Jonas Bak’s road-movie drama “Wood and Water,” which won the Berlin International Film Festival – Special Mention: Compass-Perspektive Award will be released theatrically in New York (MOMA) on March 24 with a Los Angeles and national release to follow.
After world premiering at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Colombian director Augusto Sandino’s second feature film A Vanishing Fog (Entre la niebla) will make its much-anticipated North American Premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The film will premiere in the Visions category for risk-taking artists in the new cinema landscape who defy traditional categorization in documentary and narrative filmmaking.
Roadside Attractions acquired Firebird, Peeter Rebane’s critically-acclaimed theatrical feature directorial debut, which played at many major film festivals including Atlanta’s Out on Film, NYC’s NewFest, San Francisco’s Frameline, and London’s BFI Flare.
Grasshopper Film debuted the official for Întregalde, the Romanian thriller film directed by Radu Muntean which premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The thriller had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival followed by a screening at the 2021 New York Film Festival.
IFC Films released the official trailer for Happening (L’événement), the BAFTA-nominated French drama film directed by Audrey Diwan that world premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival where the film won the Golden Lion top prize. Happening also screened in the Spotlight section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
The Belgian indie comedy Mother Schmuckers that world premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival opens in theaters on March 4, 2022 and on demand on March 15, 2022.
The Japanese film The Cherry Bushido, directed by Hiroshi Akabane, debuted the official trailer ahead of the release in theaters on March 11, 2022.
Directed by Teemu Nikki, the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic is an intense thriller shot from a blind man’s perspective, starring Petri Poikolainen, a blind and wheelchair-bound actor in a gripping debut performance.
IFC Films acquired Fire, the French drama directed by Claire Denis (White Material, Let The Sunshine In, Trouble Every Day) set to make its World Premiere at the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival billed as Both Sides of the Blade (Avec amour et acharnement). The film stars Juliette Binoche (Let The Sunshine In, Clouds of Sils Maria), Vincent Lindon (Titane), Grégoire Colin, Mati Diop, Bulle Ogier, Issa Perica, and Hana Magimel.
IFC Films released the official trailer for Huda’s Salon, Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad’s political thriller which premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. The film starring Maisa Abd Elhadi, Manal Awad and Ali Suliman explores a dangerous clash between two women struggling to cope with life under occupation.
MUBI released the official trailer for Great Freedom, the Austrian gay drama film directed by Sebastian Meise that had its World Premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize.
