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.
Berlin International Film Festival has disinvited politicians from Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a far-right party, from the opening event of the festival.
Now in its 28th year, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London, from 14-22 March, 2024, presents a line-up of 10 award-winning, international feature-length films.
The Long Game a feature film starring Academy Award-nominated actors Kathleen Turner and Jackie Earle Haley, and introducing Sekai Abení in her feature debut, will make its World Premiere at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, taking place February 7-17, 2024.
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) will receive the 2024 SBIFF Directors of the Year Award at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival at an in-person conversation about their respective films.
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals, set to take place March 8-16, 2024, unveiled the rest of the 2024 film lineup, including exciting Headliners, and a range of narratives, documentaries and XR projects.