Oscilloscope Laboratories debuted the official trailer for Piaffe, the first feature from award winning visual artist and filmmaker Ann Oren. Shot on lush 16mm, the film is a visceral journey into control, gender, and artifice and stars Simone Bucio, Simon(e), Jaikiriuma Paetau along with Sebastian Rudolph
Altered Innocence unveiled the official trailer for Astrakan, the French coming-of-age drama film described as “a beautiful and melancholic 16mm character study of troubled youth” starring Mirko Giannini, Jehnny Beth, Bastien Bouillon, Theo Costa-Marini, and Lorine Delin.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for The Good Mother, the crime thriller starring Hilary Swank as a journalist who, after the murder of her son, teams up with his pregnant girlfriend to track down the killers.
Toronto International Film Festival revealed the 2023 selections for the Discovery and Midnight Madness programs.
A24 revealed the official trailer for Dicks: The Musical, a comedy musical with an all-star ensemble featuring Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, and introducing Aaron Jackson & Josh Sharp.
Toronto International Film Festival announced Academy Award®–winning directors Pedro Almodóvar and Spike Lee are the first honorees of this year’s Tribute Awards. Almodóvar will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presented by Participant, and Lee will receive the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
A Ravaging Wind (El viento que arrasa), a cinematic adaptation of Selva Almada’s homonymous novel by Argentinian filmmaker Paula Hernández will open the Horizontes Latinos section of the 71st edition of San Sebastian film festival. Alfredo Castro, Sergi López, Almudena González and Joaquín Acebo star in this tale of a preacher and his daughter who’s car breaks down during their latest mission to spread the gospel.
Actress Diane Kruger will receive the Golden Eye at Zurich Film Festival for her “outstanding career and great versatility” and will present her most recent movie Visions by Yann Gozlan as an international premiere.
Filmmakers Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier make their feature directorial debuts with Carpet Cowboys, a documentary portrait of Dalton, Georgia — also known as the “Carpet Capital of the World.”
Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the 10 World Premiere features that comprise the 2023 Platform program, opening with Kristoffer Borgli’s satire-comedy film Dream Scenario, starring Nicolas Cage.
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon takes us on a cinematic journey through the past, present, and future of her hometown Appalachia in her new documentary King Coal.
Under the theme “Togetherness,” the 12th annual Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) takes place September 26 – October 1, 2023, showcasing 195 award-winning film premieres from the U.S. and 20 countries – from Spain to Israel, Germany to Japan – plus 30 national and international bands, the first annual Global Visionary Summit Cinema & Panel Series, signature community events, and the red carpet at various venues across Richmond.