Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actress Jessica Lange has been named the recipient of the first CineMerit Award of this year’s 2024 Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) taking place from June 28 to July 7, 2024. Lange will receive the CineMerit in honor of her achievement in the art of film.
Edoardo De Angelis’ Comandante, a maritime thriller set in the early years of World War II, starring Pierfrancesco Favino as an Italian Royal Navy commander, will open the 23rd edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.
HBO revealed the official trailer for Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. the documentary series chronicling one of the recording industry’s most influential producers of soul music, breaking acts such as Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes.
35 years after winning the Best Actress award for Evil Angels, Meryl Streep returns as the guest of honor at the opening ceremony of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where she will receive the Festival’s Honorary Palme d’or.
Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn’s Going Varsity in Mariachi will open the 26th Anniversary edition of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) in Austin, Texas. Taking place May 15-19, 2024 CLAIFF will close with Lone Scherfig’s La Contadora de Peliculas (The Movie Teller).
DC/DOX documentary film festival in the nation’s capital unveiled the lineup including films on Christopher Reeve in Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much, Ani DeFranco in 1-800-ON-HER-OWN, and designer Diane Von Furstenberg in Diane Von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge.
Roadside Attractions and Vertical revealed the first look official teaser trailer for Lee, the WWII drama film starring Kate Winslet as war journalist Lee Miller chronicling the events of World War II for Vogue magazine.
The 2024 Bentonville Film Festival, set for June 10-16 in Bentonville, Arkansas, unveiled the competition program of narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic selections premiering in-person.
The 28th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) taking place live in Miami Beach June 12-16, 2024 announced the Retrospective: Celebrating the Legacy of Denzel Washington program. This program is the first of its kind, celebrating the careers of extraordinary Black artists.
Kei Chika-ura’s Great Absence, a contemporary family drama about reconciliation and love, won the Global Visions Award at the the 67th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival).
The 48th annual San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline48) running June 19–29, 2024 will kick off on opening night with an Opening Night Film and Block Party that celebrates Juneteenth. The first-ever Castro neighborhood celebration of Juneteenth, Frameline48’s free outdoor event will feature an afternoon of music as well as a screening of Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.
The 2024 Tribeca Festival unveiled its lineup of talks with iconic artists, critically-acclaimed directors, and multi-hyphenate entertainers including Andy Cohen, Kerry Washington, Laverne Cox and Michael Stipe; as well as reunions and retrospectives of venerable and lauded films and TV series.