Ahead of the World Premiere at the 51st International Film Festival Rotterdam in Special “Filmmaker in Focus” section, Amanda Kramer’s “vivid variety show riff” Give Me Pity! starring Sophie von Haselberg, released the teaser trailer and poster.
Film Festivals
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Watch Teaser for GIVE ME PITY! Amanda Kramer’s Variety Show Riff , World Premiering at IFFR
Give Me Pity! directed by Amanda Kramer
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MidWest WeirdFest 2022 Reveals First 7 Genre Films
The Girl in the Straw Hat directed by David J. Schultz MidWest WeirdFest described as “cinematic celebration of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird” announced its first programming wave for 2022. The 6th edition of the festival takes place March 4-6, 2022 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Miami Film Festival to Honor Chilean-born, Composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Cristobal Tapia de Veer Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group, at its 39th edition, set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 2022.
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‘Prayers For the Stolen,’ ‘Flee,’ ‘A Hero’ Win Top Prizes at 2022 Palm Springs Film Festival
Prayers For the Stolen The 33rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced the juried award winners with the Mexican film Prayers For the Stolen winning both the FIPRESCI and Ibero-American Award Prizes. Salvadoran-Mexican documentarian Tatiana Huezo makes her narrative debut with this powerful adaptation of Jennifer Clement’s bestselling 2014 novel, which explores the lives of three young girls impacted by Mexico’s ongoing cartel wars.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Unveils Competition, Encounters, Berlinale Special Lineup
Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver in Call Jane by Phyllis Nagy © Wilson Webb Eighteen films including one non-fiction and one animation will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Seven films were directed by women.
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Watch Teaser for HONEYCOMB, Psychedelic Horror Film by 21-Year Old Avalon Fast at Slamdance | Video
Honeycomb directed by Avalon Fast The psychedelic coming-of-age horror film Honeycomb, the feature debut from 21-year old writer/director Avalon Fast, released the teaser trailer ahead of the World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival.
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‘Nobody’s Hero’ Opens Berlin Film Festival 2022 Panorama Program
Renaud Rutten, Jean-Charles Clichet, Philippe Fretun, Iliès Kadri, Farida Rahouadj in Viens je t’emmène | Nobody’s Hero by Alain Guiraudie FRA 2022, Panorama © CG Cinema Viens je t’emmène (Nobody’s Hero) by Alain Guiraudie will open the Panorama 2022 program of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. A total of 29 films from 33 countries are confirmed for this year’s program, including ew films by Isabelle Stever, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson and Alejandra Márquez Abella. Elliot Page has joined the Italian film Nel mio nome (Into My Name) as executive producer and there is a documentary focus on Sub-Saharan Africa with three films.
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Berlin International Film Festival 2022 Confirms More Films in Forum and Berlinale Classics
Isabella Pereira, Pedro Ribeiro, Jonata Vieira in Três tigres tristes | Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter by Gustavo Vinagre BRA 2022, Forum © Cris Lyra Berlin International Film Festival continues to add films to the upcoming 72nd edition, confirming films in the Forum and Classics programs. The Forum Special program includes 27 feature-length works in the main program, 14 feature-length works and shorts in the Forum Special program; and Berlinale Classics will present seven world premieres of classic films in digitally restored versions. The Berlinale Classics section opens with Mamma Roma on February 11, and the silent film Brüder (Brothers) with a live music concert will premiere on February 13.
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‘Hatching’ Trailer. Finnish Horror Film by Hanna Bergholm Premieres at Sundance
Hatching (Pahanhautoja) directed by Hanna Bergholm. [Image: Andrejs Strokins] IFC Midnight dropped the official trailer for Hatching (Pahanhautoja), the Finnish body horror film starring Jani Volanen, Reino Nordin, Saija Lentonen, Siiri Solalinna and Sophia Heikkilä set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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27th STL Jewish Film Fest Goes Virtual in the Spring with 13 Compelling Films
Greener Pastures directed by Matan Guggenheim, Assaf Abiri The 27th annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival will be held virtually this spring, March 6 – 13, presenting a selection of documentary and feature films from around the world. While all films depict a piece of the Jewish experience, the themes are universal and are meant to appeal to all, regardless of faith. In addition to 13 compelling films, the Festival offers discussions with filmmakers and others associated with the films.
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Watch the First Clip from SIRENS, Documentary on All-Female Lebanese Thrash Metal Band at Sundance
(l. to r.) Lilas Mayassi and Shery Bechara, founders of the all-female Lebanese thrash metal band Slave to Sirens, as seen in the documentary Sirens, directed by Rita Baghdadi. Image courtesy of Rita Baghdadi Get the first look at Sirens, directed by LA-based filmmaker Rita Baghdadi, set to World Premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Executive produced by Natasha Lyonne and Maya Rudolph (Animal Pictures), among others, Sirens follows the Middle East’s first all-female metal band as they wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars. The film will be shown as part of the festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Reveals Films in Generation + Berlinale Series
Quinn McColgan, Wyatt Oleff in Stay Awake by Jamie Sisley Berlin International Film Festival 2022 revealed films in the two competition program Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus featuring 24 feature-length films and 28 short films. The focus of the overall Generation selection is on young people: how they perceive the world, how they appropriate it or how they oppose it.