Winner of the top award for best film at the Sheffield DocFest, and a favorite at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, Sansón and Me (Sansón y yo), the fifth feature from acclaimed Mexican-American director Rodrigo Reyes (499) will have its U.S. theatrical release starting Friday, March 3 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York City, to be followed by theaters across the country.
Inspired by true events, La Civil tells the story of Cielo, a mother in search of her daughter, abducted by a criminal cartel in Northern Mexico. The film stars Arcelia Ramirez, Alvaro Guerrero, Ayelén Muzo and Jorge A. Jiménez.
Yellow Veil Pictures unveiled a new official trailer for the new HD remaster of Fabrice du Welz’s Calvaire ahead of re-release next month. The film stars Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon, and Brigitte Lahaie, and is produced by Vincent Tavier, Eddy Géradon-Luyckx, and Michael Gentile.
Ahead of the world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Prime Video has acquired In My Mother’s Skin, the horror fairy tale written and directed by Kenneth Dagatan (Ma).
Dread debuted the official trailer for Woman of the Photographs, the multi-award-winning psychological horror film starring celebrated stage actor Hideki Nagai, dancer and actress Itsuki Otaki, Toki Koinuma, and Toshiaki Inomata, best known for his role in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Oscar-winning Drive My Car.
GKids revelaed the offficial trailer for New Gods: Yang Jian, the adventure animation film featuring one of China’s legendary mythic figures, and starring Kai Wang, Guanlin Ji, Lihong Li, Lanling Li.
The Brazilian film Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas) by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós wins the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 13th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.
Dark Sky Pictures revealed the official trailer for The First Fallen, the LGBTQ drama about the start of the AIDS epidemic in 80s Brazil, starring Johnny Massaro, Renata Carvalho and Clara Choveaux.
Breaking Glass Pictures will release Nostalgia, Italy’s official entry to the 95th Academy Awards and Cannes competition drama starring Pierfrancesco Favino (The Traitor) alongside Francesco Di Leva, Tommaso Ragno, Aurora Quattrocchi, and Sofia Essaidi.
Korean film master Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave leads the nominations for the 16th Asian Film Awards with ten nominations including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. Coming in a close second is the Japanese film, Drive My Car which received eight nominations.
Music Box Films revealed the official trailer for Full Time (À plein temps), a French social thriller movie starring Laure Calamy as a single mother raising two children while working as head chambermaid in at a luxury hotel in Paris. Also starring in the film are Anne Suarez, Geneviève Mnich, Nolan Arizmendi and Sasha Lemaitre Cremaschi..
