Fallen Leaves (Kuolleet lehdet) directed by Aki Kaurismäki has won the FIPRESCI Grand Prix as the best film of 2023 – films released after July 1 , 2022. The FIPRESCI Grand Prix will be presented at the opening gala of San Sebastian Festival where Fallen Leaves will also screen in the Perlak section.
May December starring Natalie Portman and the International premiere of Eileen with Anne Hathaway, have been confirmed for the 2023 Zurich Film Festival.
With disco legend Gloria Gaynor in attendance, Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), will open the 54th annual event with the documentary film Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive.
Award-winning Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz, Polish cinematographer Łukasz Žal and actor Andy Lau will receive a TIFF Tribute Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival.
Saban Films unveiled the official trailer for Dark Asset, the action-packed thriller film starring Byron Mann, Robert Patrick, Helena Mattsson.
The 61st New York Film Festival unveiled the Revivals section showcasing works from renowned filmmakers that have been digitally remastered, restored, and preserved.
The 19th HollyShorts Film Festival wrapped over the weekend and the 2023 HollyShorts Oscar-qualifying awards went to Tari Wariebi’s We Were Meant To (Grand Prix Best Short), Misan Harriman’s The After (Best Live Action), Rita Basulto’s Humo (Smoke) (Best Animation) and Elisa Gambino Every Day After (Best Documentary).
50 years after he won the Golden Shell for his first solo feature film, The Spirit of the Beehive (El espíritu de la colmena), filmmaker Víctor Erice will receive a Donostia Award at the 71st edition of the San Sebastian Festival. The Festival pays tribute to a filmmaker who, with only four feature films to his name, has garnered the Silver Shell for Best Director, Golden Shell for Best Film and the Jury and International Film Critics Prizes at the Festival de Cannes, among many other distinctions.
Oscar winning director James Marsh’s Dance First, the biopic film on Irish Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Becket, will close the 71st San Sebastian Festival. The film closing out the Official Selection in out of competition stars Gabriel Byrne, Aidan Gillen, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maxine Peake, and Fionn O’Shea.
Cineverse unveiled the official trailer for Fast & Furious actor Sung Kang’s directorial debut – Shaky Shivers, a frightening and funny directorial debut inspired by 80’s campy horror films. The story follows two friends who embark on a wild adventure filled with magic and mayhem, as they look to do battle with a throat-slashing creature ripped right out of an 80s horror movie.
Vertical revealed the official trailer for She Came to Me, the romantic comedy film starring Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei, and Anne Hathaway. Also starring in the film are Joanna Kulig, Brian d’Arcy James, Harlow Jane and Evan Ellison.
Paramount unveiled the official trailer for My Animal the werewolf drama, teen romance film starring Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg, Heidi von Palleske, Cory Lipman, Charlie & Harrison Halpenny, Joe Apollonio, Scott Thompson, Dean McDermott, Stephen McHattie.