The Washington, DC premiere of Locked Out will open this year’s 2023 Double Exposure (DX), the United States’ only film festival dedicated exclusively to investigative cinema. The film runs November 2nd to November 5th with most screenings taking place at the newly renovated Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library’s 290-seat theater.
Orion Pictures and MGM revealed the official trailer for American Fiction, the award-winning comedy drama film starring Jeffrey Wright, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.
Evil Does Not Exist, the new drama film by Drive My Car director Ryusuke Hamaguchi won the Best Film Award in the Official Competition of the 67th BFI London Film Festival
From writer/director Karl R. Hearne, The G starring Dale Dickey (Hell or High Water, Winter’s Bone, True Blood) will celebrate its World Premiere in competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Radical directed by Christopher Zalla is the winner of this year’s “Audience Award”, and La Bruja by writer/director Manuel Villareal won the Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today “Audience Award” at the 2023 Hola México Film Festival
The American Cinematheque announced the lineup for the debut of PROOF: Proof of Concept Film Festival, an innovative new film festival dedicated solely to the presentation of proof-of-concept short films, looking to be expanded into feature-length productions or series.
Award-winning filmmaker Nisha Platzer’s, deeply personal documentary feature debut “back home” will play for audiences in Toronto as the opening night film at Rendezvous with Madness 2023.
Director Kevin Duncan Wong’s documentary Home Is a Hotel immerses viewers in what it means to call a single room home in the heart of one of America’s richest cities.
The Hico-based Billy the Kid Film Festival announced the films and events for the 5th edition of the film festival taking place November 3-5. The annual spotlight on outlaw-themed films, as well as Texas-shot and made productions, will be led by Daniel A. Edwards’ documentary about the film festival’s namesake, Billy the Kid: The Silver City Photo, and Oscar Torre’s provocative drama A Summer Night will be the official Closing Night selection
The debut feature film Thanks to the Hard Work of the Elephants from actor-turned writer/director Bryce Hodgson has gone to camera in Toronto. The film, which is based on a true story, stars Hunter Dillon (Riceboy Sleeps, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before) and newcomer Kevin Nguyen in title roles and also features Fred Nguyen Khan (The Sympathizer), Tony Nappo (Four Brothers, Saw II), Ryan Mcdonald (Seven Veils, The King Tide) and musician Kimberly Ha.
Alison Ellwood’s documentary about Cyndi Lauper, Let The Canary Sing, will kick off the 24th Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival taking place in Minneapolis November 8–12, 2023.
10 features, two shorts programs, and a very special tribute to the late filmmaker, Julia Reichert are among the program for SFFILM’s ninth annual documentary film showcase Doc Stories running November 2–5, 2023. Several films will also be available for a limited streaming window November 6–7.