraplegic, world premieres at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on April 7th, and also plays at the ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York on April 12th.

Directed by Amy Bench, More Than I Remember, the animated documentary on child refugee Mugeni, will have its international premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs film festival as part of the shorts program: Persister Shorts: Mother’s Day, a selection of short documentaries features stories of women speaking up and being heard.

The 48th Seattle International Film Festival, will be held April 14-24, 2022, screening 262 films representing 80 countries, including 107 narrative features, 41 documentaries, three archival films, two works-in-progress, and 107 short films.

The 65th annual San Francisco International Film Festival will make its return to theaters in person, featuring more than 130 films from 56 countries, including 16 World and 10 North American premieres. The Festival will also celebrate cinematic icon Michelle Yeoh with a special tribute to be presented by critically acclaimed actor Sandra Oh. The 2022 Festival will run April 21–May 1.

The 19th Calgary Underground Film Festival taking place from April 21 – May 1, 2022, announced the full program of 30+ feature films and three shorts packages for the annual genre film festival.

The 46th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) taking place Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, May 1, 2022 at multiple venues in Atlanta and virtually revealed the lineup highlighted by the Opening Night presentation of “892” and Closing Night film “Mija”.

Film at Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art announced the lineup for 51st edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF) taking place April 20–May 1, 2022. This year’s festival will introduce 26 features and 11 shorts, a total of 39 directors, 21 of which are women, to filmgoers in theaters at both FLC and MoMA.

Anna Baumgarten’s Disfluency was named Best Narrative Feature, and Brandon Kramer’s The First Step won Best Documentary Feature at the 2022 Oxford Film Festival. Later, it was announced that Alysia Nahmias’ Krimes was the Barton Segal Audience Award winner.