A24 revealed the official trailer for The Whale, the drama based on the award-winning play by Samuel D. Hunter, starring Brendan Fraser as a 600 lb. man trying to reconnect with his seventeen-year-old daughter. Also starring in the film are Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton.
The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) celebrates its 30th anniversary from November 25 to December 11, 2022 with 89 narratives and documentaries from 44 countries to be presented in seven different venues in Manhattan.
Ana Dumitrașcu stars as a woman struggling to remain loyal to her boyfriend while in rehab in the Romanian drama Immaculate (Imaculat), directed by Monica Stan and George Chiper-Lillemar, which was selected as Romania’s Official Submission for International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards®.
Our Movie (Nuestra película), the powerful debut feature film by acclaimed producer Diana Bustamante (Memoria), will have its international premiere in the Kaleidoscope Competition at the 13th hybrid edition of DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, taking place November 9–27.
Searchlight Pictures unveiled the official trailer for Chevalier, the biopic drama starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as French-Caribbean composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Also starring in the film are Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Marton Csokas, Alex Fitzalan, and Minnie Driver.
Netflix revealed the first look teaser trailer for Capturing the Killer Nurse, the companion documentary to The Good Nurse, based on the best-selling book written by Charles Graeber on Charlie Cullen, a serial killers, with a body count potentially numbering in the hundreds across multiple medical facilities in the Northeast.
AFI FEST 2022 announced the winners of the Jury awards with the Grand Jury Prize – Live Action Short going to Birds directed by Katherine Propper, Grand Jury Prize – Documentary Short went to Haulout directed by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, and Grand Jury Prize – Animated Short went to Sierra directed by Sander Joon. The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short will be eligible for the 2022 Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short Academy Awards®.
Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the 95th Oscars set to air live on ABC on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Kimmel hosted back-to-back broadcasts in 2017 (89th Awards) and 2018 (90th Awards).
Vertical debuted the official trailer for Broadway Rising, the documentary chronicles the Broadway community’s harrowing and inspiring journey back to the stage following the COVID-19 shutdown on March 12, 2020.
Walad Min Al Janna directed by Tarik Saleh took home the NDR narrative film prize as well as the Interfilm Church Prize trophy, at the 64th Nordic Film Days Lübeck (Nordische Filmtage Lübeck). The jury commented, “The jury of the NDR film prize awards a film with an impeccable script and breathtaking acting. This simple yet complex moral thriller is a tale of power and corruption that is highly relevant today, as no one has the choice to stay away from the political, religious and social issues of our time. The setting of the story is unique, the twists and turns are nothing but amazing. This is what a modern Nordic film looks like today: congratulations to Tarik Saleh and Boy from Heaven.”
Netflix debuted the official trailer for The Swimmers, the drama based on the true story of teenage Olympian refugee, Yusra Mardini, who, with her sister Sara, dragged a dinghy of refugees to safety across the Aegean Sea. The film stars Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ahmed Malek, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd and Elmi Rashid Elmi.
Saban Films debuted the official trailer for Black Warrant, the gritty, action-packed thriller starring Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven), Tom Berenger (Inception), Jeff Fahey (Lost) along with Hani Al Naimi and Jonathan Avigdori.