Sundance Film Festival awarded the 2023 Grand Jury Prizes to A Thousand and One for U.S. Dramatic, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project for U.S. Documentary, Scrapper for World Cinema Dramatic, and The Eternal Memory for World Cinema Documentary. The NEXT Innovator Award was awarded to KOKOMO CITY.
Alice Winocour’s Revoir Paris will open the 28th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, the annual festival of contemporary French filmmaking, taking place March 2–12 at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Van Jones attempts to bring people together to pass a landmark criminal justice bill on prison reform— and finding himself under fire from all sides in the new documentary The First Step.
Netflix debuted the official trailer for Bill Russell: Legend, the documentary on the life and legacy of winningest NBA superstar and civil rights icon, Bill Russell.
HBO revealed the official trailer for All That Breathes, the Oscar nominated documentary from director Shaunak Sen (Cities of Sleep).
Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) announced the fillm nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2022.
Netflix has acquired the indie film Fair Play directed by Chloe Domont, and horror/thriller film Run Rabbit Run directed by Daina Reid (Shining Girls, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Outsider) that premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
Here is a clip from the documentary Commitment to Life from filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz (Tab Hunter Confidential, I Am Divine), which will world premiere in-person on Saturday, February 11th, 2023 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Tár, the Oscar nominated film from filmmaker Todd Field, starring Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will stream exclusively on Peacock starting Jan. 27.
Searchlight Pictures acquired Theater Camp, Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s feature directorial debut, that premiered at 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The mockumentary stars comedic ensemble Gordon (Shiva Baby, Booksmart), Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect), Noah Galvin (Booksmart), Jimmy Tatro (“American Vandal”), Patti Harrison (Together Together), and Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”).
Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the nominations for the 95th Oscars® with 11 nominations including best picture, best director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan, best actress for Michelle Yeoh, and best supporting actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu.
Paramount debuted the official trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the action adventure film based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant,