The BFI revealed the program lineup for the inaugural edition of the BFI Film on Film Festival, a brand new film festival and billed as the first major film festival in the UK dedicated to screening works solely on celluloid. The festival which celebrates the physical materiality of film, is set to take place at BFI Southbank from June 8-11, 2023
Musical meets crime drama in a colorful Athens set story of forgotten misfits.
Filmmaker Patricia Chica’s debut feature, Montréal Girls, follows the story of Ramy, a young Middle Eastern poet, as he embarks on a journey of passion, rebellion, and heartbreak after getting involved with two young women who challenge his perceptions and reveal his destiny to him.
Music Box Films debuted the official trailer for L’immensità, the drama film starring Penélope Cruz as a woman stuck in an unhappy marriage, living in Rome in the 1970s. Also starring in the film are Luana Giuliani, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni, Maria Chiara Goretti, Penelope Nieto Conti, Alvia Reale Maria, Santella, Mariangela Granelli, and Carlo Gallo
HBO revealed the official trailer for 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed, a new documentary exploring the experiences of mixed kids and families directed by comedian W. Kamau Bell.
Margreth Olin’s nature documentary Songs of Earth, described as a” breathtaking visual and auditory poem” will open the 63rd Krakow Film Festival on May 29. The film is one of fourteen productions from around the world competing in the International Documentary Competition.
Cohen Media will release Persian Lessons (Persischstunden), the World War II drama based on the story “Erfingdung Einer Sprache” by Wolfgang Kohlhasse, and starring Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Lars Eidinger, Jonas Nay, Alexander Beyer, Luisa-Cèline Gaffron, David Schütter.
Mom & Dad’s Nipple Factory from Emmy-Winning director Justinsuperstar (Double Digits: The Story of a Neighborhood Movie Star) will kick off its 2023 festival tour as the opening night film at the Milwaukee Film Festival on April 20, followed by stops at Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and Doclands in Northern California.
Hulu debuted the official trailer for Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating The KKK, a documentary from Associated Press, George Stephanopoulos Productions and ABC News that goes inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies – the Ku Klux Klan.
HBO unveiled the official teaser trailer for Reality, the drama film adapted from the FBI interrogation transcript of whistleblower Reality Winner, and starring Sydney Sweeney (HBO’s “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus”) as Reality. Also starring in the film are Josh Hamilton, and Marchánt Davis.
Pixar Animation Studios 27th film Elemental will make its world premiere as an Out of Competition film as the closing film of 2023 Cannes Film Festival on May 27th. The film will be released in theaters on June 16 in the United States and on June 21 in France.
Directed by Sean Claffey, Americonned is a documentary film about income inequality in the US and how corporations have wormed their way into government.