The Sundance Institute is partnering with Cinépolis, the leading theatrical exhibition company in Mexico and Latin America, to launch the Mexico edition – Sundance Film Festival CDMX. The first edition will take place from the 25th to the 28th of April in two centrally located cinemas of Mexico City, Cinépolis Diana and Cinépolis Miyana.
The New York premiere of Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man will open the 53rd edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 3 through April 14, 2024. Sebastian Stan, winner of this year’s Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance at the Berlin Film Festival stars in A Different Man as Edward, an aspiring actor with severe facial disfigurement.
Ahead of the world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival, a first-look clip is released for Things Will Be Different, Michael Felker’s twisting science fiction thriller film.
The U.S. Premiere of Thomas Napper’s Widow Clicquot starring Haley Bennett will kick off the 27th annual Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) taking place March 20-24, 2024, and featuring 43 narrative features, 16 documentary features, along with 48 short films representing more than 25 countries.
The 48th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF48) will showcase the documentary Shari & Lamb Chop as the festival’s Centerpiece Screening on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
The documentary Dahomey by Mati Diop won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The film documents the return of 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey from Paris, returning to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin.
A24’s Civil War directed by Academy-Award nominated Alex Garland will have its World Premiere at the 2024 South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals on March 13, at the Paramount Theater. The film stars Academy Award-nominated Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Nick Offerman.
The 48th Cleveland International Film Festival taking place April 3-13, 2024 will kick off its in-person, 11-day run at Playhouse Square on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 with Thelma – a celebration and playful subversion of the action genre as well as a soulful exploration of aging and autonomy, directed by Josh Margolin. On Saturday, April 13, 2024, CIFF48 will present its Closing Night Film Devo directed by Chris Smith.
James Beard Award-winning American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, and media personality Susan Feniger will be honored at the upcoming Sonoma International Film Festival (March 20-24, 2024) with the festival’s Culinary Excellence Award along with the Bay Area Premiere screening of Susan Feniger. Forked, directed by her partner, filmmaker Liz Lachman, on Thursday, March 21 at 5 pm at Hanna Center in Sonoma.
TransMexico directed by Claudia Sanchez, a documentary built around the incredible lives of three transwomen in Mexico, won the Audience Choice Award at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF).
8th annual MidWest WeirdFest film festival taking place March 1-3, 2024 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, announced its full program.
The 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival set for 13 – 24 March at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player revealed its full program divided into three thematic program strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds.