The world premiere of The Second Act (Le Deuxième Acte) the latest film from French director and screenwriter Quentin Dupieux, who is also a musician, will open the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 14. The four-part comedy will be released in all French cinemas on the same day.
The 2024 DocLands Documentary Film Festival taking place Thursday, May 2 – Sunday, May 5, 2024, unveiled the lineup of films including world premieres of From Here/From There (De Aquí/De Allá), I Hope This Helps!, Make A Circle, and Not Just A Goof, alongside the North American Premiere of Living with Wolves and the US premieres of 500 Days in The Wild and Hunt for the Oldest DNA.
The 31st edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) runs from May 8 to May 14, 2024, showcasing African and diaspora filmmakers’ unique storytelling through the moving image.
Twelve feature films and a Mexican short film program will comprise the inaugural program of the first edition of Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 taking place from April 25th to 28th in Mexico City at Cinépolis Diana and Cinépolis VIP Miyana, along with projections at Cinépolis VIP Perisur, Cinépolis VIP Mitikah and Cinépolis VIP Satélite.
Rain (Lluvia), the Mexican drama and feature directorial debut of director Rodrigo García Saiz will make its North American Premiere in the Jordan Ressler First Feature Award competition at the 41st edition of Miami Film Festival, taking place April 5—14, 2024
The 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) will take place Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, May 5, 2024 at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre in Atlanta and virtually.
To beat death, an aging financier aims to break a world speed record on a one-of-a-kind motorcycle. When things take a devastating turn, he must face death at the finish line in the new feature documentary Racing Mister Fahrenheit, making its World Premiere at the 18th annual Dallas International Film Festival (DIFF).
The 21st Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF 2024) taking place from April 18-28, 2024 at Globe Cinema unveiled an expanded program, the largest in the organization’s history, showing 41 feature films, 37 shorts, and 8 special events over the 11 days.
Josh Margolin’s action comedy Thelma will open the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, with lead star June Squibb to receive the 2024 Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cinema. The Festival’s Opening Night Film & Party will take place Thursday, May 9 at The Paramount Theatre.
The 67th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) presented from May 2–4, 2024, unveiled the full lineup of films. This year’s program will screen exclusively in theaters in San Francisco’s Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, and in Berkeley from April 24–28.
The world premiere of the documentary I Am the Creation of Fiction, Arkadiusz Bartosiak’s portrait of artist, actor, director, manager, and social activist Andrzej Seweryn will open the 64th Krakow Film Festival in Poland.
Goodbye Julia directed by Mohamed Kordofani walked away with the Grand Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature at the 27th Sonoma International Film Festival. The film follows the story of Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder.