Bars Media Films will release its first-ever animated feature film Aurora’s Sunrise, which is also the first-ever animated documentary film made in Armenia, and Armenia’s Official Selection for 95th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film.
A24 debuted the official trailer for Medusa Deluxe, the funny whodunit film set backstage in a hairdressing competition, starring Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Clare Perksins, Darrell D’Silva, Debris Stevenson, Harriet Webb, Heider Ali, Kae Alexander, Kayla Meikle, Lilit Lesser, Luke Pasqualino, and Nicholas Karimi.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) unveiled its full 2023 film line-up of 267 films including the hilarious musical mockumentary Theater Camp as Closing Night Gala presentation for the festival’s 71st edition set for in-cinemas from August 3-20, 2023.
Horror icon Jamie Bernadette (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, 4/20 Massacre) and Craig Stark (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Hateful Eight) star in End Times, the post-apocalyptic zombie film.
Todd Haynes’s May December will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 61st New York Film Festival taking place September 29 – October 15, 2023.
A24 today debuted the official trailer for Problemista, the indie comedy film starring Julio Torres, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Greta Lee, Catalina Saavedra, James Scully, and narrated by Isabella Rossellini.
Dark Sky Films will release Lola, a sci-fi drama set in 1940 England, starring Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect 73, The Last Kingdom, Make Up, Crooked House), Emma Appleton (Everything I Know About Love, The Witcher, Pistol, Traitors) , Rory Fleck Byrne (Vampire Academy) & Aaron Monaghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, Assassin’s Creed).
“Everyone thought they knew me. It was just all a lie because that’s what I do,” says Oscar De La Hoya in the opening of the documentary.
Bleecker Street debuted the official trailer for Jules, the sci fi comedy starring Ben Kingsley (Gandhi, Schindler’s List) as a man who finds his day disrupted when a UFO crash land in his backyard.
Actor Stellan Skarsgård will receive the Leopard Club Award at the 76th Locarno Film Festival taking place August 2-12, 2023.
The Hiding Place is a filmed stage-play adaptation telling the true story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family, who risked everything to hide Jewish refugees by the hundreds during World War II and ultimately face the consequences when they are discovered.
Blaga’s Lessons by Bulgarian director Stephan Komandarev was awarded the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The social drama about an elderly woman forced to abandon her moral principles after losing all her savings also earned lead actress Eli Skorcheva the Best Actress Award.