World premiering at this year’s 77th Cannes Film Festival, french auteur Jacques Audiard’s (Rust and Bones, A Prophet) ‘Emilia Perez’ won the Jury Prize, and became the fifth film in the history of the festival to have an ensemble cast win the Cannes’ Best Actress award.
After gaining critical success for 2019’s ‘Anne at 13,000 Ft.’, Canadian director Kazik Radswanski returns with his low-budget filmmaking style on his fourth feature film, ‘Matt and Mara’. The mumblecore-adjacent film stars Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson in its titular roles, both a longtime collaborator of Radswanski in a road trip story about a woman in a strained marriage and a free-spirited writer from her past.
Making his feature film debut with ‘The Line‘, director Ethan Berger helms a story about the manipulative and morally ambiguous life of college fraternities. Starring Alex Wolff in the leading role, ‘The Line’ follows a working-class student played by Wolff navigating through the madness of frat life.
Film Movement released the official trailer and the U.S. theatrical dates for ‘Close Your Eyes’, a drama film from celebrated Spanish director Victor Erice (The Spirit of Beehive). The film is Erice’s first feature length film since 1992’s ‘The Quince Tree Sun’. The semi-autobiographical film of director Victor Erice follows an aging filmmaker as he recalls his final and unfinished film following the mysterious disappearance of the lead actor.
Music Box Films unveiled the official trailer for In ‘The Summers’, the directorial debut film of Colombian-American filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza. Loosely based on Lacorazza’s childhood, the coming-of-age film follows two girls over the course of four formative summers on their yearly summer visits to their father’s home in New Mexico.
Ahead of the August 30, 2024 release of City of Dreams from writer-director-producer Mohit Ramchandani, Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino has boarded as executive producer, with Sylvester Stallone, legendary coach Pat Riley, actor Martin Sheen (The West Wing), talk show host Kathie Lee Gifford, ‘Vikings’ and ‘Big Sky’ star Katheryn Winnick, and ’24’ and ‘Riverdale’ star Marisol Nichols joining as ambassadors for the film.
Roadsite Attractions unveiled the official trailer for ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’, the autobiographical film of American contemporary painter Titus Kaphar. The film stars André Holland (Moonlight) as painter Titus Kaphar whose life is changed after an unexpected visit from his estranged father.
Netflix unveiled the official trailer for ‘The Piano Lesson‘, the drama film based on the 1987’s play of the same name by playwright August Wilson. The film is directed by August Washington and produced by Denzel Washington, who was familiar with Wilson’s work being involved in two of the playwright’s adaptation, ‘Fences’ and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’.
Elizabeth Banks stars in ‘A Mistake’ the medical drama film based on a best-selling novel of the same name by Carl Shuker, that tells the story of a surgeon facing the aftermath of a mistake while operating on a patient.
Quiver Distribution revealed the official trailer for The Waterboyz, the independent drama film that follows two young boys as they navigate their dreams and the streets of Atlanta with their side hustle -selling bottled water.
SFFILM has selected Three Daughters, written and directed by Azazel Jacobs as the winner of the 2024 SF Honors Award. The film stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Jovan Adepo and tells the story of three estranged sisters reuniting in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.
Sony Pictures Classics revealed the first look teaser trailer for The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature film starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, and John Turturro.