The Teachers’ Lounge by German director İlker Çatak is the winner of the LUX European Audience Film Award voted on by the European public and the members of the European Parliament. Johannes Duncker who co-wrote the screenplay with İlker Çatak, accepted the Award at a ceremony in the European Parliament in Brussels.
The German film Sensitive Content by Narges Kalhor walked away with the €20,000 Saxon Film Promotion Prize at the 36th Filmfest Dresden international short film festival in Dresden, Germany. The jury commented, “The winning film interweaves found footage, animation and sound in a skillful and precise way, taking the viewer to the scene of the action. Who is allowed to show themselves, who can act and who is denied the opportunity to look and participate? The film powerfully denounces patriarchal structures and shows the fearless struggle of women. In terms of the form and content, the jury was completely captivated from the very first second.”
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival returns with some of the world’s best cultural heritage films for its 21st annual edition in Eugene, Oregon from May 15th to the 19th, 2024
After taking more than sixteen years to bring Abel Gance’s masterwork back to life, the restored Napoléon (1st period) will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere as the opening film of Cannes Classics at the 77th Festival de Cannes
Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity, the new feature documentary from Emmy-winning and Oscar®-nominated Canadian filmmaker Larry Weinstein will have its World Premiere at Hot Docs Canadian Documentary Film Festival on April 28.
The 2024 Tribeca Festival announced its lineup of television and original indie episodic series.
The award-winning documentary Queendom follows Gena, a queer artist from a small town in Russia, who stages radical performances in public that has become a new form of art and activism, putting her life in danger.
Ahead of the Tribeca Film Festival world premiere of She Loved Blossoms More, Yannis Veslemes’ sophomore feature and surrealistic science-fiction drama, Yellow Veil Pictures has come on board for world sales.
Magnolia Pictures shared the official trailer for What You Wish For, the thriller film starring Nick Stahl as a chef with gambling problems who flees to a Latin American villa where he assumes another man’s identity.
Cannes Film Festival will bestow its most prestigious honor, the honorary Palme d’or, on Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio created by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. This is the first time the award traditionally given to a cinema legend, will be given to a group.
The 50th Seattle International Film Festival will showcase a lineup of 261 films representing 84 countries/regions, including 92 features, 47 documentaries, five archival features, two special tributes, two secret screenings, and 115 short films. The festival takes place held May 9–19, 2024 at venues across Seattle and followed by a week of select virtual screenings on the SIFF Channel May 20–27.
Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for You Can’t Run Forever, the thriller film starring Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons as a sociopathic killer hunting a tormented teenager (played by Isabelle Anaya) through the woods.