Kino Lorber debuted the official trailer for Murina, the coming-of-age debut feature by Croatian writer & director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, based on her short film Into The Blue. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the film stars Gracija Filipović, Danica Curcic, Leon Lučev and Cliff Curtis.
Big World Pictures will release A Man of Integrity, the Iranian drama film by Mohammad Rasoulof. The film reveals the corruption and state cronyism at the heart of one of the most powerful and influential regimes in the Middle East.
Kino Lorber will release Francisca Alegría’s elegiac environmental fable The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future in theaters later this year.
Directed by Bolivian filmmaker Martín Boulocq (The Most Beautiful and My Best Years, Eugenia), The Visitor (El visitante), will have its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival. An introspective look at family relationships, class disparity, and the increasingly-dominant presence of Evangelism in Bolivia, The Visitor will premiere in the International Narrative competition of the festival taking place June 8 – 19 in New York City.
Kino Lorber debuted the official trailer for Olga, the award winning drama about a teenage Ukrainian gymnast in exile, starring former Ukrainian National Team gymnast Anastasiia Budiashkina in her first film role. The film was awarded the SACD Prize at the 2021 Cannes Critics’ Week.
GKIDS will release Goodbye, Don Glees!, the Japanese anime film from writer/director Atsuko Ishizuka, who previously directed the series A Place Further Than The Universe. The film follows the story of three friends over the course of one summer, as their backyard adventures turn one small incident to a life changing journey.
Sony Pictures Classics will release Return to Seoul written and directed by Davy Chou, previously titled as All the People I’ll Never Be, an official selection of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
IFC Films will release R.M.N., the new film from award winning writer, director and producer Cristian Mungiu, set to world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. This marks the fifth time IFC Films will release a film by Mungiu.
Filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli (Baahubali 1 & 2, Eega)’s epic action drama, RRR (Rise, Roar, Revolt), will get a “last chance” theatrical re-release in select theaters across the US for one night only on Wednesday, June 1st.
Neon debuted the official trailer for A Chiara, the Italian coming-of-age drama starring Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Grecia Rotolo, and Carmela Fumo that world premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to screen at multiple prestigious film festivals including its North American premiere at the 2021 New York Film Festival and the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Described as the “slyly meta-cinematic experiment,” The Tsugua Diaries (Diários de Otsoga) by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights) and his partner and collaborator Maureen Fazendeiro is set to open on Friday, May 27 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City before moving onto other cinemas nationwide via distributor KimStim. Starring in the film are Crista Alfaiate, Carloto Cotta, and João Nunes Monteiro.
Written and directed by Saim Sadiq, Joyland will be the first Pakistani feature ever to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Joyland will compete in the Official Selection’s Un Certain Regard and will also vie for the Caméra d’Or.