Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, known for 007 Adventure Casino Royale, Rogue One: a Star Wars Story, Fantastic Beasts: the Secrets of Dumbledore, will receive the Golden Eye award at Zurich Film Festival and present his new film The Promised Land by Nikolaj Arcel.
The 32nd Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF), taking place October 5-15, 2023, will showcase more than 120 feature films under the theme “You Can’t Look Away.”
American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson took the TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival which concluded on Saturday with the Closing Night screening of Thom Zimny’s Sly. Starring Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction is both a wickedly smart satire about the commodification of marginalized voices and a bittersweet portrait of an artist forced to re-examine the terms of his integrity.
31st Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full lineup of films with Bradley Cooper’s Maestro as closing night film along with “A Conversation with…” Series with Paul Simon. Filmmaker Celine Song will also attend the festival for a Special Screening of her latest narrative feature Past Lives, and will receive the festival’s Breakthrough Artist Award.
NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ film festival announced its full lineup of 132 films from 26 countries for the 35th milestone anniversary year set for October 12 – 22 in theaters within New York, and virtually throughout the United States on NewFest’s on-demand platform through October 24. The festival’s in-person premieres will take place in Manhattan at SVA Theatre and The LGBT Community Center, and in Brooklyn at Nitehawk Prospect Park and The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Academy Award-winner Jessica Chastain will be presented with the prestigious Golden Icon Award at the the Zurich Film Festival taking place September 28 to October 8. Alongside her director Michel Franco and co-star Peter Sarsgaard, Chastain will also present her new film, the romantic drama Memory.
Prime Video debuted the official trailer for The Burial, the courtroom drama film starring Jamie Foxx as a personal injury lawyer in over his head helping funeral home owner Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe, played by Tommy Lee Jones, sue a large funeral home company over a contractual dispute.
Graham Streeter’s “Unfix” won the prestigious Best Feature award at the Prague Independent Film Festival 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic. Streeter’s film delves into the poignant journey of Ari, who, after enduring Conversion Therapy at a young age, finds himself questioning his identity during a global pandemic. “Unfix” is a poignant exploration of self-discovery and the complexity of human emotions.
Longtime collaborators Director Todd Haynes (Carol, MVFF 2015) and Producer Christine Vachon will be honored at the 46th Mill Valley Film Festival with the Lifetime Achievement for Collaboration Award along with a special onstage conversation, and the West Coast Premiere of their latest film May December.
Here is a first look at Toll, the new drama film from Award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz that world premiered to a packed house on Saturday night at Toronto International Film Festival.
Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos won the Golden Lion for Best Film at Venice Film Festival. In the film starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael, a young Victorian woman, Bella, is brought back to life by brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
Co-directed by Jordi Évole and Màrius Sánchez, the documentary No me llame Ternera will open Made in Spain and complete the section showcasing 20 Spanish features of the year at San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film features an exclusive interview between Évole and Josu Urrutikoetxea, who goes by the nickname of Josu Ternera, and takes a harsh and innovative look at his background as leader of the ETA terrorist organization.