Sundance Film Festival updated it COVID-19 health safety protocols as result of increasing concerns surrounding the omicron variant which is now confirmed in all 50 states roughly three weeks after it was first detected in the U.S. The festival is now requiring boosters for all in-person attendees and theaters will operate at reduced capacity with no eating or drinking permitted in theaters
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.