Magnolia Pictures debuted the official trailer for A Compassionate Spy, the documentary on Manhattan Project scientist Theodore Hall, who shared classified nuclear secrets with Russia. The story is told through a long interview with Hall and his wife Joan, archive footage and some dramatic reenactments.
The French biographical drama film, Simone: Woman of the Century (Simone, le voyage du siècle) directed by Olivier Dahan is set to hit theaters in the US this Summer.
Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, a soccer comedy directed and co-written by the New Zealand filmmaker, will make its World Premiere at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 7–17, 2023.
The world premiere of Silent Roar, the debut feature from Scottish writer and director, Johnny Barrington will open the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) taking place from August 18 – 23, 2023. The Festival will close with the UK premiere of Fremont, directed by BAFTA-nominated director Babak Jalali (whose debut Frontier Blues played EIFF in 2010).
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced the Festival juried and audience award winners.
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.
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.