Previously known as the Deep in the Heart FF for the past 7 years, The Waco Independent Film Festival reveals its first lineup under the new name. The festival will combine offline in-theatre screenings at July 18-21, followed by an online encore at July 21-27.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for The Inheritance, the horror film starring Bob Gunton, Peyton List, Briana Middleton, Rachel Nichols, Austin Stowell, David Walton, Resse Alexander, and Chris Wood.
At the Door of the House Who Will Come Knocking directed by Maja Novaković, the Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina documentary film following an elderly man living in isolation, won the Grand Jury Award for the International Competition at the 31st edition of Sheffield DocFest.
Grasshopper Film revealed the official trailer for The Human Surge 3 (El auge del humano 3), the sequel of the critically acclaimed film The Human Surge (2016), winner of Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival.
The 23rd New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) unveiled the eight titles nominated for this year’s Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition, which shines a spotlight on filmmakers whose singular visions deserve to be internationally heralded
With the festival fast approaching, Cameron Bailey, CEO, TIFF, announced the first honorees of this year’s Tribute Awards: Oscar-nominated actor Amy Adams, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award; and iconic Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter David Cronenberg, who will be recognized with the Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award. Sandra Oh, the award-winning Korean Canadian actor and producer, will serve as the inaugural Tribute Awards Honorary Chair.
French-Swiss actress Irène Jacob, known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, will receive the Leopard Club Award at the Locarno Film Festival.
The drama thriller movie The Ghost Trap, which is based on the lobstering novel of the same name by Maine author and screenwriter, K. Stephens, makes its Maine premiere as the Centerpiece Film for the 2024 Maine International Film Festival (MIFF), set to take place July 12-21, 2024.
Ana Fahr’s Valley of Exile was named Best Film (Narrative Feature), and Asley Malcolm Morrison’s Back To Your Corner won the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 19th Harlem International Film Festival (Hi).
The Toronto International Film Festival returns from September 5–15, 2024 and revealed six highly-anticipated titles from the Gala program, and Special Presentation program from internationally acclaimed filmmakers making their World Premieres at the 49th edition of the world’s leading public film festival.
Playwright Jeremy O. Harris attended the Tribeca Festival for the world premiere of his documentary Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play., where he deconstructs his controversial Broadway play titled Slave Play.
