Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter Two, directed by and starring the Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Costner, and also starring Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston, will world premiere in the out-of-competition section at the 81st Venice International Film Festival taking place August 28th – September 7th 2024. Horizon: An American Saga-Chapter One will also be screened on the same day, Saturday 7 September, at the 81st VFF.
The East Coast Premiere of R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature Martha, profiling American businesswoman and lifestyle personality Martha Stewart will open the 32nd annual edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF). The 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival will run as an expanded, eleven-day event from October 4 through October 14.
Mike Leigh, Durga Chew-Bose, Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol will honored at the TIFF Tribute Awards gala at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, joining perviously announced honorees Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, and David Cronenbergh.
The latest films from Edward Berger, Gia Coppola, Costa-Gavras, Mike Leigh, Diego Lerman, Joshua Oppenheimer and François Ozon will compete for the Golden Shell alongside the debuts from Laura Carreira and Xin Huo, in the Official Selection of 72nd San Sebastian Festival to take place September 20-28, 2024.
The Waco Indie Film Festival announced the award winners for the 8th edition of the film festival (It’s first as Waco Indie following 7 years as the Deep in the Heart FF) and H. Nelson Tracey’s Breakup Season won Best Narrative Feature and Be Judkins’ The Cigarette Surfboard won Best Documentary Feature. Breakup Season’s Chandler Riggs also took home Best Performance, and Vivian Kerr won Best Director for her film Scrap.
The 7th Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) presented over $35,000 in cash prizes at the Awards Ceremony with the three Academy Awards® qualifying Grand Prizes going to “Crust” by Jens Kevin Georg, Germany for Narrative Short; “Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way” by Hao Zhou, United States) for Documentary Short; and “The Brown Dog” by Jamie-James Medina & Nadia Hallgren, United States for Animated Short.
From September 11-22, 2024, audiences will catch 97 films from 25 countries, with 28 features, 5 series debuts, 64 short films, authored by 2SLGBTQIA+ creators and centred on 2SLGBTQIA+ protagonists, at the 36th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF).
Mediha bested 36 films from 19 countries to take home the Grand Prize Award at 29th Stony Brook Film Festival. Directed by Hasan Oswald, this documentary chronicles the journey of a young Yazidi girl returning from ISIS captivity. Using her camera to process her trauma, she documents her experience while rescuers continue to search for her missing family members. The film vividly illustrates the extraordinary endurance of the human spirit and the critical need to amplify the voices of those who have been unheard for too long.
The North American Premiere of Coralie Fargeat’s body horror thriller The Substance, starring Demi Moore will open the Midnight Madness lineup for 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
The 55th annual Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) will launch this year’s event with a double feature of “Devo,” a documentary featuring the iconic 1980s de-evolution rock band, and “Rebel Country,” a documentary exposing and energizing country music culture in Nashville. The festival will close with “This Is a Film About The Black Keys,” a documentary following the band’s remarkable journey to stardom.
The North American premiere of Steve McQueen’s Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan has been set as the Closing Night selection of the 62nd New York Film Festival.
24 titles, with 20 World Premieres, are set for the 2024 Discovery program lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival in which audiences will uncover hidden cinematic gems from around the globe. The Discovery program premieres debut and sophomore films from emerging filmmakers, showcasing the best of contemporary international cinema.