The 75th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate the offbeat and the wacky, mix it up with action, thrills, and graphic visuals of genre films from East and West Germany made in the 1970s, by showcasing 15 films in the Retrospective themed “Wild, Weird, Bloody”.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra (screenshot / Netflix)
Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Only Girl in the Orchestra, a short documentary that tells the story of double bassist Orin O’Brien. Directed by her niece, Molly O’Brien, the film follows Orin’s journey as the first woman to become a full-time member of the New York Philharmonic, performing under the direction of the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein.
The 68th BFI London Film Festival came to a close on October 20th with the European Premiere of Academy Award winning documentarian Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece.
Following its world premiere at the 2024 FrightFest UK and its US premiere at the 2024 Screamfest Horror Film Festival, Dark Sky Films has unveiled the trailer for Cody Ashford’s Drive Back. The film tells the story of a couple trying to survive a killer while on a road trip celebrating their engagement.
Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez (Shanna Besson/Netflix)
Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door lead the nominations for the 37th European Film Awards with four nominations including the top honor of European Film. Emilia Pérez also received nominations for European Director and European Screenwriter for Jacques Audiard, and European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón.
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey (screenshot / Netflix)
Directed by Joe Berlinger, the Netflix documentary series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey investigates the mishandling of the infamous murder case by law enforcement and the media.
After a 10-year hiatus from filmmaking, Oscar-nominated director Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) returns with his first narrative feature film, The End. The film follows the story of a family living in a bunker in a post-apocalyptic world.
Directed by Luke Sparke (Occupation, Occupation Rainfall), the horror film Scurry starring Jamie Costa (Kenobi: A Star Wars Story, Bring Him To Me) and Emalia (Paramount+ Paper Dolls) made its festival world premiere at the 2024 Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival where it won the Audience Choice. It was written by Tom Evans (Bring Him To Me).
The new crime comedy film Too Many Crooks starring William H. Macy (Fargo, Shameless) will make its world market premiere and be introduced to distributors from across the globe at American Film Market (AFM).
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (courtesy Kino Lorber)
All We Imagine as Light directed by Payal Kapadia snagged the jury’s Fiction Feature Prize at the 2024 Montclair Film Festival. Soundtrack to a Coup D’etat directed by Johan Gimonprez won the Bruce Sinofsky Award for Documentary Feature Competition.
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