Locarno Film Festival will honor film editor and two-time Oscar winner Pietro Scalia with the Vision Award Ticinomoda, the prize “dedicated to creatives whose work has extended the horizons of the filmic image”.
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Good Will Hunting Film Editor Pietro Scalia to be Honored at Locarno Film Festival
Pietro Scalia © Giovanni Mecati@acmesign
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Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks, Carol Littleton, Sundance’s Michelle Satter to Receive Honorary Oscars
Angela Bassett (Credit D’Andre Michael), Mel Brooks (Credit Steven R Stack), Carol Littleton, Michelle Satter (Credit Fred Hayes for the Sundance Institute) The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks and editor Carol Littleton and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to the Sundance Institute’s Michelle Satter.
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Final Cut Trailer. Michel Hazanavicius Directs Hilarious and Bloody French Zombie Comedy
Final Cut (Coupez) directed by Michel Hazanavicius Kino Lorber dropped the full official trailer for Final Cut, Oscar® winner Michel Hazanavicius’ (The Artist) remake of the Japanese cult hit One Cut of the Dead.
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Stephen Curry: Underrated Trailer. Documentary Charts Journey From Undersized College Player to NBA Champion
Stephen Curry in Stephen Curry: Underrated (Apple TV+) Apple TV+ debuted the official trailer for Stephen Curry: Underrated, the documentary chronicling Curry’s rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.
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DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS Trailer. Margaret Qualley, Colman Domingo, Matt Damon Star in Ethan Coen’s Road Trip Comedy
(L to R) Geraldine Viswanathan as Marian, Margaret Qualley as Jamie, and Beanie Feldstein as Sukie in director Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls. Focus Features revealed the official trailer for Drive-Away Dolls, the comedy road film starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, and Matt Damon.
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Liam LoPinto’s The Old Young Crow Wins Best of Fest at 2023 Palm Springs ShortFest
The Old Young Crow directed by Liam LoPinto The 2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced the Festival juried and audience award winners.
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Award-winning Czech Comedy THE OWNERS by Jiří Havelka Opens in US in August | Trailer
The Owners (Vlastnici) directed by Jiří Havelka Big World Pictures will release The Owners (Vlastníci), the Czech comedy film written and directed by Jiří Havelka, based on a play, The Society of Owners (Condominium), which Havelka also wrote and directed.
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Noora Niasari Sundance Winning Shayda to Close Locarno Film Festival, EP Cate Blanchett to Attend
Shayda directed by Noora Niasari The European premiere of Iranian-Australian director Noora Niasari’s debut film Shayda, which won the Audience Award at Sundance 2023, will close the curtains on the final night of the 2023 Locarno Film Festival.
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Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators Trailer – Docuseries Debut on Netflix
Netflix shared the official trailer for Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators, a documentary series on the popular late ’80s and early ’90s tv show featuring everyday people from across the US engaged in physical competition against professionals known as gladiators.
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Actors Billy Crystal and Queen Latifah to Receive Kennedy Center Honors
Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah (CBS) Actor Billy Crystal and actress Queen Latifah are among five honorees who will receive the 46th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. Other honorees include acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming; British singer-songwriter, producer and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; and singer Dionne Warwick.
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Clara Cullen’s Manuela and Gisela Delgadillo’s Kenya Win Top Prizes at Cine Las Americas Film Festival 2023
Manuela directed by Clara Cullen Clara Cullen’s Manuela won Best Narrative Feature and Gisela Delgadillo’s Kenya won Best Documentary Feature at the 25th Anniversary edition of the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF).
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Gene Wilder and Bella Abzug Documentaries Headline 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Lineup
Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles; Ron Frank, Remembering Gene Wilder,. Jewish Film Institute revealed the 67 films from 18 countries featured at the upcoming 43rd San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), running July 20 – August 6, 2023 in San Francisco and the East Bay.