Legendary filmmaker Atom Egoyan returns to the Toronto International Film Festival with the World Premiere of his latest work Seven Veils, the opera-inspired film starring Amanda Seyfried with Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Mark O’Brien, and Vinessa Antoine. Also featured are Ambur Braid as Salome and Michael Kupfer-Radecky as John the Baptist, who both starred in the Canadian Opera Company’s most recent production of Salome, also directed by Egoyan, from which the film was inspired.
The 80th Venice International Film Festival will dedicate its Pre-opening event to actress Gina Lollobrigida, the icon of Italian cinema who passed away last January.
Ahead of the world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 22nd, Zach Clark’s upcoming genre-bending comedy The Becomers revealed the new, first-look clip.
Well Go USA Entertainment revealed the official trailer for Aporia, the sc-fi thriller film starring Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Payman Maadi, Faithe Herman, Whitney Morgan Cox, and Veda Cienfuegos.
Christina Kallas’ NYC set indie film Paris in Harlem will open the 7th edition of Festival of Cinema NYC, returning to the Regal UA Midway and the Queens Library at Forest Hills from August 3 – August 13, 2023. The festival closes with Anna Baumgarten’s multiple award-winning drama Disfluency.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2023 film line-up of 267 films including the hilarious musical mockumentary Theater Camp as Closing Night Gala presentation for the festival’s 71st edition set for in-cinemas from August 3-20, 2023.
Todd Haynes’s May December will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 61st New York Film Festival taking place September 29 – October 15, 2023.
Actor Stellan Skarsgård will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 76th Locarno Film Festival taking place August 2-12, 2023.
Blaga’s Lessons by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev was awarded the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The social drama about an elderly woman forced to abandon her moral principles after losing all her savings also earned lead actress Eli Skorcheva the Best Actress Award.
María Alché and Benjamín Naishtat, Robin Campillo, Joachim Lafosse, Noah Pritzker, Cristi Puiu and Martín Rejtman will present their latest films in the Official Selection of the 71st San Sebastián Festival, which will be held from September 22nd to the 30th, 2023.
Tae-Jim Ahn’s The Night Owl will open this year’s 22nd edition of the Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) taking place July 13-16, 2023.
Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) returns for its 54th annual event from September 28 – October 4, 2023, with film screenings, post-film Q&As with filmmakers, industry panels, live music showcases, social events and more. This year, an expanded offering of film screenings are slated to take place at several arts venues throughout the area, including the historic Belcourt Theater, Regal Green Hills, the Franklin Theatre, Vanderbilt’s Rothschild Black Box Theater and Sarratt Cinema.