Directed by Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, and Stuart Samuels, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story explores the 18-month relationship (1973-1975) that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover. The revealing and compelling documentary, with never-before-seen footage, world premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
Kino Lorber will release Carlos Conceição’s Tommy Guns, described as a genre-fluid fantasia that vengefully engages with Angola’s colonial past while evoking the work of Miguel Gomes, Claire Denis, and even M. Night Shyamalan.
HBO Documentary Films has acquired How Do You Measure a Year?, the Academy Award- nominated documentary short on father-daughter relationship, from longtime HBO collaborator Jay Rosenblatt (HBO’s “When We Were Bullies,” “Phantom Limb,” “The Darkness of Day,” “Human Remains”).
Cleveland International Film Festival announced its juried competitions for the upcoming 47th edition of the festival, comprised of thirty-two feature films in three competitions, with $30,000 in cash prizes available. In addition, dozens of short films will be included in CIFF’s three Oscar qualifying categories, with $3,000 in cash prizes available.
The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center revealed the lineup of 27 features and 11 shorts, a total of 41 directors for the 52nd edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from March 29 through April 9, 2023.
John Leguizamo will receive the Impact Award at the 40th edition of the Miami Film Festival along with a screening of Leguizamo Does America, a series airing on MSNBC that follows Leguizamo across the country to celebrate Latino history, culture, and communities. The Miami Film Festival screening will be the world premiere of the Miami episode from the six-episode series produced by NBC News Studios. The festival runs from March 3-12, 2023.
Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d’or, will preside over the Jury of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival to be held from May 16 to 27, 2023
Brainstorm Media revealed the official trailer for Acidman, the science fiction father/daughter drama starring Dianna Agron (“Glee,” Shiva Baby, As They Made Us) and Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man: No Way Home).
Roadside Attractions debuted the official trailer for Somewhere in Queens, a comedy film directed by Ray Romano, and also starring Romano along with Laurie Metcalf. Also starring in the movie are Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jennifer Esposito, Jacob Ward, Sadie Stanley, Dierdre Friel and Jon Manfrellotti.
Ahead of the head of the world premiere at SXSW Film & TV Festival, here is the festival official trailer for This World is Not My Own, an innovative documentary that traces the lifespan of artist Nellie Mae Rowe, exploring the personal and political events that shaped her singular body of work.
Momentum revealed the official trailer for Wildflower, the coming-of-age indie drama film stars Kiernan Shipka as Bea Johnson as she navigates life, from birth to graduation, with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can’t quite agree on the best way to help.
Director John Clayton Doyle’s award-winning offbeat docu-narrative I’m An Electric Lampshade premieres on digital platforms March 28 from Gravitas Ventures.