Directors Damien Chazelle, Alice Diop and Jonas Carpignano will chair the international juries respectively of Venezia 80, the “Luigi De Laurentiis” Venice Award for a Debut Film and the Orizzonti section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival taking place August 30 – September 9, 2023.
Actor Russell Crowe will receive the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Rooftop Films announced the lineup for its 27th annual Summer Series set to kick off on Thursday, May 25th at Green-Wood Cemetery with This is What We Mean by Short Films, showcasing some of the best new short films of the year.
Max unveiled the official trailer for Bama Rush, the documentary film following four young women during sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama in the fall semester of 2022.
Fairyland, directed by Andrew Durham and produced by Sofia Coppola, will kick-off the 47th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline47) taking place throughout San Francisco and Oakland.
Coming to VOD soon are new indie films ranging from horror films, to documentary and an LGBT drama. Indie films include Country of Hotels, Makeup, Exorcism in Utero, Sapiosexual, Aliens Uncovered: Origins, Out and About, Killer Kites, Famous, Pillow Party Massacre, Cracked, Crescent Gang, South Beach Shark Club, Velvet Jesus, Peppergrass and Nightmare Fuel.
Cannes Film Festival today unveiled the complete jury presided over by Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’or winner Ruben Östlund. Alongside the President, the Jury features Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter & director Rungano Nyoni, American actress & director Brie Larson, American actor Paul Dano, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi, Argentinian director & screenwriter Damián Szifrón and French director Julia Ducournau who won the top prize in 2021.
HBO dropped the official trailer for Angel City, the documentary series that goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women’s soccer team, Angel City Football Club (ACFC).
The Traverse City Film Festival, founded by Michael Moore, has come to a close after nearly 20 years. The TCFF board made the decision to end the era of the festival on a high note, with Moore noting that the festival is ending while it is still ahead and no longer in debt. This brings an end to a beloved film festival that has been appreciated by many over the years.
Actor Joe Lo Truglio, star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, directs the horror film Outpost starring Beth Dover (“Orange is the New Black”) as a woman recovering from a violent assault who takes a job as a fire lookout, but is overwhelmed by her isolation and tragic past.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2023, taking place from 6 to 9 July, will showcase a lineup of 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The festival will close with the UK premiere of You Hurt My Feelings, from filmmaker Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing, Enough Said). The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Seinfeld) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown) as a couple whose marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book
Cannes Film Festival will honor actor Michael Douglas with the Palme d’or d’honneur at the upcoming 76th edition of the festival, “in recognition of his brilliant career as well as his engagement for cinema”. The Festival de Cannes will pay a tribute to him during the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday, May 16.