The documentary “Mugaritz. Sin pan ni postre” from Paco Plaza opens the Culinary Zinema section at San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition. In the documentary, the spectator will become the exceptional witness of the reinvention process taking place at Mugaritz, the restaurant run by Andoni Luis Aduriz, one of the most creative and influential chefs in the international scene.
Actress Danielle Deadwyler (Till) will receive the MVFF Award for acting at the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF). The festival will host a Spotlight presentation of Netflix’s The Piano Lesson, starring Deadwyler along with Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu,.
Ben Taylor’s drama film Joy starring Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy will World Premiere as the Cunard Gala of the 68th BFI London Film Festival .
Narrated by Ariana DeBose, Stanley Nelson’s San Juan Hill: Manhattan’s Lost Neighborhood documentary will make its World Premiere as a Special Event of the 62nd New York Film Festival, on Wednesday, October 9.
Angelina Jolie, the multi-hyphenate Academy Award–winning actor, Tony Award–winning producer, writer, director, and humanitarian will receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival.
Under the theme “Rooted RVA” the 13th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF), takes place September 24th – 29th, 2024 featuring over 170 film premieres from 25 countries.
The Vatican-set psychological thriller film Conclave, directed by Edward Berger, and starring Ralph Fiennes will make its West Coast premiere as the opening film of the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday, October 3.
Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, has been chosen the film of the year 2024 by the members of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics and awarded the FIPRESCI Grand Prix. The organization selected the title from among all of the films premiered after July 1, 2023.
The 22nd Tallgrass Film Festival will be held in downtown Wichita, Kansas, October 24-27, 2024 . The festival will host more than 129 films at the Orpheum Theatre, the Advanced Learning Library (all downtown on 1st Street), and a new venue with three screens inside Century II, including the Mary J. Teall Theater.
The late Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun will be honored at the 29th Busan International Film Festival with a special program titled ‘In Memory of Lee Sun-kyun’, where six of the actor’s most beloved films will be screened. The festival will also honor the late actor with this year’s Korean Cinema Award.
Paying For It, the live-action adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel, “a comic-strip memoir about being a john”, co-written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead! Year of the Carnivore) will have its world premiere in the Platform program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
